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Yesterday was my last day at MSR. We recently learned that our roles were eliminated, and with them our little FATE Montreal team.

I joined MSR a bit over 7.5 years ago while on active chemotherapy, and being at MSR has overlapped with so much change in my life.

A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

Lead-In Record Co.

I don't know about vinyl but there's a big supply chain issue right now especially for indie acts—a wonderful engineer friend of mine is working on making cheaper/better/more accessible vinyl with robotics! www.leadinrecordco.com

man it is just all so bad. anyways probably time to log off.

Accessible Color Palette Generator This is a tool to automate the generation of accessible enterprise UI color palettes.

Design for everyone with Mike Gifford’s Accessible Color Palette Generator. Quickly create color palettes that meet WCAG standards and elevate your accessibility game.

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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

This is a major PR coup for Anthropic. In rejecting the DoD's demands that it allow the surveilling of Americans and autonomous killing, it gets immediate claim to the moral high ground, which other AI co's won't take. Anthropic is the AI company that *won't* kill and surveil you.

I read it as "Hartford Yam Works" and was confused for longer than I'd like to admit

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

this weekend of depressing OT hockey losses has made me canadian

pitches close tonight!! go ahead send one in you know you want to :)

All the "you need to learn AI skills or you'll get left behind" things are patently nonsense. It's easy to use and only becomes easier to use over time. If there's skill it's in knowing what it does well and what is does poorly

bsky should implement a twitter circles-like feature I have some rants that are not for the public eye

gradient.horse Draw a horse, watch it run!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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Montreal folks, come talk about labor and research for organizing! This Friday eve at Atomic Cafe.

www.facebook.com/events/88154...

There's less than a month left until the deadline for my official petition to Evan Solomon to create more protections and enforcement for AI deepfakes and to protect our likeness.

Please sign & share: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

note we are also looking for editors + illustrators + designers—more info in the post or feel free to dm me!

Kernel 6 Pitches Now Open! K6: FEED

Kernel 6 call for pitches is NOW OUT!!! the theme is FEED! really excited for this one, send us your best by feb 20!!

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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.

“Screenshot of a promoted Reddit post by u/AYAGDOS. The post reads: ‘Navigating gender dysphoria? Join our confidential, cross-country study of 18–25 year olds to tell your story, challenge preconceptions, and have YOUR experience reflected in the science.’ Below is a banner graphic with the Northwestern University logo and the text ‘TRANS OR GENDERQUEER? SHARE YOUR STORY.’ The image shows a close-up of a hand with light pink nail polish, partially painted blue, held up against a blurred background. A link to ayagdos.org and a ‘Learn More’ button appear at the bottom, along with Reddit vote and share icons.”

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

wonder if any of my acquaintances on the "privacy and civil liberties" team at palantir (I know) are thinking of quitting anytime soon

Spoon Saving Social Media Tips and How to Resist Online The current political landscape is having a devastating impact on the health of those within the disability community. A look at how we can save spoons and leverage our unique powers to resist.

It’s been an utterly devastating few weeks and being on social media can wreak havoc on the nervous system

We should all witness

We should all document atrocities

But we’re not meant to watch people be murdered

We’re not meant to see all this carnage

If you’re flaring… it’s ok to take a break

Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs

Turn it off, now.

Gödel, Escher, Bachelorette

Thanks for the helpful auto-complete, Gmail.

No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!

So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE.

There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it.

Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance.

24 hours. Go.

www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...

Words Without Borders Announces Fourth Annual Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators - Words Without Borders This grant aims to support early-career translators seeking to bring international work into the English-language marketplace.

📣 Opportunity for early-career translators: @wwborders.bsky.social's Momentum Grant is open for submissions. The contest will be judged by @jeremytiang.bsky.social and the editors of Words Without Borders. 

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attack, so I helped her find a medic to get her an inhaler. I used a stranger's phone to co-ordinate pickup, and was picked up by my wife. During my detention I knew that I was being released. I knew that as a citizen of the United States I have legal protection. The hundred or so other people being detained had no such protection. At this time I don't need your help, it is the families that are being separated, abused, terrorized, harassed and killed that need your help. If this is happening to me, an American citizen born in the United States, then what is happening to the people in here that have no one calling lawyers on their behalf? That have no constitutional rights to due process? What is happening to the people that they will never be released to see their families, go to their jobs, or walk through their city ever again? Please take care of yourselves, your family, and your community. I am safe and healthy, if you feel compelled to help, please offer your help to the Immigrant Defense Network at https://immigrantdefensenetwork.org/. If you know someone detained by ICE, call or text CAIR-MN at 612-206-3360 for 24/7 legal intake. Photo: ICE going door to door. They are reportedly doing the same thing on the doors - asking people for names.

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This act of arson was devastating - two torahs were destroyed and the entire library.

Beth Israel is the ONLY synagogue in Jackson.

The synagogue was bombed by the KKK in the 1960s because of its work with the civil rights movement and its fight against racism and segregation.

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"

A list of ideas!

First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind, In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine, Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it Where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles,

What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy: And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns. Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way. We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee's legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love. E

Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears:

archive.is/ur35j

I can’t speak for the entire Jewish community, but personally I have been watching many of y’all under-react to ICE actions for the last year and suddenly understanding in a whole new way how my family ended up being rounded up and massacred in camps and y’all should think on that.