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The Turbulent Life of Charles Baudelaire, the Original Decadent Poet | TheCollector This is the life story of French poetry's celebrated decadent dandy, Charles Baudelaire.

This is the life story of French poetry's celebrated decadent dandy, Charles Baudelaire

'Most Vile Scumbags on Earth': Critics Appalled by Explosive Report on Kristi Noem's Corruption | Common Dreams Explosive report reveals 'outrageous corruption' by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and top adviser Corey Lewandowski.

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Kid with his fist back to punch someone for saying they like ice

When I say I stand on business this what I mean.

Concert poster for the American folk punk band Violent Femmes. Venue & Date: The concert was held on February 15th at La Luna. Promoter: Presented by Monqui. Tickets: Advance tickets were available at Ticketmaster locations or by phone.

February 15, 1995: Violent Femmes • La Luna, Portland, Oregon

a man in a black shirt and tie is holding a pen and a notebook and says noted . ALT: a man in a black shirt and tie is holding a pen and a notebook and says noted .

Still learning the rules: snorting cocaine off of toilet seats > eating roadkill

Health care group wants RFK Jr. to 'resign' after cocaine confession Protect Our Care, a health care advocacy group, called for RFK Jr. to "resign" after he admitted to snorting "cocaine off toilet seats" in his past.

Cocaine is the line in the sand. Weird how his heroin usage, eating roadkill, promoting raw milk, anti-vax stance, and brain worms weren't a deal breaker.

While USA Destroyed Canada, Three Black Hockey Players Created History At Milan Olympics Team USA vs. Canada at the Winter Olympics witnesses historic moment as three black women feat. Laila Edwards and others take the court.

While USA Destroyed Canada, Three Black Hockey Players Created History At Milan Olympics

This is what a rigged economy looks like.

Long Island Audit Reveals The Cost of Fighting ICE Sean-Paul Reyes of the YouTube channel Long Island Audits dared to audit the facilities of Department of Homeland Security and confront ICE agents with his cameras. He explains the dangers of those ac...

Sean-Paul Reyes of the YouTube channel Long Island Audits dared to audit the facilities of DHS and confront ICE agents with his cameras. He explains the dangers of those actions as well as the difficulties in helping his viewers understand the importance of holding federal agents accountable.

Anthropic AI safety researcher quits with 'world in peril' warning It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.

AI safety leader says 'world is in peril' and quits to study poetry

Image features Mrinank Sharma, the former Head of AI Security at Anthropic, alongside a headline regarding his resignation and warning about interconnected global risks.

Dear Colleagues, I've decided to leave Anthropic. My last day will be February 9th. Thank you. There is so much here that inspires and has inspired me. To name some of those things: a sincere desire and drive to show up in such a challenging situation, and aspire to contribute in an impactful and high-integrity way; a willingness to make difficult decisions and stand for what is good; an unreasonable amount of intellectual brilliance and determination; and, of course, the considerable kindness that pervades our culture. I've achieved what I wanted to here. I arrived in San Francisco two years ago, having wrapped up my PhD and wanting to contribute to AI safety. I feel lucky to have been able to contribute to what I have here: understanding AI sycophancy and its causes; developing defences to reduce risks from AI-assisted bioterrorism; actually putting those defences into production; and writing one of the first AI safety cases. I'm especially proud of my recent efforts to help us live our values via internal transparency mechanisms; and also my final project on understanding how AI assistants could make us less human or distort our humanity. Thank you for your trust.

Nevertheless, it is clear to me that the time has come to move on. I continuously find myself reckoning with our situation. The world is in peril. And not just from AI, or bioweapons, but from a whole series of interconnected crises unfolding in this very moment. We appear to be approaching a threshold where our wisdom must grow in equal measure to our capacity to affect the world, lest we face the consequences. Moreover, throughout my time here, I've repeatedly seen how hard it is to truly let our values govern our actions. I've seen this within myself, within the organization, where we constantly face pressures to set aside what matters most, and throughout broader society too. It is through holding this situation and listening as best I can that what I must do becomes clear. I want to contribute in a way that feels fully in my integrity, and that allows me to bring to bear more of my particularities. I want to explore the questions that feel truly essential to me, the questions that David Whyte would say "have no right to go away", the questions that Rilke implores us to "live". For me, this means leaving.

What comes next, I do not know. I think fondly of the famous Zen quote "not knowing is most intimate". My intention is to create space to set aside the structures that have held me these past years, and see what might emerge in their absence. I feel called to writing that addresses and engages fully with the place we find ourselves, and that places poetic truth alongside scientific truth as equally valid ways of knowing, both of which I believe have something essential to contribute when developing new technology. I hope to explore a poetry degree and devote myself to the practice of courageous speech. I am also excited to deepen my practice of facilitation, coaching, community building, and group work. We shall see what unfolds. Thank you, and goodbye. I've learnt so much from being here and I wish you the best. I'll leave you with one of my favourite poems, The Way It Is by William Stafford. Good Luck, Mrinank

AI safety researcher quits Anthropic, warning 'world is in peril'

Lost California photos from Ansel Adams raise compelling questions SFGATE unearthed a rare series from the iconic San Francisco photographer.

Lost California photos from Ansel Adams raise compelling questions

YouTube video by Irish Deep Dives The Inspiring Story Behind Fontaines DC's In ár gCroíthe Go Deo

The story behind the Fontaines D.C. song “Inár gcroíthe go deo” translated from Gaelic means “in our hearts forever”.

Artwork titled "Heart" -a multicolored screenprint of an anatomical heart by Andy Warhol, created 1982

Andy Warhol, Heart, 1982

This item is an antique postcard from the early 20th century, specifically dating around 1905 to 1910. An anthropomorphic cupid figure using an axe to break a large block of ice labeled "FROZEN HEART". Text: The postcard features the pun phrase, "Doesn't Cupid cut any ice with you?".

Photo of the iconic Olivetti Valentine portable typewriter, designed by Ettore Sottsass and Perry King in 1968.

Valentine portable typewriter by Olivetti, 1968

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Laura X got spousal rape banned in California. At 85, she scrapes by in a Berkeley hotel room She got spousal rape banned in California. Now 85, her fortune went to building a million-page women’s history archive — and to a Ponzi scheme.

Laura X got spousal rape banned in California. At 85, she scrapes by in a Berkeley hotel room

Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, David Hilliard interviewed by Ike Pappas on CBS' Face The Nation, 1969.

#BlackHistoryMonth

Visual of 🧊 activity in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge

Evan Dando, the singer-songwriter who co-founded the Lemonheads four decades ago, entered a hospital on Thursday after news broke that he’d reportedly sent a fan unsolicited videos of himself masturbating.

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Vintage postcard from the early 1900s with a calendar on the date Friday the 13th with accompanied text that reads, 'Get married on Friday, the 13th. You will always have something to blame it on.' It suggests that getting married on this date provides a convenient excuse to blame any future marital issues on bad luck.

This artwork is a drawing by Maria Farmer, a survivor of the Jeffrey Epstein network. The piece is part of a collection she created depicting her experiences at Epstein's estate. It illustrates a scene involving Donald Trump, based on her claims regarding the Epstein investigation. Farmer has spoken publicly about sending these paintings to the FBI as evidence of her experiences

This image appears to be a painting depicting a man gesturing for silence, standing next to a mirror reflecting a woman in a bed.The drawing includes several small, indistinct text labels at the bottom.The overall scene contains symbolic elements such as roses and a mirror.

This artwork is an oil painting by artist Maria Farmer, created while she was a student at the New York Academy of Art. The piece is titled The Painting (or sometimes associated with her series The Survivors Project) and was inspired by Edgar Degas' famous work, "The Rape". Farmer painted this work in the mid-1990s, and it was reportedly purchased by Jeffrey Epstein. The composition features a tense interior scene with a woman reclining on a couch and a male figure standing in a doorway. Farmer, now a prominent artist and advocate, has used her art to process her experiences and honor other survivors.

This image is a painting by Maria Farmer, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, depicting herself and Epstein, referencing a lawsuit and report related to his activities.

Paintings by Epstein Network survivor and artist Maria Farmer.

She continually sent paintings to the FBI of her experience, and pleaded for protection.

Epstein Files Contain a Big Clue About Cambodia’s Missing Masterpieces The documents indicate that billionaire Leon Black had a significant collection of Khmer Empire artwork.

Epstein Files Show Billionaire Leon Black Owned Controversial Cambodian Art

Picture of a green cargo ship with the headline "China starts sea trials for largest electric powered containership"

You can't prove received wisdom wrong if you don't try... and you've got to give China credit for not being afraid to try. A step on the way to serious reduction of shipping emissions by 2050? Or an expensive experiment with niche coastal uses? Time will tell!

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Watching all of the other nations actually hold their political leaders accountable for Epstein connections as the US does Jack Shit is all of there proof you need that the Empire has fallen.

The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid. One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.

Image features a vintage-style graphic titled "Friday the 13th in Cat's Mouth" designed by CSA Images.

#FridayFeeling

That would be $50 today if we weren't in late stage capitalism.