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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 18h

The bros are at it again! and make no mistake, they are LITERALLY calling it "Vibe Lawyering"

Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 19h

If "because it agitates and irritates crowds" is sufficient reason for the government to take away freedom of speech, then I move that we take away Trump's freedom to speak, followed by his entire coterie of bootlickers.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 21h

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 21h

If your industry requires you to use and abuse the property of others for your own profit, then it's not an industry; it's a hostile invasion.

Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 1d

I really look forward to the day she authors the 9-6 majority overturning Presidential immunity.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

joycevance.substack.com

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 1d

From Quino's "Mafalda" strip.

A girl walking away from a globe that has a placard reading "Warning! Irresponsible people working"

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 1d

You cannot, by definition, be eugenicist to an LLM.
Thats not what eugenics was, is or means.
But also, it should worry everyone when tech people like Hailey dehumanize the actual survivors and ongoing victims of eugenics by making comparisons like this--its alarming.

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.bsky.social · 1d

A someone who has written extensively about the eugenic roots that permeates those who claim to be building so-called artificial general intelligence, I'm here to tell you to please NOT compare criticism against corporations claiming to build a machine god, with eugenics. The audacity.

if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

KBJ’s blunt question today about the Supreme Court’s culture war hypocrisy kind of floored me, because it’s the kind of meta-criticism that we aren’t used to hearing from the justices.

It’s the second day of the term, and things are that dire already. slate.com/news-and-pol...

With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

slate.com

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Just go ahead and delete article 1 entirely while you’re at it.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, you are correct that at least he had been "injured" (through an adverse decision by the Civil Rights board) for an actual action, as opposed to 303 Creative and this case; but they definitely misrepresented some of the facts and made representations that were not true.

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 1d

But he later refused to create cupcakes for a lesbian commitment ceremony, and also refused to do a pink cake with blue frosting for a gender transition celebration. 2/2
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

Colorado court dismisses suit against baker who wouldn't make transgender-themed cake

The Colorado Supreme Court dismissed the discrimination case against Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips on procedural grounds.

www.nbcnews.com

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 1d

Masterpiece was only kind of real, since they argued that his objection was only to creating a cake for a marriage, because of the sacred nature of marriage in his opinion; and he asserted he would certainly serve gay couples for other events... 1/2

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 2d

Protestant version is explicitly required under the laws in both TX and LA.

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 2d

OG listeners like me are reminded of both phrases every morning...

Two coffee mugs; one in the left reads "This mug is necessary to enforce the Voting Rights Act"; the one in the right reads "Stare Decisis Is For Suckers"

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 2d

Is it "fresh hell" or is it "the same hell, reheated"? Using fake religious claims to take away rights from LGBTQ+ (all just so Alito can pretend he is not a bigot); killing the VRA; killing campaign finance regulation... it's the same thing they've been doing for a while now.

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 2d

An LLM-generated "review" is not "an additional perspective". There is no one there to provide a point of view.

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 2d

A fake case about LGBTQ+? From the ADF? Say it isn't so....

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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 2d

Be careful what you wish for. Because it might not happen and then you'll be Sad.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 2d

It's the first Monday in October which means the Supreme Court is back in session. Here's my preview of all the cruelty and evil they will visit upon us this term.
My *cover story* in @thenation.com :)

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

www.thenation.com

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Lewis Muirhead @bringthenoise.bsky.social · 3d

Hiring Bari Weiss to bring down the temperature of the discourse is like hiring Animal from the Muppets to reduce workplace noise

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 3d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 3d

Must be a contract with a streaming outfit...