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Calishat<p>Y&#39;all, I had a very productive Labor Day weekend. I finished WikiTwister AND I got my upgrade to MastoGizmos finished! MastoGizmos ( <a href="https://mastogizmos.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mastogizmos.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ) is a set of 11 Web-based tools for exploring <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>. </p><p>Here&#39;s a thread about the tools. If you have a friend who isn&#39;t on the fedi but is Mastodon-curious, let them know about MastoGizmos - you don&#39;t need a Mastodon account to use any of the tools. </p><p>MastoGizmo is free to use, free of ads, and works best on desktop. Let&#39;s go! </p><p>1/12</p>
Calishat<p>I&#39;ve been wrestling with this site all week and I finally got it doing right. WikiTwister ( <a href="https://wikitwister.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wikitwister.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ) is a set of six tools for exploring <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> pages and categories. It&#39;s free, free of ads, and works best on desktop. A brief tour thread:</p><p>1/7</p>
Calishat<p>Sixteen Tools for Enhancing Your Google Search Experience — SearchTweaks</p><p>Happy holidays! I made you a present: a collection of sixteen tools to make your Google search better, presented in a new site called SearchTweaks.com . </p><p>As you might imagine, after over 25 years of writing about search engines I have plenty of thoughts and opinions about what&#39;s missing in the search experience and what could be done…</p><p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/WebSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WebSearch</span></a></p><p><a href="http://researchbuzz.me/2023/12/18/sixteen-tools-for-enhancing-your-google-search-experience-searchtweaks/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">researchbuzz.me/2023/12/18/six</span><span class="invisible">teen-tools-for-enhancing-your-google-search-experience-searchtweaks/</span></a></p>
Calishat<p>I&#39;m posting news I find interesting and useful. </p><p>I welcome thoughtful comments, additional information, or even jokes. </p><p>Snarks, arguments, and insults will get you blocked. I&#39;m not here for you to take out your frustrations.</p><p>Also, my mother almost died of covid and has permanent heart damage. If you come at me trying to lecture me about covid and how I should refer to it after I post a related article, I will block you into next week.</p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/lmao" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lmao</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/oh-sh-rh-ceo-reacts-live-to-stock-tanking-on-tariffs-poor-earnings.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/04/03/oh-sh-rh-c</span><span class="invisible">eo-reacts-live-to-stock-tanking-on-tariffs-poor-earnings.html</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Korea</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/KoreanWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>KoreanWar</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/MilitaryHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilitaryHistory</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a> </p><p>&#39;A group of South Korean and U.S. academics is working to revisit the Korean War six decades later in a tech-savvy way: by digitizing photos, maps, official documents and video footage of interviews with war veterans.&#39;</p><p><a href="https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20110622/academics-create-digitized-archive-of-korean-war" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20</span><span class="invisible">110622/academics-create-digitized-archive-of-korean-war</span></a></p>
Calishat<p>Today in stupid people </p><p>&#39;Social media influencers pose a &quot;new and increasing threat&quot; for uncontacted indigenous people, a charity has warned after the arrest of a US tourist who travelled to a restricted Indian Ocean island.</p><p>Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, 24, allegedly landed on North Sentinel Island in an apparent attempt to make contact with the isolated Sentinelese tribe, filming his visit and leaving a can of coke and a coconut on the shore.&#39;</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4zl225g8o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4zl22</span><span class="invisible">5g8o</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>marketing</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/DigitalLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DigitalLiteracy</span></a> </p><p>&#39;A study by digital marketing consultant Joe Youngblood found that U.S. consumers correctly spotted AI images 71.63% of the time when shown real photos side-by-side with AI versions.</p><p>The study surveyed over 4,000 Americans of different ages.&#39;</p><p><a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/studies-reveal-consumers-easily-detect-ai-generated-content/543620/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">searchenginejournal.com/studie</span><span class="invisible">s-reveal-consumers-easily-detect-ai-generated-content/543620/</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Alaska</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/gov" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gov</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LawEnforcement</span></a> </p><p>&#39;The Anchorage Police Department (APD) has concluded its three-month trial of Axon’s Draft One, an AI system that uses audio from body-worn cameras to write narrative police reports for officers—and has decided not to retain the technology. Axon touts this technology as “force multiplying,” claiming it cuts in half the amount of time officers usually spend writing reports—but APD disagrees.&#39;</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/anchorage-police-department-ai-generated-police-reports-dont-save-time/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/04/03/anchor</span><span class="invisible">age-police-department-ai-generated-police-reports-dont-save-time/</span></a></p>
Calishat<p>Today in plot twists: Steve Irwin&#39;s son is modeling underwear </p><p><a href="https://manofmany.com/fashion/robert-irwin-bonds-made-for-downunder-campaign" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">manofmany.com/fashion/robert-i</span><span class="invisible">rwin-bonds-made-for-downunder-campaign</span></a></p>
Calishat<p>MEAN-WHILE</p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>stocks</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/leopards" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>leopards</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/faces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>faces</span></a> </p><p>&#39;Since Jan. 17, the Friday before Inauguration Day, the U.S. stock market has seen $9.6 trillion in value erased, according to data from FactSet and Dow Jones Market Data. Of those losses, $5 trillion has been erased just over the past two days -- the largest two-day loss on record.&#39;</p><p><a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-s-p-and-nasdaq-set-for-further-losses-after-1-679-point-blue-chip-tumble/card/u-s-stock-market-has-lost-9-6-trillion-in-value-since-inauguration-day-6NL1f3p5I5eUhbOGt2Wy?&amp;mod=bulletin_ribbon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">marketwatch.com/livecoverage/s</span><span class="invisible">tock-market-today-dow-s-p-and-nasdaq-set-for-further-losses-after-1-679-point-blue-chip-tumble/card/u-s-stock-market-has-lost-9-6-trillion-in-value-since-inauguration-day-6NL1f3p5I5eUhbOGt2Wy?&amp;mod=bulletin_ribbon</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a>, vulgar (possibly NSFW) political cartoon</p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/DSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DSA</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EU</span></a> </p><p>&#39;European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, for breaking a landmark law to combat illicit content and disinformation, said four people with knowledge of the plans... </p><p>The penalties are set to include a fine and demands for product changes, said the people, who declined to be identified discussing an ongoing investigation. &#39;</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/technology/eu-penalties-x-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E4.ghsz.0Esg5CY78U0W&amp;smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/03/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/eu-penalties-x-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9E4.ghsz.0Esg5CY78U0W&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tariffs</span></a> </p><p>&#39;[DJT] announced sweeping tariffs on most goods imported into the US yesterday, affecting over 100 countries — including uninhabited territories in the middle of the ocean.</p><p>It&#39;s a baffling decision that&#39;s expected to wreak havoc on the international economy, heightening existing concerns over an imminent recession.</p><p>Worse, as Cointelegraph reports, there seem to be signs that the befuddling measures were cooked up by an AI chatbot.&#39;</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/trump-tariffs-signs-ai" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/trump-tariffs-sig</span><span class="invisible">ns-ai</span></a></p>
Calishat<p>Can we create a little &quot;no reply guys&quot; emoji? I need it for reasons.</p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nintendo</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/GLAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GLAM</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Louvre" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Louvre</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/VideoGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VideoGames</span></a> </p><p>&#39;For several years the Louvre has been using specially dedicated New Nintendo 3DS XL consoles to give visitors an audio guided tour of the famous museum. According to the museum’s official website however, it seems that the program will be discontinued in September 2025, to be replaced by a new system.&#39;</p><p><a href="https://nintendosoup.com/louvre-museum-new-nintendo-3ds-console-audio-guide-to-be-discontinued/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nintendosoup.com/louvre-museum</span><span class="invisible">-new-nintendo-3ds-console-audio-guide-to-be-discontinued/</span></a></p>
Calishat<p>I do not understand how the money math works. OpenAI is bonfiring dollars even without this offer. </p><p><a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-just-made-chatgpt-plus-free-for-millions-of-college-students-and-its-a-brilliant-competitive-move-against-anthropic/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">venturebeat.com/ai/openai-just</span><span class="invisible">-made-chatgpt-plus-free-for-millions-of-college-students-and-its-a-brilliant-competitive-move-against-anthropic/</span></a></p>
Calishat<p>Queensland Photography, Social Security, Google Gemini, More: Friday ResearchBuzz, April 4, 2025</p><p>NEW RESOURCES Sunshine Coast News: Online photo collection offers chance to step back in time. &quot;Thousands of images by a photographer who snapped people and places on the Sunshine Coast for more than 30 years are now available for all to see. Bill Robinson’s collection of 26,000 photos has been added to the Sunshine Coast Heritage Library for everyone to enjoy.</p><p><a href="http://researchbuzz.me/2025/04/04/queensland-photography-social-security-google-gemini-more-friday-researchbuzz-april-4-2025/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">researchbuzz.me/2025/04/04/que</span><span class="invisible">ensland-photography-social-security-google-gemini-more-friday-researchbuzz-april-4-2025/</span></a></p>
Calishat<p>yes Tesla! Drop 10% in 2 days. We love to see it. </p><p>(I&#39;m looking at the market futures)</p>
Calishat<p>&#39;Jean-Claude Van Damme is facing criminal charges in Romania.</p><p>According to CNN affiliate Antena, a criminal complaint was filed with the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) against the action star, 64, alleging he “knowingly engaged in sexual relations with women trafficked by a criminal group led by Morel Bolea.”&#39;</p><p><a href="https://www.al.com/life/2025/04/80s-90s-action-hero-accused-of-sex-with-trafficked-romanian-women.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">al.com/life/2025/04/80s-90s-ac</span><span class="invisible">tion-hero-accused-of-sex-with-trafficked-romanian-women.html</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/IntellectualProperty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IntellectualProperty</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>protests</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>activism</span></a> </p><p>&#39; Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the U.S. tech giant of &quot;stealing&quot; content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.&#39;</p><p><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/04/entertainment-news/authors-protest-meta-ai/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/04/entertainment-news/authors-protest-meta-ai/</span></a></p>
Calishat<p>Y&#39;all look at bboy Dummy ripping it up. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/El5YNWhAj1E" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/El5YNWhAj1E</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Calishat<p>Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings, Farm to School Policy, Early Childhood Education, More: Thursday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, April 3, 2025</p><p>NEW RESOURCES CODART: New Catalogue of the Kremer Collection. &quot;A new digital catalogue of the Kremer Collection has appeared. Founded in 1994 by George and Ilone Kremer, the Kremer Collection is a privately owned collection of seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish old master paintings. Edited by Gregor J.M. Weber, the current…</p><p><a href="http://researchbuzz.me/2025/04/03/dutch-and-flemish-old-master-paintings-farm-to-school-policy-early-childhood-education-more-thursday-afternoon-researchbuzz-april-3-2025/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">researchbuzz.me/2025/04/03/dut</span><span class="invisible">ch-and-flemish-old-master-paintings-farm-to-school-policy-early-childhood-education-more-thursday-afternoon-researchbuzz-april-3-2025/</span></a></p>