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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

So much for the Trump administration's alleged concern abt antisemitism. New Coast Guard (under DHS) policy now says swastikas and nooses are no longer considered hate symbols but just "potentially divisive." Coast Guard/DHS Officials refuse to respond.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation Paradox of automation edit The paradox of automation says that the more efficient the automated system, the more crucial the human contribution of the operators. Humans are less involved, but their involvement becomes more critical. Lisanne Bainbridge, a cognitive psychologist, identified these issues notably in her widely cited paper "Ironies of Automation."[49] If an automated system has an error, it will multiply that error until it is fixed or shut down. This is where human operators come in.[50] A fatal example of this was Air France Flight 447, where a failure of automation put the pilots into a manual situation they were not prepared for.[51]

Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI

Cloudflare and GitHub outages in one day is real software developer productivity murder bingo

Trump obviously is in the Epstein files. “Spent time with victim for hours” “knew what was going on”. Obviously, he is guilty regardless of your politics.

But also, Trump was deemed guilty of rape and SA. If you needed Epstein files to believe he is a rapist, then you are an SA apologist.

I realized that it is actually way cheaper to take Amtrak on the west coast than it is to drive that distance and park in most metro downtowns. With potential airspace shutdowns, I highly recommend checking trains out in your region.

Republicans running anti-trans hatefests lost and Zohran Mamdani is a hugely vocal supporter of trans and other LGBTQ rights.

That is MASSIVELY important to look at and run on.

Roll around in all this & soak it in. This is the good shit, & it should be celebrated.

And then it should be Built on.

For those of us not on EBT, we may not have heard about the crisis at foot. Even after the judge’s ruling, EBT benefits will be delayed—I have been told by folks in my community that Nov, it is not being given out. Your community support likely will make major differences.

Spotify has been my most used app for literal years. If I am able to cancel it, then so are you.

Spotify Support — Spotify at 10:04 PM, Oct 21 Jake R. is now connected and reviewing your question. They'll message you shortly. Hi there! Jake R. at 10:04 PM, Oct 21 Hi - I have read that Spotify is advertising ICE commercials. Is this true? If so, I would like to cancel my subscription. You at 10:05 PM, Oct 21 End of conversation. You can close the messaging window now.

Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.

Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify

DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

This is bad. Very bad.

Every time someone brings up George Soros as a funding source for anything they oppose (e.g., voting rights, democracy in general), it’s their way of telling you that they hate Jews.

"The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo."

Mind the gap There's difference between analyzing a crisis and doing something about it.

To any of my leftist friends (or moderate ones or liberal ones despairing): excellent essay and a great reminder that analysis does not equal action. Do read.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/mind-the-gap

To anyone looking at gov websites that are blaming the Dems or the Radical left: Trump is actively violating the Hatch act. And all three branches of government are Republicans. No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, the gov websites saying this because Trump forced it—is corruption.

People cancelling Disney+ & Hulu? You’ve got options:

1️⃣ Library card = FREE movies & shows on Kanopy & Hoopla
2️⃣ PBS Passport for $5/month
3️⃣ Free/cheap live TV → Pluto, Tubi, Freevee, Roku Channel + antenna for locals

There’s always another way. 📺✨

Idk who needs to hear this but I live in a progressive area and was sitting around corner from some guys in their late teens discussing: peer pressuring friend into vaping, women in derogatory terms, etc..over fro yo, and lying about political views to girls. The kids aren’t alright.

#booksky

Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️

Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

A moment of silence please for #USAID, which is officially shuttered after months of dismantling.

Why a moment of silence? Not only for the employees. But also for the estimated 14 MILLION deaths by 2030 predicted without the agency.

@altusaid.altgov.info

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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

Metal cages around multiple bunks on stone floor. Alligator Alcatraz

Dirt/stone floor, aged wood bunks. Auschwitz-Birkenau

One of these photos are the camp bunks of Trump’s Alligator Alcatraz. Meant to hold ICE detainees. The other is LITERALLY the bunks of Auschwitz-Birkenau nearly a century later, that held deportees. Yes, if you support Trump and these camps, you are on the wrong side of history. You are complicit.

This is a screenshot of Timothy Snyder’s "20 lessons from the 20th Century” on fighting tyranny.

Fighting tyranny isn’t optional. It’s our responsibility.

What’s happening right now in our country is NOT normal - let’s not forget that.

@timothysnyder.bsky.social

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Happy Pride Month!
Friendly reminder that Pride existed long before rainbow capitalism and shall exist long after.

Just because something doesn’t affect you personally, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care about it. We, as humans should desire to see others free from suffering

I absolutely agree with this! It’s so sad that millions don’t.

#Pinks

So I got a Costco membership finally. It was mentioned to me that like 5 other people got Costco memberships who used to shop at Target. Anyways. If anyone is wondering if DEI is good business policy…the answer is yes.

LLMs can be useful in certain instances—but not in all. I have issues with the socioeconomic and environment reasons—but also that past data doesn’t indicate future results. For instance, much of our data over years is marked by discrimination and bias. LLMs carry this forward in decision making.

Some people probably need to realize their FEC contributions are entirely free and easy to search before they go try to pretend they didn’t vote for someone for months. Also, for those who don’t know, your FEC contributions are public. Just fun facts.

I would like for stupid people to stop making important decisions that affect my life