Wordless Wednesday

I saw the misty morning and saw these two deer in our neighborhood. Later in our area I saw this baby deer running in the water.

Wordless Wednesday

How California could save water while generating clean energy – Los Angeles Times

…In addition to the added solar power, we found that shading all 4,000 miles of the state’s canals and aqueducts could save as much as 63 billion gallons of water annually by reducing evaporation — enough to irrigate 50,000 acres of farmland or provide water to the homes of more than 2 million people.

Now we have a chance to put those projections to the test. Last year, we joined the California Department of Water Resources, the San Joaquin Valley’s Turlock Irrigation District and the firm Solar AquaGrid to build the nation’s first such project and assess the feasibility of covering canals across the state. The pilot, known as Project Nexus, is being funded by the state and is expected to be up and running over two canal sections spanning about 1.6 miles as of next year…

Source: How California could save water while generating clean energy – Los Angeles Times

Merchant: How websites and apps harvest your data to build AI – Los Angeles Times

…A good rule of thumb, to begin with: If you are posting pictures or words to a public-facing platform or website, chances are that information is going to be scraped by a system crawling the internet gathering data for AI companies, and very likely used to train an AI model of one kind or another. If it hasn’t already…

Source: Merchant: How websites and apps harvest your data to build AI – Los Angeles Times

Study Details COVID-19 Misinformation by Physicians on Social Media | HealthLeaders Media

  • Misinformation categories included vaccines, medications, masks, and “other” such as conspiracy theories
  • Vaccine misinformation was most common at 42 physicians (80.8%), followed by “other” misinformation at 28 physicians (53.8%) and medication misinformation at 27 physicians (51.9%)
  • Forty physicians (76.9%) posted misinformation in more than one category
  • The physicians who engaged in misinformation represented 28 medical specialties and misinformation was most common among primary care physicians
  • Nearly one-third (16 of 52) the physicians were linked to groups with a history of spreading medical misinformation such as America’s Frontline Doctors
  • Twitter was the most commonly used social media platform among the physicians (37 of 52 physicians), with the physicians having a median of 67,400 followers
  • Some of the misinformation made unsubstantiated claims that vaccines were ineffective at limiting the spread of COVID-19
  • Some of the misinformation made unsubstantiated claims that COVID-19 vaccines were harmful such as causing infertility and immune system damage
  • Many of the physicians promoted the use of untested or non-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs for COVID-19, most notably ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine
  • Many of the physicians made unsubstantiated claims about mask wearing, either claiming mask wearing was ineffective or harmful

Source: Study Details COVID-19 Misinformation by Physicians on Social Media | HealthLeaders Media