Looks promising, especially if the brilliant writer Laurie Penny has written something about Baker.
This bit is odd, the claim that Baker is “the first black woman to star in a film.” That would be 1927 (Siren of the Tropics), but Oscar Micheaux was making movies with black actors well before then.
Content moderation at scale is impossible to do well. And, contrary to what most people believe, a huge part of content moderation is not “we have to suppress this content that scares us,” but just an attempt to “stop people from being jerks to others.” Unfortunately, too many people get confused, and think that “free speech” means they get to commandeer private property to be assholes to others, which results in confusing fights over people claiming their “free speech” is under attack when the reality is that a private property owner has decided you need to stop being an asshole.
But what if a social media network came along and just said upfront: our policy is no assholes and we’re not ashamed to say we’ll kick you out if you’re being a jackass?
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Mozilla, which announced months ago its intent to enter the Fediverse with some sort of ActivityPub-based instance, recently laid out more details of its private beta plans. Their key differentiator? They plan to be more aggressive in moderating. Rather than presenting themselves as a “neutral” platform, they’re admitting upfront that their moderation plans have an opinion:
Today, we’re expanding Mozilla.social to a private beta. We’ve put a lot of work into getting to this stage, but there is a lot more to do before we open it up more broadly. We’re making a long-term investment because we think we can contribute to making Mastodon, and social media generally, better.
You’ll notice a big difference in our content moderation approach compared to other major social media platforms. We’re not building another self-declared “neutral” platform. We believe that far too often, “neutrality” is used as an excuse to allow behaviors and content that’s designed to harass and harm those from communities that have always faced harassment and violence. Our content moderation plan is rooted in the goals and values expressed in our Mozilla Manifesto — human dignity, inclusion, security, individual expression and collaboration. We understand that individual expression is often seen, particularly in the US, as an absolute right to free speech at any cost. Even if that cost is harm to others. We do not subscribe to this view. We want to be clear about this. We’re building an awesome sandbox for us all to play in, but it comes with rules governing how we engage with one another. You’re completely free to go elsewhere if you don’t like them.
Well, but how many mouse-sized corgis does it weigh?
Are they perfectly spherical?
Marble-sized cuties-patooties?
Time for the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.
The process has led to the phrase “three-parent babies”, though more than 99.8% of the DNA in the babies comes from the mother and father.
Go for four! Have someone else carry the egg to term.
Ain’t nothing but a party!
Remember, the result here is going to be an actual human being who will (hopefully!) grow old enough to start understanding their origins. It can be a bit of a psychological roller coaster to owe your existence to being a science project. There’s enough evidence of this already from the writings of current donor-conceived people (2 biological parents only).
There was a bit inside the sci-fi show The Expanse where one of the characters had something like 10 donors. The producers only focused on his “mother”. Said character was a little off.
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Cops reckon the impact might be related to the ongoing Eta Aquariids meteor shower that peaked last week, but then again they are cops.
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This cozy farm sim is ‘akin to Stardew Valley’ except you never know which of the locals is secretly a serial killer
How jolly.
That’s one way to get enough Mechanical Turks to handle real moderation problems. 
Esplanade paved
Newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported on the paving over of a historic section of cobblestoned street on the southern side of Helsinki’s Esplanade Park on Thursday.
The process involved adding a layer of asphalt over the cobblestones, followed by a layer of flat stone tiles.
This will turn the second lane of the street into space for a bike lane as well as parking for bicycles and electric scooters.
The move sparked outrage from Twitter, with users questioning why the city was covering up such a noteworthy portion of the cityscape.
The pavement is historically notable, Helsinki’s Urban Environment Department said on Wednesday.
The solution has been chosen so that the street can be restored to its original state with the added layers removed.
