Betty Wills Photography

10/11/2024

Northern lights - aurora

09/19/2024

Bet you can't type the word "tot" with an uppercase T, lowercase o and uppercase T. Try it.

07/28/2024

To begin, I am flattered by the words of Wikipedia's co-founder Larry Sanger (he is no longer associated with WP because of what Wikipedia has become). He is one of the few academics of today that I admire and respect.

Included below is an excerpt from Larry about Justapedia with a link to the video. If you get a chance, please take the time to watch it, especially considering the influence Google (a popular search engine that exclusively uses Wikipedia to force misinformation on an unaware and compliant citizenry in the U.S.). Bing is a MUCH BETTER OPTION, although they, too, have used Wikipedia to help with machine learning for their AI.
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4.2. De-bias Wikipedia articles on Justapedia
Justapedia is a new fork of Wikipedia, launched publicly a few months ago, with leadership by a long-time contributor (Betty Wills). Betty is a genuinely nice and intelligent retired professional. She became fed up with Wikipedia’s bias and the irrational, unprofessional behavior of its community. The Knowledge Standards Foundation is partnered with Justapedia, which is entirely independent.

I think Justapedia has a solid chance of success, because it is laser-focused on making Wikipedia articles more neutral. This is a badly-needed project. I dare say millions of people around the world agree that a more neutral version of Wikipedia is, indeed, badly needed. Justapedia aims to be that version.

Did you have a bad experience as a Wikipedia contributor? I couldn’t possibly remember all of the horror stories I’ve heard. Justapedia is different. If you want to contribute, you are entirely free to do so. Make an account and get to work: it’s as easy as that. No kowtowing to petty little admins. No toeing some party line. It is far more open and easygoing than Wikipedia. I’ve tried it out myself and I can vouch that it captures the spirit of the earlier, better Wikipedia.

Also, within a few months (at the outside), all significantly changed pages on Justapedia will be included in at least two Encyclosphere aggregators (or more, if the aggregators so choose; it is up to them). Your work will live on. Work you do now will help. A lot. Early adopters are essential to the success of projects like this. (Believe me, I know.)"
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Don’t know; you would have to ask them. Seems doubtful to me. Why would they? The articles that aren’t in need of fixing, I imagine they’ll just leave untouched. But golly, do they ever have their work cut out for them with the rest!

07/07/2024

I don't know how y'all feel about FB's decision to sort through our comments on our friend's pages and determine which are most relevant (which are seen) and which are "just comments" (which are hidden until you click to see all, and even then not all show-up). Personally, I think it sucks.

05/16/2024

Wow - 18 years ago!!! Long time ago!! USPS licensed one of my underwater photos (actually a video capture) of a sturgeon for their 2006 Commemorative Stamp Edition: "Wonders of America-Land of Superlatives". How much does a stamp cost today?

04/06/2024

Chimp with an iPhone.

https://x.com/iaMalik02/status/1776361093520150639

04/06/2024

Amazing! Never too old to learn something new.

03/15/2024

Too funny - a different kind of photoshopping:

These funky edits were technically correct, even if they are a little out of the box

02/28/2024

If you get bored, you can always take up a new hobby ... like this guy.

02/21/2024

I asked Gemini (formerly Bard) to draw a caricature of a young boy fishing....🤨🧐😳

02/04/2024

I’m checking this out with my highly advanced tech biz partner and friend. Will let you know what he says!

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01/30/2024

It's that time of year!!! I got mine from Tricia Hoppi Brown Ebey.