@alinlapaz.bsky.social
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Have you seen this, @flyingtrilobite.com? I wonder if this fits into #SciArt tag group.
Nick Clegg says that asking creative people for permission to use their work would kill AI.
I am glad he cleared that up. It sounds like a terrific outcome.
www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
I am glad he cleared that up. It sounds like a terrific outcome.
www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
www.theverge.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Have you seen this, @flyingtrilobite.com? I wonder if this fits into #SciArt tag group.
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I said it then, I’ll say it again. If you weren’t pro-Occupy Wall Street, you were anti-democracy.
America is finally being run like a business: a business acquired by private equity, leveraged to the hilt, its assets gutted, workforce slashed, and pensions raided before it gets offloaded in a fire sale. Hope you like working gig jobs for stock options in a company that won’t exist in five years.
February 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I said it then, I’ll say it again. If you weren’t pro-Occupy Wall Street, you were anti-democracy.
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Democracy's worst faults is that its leaders are likely to reflect the faults and virtues of their constituents - a depressingly low level, but what else can you expect?”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
February 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Democracy's worst faults is that its leaders are likely to reflect the faults and virtues of their constituents - a depressingly low level, but what else can you expect?”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
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"Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so."
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein
February 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so."
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein
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"The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance." ~ Robert A. Heinlein
February 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance." ~ Robert A. Heinlein
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This is beyond fucking despicable. Threatening to shut off Starlink to Ukraine, a raped pillaged country (invaded by a dictator that this headcase and his bitch president refuses to condemn) unless they give up their natural resources is the most grim act of coercion I’ve seen.
February 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This is beyond fucking despicable. Threatening to shut off Starlink to Ukraine, a raped pillaged country (invaded by a dictator that this headcase and his bitch president refuses to condemn) unless they give up their natural resources is the most grim act of coercion I’ve seen.
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They're juicing the numbers already.
Thousands of ICE press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
They're juicing the numbers already.
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I saw these decals posted on Twitter the other day … It would be terrible to Swasticar owners if other people did this. Terrible I would not condone it. 😜
February 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I saw these decals posted on Twitter the other day … It would be terrible to Swasticar owners if other people did this. Terrible I would not condone it. 😜
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well if that doesn't sound familiar
Was reading George Orwell on the Spanish civil war last night and this part stuck out.
February 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
well if that doesn't sound familiar
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Former USAID leaders speak out against Trump's attempt to dismantle agency: A group of former administrators of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) joined on Wednesday to issue a sharp rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency. In a joint statement, five…
Former USAID leaders speak out against Trump's attempt to dismantle agency
A group of former administrators of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) joined on Wednesday to issue a sharp rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency. In a joint statement, five former administrators who…
thehill.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Former USAID leaders speak out against Trump's attempt to dismantle agency: A group of former administrators of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) joined on Wednesday to issue a sharp rebuke of the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency. In a joint statement, five…
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Top cop tells the good guys to stand aside while the bad guys rob the Treasury.
Trump’s DC US Attorney says that “Any threats, confrontations, or other actions in any way that impacts” what Elon Musk’s people are doing will be investigated by his office since that “may break numerous laws.”
February 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Top cop tells the good guys to stand aside while the bad guys rob the Treasury.
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CDC has instructed its scientists to retract or pause publication of any research manuscript being considered by any medical/scientific journal. Move aims to ensure that no forbidden terms appear in the work. Barred terms include gender, transgender, LGBT insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
insidemedicine.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
CDC has instructed its scientists to retract or pause publication of any research manuscript being considered by any medical/scientific journal. Move aims to ensure that no forbidden terms appear in the work. Barred terms include gender, transgender, LGBT insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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#OligarchEra 🇺🇸
is it good or bad that a billionaire oligarch with close ties to foreign dictators is currently downloading the most sensitive information the us federal government has about its citizens to his own private servers?
February 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#OligarchEra 🇺🇸
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Other symptoms of frontotemporal dementia (FTD):
Inappropriate social behavior.
Loss of empathy.
Lack of judgment.
Loss of inhibition.
Increasing trouble using and understanding written and spoken language.
Trouble naming things.
Inappropriate social behavior.
Loss of empathy.
Lack of judgment.
Loss of inhibition.
Increasing trouble using and understanding written and spoken language.
Trouble naming things.
January 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Other symptoms of frontotemporal dementia (FTD):
Inappropriate social behavior.
Loss of empathy.
Lack of judgment.
Loss of inhibition.
Increasing trouble using and understanding written and spoken language.
Trouble naming things.
Inappropriate social behavior.
Loss of empathy.
Lack of judgment.
Loss of inhibition.
Increasing trouble using and understanding written and spoken language.
Trouble naming things.
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