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WIRED
Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain
WIRED
7 min · · Researchers find that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic fall on 11 protected areas in the US annually, equivalent to over 120 million plastic water bottles. · Shared by 180, including Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Katja Evertz, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Chris Isak, Marius Bleuer, Christian Fauteux, Jennifer Ouellette, Matthias Lampe, Damon Young, Rick Powell
Critical insight into microplastic particles and how they are travelling afar via rain and wind, which may become "a more insidious problem than acid rain."
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medium.com
Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop
medium.com
20+ min · · I was a police officer for nearly ten years and I was a bastard. We all were. · Shared by 167, including Stefan Weber, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Esther Schindler, Bjorn Larsen, Joel Califa, Jer Thorp, Psymposia, Rand Fishkin, Ole Begemann, Karen McGrane, Mathew Ingram, Noah Smith, Dean Baker, Jamie Indigo 👾 100% Human Technical SEO, Scott Santens, Thomas Fuchs
"This ... tactic is familiar to students of abuse"
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Internet Archive
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
Internet Archive
12+ min · · 2.8B 2.8B Community Audio collection Dec 14, 2005 12/05 by Community Audio collection You are invited to view or upload audios to the Community · Shared by 441, including Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, hiten.eth, CryptOrca, Robert Kosara, Brad Brooks, Christopher D. Long, Mathew Ingram, Chris Messina, Leo Polovets, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Kirk Borne, Troy Hunt, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Data Science Renee, Gabriel Weinberg, Adam Singer, Sebastian Raschka, Kevin_Indig
A nostalgic collection of all things Internet, the site has grown from its humble beginnings as the Wayback Machine.
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Internet Archive
How Can You Help the Internet Archive?
Internet Archive
9 min · · With the name of the Internet Archive in the news for the past couple of weeks being mentioned prominently, we’ve had thousands of people discuss us in social media, and contact us directly with… · Shared by 195, including Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, @brianleroux@indieweb.social 💙, Christian Surchi, Bill Johnston, Damian J Mullins, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, Oliver Raduner, Brett Errington, Ayala Sherbow, Stefan Diepolder, Simon Fossom, Jeff Atwood, Jonathan Kogan
Speaking of the Internet Archive, consider helping where you can.
05
VentureBeat
DeepMind hopes to teach AI to cooperate by playing Diplomacy
VentureBeat
3 min · · In a new paper, researchers at DeepMind propose using the game Diplomacy as an environment for training reinforcement learning agents. · Shared by 87, including Martin Ford, Ethan Zeigler, Terence Mills, Nige Roberts-Willson, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Ines Bieler, Andreas Staub
The next step in AI, training agents so that they can "successfully cooperate with others, including handling difficult questions that arise around establishing and maintaining trust and alliances."
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The Verge
US patent office rules that artificial intelligence cannot be a legal inventor
The Verge
2 min · · Following similar decisions from European agencies. · Shared by 173, including Katja Evertz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Desmond Williams, Thomas Power, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Carl Robinson 🎙️, Bob E. Hayes, Iain Brown, PhD, Matthias Lampe, John Nosta, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Gideonro, Esther Schindler, Pip Morris, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
And then there is the legal and ethical side of AI.
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Thoughtworks
A tribute to Alan Turing
Thoughtworks
1 min · · Alan Turing was a highly gifted English mathematician. He was also a code breaker, machine builder, computer science pioneer and logician. The notion of algorithm comes from his paper describing his… · Shared by 10, including Brett Errington
Also, while we are on the subject of AI, here's a tribute to its father.
08
Fast Company
Do bike lanes actually make cyclists safer?
Fast Company
4 min · · It depends. And design choices have everything to do with it. · Shared by 38, including Strong Towns, Brent Toderian, Tom Connor, Alexandra Lange
"design choices have everything to do with it."
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Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase
What Happens Next? COVID-19 Futures, Explained With Playable Simulations
Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase
17+ min · · an interactive guide · Shared by 420, including Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Jacques Fellay, Dion Almaer, Ines Bieler, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Stever Robbins @stever@newsie.social, jean marc manach @manhack@social.tcit.fr, Thomas Power, Andy Budd, Marie-José Kolly, Katja Evertz, Bill Hanage, Mike Davidson, Michael Seemann, Brad Feld, Björn Ognibeni, Esther-Mirjam de Boer, Noah Smith, Marcel Salathé
What happens when we change the variables for COVID-19? Play it out yourself with this unique simulator.
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newint.org
What if we got our attention back?
newint.org
3 min · · Vanessa Baird makes the case for being true to our brains. · Shared by 4, including Brett Errington
"Aren’t I a clever/busy/important person? Look how much I can do at once!" - the multitasking misnomer.