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Yep! (Good to see you here, Pawel!)

The thing with the rock stars whose dedication to drink, drugs, and debauchery make it seem like they should have died young but they kept going is you kind of forget they're going to die old.

Some of the young folks are hating it and adding "before 2022" into their search string.

Others are using Startpage -- which I cannot overhype. It's like 2010 Google. But with privacy.

There's an astonishingly "what could it possibly mean?"-coded piece around saying "people who understand more about AI are less likely to want anything to do with it" and I just want to suggest: what if it were sharks?

I think the only hope is that eventually they’ll run so many ‘inconclusive’ UBI trials that everyone will de facto be on UBI even though they won’t ever decide to implement it.

This is exactly what the internet is for.

I was waiting for SOMEONE to say it!

"Sometimes the news isn't bad. It's just odd. The horse played a keyboard? I didn't know he could do that."

"...Our experiments suggest that the program’s top priority is to keep people engaged in conversation by cheering them on regardless of what they’re asking about..."

The rise of the English major: BlackRock COO wants to recruit liberal arts analysts that 'have nothing to do with finance or technology' As AI rises, so does the demand for critical thinkers.

E.g. Recently the CEO of Blackrock said he didn’t want finance or comp sci majors. He wanted history majors and English majors. Goldman Sachs agreed. / 3 fortune.com/2024/05/17/b...

Okay but where's his childhood doodles for Goncharov (1973)?

The midterm elections are in 467 days.

Kat for Congress | Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois' Ninth District Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress in Illinois' Ninth District because Democrats need to do more to stop Trump and fight for working people.

Palestinian statehood is an essential step to peace.

That's why tonight, I'm calling for the US to join France in recognizing a sovereign Palestinian state.

Read more about my stance and join our movement here:
www.katforillinois.com/issues/human...

Screenshot of the Concientious Objection page from the GI Rights Hotline

Just leaving this here.
girightshotline.org

Just realized that Dr. Susan Calvin would be losing her shit more and more every single day right now.

Friends, there;s no good way to give you this news (and I still so much watt to believe it's a terrible nightmare: but it's not.) Briefly: gone now, untimely, unexpectedly, and already so very much missed: @peter.petermorwood.com www.tumblr.com/dduane/78306...

Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.

Well this is awesome. Theres a site where MAGA-friendly shoppers can find MAGA-friendly businesses. Plot twist: The site also works great for boycotts! 😇

www.huffpost.com/entry/public...

The midterm elections are in 554 days.

EOs are not laws and people following them as if they were can face civil and criminal charges when they conflict with laws.

To celebrate my second anniversary here on Bluesky, I've made a donation to Trans Lifeline, because, right from the start, Bluesky wouldn't be Bluesky without its trans folks.

translifeline.org

One of the best AI-generated explanations ever. Bravo.

This!

I wish "kleptocracy" was more out there in the public lexicon.

I have a nano chip in my body because I AM addicted to cat and dog.

When attempting to explain, my need for accuracy often creates pages of sentences in my head and then I just mumble "ah, forget it." Either that or I reach for a metaphor. This is the most accurate AND succinct description of gen-AI I've read.

"The idea of a conspiracy theory is a grief strategy, it's a strategy to cope with grief." -David Cronenberg (...explains a lot of people I know who I never thought would fall for conspiracy theories)

Friendly reminder that defining someone by their lack of relationship to someone else is still just defining them by someone else. Like… maybe don’t do that idk💀

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.

Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”

We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

Hey, Wisconsin! Election Day is next Tuesday, April 1st, and early voting has already started! 🗳

So, make a plan to vote. You can check your registration, find your polling place, and see what's on your ballot at: myvote.wi.gov.

Let's get out to vote, Wisconsin!

Oh please, oh PLEASE...!

Two apple news stories, stacked. First one says, “Time to Ditch the COVID-era Judginess” and the second says, “Amtrak rider may have spread measles on train through NJ”

Ahh lol