@pluralistic "The entire internet is shaped by Google's decisions about what shows up on that first page of listings. "
Not the ENTIRE Internet. As an example, Mastodon is not. ;)
TOMORROW (May 10): 8AM: Science Fiction Research Association talk, "AI, copyright and creative workers’ labor rights"
Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures building (Lossi 3, lobby)
TOMORROW (May 10): A talk for hackers on seizing the means of computation
University of Tartu Delta Centre (Narva 18, room 1037)
My latest nationally bestselling novel is "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench:
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TOMORROW (May 10), 8AM: Science Fiction Research Association talk, "AI, copyright and creative workers’ labor rights"
Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures building (Lossi 3, lobby)
TOMORROW (May 10), 3PM: A talk for hackers on seizing the means of computation
(University of Tartu Delta Centre, Narva 18, room 1037)