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Gary Marcus says AI fatigue could hit coders but other jobs may be spared — and even become more fun AI researcher Gary Marcus said that thanks to AI, some programmers are stuck debugging code rather than writing their own.

AI researcher Gary Marcus said that thanks to AI, some programmers are stuck debugging code rather than writing their own.

Karl Stefanovic interviewing Pauline Hanson for his new podcast with a city skyline out the window for background.

I wonder what direction Karl Stefanovic would like to see Australia go? Oh shit.

A gushing interview of One Nation's Pauline Hanson by Karl Stefanovic, the dumber of the two Stefanovics.

Hanson hates the Elite, except for the Elite who line her pockets, like Gina Rinehart.

Does Hanson love Trump's tariffs that hurt Aussies?
#OneNation #journalism #auspol

Call for Grace Tame to be stripped of AOTY title over intifada chant Grace Tame accused Australia of being "a so called democracy" that punishes peaceful protesters, before chanting "from Gadigal to Gaza, globalise the intifada!"

Grace Tame has that magic Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg ability to drive all the very worst people crazy; the only thing they hate more than a person with integrity is a young woman with integrity

Remembering Jack Lemmon today on his birthday 🤍

YouTube video by The Drey Dossier The Billionaire Behind Britain's Digital ID

DIgital IDs--Ellison's Oracle laying the foundation of the oppressive techno-state in the proving ground of Britain

from The Drey Dossier of Audrey Henson

(Planned for New Gaza as well & already implemented in the W. Bank, I believe.)

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Stop saying underage women.
They are children.

Journalism Today

Today's round-up on journalism worldwide features stories on reporting on Iran during an internet blackout, a Gazan journalist banned from TikTok, and a possible AI Overview opt-out in the UK.

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Some good news in protest: the declaration of the Melbourne CBD as a ‘designated area’ for six months (allowing police to search people without warrant and direct people to move face masks) is legally invalid. Quick explainer here:
www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...

Judge rules Melbourne police powers allowing warrantless searches unlawful and invalid The declaration made by Victoria Police was challenged by a group of protesters.

Judge rules Melbourne police powers allowing warrantless searches unlawful and invalid

Currently 3am, temp drop to 26degrees the air is heavy w bushfire smoke. My eyes are stinging and yet to see posts on which fire is causing it!? This is when I miss old days of twitter.

Gonna have to travel further for my weekly shop 🤦🏻‍♀️

While the spineless Australian govt is faffing around introducing draconian legislation to crush any protests against the rogue state of Israel,
here's new flagrant violations of international law by Israeli forces.

If you’ve sent me a direct message I can’t see it, because Bluesky wants me to comply with Australian law and prove my age with a form of ID. Which I’m not going to do.

If it can’t substantiate my age from the sheer Gen Xness of my posts I don’t know what to say

YouTube video by James Glissan This New Australian Law Makes Your Private Chats a Crime (Lawyer Explains)

Australia does not have a Bill of Rights or constitutional free speech protections. Once this law passes, it is the law. That is why understanding the details matters.

INTERVIEW: Seymour Hersh on how the media should cover Trump In a rare interview, the legendary reporter talks about the crisis of journalism, the secret of real reporting, and Trump

INTERVIEW: Seymour Hersh on how the media should cover Trump
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‘The #BBC has seen hundreds of similar short videos on #TikTok and #Instagram posted by dozens of different male influencers. The influencers claim to offer advice on how to pick up #women and, in most cases, these videos appear to have been filmed secretly - using #Meta smart glasses.’

Literally feel like I signed one of these just yesterday only to find it’s a totally new version of a version unrelentingincredible the vigilant ones catching each iteration - exasperating🤦🏻‍♀️😩

I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich Mark Ruffalo, Brian Eno and Abigail Disney sign letter timed for WEF in Davos saying wealthy are buying political influence Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries are calling on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich, amid growing concern that the wealthiest in society are buying political influence. An open letter, released to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos, calls on global leaders attending this week’s conference to close the widening gap between the super-rich and everyone else. Continue reading...

Nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires call for higher taxes on super-rich

oOo is this "Crying all the way to the chip shop" LondonLee!? Time for me to revisit the website/tunes me thinks. Loved the zines mate!

Iran: The protests, the blackout and the narrative war Internal revolt and external pressure collide in Iran. Plus, Cory Doctorow on the AI hype machine.

Good interview with Cory Doctorow on Al Jazeera, 13:45 in this link

www.aljazeera.com/video/the-li...

in using language, human beings manage something that LLMs by their nature cannot: infinite use of finite means.

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Australians for Humanity – Demand that the invitation to the President of Israel to visit this country be immediately withdrawn A call to withdraw President Herzog’s invitation, uphold international law, and defend free speech and the right to protest.

Australians for Humanity is calling on the Albanese government to withdraw President Herzog’s invitation to visit Australia.
#auspol #Gaza #InternationalLaw #PearlsAndIrritations #SocialCohesion

America's New Dietary Guidelines The Dietary Guidelines for Americans reset U.S. nutrition policy by restoring science, common sense, and real food as the foundation of national health.

Lord help me, the National Design Studio is back on their bullshit. realfood.gov This website weighs in at 16 (*six.* *teen.*) MB. The full game of the original DOOM was 12MB. 1/

As authors abandon Adelaide Writers’ Week after cancelling of Randa Abdel-Fattah, is free speech in tatters? The decision to silence a Palestinian Australian author goes well beyond the standards of the Racial Discrimination Act and ordinary standards of free speech.

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A post-2024 election Twitter crash out by Jon Favreau in a thread about the dumb NYT opinion piece by Adam Jentleson Jon Favreau @ @jonfavs • 11/23/24 I'm quite comfortable - morally and politically - with the position that Dem presidential candidates shouldn't let voters believe they want to defund the police, abolish ICE, decriminalize border crossings, or provide transition surgeries for undocumented immigrants in prison. @ 314 Keith Orejel & @keithdor... •11/23/24 Ok because it seemed that at one point you suggested that this critique also applied to the demands of rich donors and big corporations. But the list makes it pretty clear it was never about that and just a takedown of progressive groups and causes. Jon Favreau @ @jonfavs • 11/23/24 The list includes the examples Adam cited in his piece. If rich donors and corporations push Dems to take all kinds of positions that 70% of the country opposes, l'd say the same thing.

Favs is the worst one imo

After years of trying to push subscriptions with meaningless verifications and making X so toxic it bleeds users by the millions, Elon Musk might have found a way: by monetizing abuse at the source. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

@samleecole.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/x-premium-gr...