Abandonment Isles 🌐
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Glasgow bureaucrat, photograher and hiker/cyclist. Participant in contemporary LGBT and anti-racism activism.
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People blabbing about the “greatest country in the world” bullshit for years when American democracy was held together by this
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"How the fuck do you undo American cultural hegemony when they speak the world language?" having an answer as easy as "Allow them to fill the English-speaking internet with digital asbestos until nothing that comes from them can be trusted"
Over half of all articles on the Internet are now written by AI
(via Axios)
(via Axios)
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing
Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction
Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.
www.wsj.com
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chat it doesn't look good
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This again speaks back to the brilliance behind the Civil Rights Marchers marching in their Sunday best.
Because study after study has shown that society demands people in suits be treated better than people dressed poorly.
So when they see cruelty enacted upon them, they instantly get outraged.
Because study after study has shown that society demands people in suits be treated better than people dressed poorly.
So when they see cruelty enacted upon them, they instantly get outraged.
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The other left-of-center American politician who shares Mamdani's incredible message focus is Bernie Sanders, who similarly scores off the charts on "authenticity." Political *reporters* hated Sanders and his tendency to derail questions to repeat talking points about billionaires but voters love it