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reluctant to eat the remaining eggs in my fridge now that they're out of print
March 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
reluctant to eat the remaining eggs in my fridge now that they're out of print
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"At least one person tried to commit suicide, according to several migrants. Another broke his leg trying to escape. A third sent a plaintive missive from a hidden cellphone: “Only a miracle can save us.”
A migrant from Iran, Artemis Ghasemzadeh, 27, wrote “Help us” in lipstick on one window.
A migrant from Iran, Artemis Ghasemzadeh, 27, wrote “Help us” in lipstick on one window.
February 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"At least one person tried to commit suicide, according to several migrants. Another broke his leg trying to escape. A third sent a plaintive missive from a hidden cellphone: “Only a miracle can save us.”
A migrant from Iran, Artemis Ghasemzadeh, 27, wrote “Help us” in lipstick on one window.
A migrant from Iran, Artemis Ghasemzadeh, 27, wrote “Help us” in lipstick on one window.
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Israeli forces are using artificial intelligence and cloud computing systems sold by U.S. tech titans such as OpenAI, Google, Amazon and Microsoft for the mass surveillance and killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
Commercial AI Has Become a Key Enabler of Israel’s Mass Killing of Palestinians
Israeli forces are using artificial intelligence and cloud services sold by OpenAI, Google, Amazon and Microsoft.
truthout.org
February 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Israeli forces are using artificial intelligence and cloud computing systems sold by U.S. tech titans such as OpenAI, Google, Amazon and Microsoft for the mass surveillance and killing of Palestinians in Gaza.
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another Thing I Will Keep Saying: there is of course an important moral case for internationalism. but the practical case for it can start by simply noticing how internationalist the people robbing you are (however nationalist their rhetoric might be)
“The lawsuit appeared to represent an astonishing effort by Mr. Trump to pressure a foreign judge as he weighed the fate of a fellow right-wing leader who, like him, was indicted on charges that he tried to overturn his election loss.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...
Trump Media Group Sues Brazilian Judge Weighing Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro
The lawsuit came hours after the justice received an indictment of Brazil’s former president, who is an ally of President Trump.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
another Thing I Will Keep Saying: there is of course an important moral case for internationalism. but the practical case for it can start by simply noticing how internationalist the people robbing you are (however nationalist their rhetoric might be)
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NEW: The Trump admin is considering destroying 160 million COVID tests, worth half a billion dollars.
This would be a horrible waste. COVID is still around, and causes high levels of illness and deaths throughout the year. Tests are expensive. The government should send them to people for free.
This would be a horrible waste. COVID is still around, and causes high levels of illness and deaths throughout the year. Tests are expensive. The government should send them to people for free.
February 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NEW: The Trump admin is considering destroying 160 million COVID tests, worth half a billion dollars.
This would be a horrible waste. COVID is still around, and causes high levels of illness and deaths throughout the year. Tests are expensive. The government should send them to people for free.
This would be a horrible waste. COVID is still around, and causes high levels of illness and deaths throughout the year. Tests are expensive. The government should send them to people for free.
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Dan McQuade and David Roth talk to Chris Person about the work of digitizing film and TV that's otherwise on the verge of disappearing.
Someone Has To Save The Film And TV That Studios Won’t | Defector
HBO had a series of legendary stand-up specials in the 1990s, and one of the best of those came from a performer who was not a comedian. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants was incredibly funny, but Jay…
defector.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Dan McQuade and David Roth talk to Chris Person about the work of digitizing film and TV that's otherwise on the verge of disappearing.
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I really appreciate everyone trying to share up to date and accurate information about the LA fires, but man does tonight illustrate on a personal level just what we lost with the total destruction of twitter and the real-time disaster community there
January 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I really appreciate everyone trying to share up to date and accurate information about the LA fires, but man does tonight illustrate on a personal level just what we lost with the total destruction of twitter and the real-time disaster community there
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Wikipedia editors need to up their opsec. There's a full on war against any independent sources of authority and the oligarch project of taking down Wikipedia is part of it.
Donate to Wikipedia if you can. forward.com/news/686797/...
Donate to Wikipedia if you can. forward.com/news/686797/...
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.
forward.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Wikipedia editors need to up their opsec. There's a full on war against any independent sources of authority and the oligarch project of taking down Wikipedia is part of it.
Donate to Wikipedia if you can. forward.com/news/686797/...
Donate to Wikipedia if you can. forward.com/news/686797/...
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A largely untold story until now...
www.axios.com/2025/01/06/c...
"CIA monitored Mexican American and Puerto Rican civil rights activists fighting for equal education and to honor the late Martin Luther King, Jr., and against police brutality and the Vietnam War, newly released CIA documents show"
www.axios.com/2025/01/06/c...
"CIA monitored Mexican American and Puerto Rican civil rights activists fighting for equal education and to honor the late Martin Luther King, Jr., and against police brutality and the Vietnam War, newly released CIA documents show"
CIA releases docs on Latino civil rights-era surveillance
The documents confirm Latino civil rights pioneers' long-held suspicions about surveillance.
www.axios.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A largely untold story until now...
www.axios.com/2025/01/06/c...
"CIA monitored Mexican American and Puerto Rican civil rights activists fighting for equal education and to honor the late Martin Luther King, Jr., and against police brutality and the Vietnam War, newly released CIA documents show"
www.axios.com/2025/01/06/c...
"CIA monitored Mexican American and Puerto Rican civil rights activists fighting for equal education and to honor the late Martin Luther King, Jr., and against police brutality and the Vietnam War, newly released CIA documents show"
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"Many advocacy organizations have warned that age verification laws that require users to provide their government IDs pose serious privacy threats, while not actually protecting minors from harmful online content."
www.them.us/story/pornhu...
www.them.us/story/pornhu...
Pornhub Is Now Inaccessible in Almost the Entire U.S. South
A contributor to Project 2025 was recorded last year stating that age-verification laws are a “back door” to broader porn bans.
www.them.us
January 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"Many advocacy organizations have warned that age verification laws that require users to provide their government IDs pose serious privacy threats, while not actually protecting minors from harmful online content."
www.them.us/story/pornhu...
www.them.us/story/pornhu...
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Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goals
The company rolled out a series of diversity initiatives in 2021 after a spate of sexual harrassment lawsuits and a lawsuit alleging discrimination by a group of Black former owners of McDonald’s fran...
www.nbcnews.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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I humbly admit prior to #LongCovid ripping me out of my life, my mindset was all of the below. Pull up those bootstraps!
I wrote my story to educate others that is not the case. I’m amazed when I hear “it took so much courage to share like you did” because I felt called to #StopTheStigma
I wrote my story to educate others that is not the case. I’m amazed when I hear “it took so much courage to share like you did” because I felt called to #StopTheStigma
If we could get folks to realize that both disability and homelessness can happen to anyone … perhaps they would care more.
The current mindset is that it must be someone’s fault. They made bad choices. They didn’t try hard enough. “It will never happen to me”
It just takes ONE stroke of bad luck
The current mindset is that it must be someone’s fault. They made bad choices. They didn’t try hard enough. “It will never happen to me”
It just takes ONE stroke of bad luck
One thing that isn’t talked about enough is how closely tied disability can be to homelessness. Many disabled people are forced into poverty in order to keep their medical benefits. By doing so, the income they receive isn’t enough to live off of. This isn’t a moral failing, it’s the system’s fault.
January 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I humbly admit prior to #LongCovid ripping me out of my life, my mindset was all of the below. Pull up those bootstraps!
I wrote my story to educate others that is not the case. I’m amazed when I hear “it took so much courage to share like you did” because I felt called to #StopTheStigma
I wrote my story to educate others that is not the case. I’m amazed when I hear “it took so much courage to share like you did” because I felt called to #StopTheStigma
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Chat is this Omelas?
Dying kid does more for city than any useless politician in history
December 17, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Chat is this Omelas?
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The Democratic Party is like the Make-A-Wish foundation but for old people
December 17, 2024 at 8:57 PM
The Democratic Party is like the Make-A-Wish foundation but for old people
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Endlessly terrible news cycle around this company. Previously:
Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide? www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/t...
An AI companion suggested he kill his parents. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide? www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/t...
An AI companion suggested he kill his parents. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
December 17, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Endlessly terrible news cycle around this company. Previously:
Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide? www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/t...
An AI companion suggested he kill his parents. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide? www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/t...
An AI companion suggested he kill his parents. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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"You cannot keep destroying nonviolent movements without popularizing violence as an alternative."
Facts
Facts
We are getting presented with a false binary: do we support violence or do we support nonviolence?
The choice here is more about a reality that people have only begun contending with. Revolution is coming. The question is whether we will be participants and if so how.
My latest.
The choice here is more about a reality that people have only begun contending with. Revolution is coming. The question is whether we will be participants and if so how.
My latest.
What Kind of Revolution Do You Want?
It's not just about a CEO's murder. It's about the kind of change we want and how we get there. And why we're here in the first place. A message to both those condemning and those celebrating the act.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:43 AM
"You cannot keep destroying nonviolent movements without popularizing violence as an alternative."
Facts
Facts
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Quite frankly it's struck me for a few years now that "automated suicidal ideation detection and actioning" has always been less about preventing people from killing themselves and more about beating it into them not to suicidally ideate where others might have to acknowledge there's a problem
Teenager is woken by police in the middle of the night.
“As it turns out, a poem she had written years ago triggered the alarms of a software called GoGuardian Beacon, which its maker describes as a way to ‘safeguard students from physical harm.’”
“As it turns out, a poem she had written years ago triggered the alarms of a software called GoGuardian Beacon, which its maker describes as a way to ‘safeguard students from physical harm.’”
Schools Using AI to Send Police to Students' Homes
Schools are employing dubious AI-powered software to accuse teenagers of wanting to harm themselves — and sending the police to their homes.
futurism.com
December 15, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Quite frankly it's struck me for a few years now that "automated suicidal ideation detection and actioning" has always been less about preventing people from killing themselves and more about beating it into them not to suicidally ideate where others might have to acknowledge there's a problem
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In my Biology 2 lab exercises I had students go out to collect headstone data from three time periods. After 1950, honestly, there were very very few deaths recorded for anyone under age 10. It was very stark. 🧪 🌍 🌿 #iNat
December 15, 2024 at 1:49 AM
In my Biology 2 lab exercises I had students go out to collect headstone data from three time periods. After 1950, honestly, there were very very few deaths recorded for anyone under age 10. It was very stark. 🧪 🌍 🌿 #iNat
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This is literally true.
School vouchers were pioneered as a way to help white supremacists send their kids to a new wave of private "segregation academies" created expressly for the purpose.
From my book WHITE FLIGHT:
School vouchers were pioneered as a way to help white supremacists send their kids to a new wave of private "segregation academies" created expressly for the purpose.
From my book WHITE FLIGHT:
December 10, 2024 at 12:52 PM
This is literally true.
School vouchers were pioneered as a way to help white supremacists send their kids to a new wave of private "segregation academies" created expressly for the purpose.
From my book WHITE FLIGHT:
School vouchers were pioneered as a way to help white supremacists send their kids to a new wave of private "segregation academies" created expressly for the purpose.
From my book WHITE FLIGHT:
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A new lawsuit against Character.AI says an AI companion suggested a child should kill his parents. We are just at the beginning of widespread access to companion AI, but soon, if we fail to take action, such events will not be isolated cases, writes Susie Alegre.
www.techpolicy.press/against-the-...
www.techpolicy.press/against-the-...
Against the Corporate Capture of Human Connection | TechPolicy.Press
Susie Alegre is the author of “Human Rights, Robot Wrongs: Being Human in the Age of AI," published by Atlantic Books in September 2024.
www.techpolicy.press
December 10, 2024 at 4:08 PM
A new lawsuit against Character.AI says an AI companion suggested a child should kill his parents. We are just at the beginning of widespread access to companion AI, but soon, if we fail to take action, such events will not be isolated cases, writes Susie Alegre.
www.techpolicy.press/against-the-...
www.techpolicy.press/against-the-...
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crazy that the guy who shot the UHC ceo was literally just the Median Voter that Kamala was trying to reach out to. shoulda gone with universal healthcare, this Luigi guy doesn’t seem to be into fracking and small business loans
December 10, 2024 at 1:26 AM
crazy that the guy who shot the UHC ceo was literally just the Median Voter that Kamala was trying to reach out to. shoulda gone with universal healthcare, this Luigi guy doesn’t seem to be into fracking and small business loans