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Boycott the World Cup. Boycott the US.

Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
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Everyone agreeing to talk to Isaac Chotiner is like "RIP those losers but I am different."

Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible

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a poorly drawn cat with squared ears, rectangular eyes, and a triangular nose, resembling an 8-bit character

a white cat sitting behind a grid patterned glass window that transforms its face into square segments. the distortion makes the cat look pixelated!

What he said

Me, doing some relatable William Blake (1757 – 1827) material in Dictionary Corner. Come and see me on tour: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs

Isle of Harris, 2020

#otd

Snow-covered local trees during rare snow in Nottingham a few years ago. I digitally mirrored the original photo to create a circular element, unity and connection.

#Winter reflection for #BlueSky #Scape day & #ForestFriday.

Have a good weekend!❄️🌨️🤍

#ForestFriday #nature #PhotoHour #stormhour #Blueskykin #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #photography #BlueskyNature #PhotographersUnited
#landscapephotography
#PhotographersofBluesky
#naturephotography
#BlueskyPhotography

Quote of the day

it's overall good that we avoided the U.S. invading Greenland (for now) but i can't help feeling we missed out on at least one moderately good cover of Fortunate Son

Europeans after managing to prevent the collapse of NATO for another 1-2 weeks…

#Europe #Rutte

Fury as Amazon Ring Cameras Are Hooked Up to ICE System Online activists are telling owners of Ring Doorbell cameras that it's time to get rid of their devices, which can be used by ICE.

Stop using ring cameras! Ffs.

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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

A good time to reboot this series with all the uncertainty and fear in the world.

I think it’s fine to say that someone who has served as a major conduit and creator of fascist propaganda and the wide end of a funnel into fascist thinking and action can never be trusted. If his heart has genuinely changed he should simply shut the fuck up. We owe Hanania nothing.

Shock of all shocks: Kobbie Mainoo is actually quite a good central midfielder.

FAO Ruben Amorim. #mufc

helg 🧿👄🧿

Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo

A hummingbird with a magenta face and green body hovers while drinking nectar from pink and purple flowers. Photographed in Pasadena, California.

An Anna’s Hummingbird savors the blooms of a showy penstemon.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

*posting on twitter* oh ho, I’ve made a wry observation. Better make sure a bunch of pedophiles see it

Across Loch Tay

Whoa!

"what are we going to do with 20,000 ICE agents if we abolish ice" well to start with I think we should all literally spit on them in public for the rest of their lives