Leah Cole

Just recalling this for some reason.

What You've Suspected Is True: Billionaires Are Not Like Us Why Elon Musk and other tech billionaires have a different perspective

Again I stand by what I said.

"I can't believe I even have to talk about these people. That's how ridiculous it s."

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You could dismiss this episode as bad code and an old LLM. But it has lessons for AI use more broadly. Experts with subject matter expertise are needed to deploy and tweak AI. And even in those cases, the AI is not likely to understand the social world and how it is interconnected. It ain't magic.

Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to “Munch” Contracts Related to Veterans’ Health Experts who reviewed the code for ProPublica found numerous and troubling flaws in the system, providing a disturbing glimpse into how the Trump administration is allowing artificial intelligence to g...

I learned so much talking to ProPublica for this story. It's a telling window into how Trump/DOGE are using AI to shrink the government and the consequences. And even though this use is particularly ham-handed, it's a good example of the limitations of the technology more generally.🧵 @propublica.org

My coworkers who don't pay attention to politics are talking about this fight. This is an opportunity to get ppl who don't pay attention to budget bills & committee assignments to see the dysfunction. If they are going to make our govt a reality show, use that to expose the chaos to a new audience.

Do not rank Cuomo. Tell your friends.

These Activists Are Right: The World Doesn’t Need Any More Private Jets Local activists in Massachusetts have taken on the private jet lobby—and they might just win.

The climate justice "shot heard round the world" -see my article in @thenation.com about the inspiring work of Stop Private Jet Expansion at Hanscom Field!
www.thenation.com/article/envi...

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As Trump shuts down the suicide hotline, Canada has broadcasted their
national hotline which now has a toll-free American version:
1-877-330-6366

Google AI gives a terrible answer to a nonsens prompt

🌊 We’re launching Fight Paperwork
(AI appeal-writing for providers who are done getting steamrolled by insurers)

After helping folks generate 3,000+ appeals through Fight Health Insurance professionals asked: "Can I use this?"

And now they can use fightpaperwork.com to get paid for their work :D

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

One Tech Tip: Locking down your device when crossing borders Travelers should prepare for extra scrutiny of devices when crossing borders, especially when entering the U.S.

Powering off your phone or laptop erases the key that unlocks its encryption, and so protects against unwanted searches, EFF’s Will Greenberg told @apnews.com. “This is why a border agent can’t simply turn a device on to use a tool like Cellebrite.”

(obligatory) that's because the matter of the HOT DARCY is settled

Men will literally start a trade war with every other nation on earth instead of going to therapy.

A thread on literal thread

The investigation I didn't know I needed - I also thought it was just me!

White feminists against white feminism is my lane!

White feminism is carceral, girl boss CEO, transphobic bullshit. Intersectional feminism uplifts everyone.

As an offshoot of this thread, let’s talk about what happens if federal, state, or local officials text, email, call, or show up at your door wanting to talk to you about what you said about the President.

I have a theme, a thesis, a throughline, a leitmotif, which is SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH.

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Super easy form of protest - just don’t buy stuff today! Or if you must, do so from local businesses in your community

OK y'all gotta admit that it's funny, not ha-ha funny but still funny, that there's a person at the NSA right now trying to figure out how to comply with an anti-woke order to delete any materials that contain the word "privilege" when so many computer security docs talk about "privilege escalation"

Kendrick Lamar deserves to win the very first Nobel Hate Prize

Is it just me or has WIRED been dogwalking the rest of the media on this story

Pushing live production code cooked up by some young coders over a week of sleepness nights in place of a legacy system that is fundamental to the operation of the US government is against every programming best practice.

The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

I built a tool to help protect text against surveillance and fingerprinting.

It detects hidden markers, special characters, and patterns that could be used to track the writer.

it's fucking not ok here and it damn well better not be ok with my elected officials

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO