Marc Falcone

BREAKING: Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won the Virginia gubernatorial race.

She will be the first woman governor of Virginia, flipping the seat as voters rebuked Trump.

Read more: politi.co/4nCFq6w

Vote! Figgy insists. #cville

At last night's rally for the VA governor race, #abigailspanberger brought some friends along! #cville #billnye #petebuttigieg #vote #generalelection

We the people! #nokings #cville

California is stepping up in a big way on an issue critical for all Americans right now. Hopefully we soon see other states follow suit, and perhaps one day, the Federal government.

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders There are Two Americas

We are witnessing the rise of two very separate and distinct Americas:

One for the billionaire class. One for everybody else.

Our country is not supposed to be run by a handful of wealthy oligarchs while a majority of people struggle to afford the basic necessities.

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Tech companies are stealing our books, music and films for AI. It’s brazen theft and must be stopped | Anna Funder and Julia Powles If we don’t refuse and resist, not just our culture but our democracy will be irrevocably diminished

Tech companies are stealing our books, music and films for AI. It’s brazen theft and must be stopped | Anna Funder and Julia Powles

Happy Birthday @mouse-feet.bsky.social !

If you haven't yet visited #whistler #britishcolumbia in the #spring, it's highly recommended. #brandywinefalls #joffrelakes

To clarify, Engineering may be responsible for the solution but Product is ultimately accountable and needs to be involved. Have you been on a team operating with complete separation? I've never seen that and agree it sounds like a nightmare.

@spavel.bsky.social - As a Product Manager, we should own the problems to be solved (sizing, cost of delay analysis, prioritizing), while engineering owns solutions. It always bugs me when I see product people operating as you've described.

The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.

"If we license one single book, we won't be able to lean into fair use strategy" - Meta Director of Eng.

The lack of ethics is staggering but highlights why Meta, Amazon, etc. are in bed with the administration. Was a 4yr pass of no regulatory oversight for sale? www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

I'm late to this but rest well #genehackman

ChatGPT: Trust me, I read it on the internet. #ai #hallucination #artificialhallucination #product

I'm in.

Definitely better than using 'refactor'.

Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest

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@bsky.app and @flashes.blue ready for you to show everyone a better way exists.

Google's out here acting like my cat when he poops on the welcome mat and tries to cover it with my shoes.

Brave browser just swapped out Google for its own privacy-focused search engine Brave Search promises not to track or profile users

Brave has been a viable alternative to Chrome following Google's recent announcements.
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True colors shown. Does anyone know why you can't trade-in a Pixel 9 on Apple's site yet? It's only allowable up to the Pixel 7. FYI @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social

Can't wait to jump to this once android version is available!

Hard to see past what's unfolding in front of us to consider the unknown. Hope whatever it is, it's incredible and good.

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.”

The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

Great points. I guess it's a matter of picking your poison? Hoping more orgs like @bsky.app are established, as I'm through with deciding based on the least evil option.

No word from Google yet? Trying to determine if I will be trading in my Pixel and going back to iPhone.

✅ DEI Employers of the Day™

Adobe
Apple
Costco
Delta Airlines
Gap Inc. (Old Navy, Banana Republic)
Goldman Sachs
JP Morgan Chase
Johnson & Johnson
MassMutual
Mastercard
New York Life
Salesforce
SONY Pictures Entertainment
T-Mobile
Tiffany (owned by LVMH)
TJX Companies (TJ Maxx, Marshall's)

I wonder if this quote served as inspiration for the Wilco lyric, "You were right about the stars, each one is a setting sun."

These screens were captured around the same time yesterday on Instagram. Even if there was a legitimate reason for this, it certainly doesn't look great.

Exactly why @bsky.app is so important. Engaging on this platform is important. As is growing this platform.

Which one of these men joins Tom Anderson and MySoace in the annals of history first ?

Their greed is our opportunity.