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30s are dope

Hbd!

Retailers Dealing With Increasing Levels of Theft and Violence Report emphasizes importance of preventive measures, coordination with law enforcement

can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.

‘General strike if necessary’: Alberta unions declare intent to bring down UCP government | Globalnews.ca Leaders from unions representing hundreds of thousands of Albertans stood in solidarity while saying they are exploring the process or triggering a general, province-wide strike.

Get em

globalnews.ca/news/1150072...

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every day leaders of the new tech frontier are spending billions of dollars to digitally reconstruct the mind of george zimmerman

On-Line Gambling Too Depressing To Even Think About

1998

Imagine being a dying WW2 veteran and the last thing you see on earth is your great-grandson invading Portland for fascism and losing to a frog wizard.

Person in frog costume with poster saying 'frogs together strong'

obsessed with the antifascist frogs in Portland, I hope they continue to multiply 🙏

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others."

she was “wrapped in the Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy."

when you're definitely the good guys

The only good bot

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

RCMP tried to get photojournalist Amber Bracken charged and detained without bail, documents show Bracken was arrested in 2021 after Mounties removed protesters blocking access to a Coastal GasLink construction site in B.C.

If I may redirect your attention north of the border to our own disturbing uses of power: this is, to use @amberbracken.bsky.social's phrase, chilling.

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I get nostalgic for the days of google reader

Disasters destroyed their homes. Then the real estate ‘vultures’ swooped in. “We buy homes” companies are procuring disaster-damaged properties for cheap. Survivors say they're taking advantage of tragedy.

When a mile-wide tornado hit St. Louis, the entire back wall of DeAmon White's house was blown off. The third floor of his mother's home was gone.

The next morning, at 8 am, the phone calls started: Would he be interested in selling his home?

@grist.org

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said Adio Dinika, a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute…These raters are the middle rung: invisible, essential and expendable.”

I'm really liking the whole "AI spend contributed more to US GDP growth than ALL CONSUMER SPENDING in the first half of 2025" thing. It's such a massive, colossal, visible-from-space red flag. Straight-up "all our eggs are in one basket" shit but for the entire US economy.

Meta to stop its AI chatbots from talking to teens about suicide The firm says it will add more guardrails "as an extra precaution" and temporarily limit chatbots teens can use.

Looking at this collection of words and wondering how this company still exists.

The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.

Sound like a real hoot

Would be into this

The current best subreddit to find people endangering themselves is r/highvoltage. You want to see someone build an X-ray machine on their kitchen floor, you're in the right place

Counterculture and punk rock is when all of the richest companies in the world try to force you to use something

As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.

Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials | CBC News The government of Canada is adamant — with certain, shifting caveats — that it has not allowed arms shipments to Israel since January 2024, and yet Israeli import data and publicly available shipping ...

Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials. Tax and shipping records appear to contradict Ottawa's claims
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You Went to a Drag Show—Now the State of Florida Wants Your Name If you thought going to a Pride event or drag show was just another night out, think again. If you were in Florida, it might land your name in a government database.That’s what’s happening in Vero

Going to a drag show should not mean you forfeit your anonymity. It should not open you up to surveillance. And it absolutely should not land your name in a government database. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

what is it about the male psyche that makes it believe it has discovered god in the computer

The computer should be killed probably