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Dan Miller

@dnm54.bsky.social

45 minutes before our #nokings march is spozed to start.

June 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM

Dan Miller

@dnm54.bsky.social

Hope this goes viral.

Drew Magary @drewmagary.bsky.social · Mar 13

If I’m gonna write about politics now, I’d better make it count. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

Hey Democrats, wake the f—k up

The Democrats have neither the ability nor the will to fight back against President Donald Trump, SFGATE columnist Drew Magary writes.

www.sfgate.com

March 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM

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southpaw

@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social

Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

ABA
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day.
Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accordance with the rule of law and in an orderly manner that respects the lives of affected individuals and the work they have been asked to perform.
Instead, we see wide-scale affronts to the rule of law itself, such as attacks on constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, the dismantling of USAID and the attempts to criminalize those who support lawful programs to eliminate bias and enhance diversity.
We have seen attempts at wholesale dismantling of departments and entities created by Congress without seeking the required congressional approval to change the law. There are efforts to dismiss employees with little regard for the law and protections they merit, and social media announcements that disparage and appear to be motivated by a desire to inflame without any stated factual basis. This is chaotic. It may appeal to a few.
But it is wrong. And most Americans recognize it is wrong.
It is also contrary to the rule of law.
The American Bar Association supports the rule of law. That means holding governments, including our own, accountable under law. We stand for a legal process that is orderly and fair.
We have consistently urged the administrations of both parties to adhere to the rule of law. We stand in that familiar place again today. And we do not stand alone. Our courts stand for the rule of law as well.

February 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM

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Christopher Webb

@cwebbonline.com

Those dystopian books we read in school are looking less like fiction and more like a blueprint.

No wonder they’re being banned—they want to keep us in the dark.

February 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM

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jamelle

@jamellebouie.net

is the goal merit or is the goal segregation?

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Feb 10

Pete Hegseth's DOD has decided to recruit at an NRA event rather than a Black Engineering event.

www.military.com/daily-news/2...

While the services are pulling out of BEYA, a well-established pipeline for high-caliber STEM talent, they remain engaged with other events. Last week, the same Army recruiting unit that would have attended BEYA instead participated in a National Rifle Association-sponsored event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a predominantly white gathering that recruiters acknowledge is less likely to yield high-quality applicants.

February 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM

Dan Miller

@dnm54.bsky.social

My pull quote from Amy Stapleton's recent post for Opus Research:

"For reasoning LLMs to become practical in CX, they need to become faster and more cost-effective."

Definitely worth a close read.
#ConversationalAI
#AgenticAI
#ReasoningAI

opusresearch.net/2025/02/04/b...

Beyond Conversation: Can Reasoning LLMs Transform Customer Experience? |

Reasoning LLMs, such as Deepseek R1, could find meaningful applications in CX, particularly for complex problem-solving and high-value use cases.

opusresearch.net

February 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM

Dan Miller

@dnm54.bsky.social

Looks like @google is relaunching a flavor of Gemini called “Ask for me” to call local businesses in your behalf.

#personslai #voiceai

www.gadgets360.com/ai/news/goog...

Google Search Can Now Call Businesses on Your Behalf

Ask for Me is an experimental Search Lab feature that can be accessed from Google Search.

www.gadgets360.com

February 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM

Dan Miller

@dnm54.bsky.social

Loving this panel at #IRL2025 with @paulgreenberg.bsky.social @anandthaker.bsky.social and @toddharris.bsky.social discussing how #gaming provides successful business models for #crm related industries.

January 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM

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Brian Solis

@briansolis.bsky.social

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At just $249, this compact powerhouse delivers cutting-edge AI capabilities, enabling real-time data processing without relying on the cloud.

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briansolis.com/2025/01/ains...

January 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Dan Miller

@dnm54.bsky.social

Ian Jacobs waxes poetic about Spotify’s Wrapped podcast.

opusresearch.net/2024/12/16/w...

Wrapped in Words: Spotify Talks a Big Game (and Sounds It Too)

This year's Spotify Wrapped dropped with a surprise--a voice AI podcast--that will expose millions to the tech's potential.

opusresearch.net

December 16, 2024 at 5:45 PM

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Dean Bubley

@disruptivedean.bsky.social

One of the questions explored at the recent #6G for the Real World workshop was "what is 6G's core purpose?

For 3G, 4G & 5G it's fairly easy to come up with a one-line objective - and assess if it was met or not.

For 6G, it's not so obvious

www.linkedin.com/posts/deanbu...

December 13, 2024 at 9:51 AM

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Brian Solis

@briansolis.bsky.social

Yes please...

Message brought to you by @heycoryallen.bsky.social 🙏

December 10, 2024 at 7:10 PM

Dan Miller

@dnm54.bsky.social

Google reached a major milestone in the race to build practical quantum computers, revealing a device with an error rate that gets lower as the number of qubits increases. The company says the breakthrough could allow it to build a commercially viable quantum computer by the end of the decade.

December 10, 2024 at 5:01 PM

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Dean Bubley

@disruptivedean.bsky.social

I’ve read through the EU Council conclusions on the @ec.europa.eu white paper on network infrastructure.

A lot of criticisms have been taken on board.

Sensible comments on interconnect, cloud, spectrum - and no "fair share" or #edgewash nonsense

www.linkedin.com/posts/deanbu...