Steve "Spike" Spiker

So much of what makes excellent technologists is simply knowing what kinds of things are even remotely possible with modest effort. #govtech

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Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump

NEW: Pardon seekers are routinely being asked to pay $1m+ to lobbyists & lawyers claiming access to Trump, often with bonuses if clemency is granted.

I investigated the Trump Pardon Industrial Complex, & detailed the backstory behind 1 interesting pardon.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a construction worker's outfit. The other shows her in a police officer outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a nurse's outfit. The other shows her in an electrical worker's outfit.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a military outfit while riding aboat. The other shows her in a firefighter's outfit using a firehose.

Two photos. One shows Kristi Noem in a Westernwear outfit. The other shows her in a police officer's outfit.

good news. kristi noem has already found eight new jobs

Something something love language yes spicy thank you

Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

Credit Scores wasn’t created until 1989
ICE wasn’t created until 2003

Abolish both

copilot asked to create a reminder, instead it gives help info how to do that. Like Clippy used to.

If this is what MS is passing off as AI enablment, I have so many questions. This is about as "AI" useful as Clippy was.

Am I missing something here?

What privacy? Meta's smart glasses are filming unwitting naked people Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are a privacy nightmare, with footage of naked people, sensitive information, and violent acts captured and seen by Meta's AI and an army of employees.

Buried lede: Meta sends all your nudes to Kenya where humans annotate it and feed it to AI

I'm sure there's some equally strong Korean Mexican action in LA too? This one place in Oakland, Belly, was just incredible.

I see how this goes Dan. Throw us to the wolves, I mean Nazis.

I'm a Jesus follower and this stuff is off the chain crazy. Christian Nationalists and Zioninsts together are down for some horrendous stuff.

DURBIN: How does taking dad from child dying of cancer qualify as a violent crime?

NOEM: I don't know what you're speaking of

D: Ruben Torres 2 weeks ago buried his daughter. When he was arrested at Home Depot, he said, 'Please. My daughter is dying.' They deported him. Was he a violent criminal?

Where do I sign away my freedoms sir?

Happy #DeLaSoulDay! 3/3 🌼🌼🌼

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So me and my bully friend went up in the face of this other bully, and because my friend was about to land the first punch, I also punched them so they wouldn't lash out at me for us collectively threatening then attacking them first.

This is classic self defense theory I am certain. For 9yos.

recipe videos to instill fear

We need an intervention here people, this is going too far. #foodsky

Pointless?
If we can't point to science, we can't question their actions or logic.

If we can't point to history, they won't be afraid of repeating evils, and won't fear being recorded as doing so.

If they get rid of loving for others, they won't fear anyone coming to help you when it's your turn.

For my kids sake, I blur their faces in socials, you should too.

Teens on a beach in SF

Aussie doodle on a beach in SF

My eldest turned 14, spent the day w friends in San Francisco, weather was amazing..the Bay Area rocks. I mean, is a liberal hellscape.

Oh yeah, that radio station is a national treasure.

Show me the money, I'll show you your priorities.

How do we see this as a nation and think our future is bright and shiny?

WTF are they thinking?

So many artists have used the riff/drums and the tracks were just meh, but I heard this on vacay in Australia on the public youth radio TripleJ and I was like OH SHIT YES! This bangs.

Aitch - 1989 Listen to 1989 on TIDAL

Not a cover, but you might dig the sample in this, brilliant original, finally an excellent use of the sample...
tidal.com/track/242724...

New foreign policy playbook just dropped, fucking insanity.

DHS's Office of Industry Partnership was hacked by a group called "Department of Peace" and info about ICE contracts with over 6,000 companies is now published on @ddosecrets.org ddosecrets.org/article/ice-...

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

Very Bond villain ™

Great read as always, if you don't have @anildash.com on your tech reading list, give him a look.
The bar is indeed too low. As our agency considers if any AI firm has enough value alignment, the answer is really no, but choosing an "AI company that doesn't suck" is a start.