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Gym teacher accused of using AI voice clone to try to get a high school principal fired

Sat, 27 Apr 2024 05:21:54 GMT

quote [Well, that’s not good.] Entry Comment: Is an AI generated voice that is here to bring you

OpenOrb

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:38:44 GMT

quote [OpenOrb is a curated search engine for Atom and RSS feeds.] Entry Comment: Builds a little search index on the feeds you want to scrape. The example page leans heavily onto programmers but you could set one up on your own computer by running a lovely little set of Python commands.

Most people are disgusted by these animals. These New Yorkers are filling their homes with them.

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:36:14 GMT

quote [In NYC, many wildlife rehabbers see pests as part of a thriving urban ecosystem.] Entry Comment: If I mend your broken wing will you look back as you fly away?

Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 05:04:20 GMT

quote [During covid-19 a preacher lured thousands of people into a remote forest. Then he told them to stop eating] Entry Comment: Guidance guidance through a cult

The Waning Reign of the Wetland Architect We Barely Know (Hint: Not a Beaver)

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 05:03:38 GMT

quote [Little-appreciated, semiaquatic, and cute-as-hell, muskrats can survive almost anywhere. So where are they?] Entry Comment: And they whirl and they twirled and they tango

What a killer Winnie the Pooh can tell us about remix culture

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:23:21 GMT

quote [“The biggest limiting factor right now is that almost everything that anyone wants is has to be from existing IP,” says Johnston, whose newest project is an animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “The Twits” for Netflix. ”And that that the notion of an original idea is somehow scary, certainly to a marketing entity, because they just have to work harder to get it into the public’s consciousness. That’s the bummer.”] Entry Comment: Notes on copyrights, reusing and remixing, featuring some remarks from Dntel in the end. Thumb via some 10 year old mix from the latter.

The Swinging Cabin of SS Bessemer

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 05:03:53 GMT

quote [English inventor Sir Henry Bessemer, renowned for his groundbreaking steel manufacturing process that still bears his name, once lamented, “Few persons have suffered more severely than I have from sea sickness.”] Entry Comment: Stormin' makin waves till I'm gettin' motion sickness

Dracula Daily

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:47:48 GMT

quote [Get the classic novel Dracula, emailed to you in real time as it happens.] Entry Comment: That was a promise too interesting not to mention. Reminds me of this other gamey dialogue that reads the whole of Moby Dick to you (can't seem to find it, gladly). Via Fallen London newsletter.

Can Volunteering With WWOOF Change Organic Farming?

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:00:55 GMT

quote [The nonprofit turns organic farms into vacation spots with the goal of teaching people about sustainability] Entry Comment: Things ain't working out down at the farm

Trip’s Big Interactive Reset

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 05:01:52 GMT

quote [Why 3DO’s true innovation wasn’t its early 3D hardware, but its business model—a model that perfectly matches its founder’s philosophy.] Entry Comment: They get left in the dust like Panasonic 3DO