My firm belief about AI writing is that nobody could be bothered to write it, I can't be bothered to read it.
"Gender is a fixed biological reality, like gravity" ok but you're not passing 50 laws making it a crime to defy gravity, why do you suppose that is
I know the world is on fire. But Sam doesn’t.
This is the butt of a cat who just stole a roasted chicken thigh off the stovetop
Whatcha reading?
“Tehran is burning. And smoke has filled the streets. It’s impossible to drive out of the city right now and even with the windows closed, heavy smoke is making its way inside."
Read every word.
…I've said it so many fucking times, now, but I'll say it again, that it's really fucking messed up that all of these conversations seek to apply to fucking LLMs a standard of personhood we still don't consistently and meaningfully apply to other fucking humans.
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Doctor Strangelove now reads like a subdued masterpiece of the subtle mimetic.
No one should be using ChatGPT or partnering with OpenAI for anything.
I didn't think I could be shocked by him anymore, but casually asserting that our women and men in uniform may die for a war of aggression he never sought authorization for in Congress, as is required in our Constitution, or made a formal case for with the public, that is shocking.
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.
a school.
I do not consent to war
While he was detained at Dilley for over four months, 13-year-old Gustavo Santiago said he felt as if he would “never get out.”
“I just ask that you don’t forget about us,” he told ProPublica in a video call.
Concerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...
Thread. Worth reading.
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
People die without their medication.
Many of the deaths in ICE custody have been due to lack of medical care.
This is a toddler. A baby in respiratory failure.
ICE denied her medication.
It’s a cull.
They don’t care if detainees die or become disabled.
Close the camps.
Once again, friends, this is why I won’t subscribe to your substack
Ciji Graham’s is the seventh case ProPublica has investigated in which a pregnant woman died after she was unable to access standard care in a state that has significantly restricted abortion.
Read her story: https://propub.li/4r4VQr4
Nothing unites the world like contempt for JD Vance
Regarding the Discourse, lemme just say that if you can't draw, yes you can.
Everyone can draw, and folks will almost certainly respond more positively to your stick figures than some generic "A.i." slop.
Also, there are LOADS of resources for free images. Like this! 🧵
www.nga.gov/artworks/fre...
"I thought of Mr. George Floyd, who was killed four blocks away."
Liam, 5, has been freed, but four other students from his school district remain detained in Texas. Two boys from his elementary school were taken Thurs
“This isn’t something we are prepared or trained for. We’ve dedicated our lives to protecting + educating children,” school superintendent told me
Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
