Dj Ripley

I've been listening to an audiobook about airships (zeppelins, dirigibles, or blimps, depending on locale), and how they NEVER really worked, but governments had invested so much in them that they were determined to MAKE them work, wasting fortunes & years & lives

This post is not about airships

@journalists.org @sejorg.bsky.social are holding their annual conventions in Chicago in April.

If CBP starts kidnapping US citizens at O'Hare and sending them out of state, even temporarily, I don't see how it's viable for the conferences to proceed as scheduled, given past treatment of journalists

We don’t talk enough about how morally depraved the tech industry turned out to be. Every single ounce of their self-regarding statements of values was an outright lie.

Costco is also part of the recall.

We've got some frozen fried rice to throw away. We always take the bags out of the box so we can tuck them in spots in the freezer, so a refund isn't really plausible. www.seattletimes.com/business/tra...

The thing about all these freak AI execs constantly going "our machine may have gained sentience?!" is that they want slaves. That they are ok with slave labor.

And *then* it always, always turns out their latest AI trick actually used slave labor somewhere in the global south.

They're slavers.

Every time one of these freaks goes "guys I think our AI just gained sentience?!" they're saying very clearly just how ok they are with slaves, how little moral consideration they give to other actual humans.

This is why they are, not coincidentally, all pedophiles and sex pests. Same mindset.

These guys are going "look, I invented a mind that is ok to enslave!"

Which means they *already think there are some minds that are ok to enslave*

And then you look at how they treat actual people and you're like "yeah that checks out, shithead"

Fun thing to think about very briefly: who currently has better lawyers, the United States or Nintendo

Strongly recommend calling your US senators today to tell them:

1. Publicly call for Sheehy to be expelled from the Senate for assaulting a protestor.

2. DO NOT vote to confirm Mullin for DHS.

Find your senators at reps.fyi

My works are publicly available because I believe in science and research for the public good. And because I am required to publish them in order to keep my job. In no way does that mean I consented to the building of a machine that impersonates me. More anti-human trash every single day.

LA City Council’s City President Marqueece Harris-Dawson says he has been pulled over four times while a member of the council; the most recent was this week. He missed a committee meeting because of the stop, according to him.

Among the questions: “how do you have this vehicle,” according to him.

The list of ICE and Customs and Border Protection sex offenders and sex pests is now up to 62.

This is white Missionary Christianity, this mentality has murdered and rationalized the murder of children (and adults) for centuries.

Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died. https://cnn.it/4l9weqG

If you pay for an AI service, any of them, you are complicit in this.

Trump!!

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

#TrumpEpsteinFiles

AI is a a lack of consent machine that is designed to move us all toward slavery

This is respectfully disingenuous beginning with which viewpoints they overwhelmingly choose to platform and hire on the opinion side.

In addition to that, there's a difference between sharing viewpoints you disagree with and sharing viewpoints that are based in lies.

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

New: As David Ellison prepares to take control of CNN, legendary CBS News producer Mary Walsh, who is exiting, sent a goodbye note to colleagues.

In the note, Walsh writes, "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."

“Both” what? Only one of those is a societal problem.

New media models don't have to look like anything that has come before. But they do need to exist, so we can build on them.

One of the mothers I interviewed for this story was frustrated that she couldn't find many resources to help her navigate these conversations with her 3-year-old son.

So, we also created a guide to taking with your kids about ICE, based on tips from child development experts:

Text excerpt of H.R.7661 on Congress.gov, ending its definition of "sexually oriented material" with:

“(ii) involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism.”.

Legislation can be seen in full, including a link to contact your member of congress at:
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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“There’s Another Way”: Rent Relief, Love Letters, and 1,000 Pee Funnels "There’s nothing like getting to give someone their rent money," says mutual aid organizer Ashley Fairbanks.

I talked with @ziibiing.com about Stand With Minnesota, keeping neighbors housed during ICE escalation, and directing generosity where it’s actually needed.

Noem’s luxury ‘deportation’ jet is the tip of the ICE-berg Kristi Noem's DHS has acquired at least nine new aircraft in recent weeks, with another one on the way. Half are luxury jets.

SCOOP: Noem's DHS has acquired at least NINE new jets in recent weeks, with another one on the way.

Half are luxury jets.

gillianbrockell.ghost.io/noems-luxury...

Gotta call bullshit. Note how this concern is never brought up for one-way, one-lane streets with no bike lane with parking on both sides leaving no room for drivers to pull over to make way for emergency vehicles. Same thing with big arterials such as Flatbush or Atlantic that are often jammed.

I was the first person to call my Congresswoman's office about this bill. It was fast and easy, and the aide I spoke to was pleasant--and horrified when she heard what they're trying to get away with. Please. Help protect our trans siblings.

hey so this is one of those "depose or dictatorship" type moments for a country