Calishat

Obsessed with search engines, databases, and online information collections forever. Writing books & such since 1996 (OFFICIAL NETSCAPE GUIDE TO INTERNET RESEARCH, GOOGLE HACKS, INFORMATION TRAPPING, WEB SEARCH GARAGE, etc) and ResearchBuzz since 1998.

Autistic and too tired to hide it. (My special interest? Everything, only organized.)

Snarks (as opposed to jokes), doom, and reply guys are blocked without warning.

I post a loooooooot, mostly hashtagged resources.

All My Projects: https://www.calishat.com/portfolio/
Daily News Roundups: http://www.researchbuzz.me/
Free Mastodon Tools: https://mastogizmos.com/

Last Notes

2025-09-28 17:21:19 UTC

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE
(Sorry I can't stand this guy)
https://nypost.com/2025/09/28/us-news/eric-adams-drops-out-of-nyc-mayoral-race-amid-increasing-pressure-i-know-i-cannot-continue-my-campaign/

2025-09-27 19:24:00 UTC

Not seeing this stuff about harassment on HBCU campuses ANYWHERE except Capital B.
https://capitalbnews.org/maga-protesters-removed-tsu-campus/

2025-09-18 21:33:23 UTC

I will tell you Vermont is cool because @npub1prs…eh8y lives there, and that is in fact the case. But there are other reasons as well.
https://vtdigger.org/2025/09/17/vermont-lawmakers-plan-to-consider-balcony-solar-next-session/

2025-09-02 05:40:51 UTC

Dang. Good morning to everyone but especially Carol Weaver.
( @npub1prs…eh8y because Vermont)
'She was born with cerebral palsy, a condition that affected all four of her limbs. A few years ago, she suffered a riding accident that left her paralyzed from the chest down.
Most riders would have abandoned the sport at that point, but Weaver doubled down in order to combat creeping feelings of depression.'
https://vtdigger.org/2025/09/01/adaptive-riders-hit-accessible-stowe-trails/

2025-08-27 19:54:11 UTC

*Jesus Christ God*
If I could reach a table from here I would flip it
'OpenAI acknowledges a particularly troublesome current drawback of ChatGPT's design: Its safety measures may completely break down during extended conversations—exactly when vulnerable users might need them most.'
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/after-teen-suicide-openai-claims-it-is-helping-people-when-they-need-it-most/

2025-08-22 01:18:14 UTC

#AI #emergencies #misninformation #PublicSafety
'Based on our research and experience on emergency response and management, AI-generated misinformation during emergencies can cause real damage by disrupting disaster response efforts.'
https://theconversation.com/ai-generated-misinformation-can-create-confusion-and-hinder-responses-during-emergencies-263081

2025-05-18 12:14:20 UTC

#YouTube #AI #enshittification
'YouTube will now show ads at the "peak" moment of videos, in a move right out of cliffhanger TV territory.
Announced Wednesday during the company's Upfront presentation, Peak Points is a new feature that uses Google's Gemini AI to identify "the most meaningful, or 'peak,' moments" to drop ads into YouTube videos.'
https://mashable.com/article/youtube-peak-points-ads

2025-02-21 14:13:47 UTC

Today in "Oh my word, fuck you":
Oh my word, fuck you HP
'HP Inc is trying to force consumer PC and print customers to use online and other digital support channels by setting a minimum 15-minute wait time for anyone that phones the call center to get answers to troublesome queries.'
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/20/hp_deliberately_adds_15_minutes/

2025-01-20 15:47:22 UTC

#AI #history #DigitalHumanities #misinformation
"A team of researchers has created a new benchmark to test three top large language models (LLMs) — OpenAI’s GPT-4, Meta’s Llama, and Google’s Gemini — on historical questions....The best-performing LLM was GPT-4 Turbo, but it only achieved about 46% accuracy — not much higher than random guessing."
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/19/ai-isnt-very-good-at-history-new-paper-finds/

2024-09-04 09:28:41 UTC

#FastFood #TacoBell #inflation #food #FoodPrices
'On Friday, August 30, the cheapest Crunchwrap Supreme in America was going for $3.39 at the Taco Bell at 2403 S Gregg Street in Big Spring, Texas, while the most expensive was going for a whopping $8.49 at the Westfield Mall location in New Jersey. '
https://www.foodandwine.com/cheapest-taco-bell-locations-in-america-taconomical-website-8704636

2024-09-02 10:03:58 UTC

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^^^ First thing I thought of is all the tech support you do.

2024-09-02 10:03:38 UTC

#UI #cognition #intelligence
"A new study has found that intelligence, in the form of general cognitive abilities such as perception, thinking and remembering, is more important than hitherto thought at predicting a person’s ability to complete common tasks with a PC.... The findings have implications for digital equality, say the researchers, because everyday user interfaces have simply become too complex to use."
https://www.newswise.com/articles/view/816253/?sc=rsla