I'm Curious:
If human nature was not to harm,
but to cooperate for the well being of all,
would most every political system be just?
Or do some systems require
that people treat others ill,
in order to function at all.
Would capitalism function if our nature
was to cooperate and intend no harm?
I despair for all the people locked in by their belief that the principle of excluded middle applies to the world around them.
I think that belief is the root of all evil,
if there is such a thing.
Problem is that it most always works. Especially in a country where approximately half the people are inclined to
believe it.
That could turn into quite a spectacle. Will have to be sure to catch the halftime show.
But isn't that the proper way to dispose of a worn or tattered flag?
nationalflagfoundation.org/etiquette/ho...
That has been my question. How do we know these people are being taken off the streets by 47 and their henchmen, they could just easily be criminal slavers or whatever.
I've tried. I really have tried!
Since when i was little.
Just can't seem to do it.
Problem is,
so many of us have terminal cases of hope.
ICANN Bylaws waving in the wind: ICANN is currently debating a bylaws amendment to require a review of reviews. At the same time they are debating the approval of the latest IANA review (IFR2) - seems they should wait on any review approvals until after they have finished reviewing reviews.
I think that having LLMs do your writing
is reasonable when writing for LLMs.
A conjecture:
If we do not discriminate
betwixt this type or that,
We all remain omnivore.
It is our biology.
No vegans or carnivores,
nor pescatarians or vegetarians;
they delude themselves.
They are all omnivores:
neither delusion
nor growth
can change that?
No transvores in this world to see!
Other than being a wonderfully advanced form of democratic governance, one of the aspects that appeals to me most about Multistakeholder Processes, like those recommended in the Sao Paulo Multistakeholder Guidelines, is that they come in many varieties and mixes. Nothing is "ever one size fits all."
Going back & forth between
EuroDIG in Strasbourg & RIPE in Lisbon.
Not multitasking, but timesharing:
picking & choosing for my online pleasure.
I like both.
They are different.
Like two sides of me?
Both refer to non-speakers
as audience
& then wonder
why few speak.
& both have many rules.
for those with absent mothers:
how are you doing today?
happy day, remembering good stuff?
sad day, remembering absence?
bit of both.
ALL are invited to join the second #IGFDC webinar on "Security in the Digital Age" tomorrow, 30 April, at 15:30 UTC!
Join technologists, policymakers and civil society leaders for a talk on evolving #cybersecurity challenges.
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Remember the Ugly Americans from the 1900s. Well they are back, meaner, and in control.
you asked:
"Why do people still believe Elon's lies?!?"
We have a life time of training in belief. We have seen more hours of advertising than most anything else. We do not believe, yet we do - we recall that someone trustworthy, can't remember who, told us this was good.
Musk has this dark art!
If true, at least it is hope, and something one can do to help themselves, if only a little. Still horrible, but ...
What is the likelihood of it being true?
My national orientation today
Sitting in Rhode Island
Listening to Finland's Apocalyptica
Watching svt for Moose.
Feel safe for now.
I thank MSNBC for streaming its stories as highlights
- the presentation gets better all the time
- very helpful to those of us without cable or some other subscription.
I just wish they would date&time stamp them.
Cultural and historical cleansing.
What comes next?
I know it. That got in the way of my enjoying it fully last time I was there; was not emotionally ready for it. I have promised friends to someday give it another try. I am now accustomed to being broke and finding a way to cope. Would not be a surprise!
.is is still my 1st choice for domain names.
Got my tickets for Oslo #IGF2025. Looking forward to being onsite in a favorite place, one with a decent human rights record.
Going via Iceland. Did not arrange an extended stopover, but if I have funds, my ticket is changeable, I would like to spend a day, two or more in Iceland on the way back.
the appearance of America's Uncle was one of my favorite images.
In his last pictures, he has not looked well.
Recently, was musing on gaming
and the best of all games:
accusations of gaming.
Currently walking to the Iliad by Homer, with a marvelous new translation by Emily Wilson.
I've sung praises of the gaming skill of ICANN and its people.
Troy, Greece, and the Gods of Olympus have much to teach us.
Observed the 1st meeting of the 2025 MAG.
A MAG composed only of those who had served before, all-stars from the past.
Though all came from MAGs with differing IGF historical processes, they were mostly able to decide that they did not need to spend time reworking process this time around. Bravo.
Wondering, are the strings MAG & MAGA confusingly similar acronyms?
They seem to be Typo-susceptible.
Perhaps it is good year, while the IGF is (re)casting itself in the image of the GDC and before the UNGA decides on its future,
to rename of the group in consideration of the age we are entering.
With news of DeepSeek, yet to confirmed & digested, a consequence of restricting technology raises her head. We forgot that the Mother of Invention often comes to fulfill the necessity others have for a solution, perhaps arriving at a better solution that can become a disaster for the incumbents.
a day later,
seems not!
