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damn it looks like Congress has at least 357 sexual predators

For all the but how can we afford space exploration folks…this means we’ve already spent more on this war that started last week than Cassini cost in the 26 years it took to build, launch, and operate it.

imagine letting your child die from a fully preventable disease

world-altering decisions are being made by a cabal of gambling addicts hell bent on self enrichment no matter the cost to humanity, we should look into that.

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

If you killed 85 children, I guess I do think a just society would tear your ribcage out. I pretty much do think that

In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

I'm actually mad that it's Clint if that's not too much lmao

It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school.

They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.

There is no sense in which a chatbot can "help" with your schoolwork by making it easier; if it is easier, it is less useful for actual learning (effortful practice is HOW WE LEARN) and therefore the chatbot has not helped, but has only hindered.

I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

ope the plan says I signed the consent form for the doc to use ai to take notes and transcribe the visit when I absolutely did not 🤭 I'm going to crash out if I finally found a good dr but they push ai bullshit

my current doctor just sent me a "patient plan", which is three pages of what we talked about at my first appt and the referrals/tests she ordered as a result. this is incredible.

mmm yes what could go wrong with using the plagiarism machine to do school assignments

I can only think, and fume, about what a slap in the face this is to every person who fought and/or died for the right to learn, who were attacked or killed because they demanded to learn. people who would do anything, anything, for the privilege of a homework assignment

ICE and CBP have regularly been documented wearing Meta's camera glasses, and the idea people are less likely to notice because they're distracted would be like Ring doorbell thinking nobody could connect dog searching to state surveillance. this is actually the least sneaky time in history for this

I keep hearing that the Epstein files are so big if we held everyone accountable everything would collapse. And no it wouldn’t. These rich guys don’t do any actual work. They aren’t actually important or useful they are just rich.

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

repost if trans people should have free boneless wings

Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.

i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident

LLMs do not understand, will not understand, and cannot ever understand information. It's a glorified search engine combined with auto-compete, and you should treat it as such. No matter how much LLM companies try to tell you their machines can think or reason, they cannot and will not.

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my grandparents lined up with everyone else to get their kids vaccinated and now no one in the entire world will ever get smallpox ever again. I'm forever amazed how that isn't the goal with all other diseases we have vaccines for

I'm not old enough to remember how we eradicated smallpox but I and everyone that comes after me will never have to deal with the disease ever again. why can't we do that with everything else?

Sorry, kid, the government cancelled research into a cure for your disease. The man who swims in sewage and snorts cocaine in public restrooms said it's bad for you. Besides, there's no money now that we're locking up your friend's parents and the guys who mowed our lawn.

If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.

This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.

This is pretty plainly evil. It is an evil act. It is a thing we have proof is bad, and they are saying it is not. It will harm millions. The word for this is evil.

Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".

YouTube video by NFL Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

Missed Bad Bunny’s halftime show? Want to rewatch? (4x and counting for me). The NFL posted the whole performance on YouTube: on pace for 500k views in the first 30 minutes.