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#Quotes #Kindness #Existing #Tolerance #Charity #Peace #SmallChanges #ArthurConanDoyle

This quote is new to me---it's like he looked into my heart and mind, for this is how I strive to life my life---though it can be hard at times, in the political and human nature realms.

"I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my presence. Even on this small stage we have our two sides, and something might be done by throwing all one's weight on the scale of breadth, tolerance, charity, temperance, peace, and kindliness to man and beast. We can't all strike very big blows, and even the little ones count for something." -Arthur Conan Doyle, physician and writer (22 May 1859-1930)

Overheard while on vacation: “let’s just all have fun. No need to make things #political

🙄 Spoken like a white dude who isn’t facing the daily struggle of #existing in a world that is constantly trying to make him and his life disappear through legislated #discrimination and violence.

Right on, my dude. Just enjoy yourself in your a-political bubble 😒😒

Meanwhile I had to thoroughly research this resort before booking to make sure I’d be treated like an actual human being during my stay

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Meduza‘You don’t intimidate us’ Human rights activist Igor Kochetkov on registering the non-existent ‘international LGBT movement’ in a bid to thwart Russia in court — MeduzaIn late November 2023, the Russian Justice Ministry filed a lawsuit demanding that the Supreme Court ban the “international LGBT movement” as an “extremist organization.” The initiative was a clear attempt to criminalize LGBTQ+ people in Russia, but it also had a more basic problem: the “international LGBT movement” didn’t even exist as an entity. Then, two days before the case was set to be heard, a group of activists and human rights advocates registered an organization under the name “International LGBT Movement” in an attempt to hinder the government’s plan by joining the lawsuit as an affected party. One of the members of this group, Russian LGBT Network founder Igor Kochetkov, spoke to Meduza on the eve of the judge’s ruling. The court ultimately refused to let anyone other than Justice Ministry officials attend the closed-door hearing, which ended with the “LGBT movement” being banned, but Kochetkov’s responses provide insight into what the future likely holds for LGBTQ+ Russians.

"…the successful rollout of #NowAndThen suggests a path for #AI and the #business of #culture. This path has less to do with software producing #new work and more to do with tech advances facilitating the ongoing monetization of #existing intellectual property, “content” that is already identified as profitable."
#MarkFisher
nytimes.com/2023/11/21/magazin

The New York Times · The Beatles Are Still Charting the Future of Pop. It Looks Bleak.By Peter C. Baker
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Also, code outputs aren't fully repeated when I ask for a minor change. Just a comment like, `#existing code here...`

Very handy, will definitely be using this more in my #llm exploration.

To be clear, it's still only slightly better than banging my head against the wall, and still continues to offer new wrong ways to do things when the code it spits out doesn't work.