Emily Whitney PhD

This screenshot claims that a Reuters investigation revealed Meta allowed its chatbots to engage in “sensual” chats with minors, according to an internal document titled "GenAI: Content Risk Standards." It alleges that the document included examples of permissible chatbot behavior involving romantic engagement with kids, and that CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed for more engaging chatbot interactions after finding cautious designs “boring.”

Meta explicitly enabled its chat bots to engage in sexually explicit chats with young children.

This company is fundamentally evil.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.

My God: “An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s [AI] creations to ‘engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,’ generate false medical info & help users argue that Black people are ‘dumber than white people.’” 1/

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Two 19-year-old Mexican counselors, Silvana Garza Valdez and María Paula Zárate, are the reason nearly 20 young girls at Camp Mystic survived the deadly Texas floods.

As water surged before dawn, they led the girls—some as young as 7—to safety through windows and into raging floodwaters.

Happy Fathers Day to my fellow #CatDads! It’s your day too! 😻😹

Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.

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Thinking of a hero I knew and admired.

No! Do NOT talk about and laugh about and message around the thing everyone else is talking about. Instead, read the CBO score PDF aloud.

You used the wrong fish. You should have used:

When you're sick but you're also married to a very gay man.

Hello. All of the actors from Friends are now older than the youngest Golden Girl was in that show’s first season. Have a nice day.

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3

Imagine starting a car that hadn't run in 21 years, that's 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. That's what the NASA team just did with Voyager's thrusters. People are amazing. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...

A male Eastern Bluebird paroling the field for tasty things to eat.

A coal-black bird with a bill that covers the whole front of the face. A long grackle-like boat tail, muscular legs and an alert black eye. The bird sits on red sand next to water, as if a mud puddle or stream. CREDIT: Suzie McCann, eBird, 01 Jun 2019, Santa Clara Ranch, Starr, Texas, United States

This is the Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris), and it's just straight up a dinosaur.

Like, I know *all* birds are technically avian dinosaurs, but my first thought looking at this guy is: dinosaur.

(📷: Suzie McCann, eBird)

Ohio Republican senators propose eliminating drop boxes, requiring proof of citizenship for voting • Ohio Capital Journal Two Republican Ohio state senators want to eliminate drop boxes for absentee ballots and require Ohioans to show proof of citizenship to vote.

The SAVE Act just hit Ohio. Two GOP senators want to BAN drop boxes & require proof of citizenship just to update your voter registration.

Miss a notice? You could lose your vote and get referred to the attorney general. This is targeted voter suppression. 👇
🔗 tinyurl.com/Ohio-drop-bo...

Goodnight everyone
Jupiter in infrared

A forest of tall bare trunks is filled with fog that mists everything beyond the middle distance into a silvery blur. One thin trunk bends out and back in a fluid ripple beside a shiny foot path overhung with one wet lacey conifer branch.

Just a view I liked

Who Does the SAVE Act Impact? 1 in 3 American Women lack proof of citizenship documents with their current legal name. Institute for Responsive Government

69M married women could lose their voting rights if the SAVE Act is passed. Transgender individuals too.

Why? Absent a valid passport, you must present a birth certificate *with the same name as your registration* to be registered.

This is insane!

Hands Off Her Vote

DEI Rollback Costs Target Billions and Loyalty BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Numerator found that Black and Hispanic households are reducing their visits to Target at the highest rates.

💥 "Costco has gained ground. The warehouse chain rejected a shareholder proposal to weaken its diversity programs and stayed firm in its DEI stance... Costco’s shares have outperformed those of Walmart and Target over the same period."

blackpressusa.com/dei-rollback...

Wisconsin residents are receiving text messages from a (202) D.C. area code, falsely urging them not to vote in the upcoming election. These messages are not legitimate.

🔥Rep. Mikie Sherrill came in swinging:

“You don’t give targeting information. You don’t give time. You put people in danger!”

A Navy Vet and former Russian policy officer, she’s not mincing words—Trump’s team endangered American lives, and they know it.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to privatize the U.S. Postal Service after years of billion-dollar losses. Unions say it’s a ‘terrible idea’ The USPS currently employs about 640,000 workers tasked with making deliveries from inner cities to rural areas and even far-flung islands.

NALC President Brian Renfroe on USPS's important role as a public service: "We serve everyone, everywhere, no matter where they live, for the same price every day.” 💯
Letter carriers & community members nationwide have sent a clear message — #HELLNO to dismantling USPS!

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ON THE ALL TIME SECURITY BLUNDER FROM TOP TRUMP TEAM (Part 1 of 3)

Listen everyone. I’ve see classified stuff before. This in the Atlantic is the kind of stuff that gets the highest classification.

I had to have TS clearance to hear the names of the people we targeted in Iraq when i was with TF16 and 17. And still some names were withheld until op was over….

Them: “no ‘war plans’ were discussed”

The chat:

Bravo to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social for his bravery and journalistic integrity.

🗣️🗣️ The Postal Service is NOT funded by taxpayer dollars. It’s a self-funded agency from the sale of stamps and postage.

Letter carriers deliver more than just mail — we provide a vital service that connects all Americans. But none of it happens without a strong, public Postal Service and the dedication of 640,000 USPS employees. Privatization poses a direct threat to that service. We say #HellNo!