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It's the new highways through Black neighborhoods: Data centers
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there.
wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...
wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...
Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?
Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.
wordinblack.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's the new highways through Black neighborhoods: Data centers
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Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats".
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
September 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats".
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).
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Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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From the stories of tragedy on this quilt to a twice a year shot. Amazing.
June 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
From the stories of tragedy on this quilt to a twice a year shot. Amazing.
Still working through the leftovers
May 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Still working through the leftovers
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A calculator that costs 1 trillion dollars, but it’s also wrong
April 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
A calculator that costs 1 trillion dollars, but it’s also wrong
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“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”
“Can ChatGPT experience joy or suffering? Does Gemini deserve human rights?” our tech columnist asks. “Many A.I. experts I know would say no, not yet, not even close. But I was intrigued.”
Should We Start Taking the Welfare of A.I. Seriously?
As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become conscious.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“is my calculator horny?“ our tech columnist asks. “i entered 5318008 into it and turned it upside down. what i saw surprised me”
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I am watching the movie Heat and I wanted to check if the actress is a young Angelina Jolie so I went to google and-
April 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I am watching the movie Heat and I wanted to check if the actress is a young Angelina Jolie so I went to google and-
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
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Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
April 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
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At the height of the AIDS crisis, the artist Daniel Goldstein became transfixed by the leather that coated the workout equipment at the gay gym he went to in the Castro. He turned them into a haunting tribute to the lives lost.
If You Should Fall | Jackson Davidow
In the work of queer artists, salvaged materials bathhouses, bars, and cruising grounds become useful once more.
thebaffler.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
At the height of the AIDS crisis, the artist Daniel Goldstein became transfixed by the leather that coated the workout equipment at the gay gym he went to in the Castro. He turned them into a haunting tribute to the lives lost.
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"Migrate off COBOL" is the Grave of Empires
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Migrate off COBOL" is the Grave of Empires
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This is a terrible, truly disgusting situation that reflects what we see in authoritarian regimes around the world and throughout history: the construction of a brutal apparatus that can disappear individuals and then traffic them through labyrinthine structures, all the while no one is accountable.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is a terrible, truly disgusting situation that reflects what we see in authoritarian regimes around the world and throughout history: the construction of a brutal apparatus that can disappear individuals and then traffic them through labyrinthine structures, all the while no one is accountable.
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
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A list of books that sound rude (but aren’t) for World Erotic Book Day:
7. HARD TIMES (Dickens)
6. THE HUMAN STAIN (Phillip Roth)
5. BE BOLD WITH BANANAS (Unknown)
3. WHAT’S INSIDE OF ME? (Herbert Zim)
2. A WEASEL IN MY MEATSAFE (Phil Drabble)
1. YOUR WOOD CAN LAST FOR CENTURIES (US Forest Service)
7. HARD TIMES (Dickens)
6. THE HUMAN STAIN (Phillip Roth)
5. BE BOLD WITH BANANAS (Unknown)
3. WHAT’S INSIDE OF ME? (Herbert Zim)
2. A WEASEL IN MY MEATSAFE (Phil Drabble)
1. YOUR WOOD CAN LAST FOR CENTURIES (US Forest Service)
March 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A list of books that sound rude (but aren’t) for World Erotic Book Day:
7. HARD TIMES (Dickens)
6. THE HUMAN STAIN (Phillip Roth)
5. BE BOLD WITH BANANAS (Unknown)
3. WHAT’S INSIDE OF ME? (Herbert Zim)
2. A WEASEL IN MY MEATSAFE (Phil Drabble)
1. YOUR WOOD CAN LAST FOR CENTURIES (US Forest Service)
7. HARD TIMES (Dickens)
6. THE HUMAN STAIN (Phillip Roth)
5. BE BOLD WITH BANANAS (Unknown)
3. WHAT’S INSIDE OF ME? (Herbert Zim)
2. A WEASEL IN MY MEATSAFE (Phil Drabble)
1. YOUR WOOD CAN LAST FOR CENTURIES (US Forest Service)
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A thingamajig (AKA a whatchamacallit) in ten different languages…
10. Chingadera (Mexican Spanish)
9. Zamazingo (Turkish)
8. Habbijabbi (Bengali)
7. Yoke (Hiberno English)
6. Shismoo (Arabic)
5. Haghawagha (Pashto)
4. Trucmuche (French)
3. Burungo (Sheng)
2. Intazinga (Zulu)
1. Dingsbums (German)
10. Chingadera (Mexican Spanish)
9. Zamazingo (Turkish)
8. Habbijabbi (Bengali)
7. Yoke (Hiberno English)
6. Shismoo (Arabic)
5. Haghawagha (Pashto)
4. Trucmuche (French)
3. Burungo (Sheng)
2. Intazinga (Zulu)
1. Dingsbums (German)
March 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A thingamajig (AKA a whatchamacallit) in ten different languages…
10. Chingadera (Mexican Spanish)
9. Zamazingo (Turkish)
8. Habbijabbi (Bengali)
7. Yoke (Hiberno English)
6. Shismoo (Arabic)
5. Haghawagha (Pashto)
4. Trucmuche (French)
3. Burungo (Sheng)
2. Intazinga (Zulu)
1. Dingsbums (German)
10. Chingadera (Mexican Spanish)
9. Zamazingo (Turkish)
8. Habbijabbi (Bengali)
7. Yoke (Hiberno English)
6. Shismoo (Arabic)
5. Haghawagha (Pashto)
4. Trucmuche (French)
3. Burungo (Sheng)
2. Intazinga (Zulu)
1. Dingsbums (German)
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That LGB without the T thing isn't working out, bro
Kennedy Center ‘Abruptly’ Cancels Gay Men’s Chorus Concert operawire.com/kennedy-cent... - per Francisco Salazar / Opera Wire
Kennedy Center ‘Abruptly’ Cancels Gay Men's Chorus Concert - OperaWire
The Kennedy Center has canceled The Gay Men's Chorus concert on May 21.
operawire.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
That LGB without the T thing isn't working out, bro
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The technology brothers have invented “Goons as a Service”
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The technology brothers have invented “Goons as a Service”
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I thought Wes Streeting cared about men’s health?
🚨 NEW: Labour is shutting down Safeline, the only dedicated helpline for male survivors of sexual abuse.
Safeline is solely funded by government to the tune of £250,000 a year. Labour is cancelling all of that funding, thus forcing it to close.
(Source: Channel 4 News)
Safeline is solely funded by government to the tune of £250,000 a year. Labour is cancelling all of that funding, thus forcing it to close.
(Source: Channel 4 News)
February 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I thought Wes Streeting cared about men’s health?
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we’ve replaced all building inspectors with a generative AI model trained on millions of pages of government regulations. it says here that all new construction homes must be 60% corn
February 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
we’ve replaced all building inspectors with a generative AI model trained on millions of pages of government regulations. it says here that all new construction homes must be 60% corn
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What could Palantir possibly want with every citizen’s most intimate private data 😳
In shocking news, Palantir thinks sending its DOGE boys to wage 'revolutionary war' against the US government will be good for Palantir
www.ft.com/content/b9f0...
www.ft.com/content/b9f0...
February 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
What could Palantir possibly want with every citizen’s most intimate private data 😳
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“The idea is for every digital platform – from Facebook to Signal, Snapchat and WhatsApp, to cloud and online gaming websites – to scan users’ communications.”
The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer? | Apostolis Fotiadis
Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggering, says journalist Apostolis Fotiadis
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“The idea is for every digital platform – from Facebook to Signal, Snapchat and WhatsApp, to cloud and online gaming websites – to scan users’ communications.”