Dr. Monali Desai

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Dr. Monali Desai

@drmonalidesai.bsky.social

Jersey City, July 16, 202
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The sky was really pretty last night.
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Among patients with atrial fibrillation, those with wearable cardiac monitors had greater use of the health care system for AF purposes compared with those without wearables, researchers reported in a recent study in the Journal of the American Heart Association www.healio.com/news/cardiol...
In patients with AF, those with wearables use health care resources more oftenwww.healio.com Among patients with atrial fibrillation, those with wearable cardiac monitors had greater use of the health care system for AF purposes compared with those without wearables, researchers reported.In a...
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… crafts featuring everyday life without consent as she was not an artist and therefore Facebook Instagram didn’t feel the need to ask her before using her material. Facebook Instagram has a long history of violating users’ to make money, in 2023 Facebook Instagram made more than $130,000,000,000.
Fury Increases In Latin America Against Meta After It Fails To Notify Artists About Using Their Data To Train AIwww.digitalinformationworld.com Meta faces backlash in Latin America over unauthorized use of artists' data for AI training without consent or compensation.
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Fury Increases In Latin America Against Facebook Instagram After It Fails To Notify Artists About Using Their Data To Train AI. One illustrator in the EU has explained how Facebook Instagram marketed her hand-painted crafts featuring everyday life without consent as she was not an artist and …
Fury Increases In Latin America Against Meta After It Fails To Notify Artists About Using Their Data To Train AIwww.digitalinformationworld.com Meta faces backlash in Latin America over unauthorized use of artists' data for AI training without consent or compensation.
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My last sunset on Waiheke Island after a month of being here, will miss it terribly …
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@vesnavoice.bsky.social No sunset last night, but here's one you might like from St. John last year.
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AI and Deepfakes Played a Big Role in India’s 2024 Elections. From resurrecting dead politicians to creating satirical content and translating speeches, campaigns experimented in multiple ways newlinesmag.com/spotlight/ai...
AI and Deepfakes Played a Big Role in India's Electionsnewlinesmag.com From resurrecting dead politicians to creating satirical content and translating speeches, campaigns experimented in multiple ways
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…tool, which has been used to track misinformation, is set to disappear as elections take place worldwide. The DOJ should investigate Facebook Instagram for election fraud as their intentional use of algorithms to amplify polarizing misinformation seems to have been going on for ~10 years.🇺🇸
Meta Is Getting Rid of CrowdTangle—and Its Replacement Isn’t as Transparent or Accessiblewww.cjr.org The social media monitoring tool, which has been used to track misinformation, is set to disappear as elections take place worldwide
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Facebook Instagram seems to be trying to hide the fact that their algorithms amplify extremist & polarizing election related misinformation as they are getting rid of CrowdTangle & its replacement isn’t as transparent or accessible. The social media monitoring tool, which has been used to track…
Meta Is Getting Rid of CrowdTangle—and Its Replacement Isn’t as Transparent or Accessiblewww.cjr.org The social media monitoring tool, which has been used to track misinformation, is set to disappear as elections take place worldwide
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Western Dakotas. Lots of state and national park facilities, the Black Hills, etc. but I still think driving over to Wyoming to see America’s first national monument is your best bet. (Yep, even better than Rushmore.) Impressive piece of geology.
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Authoritarianism in Arkansas? Supporters of scaling back Arkansas abortion ban sue state for rejecting ballot measure petitions for November election despite having the needed signatures. The ballot measures would have given Arkansas citizens the opportunity to vote on abortion rights 🇺🇸
Arkansas is sued for rejecting petitions on an abortion-rights ballot measurewww.yahoo.com Arkansas is being sued for rejecting petitions in favor of a proposed ballot measure to scale back the state's abortion ban, with supporters asking the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to order official...
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The US economy is at risk by not allowing more migrants to work. The National Immigration Forum said there’s currently ~ 10 million jobs open across the skill spectrum, but with more Boomers leaving the workforce & a lower birth rate, American alone cannot fill those roles 🇺🇸
Immigrants are helping to close the labor market gap, data showswww.newsweek.com Analysis of legal and undocumented migrants showed that in areas with large numbers of new arrivals, more empty jobs were filled.
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…for approving, posting, and profiting from "false and deceptive advertisements" that depict Huckabee. Facebook Instagram algorithms have a history of amplifying misinformation ads because this makes Facebook Instagram more money, in 2023 they made > $130,000,000,000 mostly from advertising. 🇺🇸
Mike Huckabee files lawsuit against Facebook parent company for 'deceptive advertisements,' asks for jury trialwww.5newsonline.com Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee filed a legal complaint against Meta Platforms Inc., owner of Facebook, over ads using his face to sell Fortin CBD gummies.
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Former Governor Mike Huckabee has filed a legal complaint against Facebook Instagram for approving, posting, and profiting from "false and deceptive advertisements" that depict Huckabee. Facebook Instagram algorithms have a history of amplifying misinformation ads because this makes …
Mike Huckabee files lawsuit against Facebook parent company for 'deceptive advertisements,' asks for jury trialwww.5newsonline.com Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee filed a legal complaint against Meta Platforms Inc., owner of Facebook, over ads using his face to sell Fortin CBD gummies.
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Lake Michigan Sunrise after the storm
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Extremely dangerous climate change related heat wave grips eastern, central states. Human-caused climate change, largely from burning fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, has greatly increased the odds of heat waves and led them to become more intense and longer lasting, research shows.🇺🇸
"Dangerous" heat wave grips East Coast, Central U.S. as wildfires erupt in Westwww.axios.com The stifling heat makes it more likely that seasonal records will be set.
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…recommendation systems push some users to extremes, extreme-left & extreme-right, but they have done nothing to change it because this makes Facebook Instagram a lot of money. This has obviously proven to be dangerous to Americans, the FTC should break up Facebook Instagram’s dangerous monopoly 🇺🇸
What Facebook knew about how it radicalized userswww.nbcnews.com Internal documents suggest Facebook has long known its algorithms and recommendation systems push some users to extremes.
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What Facebook knew about how it radicalized users. Internal documents suggest Facebook has long known its algorithms and recommendation systems push some users to extremes, extreme-left and extreme-right, but they have done nothing to change it because this makes Facebook Instagram a lot of money…
What Facebook knew about how it radicalized userswww.nbcnews.com Internal documents suggest Facebook has long known its algorithms and recommendation systems push some users to extremes.
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Last Night's Firey Sunset along the Southwestern coast of Nova Scotia!
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen says the company’s algorithms incentivize extreme-left and extreme-right angry, polarizing, divisive content because this makes Facebook Instagram more money. This clearly makes Americans’ lives more dangerous as more than 80% of Americans use their apps
Facebook whistleblower says company incentivizes "angry, polarizing, divisive content"www.cbsnews.com An internal Facebook study obtained by 60 Minutes stated: "The current set of financial incentives our algorithms create does not appear to be aligned with our mission."