Masthash

#safety

I spent way too much on silly reflective stickers for my motorcycle helmet and bike, but the thing I'm most excited about are the multicolored pigtails that I'll suction to the helmet.
Visibility is safety, so I'm going to be LOUD on my bike!
People will know it's me when they see! 🏍️

#Safety #biking #motorcycle

EU Medicines Agency
3 hours ago

At its June meeting, EMA's #safety committee, the #PRAC, carried out its work to assess all aspects of risk management related to the use of #medicines.

More information in our meeting highlights: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/meeting-highlights-pharmacovigilance-risk-assessment-committee-prac-5-8-june-2023

#SafetyOfMedicines

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EMA_News/status/1667127819984306176

Drea and Team
20 hours ago

An easier daily map to use to track #AQI
for your u.s city

https://www.iqair.com/usa

#climatechange #WildFires #AirQuality #health #pollution #safety

yaracroft
22 hours ago

Darkrace revendique des attaques informatiques à l'encontre de:

🇮🇹 CO.NA.TE.CO. S.p.A (conateco.it)
🇵🇹 ERT (ertgrupo.com)
🇵🇰 Punjab Employees Social Security Institution (pessi.punjab.gov.pk)
🇮🇹 Pluriservice S.p.A (pluriservice.it)
🇩🇪 hep global GmbH (hep.global)
🇵🇱 Rzepecki Mroczkowski Sp. Z o.o. (rzepeckimroczkowski.pl)
🇺🇸 Pictures Plus & O'Roke School Photography (picplus.com)
🇨🇭 L'Association Vaud Promotion (vaud-promotion.ch)
🇺🇸 Cooperative Technologies, Inc (cooperativetechnologies.com)

#italy #usa #switzerland #japan #germany #poland #portugal #suisse #pakistan #automotive #industries #ransomware #business #software #threats #awards #components #interiors #manufacturers #products #darkrace #firms #market #technologies #customers #informatica #services #laws #workers #innovative #marketplace #clienti #databreach #tracciabilità #safety #photography #events #employees #identificazione #medical #photovoltaic #careers #clients #insights #funds #innovativo #management #pictures #plateform #healthcare #financial #solar #solutions #corporate #produkte #autoryzowany #assistance #prodotti #semiconductor #supply #finanzieren #energies #informatique

Kyle Memoir
22 hours ago

New #safety vest customized in hopes of calming those occasional random pickup-truck-country idiots who feel the need to vent their toddler-tantrum hatred while passing cyclists.

Also, more importantly, so the many fantastic #farmers I encounter on our #rural roads know that I know where my #food comes from, and I’m well aware that without them, I wouldn’t be out there.

#cycling #farming #country #southwest #ontario #respect

Closeup of a fluorescent hi-viz safety vest with “FARM FUELLED” stencilled neatly on its reflective belt.
M. Fioretti
1 day ago

Hello all

since there is a very small, but greater than zero probability that this post of mine may save some baby, some day...

thanks in advance for reading and sharing this rant against stupid baby car seat alarms as much as you see fit:

https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/why-do-certain-baby-seat-alarms-exist

#parenting #safety

I want to get an electric car soon, so yesterday I was looking at the new Volvo EX30 online. I was surprised to see that they've gone for the large, centred touch screen display for everything.

My car has a decent display, but I have a regular instrument panel behind the wheel and a HUD for the essentials. I think of screens as a safety hazard, and my HUD to be a significant improvement to traditional instrument panels.

Why are (some) cars moving in the opposite direction now?

#Cars #Safety

Drea and Team
2 days ago

More than 100 million Americans are now under unhealthy air quality advisory
due to out of control #wildfires.

Mask up if you need to be outdoors
and please remember to keep your four legged family members safe.
Cats and small dog breeds should remain indoors with windows, doors shut. Pugs, small bull dogs, and similar breeds usually do okay in diapers and/or using disposable pads.
Larger dogs should only be allowed out long enough to relieve themselves.

#health #pollution #safety

Michael T Babcock
2 days ago

The #wildfires in BC and northern Ontario have been causing a lot of smoke in the air here in southern #Ontario.
Remember to exercize caution when going outside in the haze -- this smoke contains a lot of harmful particulates. Luckily many of us still have #masks around for some reason :)
https://wfca.com/articles/health-effects-of-wildfire-smoke/
#safety

"With so many high profile and violent crimes in Toronto in the past year, public safety has become an important issue in the mayoral byelection. Many feel like the city is less safe, but how does that align with the actual numbers and data? Crime isn’t equal across the city but to discuss how best to deal with it, we should start with what is actually happening to decide the best ways to combat it."

https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/thismatters/2023/06/06/is-toronto-a-safe-city-the-data-versus-perception.html #News #Toronto #Crime #Safety

Giskard
2 days ago

We have taken into account the community feedback 💚 and made significant improvements to our #opensource solution for #AI #Safety. Now, with just a few lines of code, you can install our #Python library 💻 and start scanning your model to quickly uncover #vulnerabilities. [2/8]

GershonBenKeren
2 days ago

Short article concerning home security with a focus on the weak parts of doors, and how these vulnerabilities can be addressed.

https://www.bostonkravmaga.com/blog/personal-safety/where-doors-are-weak.html

#KravMaga #SelfDefense #HomeSecurity #Security #Safety

BellingenNSW
2 days ago

On the noticeboard in Bellingen
Noise pollution from traffic on the main road is scaring tourist away.
Looks like other people have noticed the speeding traffic through #Bellingen. Compression breaking of heavy vehicles in #Hyde Street and surrounding area repels anyone.
#Liveability #Safety #Pollution #Speeding #Cars #Trucks #Traffic #Council #Tourism

Petition: Slow down road traffic through Bellingen
Jonathan Wright
2 days ago
Drea and Team
3 days ago

Need to Know.

Due to #Wildfires in #Canada
air quality alerts are being issued for
Eastern areas in U.S
with #NYC #LI and portions of #IL & #PA most heavily affected

U.S city/state #AQI updates

https://www.airnow.gov

#climatechange #health #safety

#Oxfam #hounded by #gendercritical #activists over ‘#TERF’ in #Cartoon illustrating #attacks #LGBTQ people receive online and off.

Created by #FalanaFilms, a #Bangalore-based, #women-led #studio, the minute-long #cartoon looked at the various ways #queer people are #denied #basic #humanrights, as well as the means by which people can #protect and #champion #safety for #LGBTQ+ #communities.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #TERFS #Hate #Bigotry #Transphobia

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/06/oxfam-pride-month-video-terf/

Nonilex
3 days ago

As the field of #misinformation #research has grown more politically contentious, #researchers say that recs reqs, #subpoenas & #lawsuits have become tools of #harassment. The fear of being targeted is profound enough that several researchers spoke on condition they not be named, & one prominent prof asked to be removed from the story entirely, citing his family’s #safety.

#GOPLies #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Gaslighting #harassment #Intimidation #Education #Censorship #FreeSpeech #Extremism

ProPublica
3 days ago

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate deadly truck accidents and the fight over measures that could save thousands of lives.

America’s Dangerous Trucks premieres Tue., June 13 on PBS.

#Cars #Trucks #Trucking #Safety #Highways #Frontline #Driving #Shipping

EU Medicines Agency
3 days ago

EMA and the EU network will keep monitoring the #safety of #COVID19vaccines and therapeutics, as we do for all authorised medicines in the 🇪🇺. #EMAPresser

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EMA_News/status/1666080323002839046

EU Medicines Agency
3 days ago

If an unusual pattern emerged, the #PRAC performed an in-depth analysis of the reports to quickly identify potential safety issues with #Covid19vaccines.

The 🇪🇺 pharmacovigilance system showed that it can detect and manage emerging #safety issues quickly.

#EMAPresser

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EMA_News/status/1666080058241581057

EU Medicines Agency
3 days ago

We placed extra obligations on the #Covid19vaccine makers.

They had to provide us with detailed monthly reports on the #safety of their vaccine ➡️ 5⃣6⃣monthly reports were assessed by our safety committee, the #PRAC, until December 2022.

#EMAPresser

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EMA_News/status/1666079498784366597

jbz :catjam:
3 days ago

🚀 How NASA writes space-proof code
➥ Low Level Learning

#NASA #Safety #Debugging #Simplicity
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GWYhtksrmhE&feature=youtu.be

Lockdownyourlife
3 days ago

One thing about me is when your day is going terribly, I can cheer you right up with a story of something worse I encountered this week in my job.

#security #safety #privacy #infosec #tech

AI6YR
3 days ago

#driving #safety (never leave a car in gear if you get out of the vehicle... this happens a lot) Nashville Woman Fatally Injured After Being Runover by Unoccupied Car. "As she put her car into gear to drive away, the Sentra rolled backward into a residential trash can. Hicks got out to move the trash can. As she pulled it away from her car, she fell to the ground. The car, still in gear, rolled backward over her." https://www.nashville.gov/departments/police/news/nashville-woman-fatally-injured-after-being-runover-unoccupied-car

Hypx
4 days ago

Debunking The Myths: Why You Shouldn’t Fear Hydrogen-Powered Cars

#hydrogen #fuelcell #FCEV #cars #safety

https://www.topspeed.com/why-shouldnt-fear-hydrogen-powered-cars/

#IAEA's Technical Cooperation activities are making an important contribution to the achievement of the #SDG.

#EU will continue to provide significant assistance in particular on #nuclear #safety and #security.

EU Statement at @iaeaorg BoG 👉 https://europa.eu/!qfRbnB

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/euunvie/status/1665738922188521472

Jesus M. Castagnetto🇵🇪💉x5
4 days ago

For this week's #MapPromptMonday, about #Safety, here is a map showing the annual number of deaths by vehicle collisions per million in 2020, for each region in #Peru.
#Rstats code in: https://github.com/jmcastagnetto/my_map_prompt_monday/tree/main/2023-06-05_safety

Map of deaths by vehicle collisions in highways per million in 2020 for all regions in Peru. Lima which concentrates about 1/3 of the population is not in the top 5. The top 5 regions are: Arequipa, Puno, Ica, Madre de Dios, and Junin.

More than 60% #LGBTQ+ people #cancelled #travel plans in #India last year with over 90% fearing for their #safety.

According to a Booking.com #survey, as many as 86% #TransFem and 83% #transmasc #travellers faced #discrimination, and 91% of LGBTQ+ travellers in India feel the need to take their #personalsafety and #wellbeing into account.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #India #Travel #Tourism #PinkTourism

https://www.businessinsider.in/travel/news/lgbtq-plus-travel-safety-concern-rises-in-india-as-per-booking-com-survey/articleshow/100767027.cms

Anne Ominous
4 days ago

some wild stories in this article.
glad communities will see some relief but ultimately, shouldn't we also regulate some of this sht?

#railroads #railroad #RailroadCrossing #grant #safety

https://apnews.com/article/railroad-crossing-elimination-grants-transportation-department-dce25564812f3a550bde46b5b2976c1e

EU AgencyForRailways
4 days ago

The upcoming #TSI package 2023 brings simplified authorization procedures, enhanced #safety measures, and cost reduction.

Join our #webinar on 15 June to get detailed insights into the key changes, making rail more efficient, safer, and competitive 👉 https://bit.ly/43nziGa

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERA_railways/status/1665655009495711746

Rob / OGTrekker
4 days ago

US doesn't make list of safest countries for #LGBTQ rights in 2023. #Travel #Safety #Hate #Bigotry #Religion #CivilRights

Across the world, criminal sentences for same-sex acts, for certain forms of sexual orientation and minority gender expression can range from fines or several months in prison to life in jail, from whipping to the death penalty. In some countries, laws are vague and open to interpretation. In others, it's the exact opposite. In Russia, for example, where same-sex acts have been legal since 1993, the government actively targets LGBTQ people and communities through discriminatory propaganda and fines for not having "traditional values."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/06/05/safest-countries-lgbtq-rights-travel/70242408007/

Justin Farrimond
4 days ago

Harbour Safety

https://justin-farrimond.pixels.com/featured/harbour-safety-justin-farrimond.html

The Whitehaven Volunteer Life Saving Brigade (the Rocket Brigade) here at the Rocket Brigade House, Whitehaven Marina, Cumbria. What a fantastic building, pure living history.

#PicOfTheDay #MaritimeMonday #MonochromeMonday #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Heritage #Safety #PhotographyIsArt

Black and white photograph of a small two storey building at the end of a pier alongside a watchtower turret.
IT News
4 days ago

3D Printing Safety (According to the UL) - If you want to start a heated discussion in 3D printing circles, ask people about ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/06/04/3d-printing-safety-according-to-the-ul/ #3dprinterhacks #3dprinting #science #safety

ShawnT 🐀
4 days ago

BTW, a good #game to play when you're #walking around after sunset is to count yard #cats. It's fun, and it keeps your head on a swivel, which is great for minding your own #safety. #lifehack

C.
5 days ago

@phaysis

Don't forget the phase also rotates in the opposite direction (counter-clockwise instead of clockwise).

It's frequently forgotten because most electronics don't care which direction the phase rotates; pretty much only electric motors do. A hair drier spinning backwards can suck your hair into it and then light it on fire!

#safety #SafetyInTheHome #fire #flaming #canada

BellingenNSW
5 days ago

Denying humanness to others
has a long history...

Recent research from #Australia has found that many people consider cyclists to be less than fully #human.

"We found images of #cyclists wearing #helmets or #safety vests to have a higher probability of being selected as less human compared to images of cyclists wearing no safety equipment. The results have implications for research on cyclists."

"Dehumanisation has been found to be predictive of hostile and aggressive behaviour, our finding highlights a potential conflict around the perception and utility of safety gear such as high visibility vests; although designed for safety, they may inadvertently increase levels of hostility and #aggression toward this group of vulnerable road users."

"Research indicates that low status groups are dehumanised – viewed as less civilised and evolved than groups afforded a higher #status."

I often wonder if the SUVs with black tinted windows contain any humans?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369847823001018
#Cycling #SafetyAttire #SustainableMobility #CarbonNeutral #ActiveTransportation #Climate #Dehumanisation #Subhuman #Essentialism #Cars #FossilFuel #Motorists #Roadtrauma #Roadkill #OutGroup #Civilisation

Cyclist poster
Lorry
6 days ago

1/2 General Purpose AI is a huge double #threat to #humanity, but people are only concentrating on the 2nd part of the threat, the #Singularity, which is something we won't be able to do anything about anyway because it's mostly in the hands of #BadActors who won't listen to #regulation at all.
We will likely be in a world where #NorthKorea will be the #AI equivalent of being a primary nuclear power, for example.

https://bit.ly/3oJuWdc

#UBI #Economics #Politics #ChatGPT #News #Opinion #Safety

Scottish Lass
1 week ago

"Twitter loses second head of Trust and Safety under Musk" - The Register
“To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
#Twitter #Trust #Safety #Parents #OscarWilde
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/02/twitter_head_of_safety_quits/

Yahia Lababidi
1 week ago

#Texas voted to get rid of state inspections for vehicles, but replaced the $7.50/yr inspection fee with a $7.50/yr "Inspection Program Replacement Fee." Like, that's its actual name.

The message is clear: "We don't give a shit about #safety, but we care very much about still getting your money."

David Zipper
1 week ago

In The Atlantic, I explained why oversized EVs pose growing danger to those walking, biking, or inside smaller cars.

Biden and the US Department of Transportation have avoided acknowledging the risks – let alone addressing them.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/large-electric-vehicles-road-safety-crashes/674249/

#cars #safety #electricvehicles #evs

Biden is Ignoring the Menace of Mega-EVs
David August
1 week ago

The people who make AI systems also see the need for safeguards:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/technology/ai-threat-warning.html
(screenshots to allow reading beyond paywall)
#ai #ArtificialIntelligence #safety #infosec

1/3

A.I. Poses 'Risk of Extinction,' Industry Leaders Warn
Leaders from OpenAl, Google Deepmind, Anthropic and other A.l. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons.
May 30, 2023Updated 10:16 a.m. ET
[image of person speaking to press]
& nytimes.com
A group of industry leaders warned on Tuesday that the artificial intelligence technology they are building may one day pose an existential threat to humanity and should be considered a societal risk on par with pandemics and nuclear wars.
"Mitigating the risk of extinction from A.l. should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks, such as pandemics and nuclear war" reads a one-sentence statement released by the Center for Al Safety, a nonprofit organization. The open letter has been signed by more than 350 executives, researchers and engineers working in A.l.
The signatories included top executives from three of the leading A.l. companies:
Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAl;
Demis Hassabis, chief executive of Google DeepMind; and Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic.
Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, two of the three researchers who won a Turing Award for their pioneering work on neural networks and are often considered
"godfathers" of the modern A.l. movement, signed the statement, as did other prominent researchers in the field. (The third Turing Award winner, Yann LeCun, who leads Meta's A.l. research efforts, had not signed as of Tuesday.)
The statement comes at a time of growing concern about the potential harms of artificial intelligence. Recent advancements in so-called large language models - the type of A.l. system used by ChatGPT and other chatbots - have raised fears that A.l. could soon be used at scale to spread misinformation and propaganda, or that it could eliminate millions of white-collar jobs.
A New Generation of Chatbots
A brave new world. A new crop of chatbots powered by artificial intelligence has ignited a scramble to determine whether the technology could upend the economics of the internet, turning today's powerhouses into has-beens and creating the industry's next giants. Here are the bots to know:
ChatGPT. ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence language model from a research lab, OpenAl, has been making headlines since November for its ability to respond to complex questions, write poetry, generate code, plan vacations and translate languages. GPT-4, the latest version introduced in mid-March, can even respond to images (and ace the Uniform Bar Exam).
Chris Armstrong
1 week ago
Mug with a cartoon conical flask and red skull plastered on it: the text says "Lab Rule Number 5: Assume all unmarked beakers contain an extremely toxic fast-acting poison."
Mastodon Migration
2 weeks ago

@ActiveCultures @jerry @hacks4pancakes @XenoPhage
Mastodon is built on #inclusion and #safety. It is painful and unacceptable to everyone here who are committed these principles that #POC have experienced any disrespect or abuse. You are welcome and valued here.

cynicalsecurity :cm_2:
2 weeks ago

I am re-posting this from @CherylRofer 's blog:

"Software Safety"¹ by Cheryl Rofer

If you supervise people moving quantities of soil and debris with big
machines, or people doing things with plutonium in glove boxes, questions of
safety quickly become important.

Software developers have been much less aware of safety issues. What can go
wrong besides lacking an ergonomic chair?

Social media sites and “AI” development are beginning to highlight safety in
software. I’d like to throw out a simple principle that the software people
might like to think about.

There are three levels of safety practices:

1. Engineered safety. This is safety built into a machine. Belt guards to prevent finger amputations. Those annoying backup beeps that tell you a large machine may be headed your way.
2. Administrative safety. The regulations that Supreme Court is tearing down. Posted limits on how much plutonium may be in a glove box.
3. Individual awareness. Why you have to take that training. Do not do stupid stuff, with the stupid stuff spelled out.

Historically, software safety has been predominantly at the third level.
Choose a password; the specifications imposed on you are administrative
safety, imposed after we found out that “password” and “1234” were faves.
Don’t share various sorts of personal data.

Structures of apps like Facebook have been designed in opposition to safety
precepts at the first level, being intended to harvest people’s personal data
and manipulate it so as to manipulate them.

The software industry has consistently fought safety at level 2, in the form
of regulation.

If Los Alamos’s plutonium facility were run the way the software industry is,
it would long ago have had a major criticality incident that would have burned
it and half of Los Alamos to the ground, killing scores of people. They’ve
made their mistakes, but as an institution, they haven’t actively tried to
undermine basic safety standards.

#Safety #SafetyCritical #SoftwareSecurity #SoftwareDesign
__
¹ https://nucleardiner.wordpress.com/2023/05/26/software-safety/

@me @BleepingComputer yes and I'm still pissed at @mozilla for refusing to actually listen to people like us and actually ask: "Why do you use #Firefox & #Thunderbird and not #Chrome & #Geary?"
Because they'd get to hear #based things like "#privacy" and "#customization" as well as "no shitty #ads" instead.

So instead of plastering shitty ads around, #Mozilla should maybe include more #safety features, harden it more and also add #uBlockOrigin into it.

Tabea Wilke
2 weeks ago

This is the launch of the very first open-source syllabus on trust & safety at the @StanfordCyber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jMcv_0MeF4 .

It's the output of 8 months of work by the Trust & Safety Teaching Consortium - a loosely-organized coalition of academic, industry and non-profit experts addressing topics from trust & safety regulation to metrics & measurement in trust & safety, policy issues such as terrorism, CSAM and platform abuse as well as the role of identity.

Watch 60 minutes of 14 professionals introducing 13 modules, led by @shelbygrossman and @alex. It was genuinely inspiring to see what each and every group has created.

You can find our teaching materials on Stanford IO's GitHub: https://github.com/stanfordio/TeachingTrustSafety

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and comments, particularly on the module "Authentication, Identity, and Platform Manipulation".

#TrustAndSafety #safety #onlineabuse #privacysecurity #stanford #scaledabuse #AISafety

Reinventing the Sequester - The American Prospect

Nondefense discretionary spending, which is only 13 percent of the overall budget, is forced to shoulder the entire burden of the cuts, which will by definition be savage.

Paul Krugman has famously called the federal government “a giant insurance company with an army.” Neither of those things—that is, the Pentagon plus Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security—are subject to these cuts.

Everything else is small by comparison, but critical for #education, #housing, #food #safety, the #environment, #financial #regulation, and on and on

https://prospect.org/economy/2023-05-26-reinventing-the-sequester/

ProPublica
2 weeks ago

How We Reached Workers While Reporting on Dairy Farm Conditions
==
As we reported on dairy farms in #Wisconsin, we knew we’d have to get creative in how we got our articles to the affected workers.

Here’s how ProPublica reporters Melissa Sanchez & Maryam Jameel went beyond a simple translation to reach dairy farm workers.

#Journalism #Newstodon #Reporting #Dairy #Farms #Farm #Safety #Labor #Children #Workers

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-we-reached-dairy-farm-workers-while-writing-about-them?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Adam Cook
2 weeks ago

First, the #TwitterFiles... perhaps now the #Tesla Files?

#Handelsblatt, a prominent #German business publication, has obtained a considerable amount of internal Tesla files that **may** point to #PublicSafety and vehicle #safety concerns that were possibly hidden by Tesla.

Apparently, Handelsblatt is releasing reports on these files in stages.

I will be watching this space... probably to add comments after more is publicly released.

https://jalopnik.com/whistleblower-drops-100-gigabytes-of-tesla-secrets-to-g-1850476542

This is a screenshot form the Jalopnik article linked to in this Toot.

The passages contained within the screenshot were cited, verbatim, from the Handelsblatt report that the Jalopnik article is referencing.

The screenshot contains the following text:

How did the company [Tesla] deal with complaints? The Tesla files also provide information about this. The files show that employees have precise guidelines for communicating with customers. The top priority is obviously: offer as little attack surface as possible.

For each incident there are bullet points for the “technical review”. The employees who enter this review into the system regularly make it clear that the report is “for internal use only”. Each entry also contains a note in bold type that information, if at all, may only be passed on “VERBALLY to the customer”.

“Do not copy and paste the report below into an email, text message, or leave it in a voicemail to the customer,” it said. Vehicle data should also not be released without permission. If, despite the advice, “an involvement of a lawyer cannot be prevented”, this must be recorded.
Inautilo
2 weeks ago

#Business #Launches
Generative AI: what you need to know · A guide to learn the basics of generative AI and to spot AI bullshit https://ilo.im/135281

“It’s a crash course in AI snake oil.” — Baldur Bjarnason

_____
#AI #ML #LanguageModel #Pitfalls #Dangers #Design #ProductDesign #UxDesign #UiDesign #WebDesign #Development #WebDevelopment #WebDev #Code #Safety #Privacy #Copyright #Plagiarism #Poisoning #Fraud #Abuse #Bias

David August
2 weeks ago

Avoiding COVID is always a good idea. Wear as good a mask as you can, avoid crowds, improve air quality/ventilation (like open windows, use filtration) and get fully vaccinated and boosted.

https://johnsnowproject.org/primers/us-hhs-advises-on-risk-of-covid-19-reinfection/

h/t @joffir

#COVID #health #safety

Now, trusted public health and government agencies are correctly stating that repeat infections are harmful. They have started to realize what some commentators figured out in 2020 and 2021 - that SARS-CoV-2 is incompatible with our way of life.
This paper?, authored by a coronavirus specialist and
AI6YR
2 weeks ago

Cookie dough might be the thing
To make your stomach sing
But when it's full of nasty stuff
Your day will become very rough

#salmonella #cookiedough #safety #FoodSafety #papamurphy #poem (human)
https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/enteritidis-05-23/index.html

v
2 weeks ago

People should never have to worry about an abusive ex or a stalker or anyone else for any single reason being able to dig up an atrocious amount of information on them. The barriers to entry are so low that it requires no skill or effort. Make data brokers illegal. #privacy #safety

Alan Rycroft 🇨🇦 ✊🏼
2 weeks ago

Are Bluesky Social’s Good Vibes Doomed?

As Elon Musk’s Twitter continues to turn off users, Bluesky has been billed as a refuge. But the company is already facing content-moderation issues

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/bluesky-social-twitter-content-moderation

#SocialMedia #bluesky #moderation #safety

Bob Jamieson
3 weeks ago

Malwarebytes
Child safety app riddled with vulnerabilities: Update now!

Posted: May 18, 2023 by Christopher Boyd

An app designed to restrict screen time and add a “kids' mode” for children on smart devices has been found to have a broad range of security issues.

The app, “Parental Control - Kids Place” is an Android app which is incredibly popular, sporting 5M+ downloads on its Google Play page.

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/05/child-safety-app-riddled-with-vulnerabilities-update-now?utm_source=blueshift&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20230522_mayweeklynewsletter_v4_168443658151&utm_content=child_safety

#ChildSafetyApp #vulnerabilities #children #safety

Metin Seven
3 weeks ago

Hacker character design in isometric pixel art style for an IT security company.

#PixelArt #VoxelArt #hacker #security #IT #safety #malware #character #CharacterDesign #design #GraphicDesign #illustration #3D #3DArt #MastoArt #FediArt

Two views, front and back, of a strongly stylized, cubically shaped hacker character in isometric pixel art style, who is busy hacking on a laptop.

Progress on Bounds Checking in C and the Linux Kernel, https://outflux.net/slides/2023/lss-na/bounds-checking.pdf.

Talk given by @kees and @gustavoars at the Linux Security Summit 2023.

Agenda:

• Goal: Memory safety
• 50 years of missing bounds checking
• Problems with existing work-arounds
• Current mitigations lack sufficient coverage
• Improve coverage: Refactor for unambiguous arrays
• Improve coverage: Annotate dynamic array sizes
• Compiler work
• Metrics

Really impressive work. Congrats!

#linux #safety #clang

San Francisco is investigating Twitter and Elon Musk over unsafe building code violations at the HQ office.

It looks like Musk wants to be voted "Modern CEO most likely to reproduce the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire".¹ 😒

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/19/elon-musk-and-twitter-face-san-francisco-city-probe-over-headquarters-.html #SanFrancisco #Twitter #ElonMusk #whistleblower #safety

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_fire. It was gruesome

AI6YR
3 weeks ago

Target candles, burning bright
I hear a rumor that you might
Heat up too fast and shatter
Which kind of does matter

#target #candles #recall #safety #poem (human)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/05/19/target-candle-recall-threshold/70234920007/

Ænðr E. Feldstraw
3 weeks ago

#publictransport police here in #newjersey wearing body armor to prevent getting shot by whom? People who refuse to pay for their ride? All that armor must be hot. Summer is coming. #transit #safety #publicsafety

Tabea Wilke
3 weeks ago

Over the past 8 months the Trust and Safety Teaching Consortium @StanfordCyber - a loosely-organized coalition of academic, industry and non-profit experts - has been creating teaching materials with one goal: Help make the internet a safer place for everyone.

The open-source syllabus is available for everyone who prepares the next generation of trust & safety professionals, engineers and PMs.

Thanks to @shelbygrossman and @alex for their leadership in establishing the consortium and all the work it takes to get things done and to create real and valuable output.

We are launching the teaching materials with a webinar on Wednesday, May 24 at 9am PST.

Register here: https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hQsG_jeVTTqFYiis8KujyQ#/registration

#TrustAndSafety #safety #onlineabuse #privacysecurity #stanford #scaledabuse #AISafety

Topher 🌱🐧💚
3 weeks ago

If we could go back in time for a re-do, what percentage of the things you posted on social media sites would you still post this hypothetical second time around?

#socialmedia #internet #privacy #safety

Lockdownyourlife
3 weeks ago

If your org needs privacy/safety/physical security & anti-surveillance training, please lmk. I partner with both biz and non-profits, journalists, activist groups, abortion aid clinics/workers, dv orgs. Protecting your digital/personal privacy and safety is so important.

#tech #infosec #privacy #safety #nerd #training

Topher 🌱🐧💚
4 weeks ago

"I'm not going to discuss this with you unencrypted," needs to become a normal part of our modern vocabulary.

#privacy #safety #encryption

Topher 🌱🐧💚
4 weeks ago

The number of people for whom #encryption and #privacy will be a matter of life or death is increasing and this trend will only continue to intensify.

For the sake of your #safety and that of your loved ones, please prepare now.

This needs to be a pervasive conversation people keep hearing from every direction so they realise this is real and not some paranoid nerds just being weird.

Start refusing to discuss sensitive topics through insecure means. Don't allow people to endanger themselves.

Texas Observer Lives!
1 month ago

“Texas is just a really terrible place for construction workers to do their job."

Antelmo Ramirez was one of more than 1,300 construction workers to die in #Texas between 2011 and 2021, more than California and Pennsylvania combined, reports @gusbova in this week's top story:

https://www.texasobserver.org/tesla-texas-worker-death-heat/

#Tesla #ElonMusk #HumanRights #safety #health #workers #news #politics #immigration

Texas Observer Lives!
1 month ago

New from Correspondent Benton Graham: a coalition of safety experts are pressuring the #Texas legislature to improve road #safety and reduce fatalities throughout the state:
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-transportation-advocacy-revs-up-at-the-lege/

#politics #news #TXlege #transportation #USpol

@atomicpoet@calckey.social I think whatever we become we'll really only have 'succeeded' if #Calckey leads the way with #FediverseSafety ahead of features and scale.

The Calckey I see would
- have a diverse team of folks that has the time to listen to the safety discourses, and the lived experience to know why safety matters, and informs their
#development decisions.
- make importing
#blocklists or integrating third party #moderation tools easypeasy, so no user finds themselves on an new server that's open to dogpiled by the worst elements of the #Fediverse.
- have robust
#accessibility features that are as important to promote as #quoteposts and #MFM.
- have granular user controls for
#safety - opt-in & opt-out; and features - like turning down/off MFM when it's overwhelming without a user needing to resort to CSS scripts.
- not really care to be a birdsite or
#Mastodon alternative. Let's work to be a better secret third thing, or fourth, or fifth thing.

If we really have to duplicate the big influencer account thing, I'd like to see more non-White, autistic, disabled, queers, and women voices. They're here, but they're often forced to be critics of a newer hegemony. Let's be listening for how can Calckey become the main service of choice for Black, POC and Indigenous women to join, spin up servers, become developers, and have prominent voices on. The rest of the good stuff will follow that.

I think we can do that, but only if we prioritise, and promote minority voices, and do the structural work to support them coming to the service.

#FindAServer #Disability #DisabilityMastodon #Queer #structuralbarriers #structural

pixelfed
1 month ago

:pixelfed: Admins: Did you know you can import and export instance blocklists?

Admin Dashboard -> Instances

One more thing, when importing, you can curate which instances you want to block/unlist/apply cw or import them all!

We applaud @Mastodon for following our lead, safety isn't a feature, it's an expectation. #pixelfed #safety

Pixelfed instances dashboard
Pixelfed instances dashboard
Pixelfed instances dashboard
David Roessli
1 month ago

I have just discovered that adding a “+” (plus sign) to the end of a Bitly or TinyURL will take you to a page displaying the real URL behind it. Super handy for those shortened links you are unsure of.

#staysafe #safety #scam #phishing

Pratik Patel
1 month ago

Considering this set of principles by which #Anthropic tries to train its #AI, I found that it does not always meet those principles.

Anthropic, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI staff and that raised $1.3B, including $300M from #Google, details its “constitutional AI” for safer #chatbots.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/9/23716746/ai-startup-anthropic-constitutional-ai-safety

#safety #MachineLearning #GPT #GenerativeAI

Dear USA: this is what normal global citizens do after two mass shootings in the span of 48hrs.
#gunviolence #banguns #safety https://press.coop/@BBCWorld/110336680965361286

Eric Maugendre
1 month ago

Team #innovation requires psychological #safety.
You may create space for new ideas (even wild ones):
Consider whether you only want ideas that have been thoroughly tested, or whether you’re willing to accept highly creative, out-of-the-box ideas that are not yet well-formulated. It’s fine to ask the tough questions; but do so while demonstrating support.

I Like Books
1 month ago

"What we do

Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that helps LGTBQI+ people facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. In a time when there are more displaced people than ever before, LGBTQI+ people are uniquely vulnerable due to systemic, state-enabled homophobia and transphobia. These factors either displace them in their own country or prevent them from escaping harm.

As a result of Rainbow Railroad, more LGBTQI+ individuals will be able to access lives free from persecution.

Since our founding, we’ve helped over 7,621 LGBTQI+ individuals find safety through emergency relocation and other forms of assistance. Our story has received international media attention, including a feature on CBS 60 Minutes. "

#Safety #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #Escape

https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/

Texas Observer Lives!
1 month ago

More from today's top story: Many school districts violate #Texas’ school #safety law, @josephinelee found. Among many others, #Uvalde Consolidated ISD expelled 33 students and did not conduct required threat assessments or provide mental health interventions for any of those students. https://www.texasobserver.org/students-pay-as-texas-school-districts-violate-threat-assessment-law/

#MentalHealth #education #news #Texas #politics #TXedu #TXlege #CriminalJustice #schools

Longreads
1 month ago

"In Hammond, the hulking trains of Norfolk Southern regularly force parents, kids and caretakers into an exhausting gamble: How much should they risk to get to school?"

@ProPublica and #InvestigateTV report on the problem of stopped #NorfolkSouthern trains in #Hammond, #Indiana: https://www.propublica.org/article/trains-crossing-blocked-kids-norfolk-southern

#Longreads #Reporting #Indiana #Trains #Transportation #Kids #Safety

Kriszta Satori
1 month ago

If you too are passionate about helping #journalists from #Afghanistan to #safety and a more reassuring future please read and consider to donate:
https://gofund.me/6c74dcf9

@bike
1 month ago

Drivers: Please don't call me while you're driving. Please don't pick up while you're driving. Please don't text me while you're driving.

Please do not tell me it's ok because x, y, or z. I have personally seen countless counter-examples for every single excuse I've heard.

It is not ok.

You are operating deadly machinery. Please don't make me complicit in your distracted driving.

Thanks!

#cars #driving #transportation #ScreenTime #safety #requests #RoadSafety #DistractedDriving

ProPublica
1 month ago

Blocked Railroad Crossings Crisis Draws Local and National Calls for Action
==

After seeing images of kids crawling under trains, regulators ask companies to address blocked crossings, lawmakers demand consequences, residents clamor for solutions and Norfolk Southern’s CEO calls a mayor to work out a fix.

#Railroad #Safety #Kids #School #Indiana #NorfolkSouthern

https://www.propublica.org/article/trains-blocked-crossings-kids-lawmakers-response?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

J. M. Guhlin
1 month ago

In this blog entry, you will explore several panic pendants, wearables for schools that can mean the difference between life and harm and promote better #school #safety.

https://blog.tcea.org/school-safety/ #Texas #Education #PanicButtons

Panic delete keys on a keyboard

Believe women. Believe Black folks. Believe Jews. Believe LGBTQ+ folks. Believe anyone who tells you they’re being attacked. As the adage goes, “privilege is learning about racism instead of experiencing it.” And this is true for all forms of targeted oppression, hatred, and violence.

#Inclusivity #Safety #Privilege

Bob Lord 🔐 :donor:
1 month ago

I’m using free Wi-Fi (to bank and make purchases). Is that ok? 🤔
#cybersecurity #safety