@jdhackett.bsky.social
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The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
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Picked up some quality literature from the Indy library today
@dirtbagqueer.rocks
@dirtbagqueer.rocks
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Picked up some quality literature from the Indy library today
@dirtbagqueer.rocks
@dirtbagqueer.rocks
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One day, non-Black minorities will understand that white-adjacent does not equal white in a white supremacist society. Non-Black minorities are nothing but a tool toa white supremacist. You're the means to drive a wedge between minorities and to overturn affirmative action laws. Nothing more.
MAGA rage-baiter Valentina Gomez Noriega failed to secure Donald Trump's endorsement in TX-31.
MAGA candidate known for viral racist stunts loses out on Trump endorsement
Valentina Gomez Noriega, a Colombian-born supporter of Donald Trump, is known for a variety of racist stunts designed to generate controversy and social media interactions.
www.southtexasstar.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
One day, non-Black minorities will understand that white-adjacent does not equal white in a white supremacist society. Non-Black minorities are nothing but a tool toa white supremacist. You're the means to drive a wedge between minorities and to overturn affirmative action laws. Nothing more.
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This shouldn’t even be necessary, we should have enough common sense to recognize that a crime is a crime even if the technology used to do it changes. Unfortunately the continued operation of RealPage shows that we don’t.
On January 1, Illinois begins to regulate employer use of AI, making it a civil rights violation to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on protected characteristics in hiring, promotion, discipline, termination, or other employment terms and requiring notice of AI use. #AIBillofRights
Illinois becomes one of the few states to regulate employer use of AI. House Bill 3773 amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make it a civil rights violation for employers to use AI tools that result in discrimination based on race, gender, age, or disability.
www.mystateline.com/news/local-n...
www.mystateline.com/news/local-n...
December 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This shouldn’t even be necessary, we should have enough common sense to recognize that a crime is a crime even if the technology used to do it changes. Unfortunately the continued operation of RealPage shows that we don’t.
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Five roads in New York City made INRIX’s list of the top 25 busiest corridors in 2024, but only one remained on this year’s list. “The congestion pricing program, no doubt, played a role,” Pishue said.
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inrix-t...
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inrix-t...
Traffic congestion grew this year in U.S. cities, but NYC saw no increase
Baltimore and Philadelphia saw the largest increases in traffic delays. Congestion pricing may have helped keep New York City traffic in check.
www.smartcitiesdive.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Five roads in New York City made INRIX’s list of the top 25 busiest corridors in 2024, but only one remained on this year’s list. “The congestion pricing program, no doubt, played a role,” Pishue said.
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inrix-t...
www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inrix-t...
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A Milwaukee tentpole like Beans & Barley having their building sold out from under them after more than half a century in operation (and 30+ years of tenancy at their current location!) is infuriating.
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A Milwaukee tentpole like Beans & Barley having their building sold out from under them after more than half a century in operation (and 30+ years of tenancy at their current location!) is infuriating.
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Hot take: If your policies as a Democratic candidate/elected put you to the right of the Steve Miller Band circa 1976, you gotta go.
also this is a vastly better message than anything jeffries & the DNC are coming up with:
Feed the babies
Who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people
Livin' in the street
Oh, oh, there's a solution
Feed the babies
Who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people
Livin' in the street
Oh, oh, there's a solution
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hot take: If your policies as a Democratic candidate/elected put you to the right of the Steve Miller Band circa 1976, you gotta go.
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auburn hired a fb coach born in Soviet Moscow
samuel goldwyn, defined American film, born in warsaw
ahmet ertegun, brought soul r&b rock to U.S. radio, born in istanbul
levi strauss, invented the essence of american fashion, born in the Kingdom of Bavaria
mcdonald's founded by irish immigrants
samuel goldwyn, defined American film, born in warsaw
ahmet ertegun, brought soul r&b rock to U.S. radio, born in istanbul
levi strauss, invented the essence of american fashion, born in the Kingdom of Bavaria
mcdonald's founded by irish immigrants
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
auburn hired a fb coach born in Soviet Moscow
samuel goldwyn, defined American film, born in warsaw
ahmet ertegun, brought soul r&b rock to U.S. radio, born in istanbul
levi strauss, invented the essence of american fashion, born in the Kingdom of Bavaria
mcdonald's founded by irish immigrants
samuel goldwyn, defined American film, born in warsaw
ahmet ertegun, brought soul r&b rock to U.S. radio, born in istanbul
levi strauss, invented the essence of american fashion, born in the Kingdom of Bavaria
mcdonald's founded by irish immigrants
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My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My great-uncle was born in the Russian Empire and wrote God Bless America
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god, listening to the ads on the radio is so depressing, almost every ad is just 'GAMBLE GAMBLE GAMBLE!! BINGO!!SCRATCHCARDS!!BETTING!! DESPERATE FOR MONEY?? THIS IS THE ONLY WAY!! TAKE UP GAMBLING TODAY!!' and the only other type of ad is 'Are you in crippling credit card debt? Call us today...'
November 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
god, listening to the ads on the radio is so depressing, almost every ad is just 'GAMBLE GAMBLE GAMBLE!! BINGO!!SCRATCHCARDS!!BETTING!! DESPERATE FOR MONEY?? THIS IS THE ONLY WAY!! TAKE UP GAMBLING TODAY!!' and the only other type of ad is 'Are you in crippling credit card debt? Call us today...'
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pay close attention to WHO produces this kind of bullshit, WHERE they get their money, and WHICH OUTLETS launder it
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
pay close attention to WHO produces this kind of bullshit, WHERE they get their money, and WHICH OUTLETS launder it
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if you're wondering why it's today it's because men were invented on november 19, 1974
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
if you're wondering why it's today it's because men were invented on november 19, 1974
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Anti-DEI is just pro white supremacy.
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Anti-DEI is just pro white supremacy.
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I’m gonna disagree with this one.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
The plow, the steam engine, electricity — all replaced muscle. AI replaces cognition. If you spend your day “reading lots of stuff and turning it into straight English,” well… so does the machine. The goal now is to learn from history and cushion the blow better than last time.
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I’m gonna disagree with this one.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
What we’re calling “AI” doesn’t replace cognition. It replaces pattern matching, but on its own has no idea which patterns are important or why.
We are nowhere close to an actual thinking machine.
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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"Scared of Charlotte" is a whole new level of "scared of cities" that I'd never even considered possible
Rep. Pat Harrigan: "I have asked Josh Stein, our governor, to consider working with President Trump to allow the National Guard to come into Charlotte ... use the National Guard as a force multiplier and they can a lot of load off the Charlotte PD."
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"Scared of Charlotte" is a whole new level of "scared of cities" that I'd never even considered possible
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BREAKING: millions go to church every sunday and call the priest "father" but he's not really their dad.
October 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: millions go to church every sunday and call the priest "father" but he's not really their dad.
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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Cuomo's talking today about subway safety like a Republican baby coward. He and Gillibrand and Schumer and Jeffries are gonna WELCOME Trump's secret police to NYC. It's a problem!
People always get mad at me when I post like this, but goddamn what is it gonna take. The US is in SERIOUS TROUBLE.
Leading Democrats are weirdly silent about Donald Trump taking over Washington DC with the military and the National Guard. They should be filling the airwaves with outraged statements, but they just… aren’t.
August 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Cuomo's talking today about subway safety like a Republican baby coward. He and Gillibrand and Schumer and Jeffries are gonna WELCOME Trump's secret police to NYC. It's a problem!
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"trans people are human beings" is not a "super crazy communist idea." "human beings should not go to prison because they can't afford their rent" is not a "super crazy communist idea."
The problem is if you’re not liberal enough. Then you’re as bad as the Nazis.
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I really wish the left was more tolerant to views that were not “I agree 100% with your super crazy communist idea.”
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I really wish the left was more tolerant to views that were not “I agree 100% with your super crazy communist idea.”
August 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"trans people are human beings" is not a "super crazy communist idea." "human beings should not go to prison because they can't afford their rent" is not a "super crazy communist idea."
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Today we learned Andrew Cuomo is directly coordinating with Donald Trump, even as this President sends masked agents to rip our neighbors off the streets and guts the social services so many New Yorkers rely on.
It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.
It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.
August 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Today we learned Andrew Cuomo is directly coordinating with Donald Trump, even as this President sends masked agents to rip our neighbors off the streets and guts the social services so many New Yorkers rely on.
It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.
It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.
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it's fine, we moved her to a low-security prison which we then had to frantically upgrade to a medium-security prison
The federal prison camp in central Texas where Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred to increases security measures in response to her arrival, according to a senior law enforcement official.
Texas prison camp where Ghislaine Maxwell was moved steps up security
Federal Prison Camp Bryan has seen heightened measures in recent days in response to Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator being transferred there.
nbcnews.to
August 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
it's fine, we moved her to a low-security prison which we then had to frantically upgrade to a medium-security prison
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
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The International Court of Justice said countries must protect people from climate change, an urgent, existential threat. Failure to act is an internationally wrongful act; environmental protection is key to human rights. Though non-binding, the opinion could impact global climate cases and talks.
Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The International Court of Justice said countries must protect people from climate change, an urgent, existential threat. Failure to act is an internationally wrongful act; environmental protection is key to human rights. Though non-binding, the opinion could impact global climate cases and talks.
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Columbia is run by losers. This will "settle" nothing. It just firmly establishes them as cowardly marks who will continue to be squeezed for more concessions and money by this fascist administration.
Another institution in our country caves to Trump. Again. Sad to see, especially as an alum. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/n...
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Columbia is run by losers. This will "settle" nothing. It just firmly establishes them as cowardly marks who will continue to be squeezed for more concessions and money by this fascist administration.