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Ph.D Student at the University of Edinburgh. Founder of FEE, a NGO that works with Colombian rural schools. @feecolombia Mostly retoots. Profile picture […] [bridged from https://mastodon.scot/@nicolasruiz on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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2 adult Graylag geese with 4 goslings

2 adult Graylag geese with 4 goslings

Graylags with their chicks

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #BirdScrolling

27.04.2025 19:57 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
Picture of the sea and a white rock in the horizon

Picture of the sea and a white rock in the horizon

#silentsunday #sea #photography #north_berwick

27.04.2025 17:27 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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On correct but wrong responses For a research project I am currently evaluating all kinds of generative AI models (mostly for visual artifacts but some text based ones as well). There also is somewhat of a push at my employer to use those systems more because of “efficiency”. So we all know that LLMs fabricate facts meaning: They produce text […]

With code assistants a lot of the responses are correct but I also think that they are not right. Let me elaborate:

https://tante.cc/2025/04/09/on-correct-but-wrong-responses/

09.04.2025 14:59 — 👍 0    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
A portrait of a dog called Sake. The dog has his mouth open and is wearing a harness.

A portrait of a dog called Sake. The dog has his mouth open and is wearing a harness.

#silentsunday

06.04.2025 08:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
La Badia (chiesa Maria SS. Addolorata), Ragusa (Sicily 🇮🇹)

#sunday_churches #silentSunday #iPhonephotography #sicily #architecture

La Badia (chiesa Maria SS. Addolorata), Ragusa (Sicily 🇮🇹) #sunday_churches #silentSunday #iPhonephotography #sicily #architecture

La Badia (chiesa Maria SS. Addolorata), Ragusa (Sicily 🇮🇹)

#sunday_churches #silentSunday #iPhonephotography #sicily #architecture

30.03.2025 09:11 — 👍 0    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of Girona where a tall church and a staircase is visible.

Photo of Girona where a tall church and a staircase is visible.

#silentsunday #girona #photography

30.03.2025 09:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Timnit Gebru (she/her) Fired from Google for raising issues of discrimination in the workplace and writing about the dangers of large language models: https://www.wired.com/story/google-timnit-gebru-ai-what-really-happened/. Founded The Distributed AI Research Institute (https://www.dair-institute.org/) to work on community rooted AI research.

Timnit Gebru (@timnitGebru) is coming to FediForum and wants to talk about:

Accessibility on the fediverse, genocide prevention in multiple languages, using the fediverse for activism.

Excellent topics! Join us, April 1-2, online. More info: https://fediforum.org

25.03.2025 18:20 — 👍 0    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 0
a small goat balancing on the head of a capybara that seems content in a park

a small goat balancing on the head of a capybara that seems content in a park

Time to see a picture of a goat perched on a capybara.

23.03.2025 00:41 — 👍 24    🔁 125    💬 5    📌 1
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Nicolas Ruiz Con corazón ​ by Nicolás Ruiz March 2025

Please give a listen to my playlist:

https://www.elernenmuzik.net/nicolas-ruiz.html

It is great to participate in the elernenmuzik project.

21.03.2025 10:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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El primer paso para saber si los algoritmos que utilizan administraciones públicas y empresas son justos es conocer cuáles son esos algoritmos y cómo funcionan.

La coalición #IACiudadana pide al Gobierno un registro central de algoritmos transparente para […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

17.03.2025 11:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A deer with it's tongue out

A deer with it's tongue out

Licking his lips

Sika Deer

nature #deer #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #DeerPhotography #DeerOfMastodon #UK #DeerScrolling

16.03.2025 19:26 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of the Water of Leith. You can see a house, the river and the shore.

Photo of the Water of Leith. You can see a house, the river and the shore.

#silentsunday #edinburgh #waterofleith

16.03.2025 14:58 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A color photo of a small body of water perfectly reflecting cumulus clouds in the sky above. The blues of the water and sky are very intense. There are some coniferous trees to the left and in the distance. There are dried grasses around the edges of the water.

A color photo of a small body of water perfectly reflecting cumulus clouds in the sky above. The blues of the water and sky are very intense. There are some coniferous trees to the left and in the distance. There are dried grasses around the edges of the water.

#silentsunday #phoneography #photography

16.03.2025 14:57 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Shovelers are surface feeding ducks with huge spatula-shaped bills. Males have dark green heads, with white breasts and chestnut flanks

Shovelers are surface feeding ducks with huge spatula-shaped bills. Males have dark green heads, with white breasts and chestnut flanks

Northern Shoveler Duck

#nature #birds #Wildlife #photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #UK #BirdScrolling

15.03.2025 18:51 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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queck, queck, queck 🦆🦆🦆🦆

BL Add 49622, f.190v

10.03.2025 20:26 — 👍 105    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 1
A portrait of a dog with a chimney behind. The dog sits on top of its bed.

A portrait of a dog with a chimney behind. The dog sits on top of its bed.

#silentsunday #dog

09.03.2025 09:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Original post on social.coop

¡¡Nuestra primera planta fotovoltaica está por fin funcionando!! 🥳

No puedo ni encontrar las palabras para describir las dificultados que hemos tenido para llegar aquí. Pero esta noticia para mi es importantísima, porque demuestra que es posible. Que podemos crear otro tipo de economía, que […]

05.03.2025 22:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The image is a black and white photograph depicting a young Native American woman. She appears to be in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California during cotton picking season as suggested by text annotations on the photo that read "Dorothea Lange 1938." The girl has dark hair parted in the middle and wears a simple greyish-brown shirt with suspenders across her chest. She is holding or leaning against large burlap sacks typical of agricultural work, indicating she may be engaged in cotton picking labor during this historical period. Her expression is serious and reflective as she gazes directly at the camera, suggesting an awareness of being photographed which was uncommon for subjects during that time due to photography's intrusive nature. The environment around her appears dry with sparse vegetation, consistent with a Southern California landscape.

The image is a black and white photograph depicting a young Native American woman. She appears to be in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California during cotton picking season as suggested by text annotations on the photo that read "Dorothea Lange 1938." The girl has dark hair parted in the middle and wears a simple greyish-brown shirt with suspenders across her chest. She is holding or leaning against large burlap sacks typical of agricultural work, indicating she may be engaged in cotton picking labor during this historical period. Her expression is serious and reflective as she gazes directly at the camera, suggesting an awareness of being photographed which was uncommon for subjects during that time due to photography's intrusive nature. The environment around her appears dry with sparse vegetation, consistent with a Southern California landscape.

Mexican cotton picker. Southern San Joaquin Valley, California

#Mexican #California #NativeAmerican #DorotheaLange #SouthernCalifornia #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017763282/

04.03.2025 08:26 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Elderberry (?) flowers

Elderberry (?) flowers

Cherry tree flower (?)

Cherry tree flower (?)

White flowers

White flowers

Red bulb

Red bulb

#silentsunday #barcelona

02.03.2025 13:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
An image with a yellow background featuring black, bold, stencil-style text that reads: “THE BIGGEST JOKE ON MANKIND IS THAT COMPUTERS HAVE STARTED ASKING HUMANS TO PROVE THAT THEY AREN’T A ROBOT.” The text humorously references CAPTCHA tests, where humans must verify they are not automated bots.

An image with a yellow background featuring black, bold, stencil-style text that reads: “THE BIGGEST JOKE ON MANKIND IS THAT COMPUTERS HAVE STARTED ASKING HUMANS TO PROVE THAT THEY AREN’T A ROBOT.” The text humorously references CAPTCHA tests, where humans must verify they are not automated bots.

Perhaps not the biggest joke, but it lands. #Tech

19.02.2025 14:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot from a Reddit feed showing two headlines:

"The White House bans the AP indefinitely over the use of 'Gulf of Mexico'"

"In Munich Vance accuses European politicians of censoring free speech"

Screenshot from a Reddit feed showing two headlines: "The White House bans the AP indefinitely over the use of 'Gulf of Mexico'" "In Munich Vance accuses European politicians of censoring free speech"

ngl this is funny

15.02.2025 11:42 — 👍 17    🔁 154    💬 3    📌 2

Just published! This article explores rural educational imaginaries in Colombian public policy. It is open access. I hope you enjoy it!

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738059325000203

30.01.2025 15:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot showing 138,900 cat photos on Pixelfed

Screenshot showing 138,900 cat photos on Pixelfed

Some would say Mark Zuckerberg's actions this week accomplished little of value.

But I'd disagree.

Just look at the 138,900 cat photos that are now on Pixelfed 😹

#cats #Pixelfed #Meta

17.01.2025 10:55 — 👍 34    🔁 29    💬 1    📌 1
Original post on toot.wales

As Facebook continues to deteriorate I find myself having to revisit what my lifeboat options are for the #Gorkamorka
FB group I/we run. It's the most successful GoMo community there has ever been, which is wonderful, but the platform is awful.

I wonder if anyone on the #Fediverse has put […]

10.01.2025 12:21 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Since I created a new Pixelfed account I would love to follow some new people. So if you are on Pixelfed, feel free to share your account in the comments.

Mine is @daniebeler@pixelix.social

#Pixelfed #PixelixSocial #Account #Share

16.01.2025 17:47 — 👍 0    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
The image depicts a scene from the early 20th century with Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California. It is a black and white photograph showing six individuals around wooden crates filled with harvested crops.
In the foreground, there are three people: an adult woman in a hat leaning against one of the crates, her child sitting on it beside her, both dressed modestly for outdoor work; another woman standing next to them wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding onto something unseen. Behind this trio stands two men—one with his hands resting on his hips—a truck is visible behind these figures suggesting transportation or delivery.
The workers appear to be taking a break from laborious tasks, as indicated by their relaxed postures despite the heat implied through their clothing choices which seem intended for sun protection and practicality in agricultural work. The sky above them appears clear with no clouds indicative of good weather conditions during harvesting time.

The image depicts a scene from the early 20th century with Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California. It is a black and white photograph showing six individuals around wooden crates filled with harvested crops. In the foreground, there are three people: an adult woman in a hat leaning against one of the crates, her child sitting on it beside her, both dressed modestly for outdoor work; another woman standing next to them wearing a wide-brimmed hat and holding onto something unseen. Behind this trio stands two men—one with his hands resting on his hips—a truck is visible behind these figures suggesting transportation or delivery. The workers appear to be taking a break from laborious tasks, as indicated by their relaxed postures despite the heat implied through their clothing choices which seem intended for sun protection and practicality in agricultural work. The sky above them appears clear with no clouds indicative of good weather conditions during harvesting time.

Japanese agricultural workers packing broccoli near Guadalupe, California

#Japanese #Guadalupe #California #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017769673/

13.01.2025 11:26 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Photo of a páramo where two frailejones are visible. A lagoon is also visible and a blue sky.

Photo of a páramo where two frailejones are visible. A lagoon is also visible and a blue sky.

Come and visit #colombia

07.01.2025 21:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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