Gerald Figal
@geraldfigal.bsky.social
I shoot film and roast coffee. And mix the occasional cocktail.
The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials - WIRED
March 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The US Army Is Using ‘CamoGPT’ to Purge DEI From Training Materials - WIRED
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NEW: This is a powerhouse summit gathered in London.
Starmer has confirmed UK & France are now leading the peace process, with Ukraine.
Trump has disqualified himself & the US.
UK has also agreed to use profits from seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine 👏
Leaders attending:
🇬🇧🇺🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦🇪🇸🇵🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇱🇨🇿🇷🇴🇹🇷🇪🇺
Starmer has confirmed UK & France are now leading the peace process, with Ukraine.
Trump has disqualified himself & the US.
UK has also agreed to use profits from seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine 👏
Leaders attending:
🇬🇧🇺🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦🇪🇸🇵🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇱🇨🇿🇷🇴🇹🇷🇪🇺
March 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NEW: This is a powerhouse summit gathered in London.
Starmer has confirmed UK & France are now leading the peace process, with Ukraine.
Trump has disqualified himself & the US.
UK has also agreed to use profits from seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine 👏
Leaders attending:
🇬🇧🇺🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦🇪🇸🇵🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇱🇨🇿🇷🇴🇹🇷🇪🇺
Starmer has confirmed UK & France are now leading the peace process, with Ukraine.
Trump has disqualified himself & the US.
UK has also agreed to use profits from seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine 👏
Leaders attending:
🇬🇧🇺🇦🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦🇪🇸🇵🇱🇩🇰🇳🇴🇫🇮🇸🇪🇳🇱🇨🇿🇷🇴🇹🇷🇪🇺
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Michelle King, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records, people familiar with her departure said.
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Michelle King, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, left her job this weekend after a clash with billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service over its attempts to access sensitive government records, people familiar with her departure said.
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Nice! NPR is sharing the good news about 50501 protests tomorrow. www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
Protests are set to take place on Presidents Day. Here is why
A series of protests against the Trump administration's actions is planned for Presidents Day.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Nice! NPR is sharing the good news about 50501 protests tomorrow. www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
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What is Musk-Trump regime doing for the American people? Tax cuts for billionaires, firing people and programs that help people, renaming stuff. Nothing about child care, education, cost of drugs, cost of housing, cost of meds,, cost of groceries, cost of health care ?
February 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
What is Musk-Trump regime doing for the American people? Tax cuts for billionaires, firing people and programs that help people, renaming stuff. Nothing about child care, education, cost of drugs, cost of housing, cost of meds,, cost of groceries, cost of health care ?
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I'm going to post this video every day so we NEVER forget what TRUMP did on J6
February 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we NEVER forget what TRUMP did on J6
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Google Search makes the top 10. So glad I dumped it and haven’t looked back. Cleaner, un-enshittified options exist, ones that don’t track and scrap your data to turn you into a digital coolie.
Google Search makes the top 10. So glad I dumped it and haven’t looked back. Cleaner, un-enshittified options exist, ones that don’t track and scrap your data to turn you into a digital coolie.
As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders
Ars staffers take aim at some of the web’s worst predatory practices.
arstechnica.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Google Search makes the top 10. So glad I dumped it and haven’t looked back. Cleaner, un-enshittified options exist, ones that don’t track and scrap your data to turn you into a digital coolie.
Google Search makes the top 10. So glad I dumped it and haven’t looked back. Cleaner, un-enshittified options exist, ones that don’t track and scrap your data to turn you into a digital coolie.
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Elon Musk—an unchecked, unelected oligarch—is yanking wires out of the machinery that powers American life—and there’s no telling how many people will get hurt.
Will Elon Musk Do to the Federal Government What He Did to Twitter?
An unchecked, unelected oligarch is yanking wires out of the machinery that powers American life—and there’s no telling how many people will get hurt.
buff.ly
February 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Elon Musk—an unchecked, unelected oligarch—is yanking wires out of the machinery that powers American life—and there’s no telling how many people will get hurt.
To commemorate the American white nationalist techno-oligarchy, Prof. Coffee has a new blend: DEI, "a diverse blend of equitably included beans that are grown, harvested, and processed by black, brown, and Muslim people from Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, and Indonesia."
prof-coffee.com/product/dei/
prof-coffee.com/product/dei/
DEI - Prof. Coffee Roastery
Develop Empathetic Instincts
prof-coffee.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
To commemorate the American white nationalist techno-oligarchy, Prof. Coffee has a new blend: DEI, "a diverse blend of equitably included beans that are grown, harvested, and processed by black, brown, and Muslim people from Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, and Indonesia."
prof-coffee.com/product/dei/
prof-coffee.com/product/dei/
February 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Not a headline from The Onion. www.theverge.com/2025/1/27/24...
Google Maps in the US will change to Gulf of America and Mount McKinley
Once official government sources update.
www.theverge.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Not a headline from The Onion. www.theverge.com/2025/1/27/24...
I’m still just browsing about Bluesky to see how I’ll use it (or not—never really did Twitter much). I like the clean slate aspect of a new platform although I’m conflicted about social media in general. Definitely a breath of fresh air from the ad-strewn algorithmic hellscape of Facebook.
January 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I’m still just browsing about Bluesky to see how I’ll use it (or not—never really did Twitter much). I like the clean slate aspect of a new platform although I’m conflicted about social media in general. Definitely a breath of fresh air from the ad-strewn algorithmic hellscape of Facebook.
My retirement from higher ed can’t come soon enough.
www.acenet.edu/News-Room/Pa...
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Trump’s Executive Orders Shift Higher Education Landscape
With more than two dozen executive orders issued in the past week, the Trump administration has moved swiftly to reverse Biden-era policies and advance its own priorities—many of which carry significa...
www.acenet.edu
January 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
My retirement from higher ed can’t come soon enough.
www.acenet.edu/News-Room/Pa...
www.acenet.edu/News-Room/Pa...
"I Dread Returning To The US": Expats Are Sharing The "We're Being Scammed" Realizations They Had After Living Abroad - BuzzFeed
January 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"I Dread Returning To The US": Expats Are Sharing The "We're Being Scammed" Realizations They Had After Living Abroad - BuzzFeed