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Betsy Chadwell
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Childless cat lady.
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Confused about all the local candidates on your ballot?

Let us help you separate the MAGA book burners hiding on your ballot from the real leaders who will improve the schools our kids attend, the hospitals we get care in, and the roads we take to work: progressivevotersguide.com/washington
Progressive Voters Guide
Get the facts before you vote!
progressivevotersguide.com
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The war zone in Portland is out of control.
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To world leaders:

Peace without justice is an illusion.

We will never forget the faces of Gaza’s children buried in the rubble by Netanyahu’s bombs.

He turned Gaza into a graveyard. We will not rest until he answers all the charges against him before the world.

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
👋 Netanyahu: See you in The Hague
He’s got the blood of thousands on his hands but leaders still shake it. Join the people’s global call for justice now!
secure.avaaz.org
SB 13 is a bill that removes local control from public schools across Texas and gives politicians (not parents) the power to decide what books are or are not available to students.

action.everylibrary.org/texas_school...
Texas School Bans Students from the Library
Politicians, not parents, are deciding what children can read in the United States.
action.everylibrary.org
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Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.
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Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers

It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously

One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
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Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.

But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
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🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow
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Stanford researchers found that AI-generated "workslop" is actually making people less productive, in part because workers have to correct errors or decode the useful information/intent buried in a flood of auto-generated garbage:
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
hbr.org
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An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.
Moldova 🇲🇩 👍
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separate from everything, the idea that 2020 was a squeaker but 2024 represents a historical mandate will simply be the death of me
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Trump’s political prosecutions require members of the public—specifically jurors—to go along with him. Every time Trump wants to prosecute one of his political enemies, the people should say: no. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Another advertiser has suspended advertising on Sinclair-owned KOMO 4.
Carpet Liquidators just got back to me this morning and let me know they have suspended their advertising on KOMO 4
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KOMO, Seattle's ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, is continuing to block Jimmy Kimmel Live!, even after Disney reinstated the show.
We can't let corporate censorship dictate what's on our screens.
Sign the petition:
Tell KOMO to stop censoring Jimmy Kimmel
KOMO TV just announced they won't air “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” even after ABC backtracked on censoring him. Their owner – right-wing media corporation Sinclair Broadcast Group – is trying to silence peopl...
actionnetwork.org