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There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.

Republicans have elevated a witless boor to the highest possible standard of manliness so I'm not surprised that they're constantly getting out played by a man who can think and talk at the same time.

Text: Under Mr. Ito, the Media Lab used money provided by Mr. Epstein to support the work of Joscha Bach, an A.I. researcher, according to a 2020 M.I.T. review.; ad; then Mr. Bach appeared in last week’s document dump, writing long and often technical emails to Mr. Epstein. In 2016, he wrote to Mr. Epstein that “black kids in the US have slower cognitive development,” and “You cannot learn what does not attract your attention. Women tend to find abstract systems, conflicts and mechanisms intrinsically boring.”

Oh HELL no. It's not just that AI trains on racist material - it's that the "AI researchers" can themselves be racist AF.

☠️☠️☠️ #AcademicSky

How I feel about the whole Olivia Nuzzi story is that there are a lot of talented, ethical, underemployed or unemployed black and brown journalists right now who are ready to work.

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Some conspiracy theories are adjacent to the truth. Many are bad answers to good questions. But people who assume conspiratorial explanations are correct by default are deeply deranged and the more influence such people have over a society, the more deranged that society will be.

Social Security is not dying. It is being starved. We need it, the rich do not. The cap that shields the wealthy from paying more is a wall made up of greed. Lift it & the system is reborn. Voters keep choosing those who serve the wealthy, then wonder why the table is empty. #ProtectSocialSecurity

Pardoning Nixon, moving beyond Watergate, brought us his henchmen for decades. Democrats aren't being magnanimous about letting bygones be bygones. They are being cowards. Holding people you know to account takes bravery, that they lack. So we need to make them do it kicking, dragging, & screaming.

What's the deal with indoor air quality? From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.

If you haven't listened to this yet, I highly recommend it. All your basic questions about indoor air quality -- what are the pollutants? what tech can keep them out? what policies do we need? -- are answered.

Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time

On the left we see Comrade Stalin and friend in the top frame but only Stalin in the lower frame. On the right we see Trump and Mamdani on top but only Mamdani on the bottom frame. The masters of political jiu jitsu are able to remove undesirables without effort, even from historical photos.

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Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget. In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...

Despite knowing Clint Massie was abusing girls for years, church leaders never reported him to police.

It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.”

With @startribune.com

Marjorie Taylor Greene locked in a lifetime Congressional Pension after ONLY 5 years. 1st....CHANGE THAT LAW.
She announced her retirement 2 days after her Congressional Pension vests.
She made multiple millions of dollars personally off her job as a Congresswoman.
I'm pissed

Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back

Nathaniel Hawthorne added the “w” to his family name because he was ashamed of his great-great-grandfather, a judge in the Salem witch trials.

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narcissists are actually really easy to manipulate if you are willing

mamdani is very charming but the reason he’s charming is bc he’s an excellent listener and reflects that back on the person he’s listening to, making them feel heard, valued, special

it’s directed at a person not general charm

larenmejesse + THE SHITPOSTING ROBOT For the last time people "Epstein" is the name of the criminal. The president is "Epstein's monster."

For the last time, people, "Epstein" is the name of the criminal. The president is "Epstein's monster."

Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪

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I think its good that brazil punished people that tried to overthrow democracy with jail and i think this should be a thing!

Whoever staged all the photos with Mamdani looking down on him. Lol.

Absolutely.

As a historian, I have been torturing myself by watching some of the series that the White House in cooperation with Hillsdale College produced about American Independence (tellingly, they avoid the word "revolution").

There are so many errors that it is hard to know where to begin. But I'll try

An important & well-done story. I recognized Sabeti's name immediately from her involvement w/ the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, which I had been documenting closely w/ my students. So good to see good things emerging out of that very scary time. #GlobalHealth #EpiSky

Home Depot speaks out about ICE involvement as boycott calls grow The retailer's premises have become a key target of immigration enforcement activities in recent months.

Home Depot stores have become a prime location for immigration enforcement operations.

Pressure on Home Depot is working! Keep it up!!

if people called Roblox "Jared Fogle's Online Lego Paradise" maybe the situation would improve