cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48419696

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Now just waiting for my record to show up so I can start transmitting.

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Reddit seems to have introduced sitewide AI moderation bots that are sweeping up users and outright banning them, without warning or explanation, for crimes like including links in their posts. This has started to hit some pretty well-known artists in r/comics.

It's inconsistent and unpredictable - which makes it worse, since you don't know what the rules are. As companies like Reddit give up more and more control to unaccountable machines, this kind of thing is getting more common.

Reddit has always had kind of a strange relationship with contributors and what is often called "self-promotion". On one hand, it wants Content... But it can't seem to decide where it wants the content to come from.

It's nice that we've got alternative spaces like this.

Anyway, have some links:

• More comics:
  • Ongoing series
  • One-offs like this
• Patreon

How deep does the rabbit hole goes.

It feels like everyday news gets weirder and weirder.

Authorities raided the home of Omnia Swaydan in Damanhour, Beheira province, around 6 p.m. local time on Tuesday while she was alone and ordered her to turn off her phone before taking her into custody, according to Asmaa Naeim, a lawyer following her case.

She was questioned on charges of spreading false news and “misusing” social media, according to lawyer Mohamed Ramadan, who attended her interrogation. On Facebook, late Wednesday afternoon, he said she was released on 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($401) bail.

The arrest came after Swaydan on Monday posted harrowing details of abuses and violations that happened in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of al-Shatabi Hospital, which is a university hospital in Alexandria.

Her post on Facebook detailed incidents she saw that involved women who experienced sexual assault, violence, verbal abuses and intentional medical malpractice and negligence at the hands of doctors and nurses.

Sources:

• AP News;
• Al Manassa;
• Egyptian Front for Human Rights;
• DW (in Arabic).

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3357742/germany-hews-eus-tough-china-line-call-plaza-accord-talks-yuan

Our professor said something about the US having a lot of military bases and asked if anyone knew how many. I and this guy wearing an alligator alcatraz shirt who looked exactly like the type of person to do that both threw out numbers in the upper 700s which were pretty close to reality. We both looked at eachother and realized exactly why we each knew that and how we differed. There was that moment of realization, acknowledgement, and acception with a stranger that I am sure everyone has experienced at some point.

Very funny looking back

Context:

I bought the pattern from ann wood handmade. You can find some less complicated free ones here: https://www.annwoodhandmade.com/free-patterns-and-resources/

https://apple.news/AJOtWZlN1QiCs5ceNTYSM3A