Kristen E
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Kristen E
@kristenee.bsky.social
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I wrote about Google unveiling its 'responsible AI progress report' by quietly deleting the part of its AI principles where it promised not to work on weapons www.platformer.news/google-ai-pr...
Google is ready to work on AI weapons now
The company’s promise to avoid building AI applications that cause harm has been deleted
www.platformer.news
February 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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There is still beauty in this world
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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THE OLIGARCH'S DAUGHTER, Joseph Finder: Balls-to-the-wall chase/adventure/thriller/mystery. Published today. It's a trip.
January 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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It's been a week, and Trump has already:

Shut down ReproductiveRights.gov

Pardoned anti-abortion extremists convicted of harassing women

Stopped international orgs from promoting or providing abortion care

Bragged about his responsibility for taking down Roe
January 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Has Trump lowered the price of groceries? No. Instead, he's focused on renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

Today, my colleagues and I gave him a list of things he could do right now to start to lower the prices of eggs.
Democrats slam Trump for not making good on promise to ‘immediately’ lower food prices
“During your first week of office you have instead focused on mass deportations and pardoning January 6 attackers,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren and 19 other lawmakers told the president in a letter.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Trump is trying to bully our allies Canada, Colombia, Denmark, and Panama, threatening tariffs if they don't do what he says.

Really?

What about imposing tariffs on drug companies that charge us 10 times more than other countries pay for the same drug?
January 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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In the new Trump presidency, we have got to remain focused. We can’t panic.

No matter how many executive orders he signs or statements he issues, our goal is the same:

We must fight to create an America based on economic, social & environmental justice.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What Trump didn’t say in his inauguration speech | Bernie Sanders
The simple truth is that Trump ignored almost every major issue facing this country’s working families in his first speech
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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When my doctor told me my pregnancy wasn’t viable and that I needed an abortion procedure, I was devastated.
 
What have Republicans achieved by injecting politics into these moments of grief?
 
A country where one third of counties don't have a single OB/GYN.

bit.ly/40AhS9c
Whip Clark Condemns GOP’s Latest Attack on Reproductive Freedom
Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (MA-5) took to the House Floor to denounce Republicans’ latest bill attacking reproductive freedom.
bit.ly
January 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“Amid America’s diversity, she sees discernment over spiritual authority as an important task. She thought of what Howard Thurman, the American theologian, called “the sound of the genuine.”

“What is real?” she asked. “

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’
Bishop Budde locked eyes with President Trump and made a plea for mercy — and the war over spiritual authority in America was ignited anew.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
January 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM