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The reified mind A note on generative AI as commodified language

«Models don’t ‹generate› any new meanings but enclose and commodify those that already exist, working to freeze the embedded social relations in whatever turns out to be the most profitable forms for the interests that own and promote ‹AI.›» @robhorning.bsky.social on #genAI as commodified language

私 Noodle❗️ In search of new sounds and new inspiration, I found these kick-ass women who in their own individual ways are true pioneers in the writing, production and creation of MUSIC. They have inspired me, an

Borderline reverie.

soundcloud.com/gorillaz/noo...

YouTube video by HBO Max The Pitt | Official Trailer | Max

Recently hooked on THE PITT. youtu.be/ufR_08V38sQ

By recently I mean yesterday 9 pm and by hooked I mean I’ll be through the whole season by tomorrow.

We've added a toggle to getkirby.com so you can preview the new Panel dark mode in Kirby 5. Tap it to see what it looks like in the dark! 🌒

Kirby 5 is here 🚀 And it's packed with new features:

🔮 Changes preview
🌑 Dark mode
📕 Entries field
🗑️ Batch delete of pages/files
👁 Panel file previews
🍰 Chunked uploads for large files
🪄 Panel view buttons
🔌 Plugin licenses right in the Panel
🐘 PHP 8.4

And so much more: getkirby.com/releases/5

#Laravel Herd is a great application for macOS and Windows that makes it very easy to get a server and #PHP up and running for your Kirby CMS projects. Use i... How to install Kirby in minutes

New month, new projects 🥷: For those of you just getting started with Kirby, check out our new video tutorial on how to set up your local development environment and site in just a few minutes 🍿🙇 youtu.be/us4hwvMJbzs

#Laravel Herd is a great application for macOS and Windows that makes it very easy to get a server and #PHP up and running for your Kirby CMS projects. Use i... How to install Kirby in minutes

We've invited Justus from the fantastic Moinframe YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@moinfra-me ) to make a brand new installation video for us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=us4h... 📺

Nachrichtenteaser, der Christian Wulff (Bundespräsident a.D.) zeigt, mit dem Titel „Wulff warnt vor Erstarken des Rechtspopulismus“

Wer sagt es ihm?

every person online who thinks the tariffs are a good idea are people who are trying to figure out how to take their first step as a huamn being

Blog Questions Challenge - Hicks.design Answering questions about my blogging setup, as requested!

Jon Hicks, known for his icon designs for Firefox, MailChimp and Shopify, tells us how he uses Kirby as part of the 'Blog Questions Challenge':

Over the past year, our Kirby Community Map has been filled with many pins from around the world: 🗺️ community.getkirby.com

But we think there are still many missing. We'd love for you to add yourself. It's a wonderful way to connect and start new meetups and collaborations.

It's great to see so many Kirby #meetups continue to happen! 💛 to see so many people at the recent gatherings in Berlin, Munich, Mainz, and Hamburg: great conversations, ideas, and a shared love for all things Kirby. A big thank you to all the organizers! Looking forward to more! 🥳

A brand new field that allows you to create and manage multiple entries with the same field type

The new batch delete mode. Select multiple files or pages to delete them at once.

In addition to audio and video files, you can now also preview PDF documents out of the box.

Kirby 5.0.0-beta.3 is here! 🚀
https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/5.0.0-beta.3

We've wrapped up the last features for v5:

🗑️ Batch delete
📋 New Entries field
📜 PDF document preview

Learn more:
https://getkirby.com/releases/5

P.S. v5 will be a free upgrade for all v4 license owners.

Friedrich Merz will die AfD jetzt „inhaltlich stellen“, indem er verfassungsfeindliche und menschenrechtswidrige Gesetze mit der AfD zusammen beschließt? – Franz von Papen zieht seinen Hut!

Kirby Pixels Create social media thumbnails, plugin cards and more for Kirby CMS right in your browser.

Pixels is back 🍓. And now has its own site! This handy little tool helps us create social media thumbnails, plugin cards and more for Kirby right in the browser. ✨ Check it out:

Thanks for this nudge - while we left that site with @getkirby.com many months ago, those tags still lingered around. Made sure to remove them as well incl. any other reference. (And while we were at it we also removed as many references to Zuckerberg's platforms as we could)

The Anti-Social Century Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

This is a very interesting read. Personally, I am particularly interested in the political implications of this (second third of the article) but all of it is quite fascinating.

#Biedermeier
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Auf der Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin steht: „Heil Tesla!“

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin - right now!

In cooperation with @ledbydonkeys.org

Meta admits some people can’t unfollow Donald Trump on Instagram Users including Gracie Abrams have said they never asked to follow presidential account – and are unable to stop

Dare to unfollow the emperor? www.the-independent.com/tech/instagr...

AI is the free U2 album of our time.

@shamjaff.bsky.social Have you thought about bringing your newsletter back as podcast (for paid subscribers)? Not saying you should (don't want this to come across pushy out of nowhere), just curious cause I loved it.

How are forests becoming digital environments? The University of Cambridge investigates this in their Smart Forests project: https://www.smartforests.net #madeWithKirby by Sarah Garcin

You can if you report a post of them as spam, then it offers you to block them as follow-up action.

More AI trash heading into your feeds

„Imagine how little you will see from the friends and family members you actually care about. Imagine how much slop you will be greeted with — a feed alternating between slop, suggested posts, and ads, with just enough of what you actually opened the app to see.“ pxlnv.com/linklog/meta...

Alexis Gay✨ on Instagram: "when you love the em-dash" 2,142 likes, 84 comments - yayalexisgay on November 30, 2021: "when you love the em-dash".

It's just the right amount of pause. www.instagram.com/yayalexisgay...

YouTube video by NEON THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG - Official Trailer - In Select Theaters November

Catch SEED OF THE SACRED FIG now at the movies in Germany. Quite the watch. youtu.be/nbKLGsf1Syg?...