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🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)
January 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)
How do I reduce the US political content on here? Anyone around too see this?
January 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
How do I reduce the US political content on here? Anyone around too see this?
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click click click
January 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
January 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ChatGPT is down? Huh. Crazy how that doesn't affect my life in literally any way at all
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When Musk denies that he did a big ol Nazi salute during the inauguration, remember this, from Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944.
January 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When Musk denies that he did a big ol Nazi salute during the inauguration, remember this, from Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944.
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they should shut down every social media site and force us all to get a life tbh
January 19, 2025 at 4:06 AM
they should shut down every social media site and force us all to get a life tbh
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This is a hilarious way to say “we haven’t figured out how to make AI do anything useful”
January 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is a hilarious way to say “we haven’t figured out how to make AI do anything useful”
Wow this is wild!
Wage theft is the largest form of theft in the United States, dwarfing other kinds of theft. Companies steal up to $50 billion or more from workers annually, with only a tiny fraction ever recovered and paid to employees. This perpetuates income and wealth inequalities.
www.epi.org/publication/...
www.epi.org/publication/...
January 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Wow this is wild!
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Dear Keir Starmer,
Please don't "unleash AI' to try to create the mythical growth you're always on about. AI is losing money at a rate of millions of dollars per DAY. It's biggest cheerleaders live off investor money by promising Big Things In The Unspecified Future. It is flim flam.
Regards, Sooz
Please don't "unleash AI' to try to create the mythical growth you're always on about. AI is losing money at a rate of millions of dollars per DAY. It's biggest cheerleaders live off investor money by promising Big Things In The Unspecified Future. It is flim flam.
Regards, Sooz
January 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Dear Keir Starmer,
Please don't "unleash AI' to try to create the mythical growth you're always on about. AI is losing money at a rate of millions of dollars per DAY. It's biggest cheerleaders live off investor money by promising Big Things In The Unspecified Future. It is flim flam.
Regards, Sooz
Please don't "unleash AI' to try to create the mythical growth you're always on about. AI is losing money at a rate of millions of dollars per DAY. It's biggest cheerleaders live off investor money by promising Big Things In The Unspecified Future. It is flim flam.
Regards, Sooz
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Oxfam: During the pandemic, the ten richest men doubled their wealth while the incomes of 99% of humanity fell. They now own over six times more wealth than the poorest 3.1 billion people. Inequality contributes to one death every four seconds.
This is not sustainable or just. Don't accept it.
This is not sustainable or just. Don't accept it.
Ten richest men double their fortunes in pandemic while incomes of 99 percent of humanity fall | Oxfam International
www.oxfam.org
January 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Oxfam: During the pandemic, the ten richest men doubled their wealth while the incomes of 99% of humanity fell. They now own over six times more wealth than the poorest 3.1 billion people. Inequality contributes to one death every four seconds.
This is not sustainable or just. Don't accept it.
This is not sustainable or just. Don't accept it.
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Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
January 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
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However hard your life is, remember that you have more dignity than the richest man to ever exist, who used a sock puppet to post this about himself.
January 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
However hard your life is, remember that you have more dignity than the richest man to ever exist, who used a sock puppet to post this about himself.
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Wondering if anyone else has been affected by any of the issues in Kafka's The Metamorphosis? At the moment I'm just putting out feelers.
December 30, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Wondering if anyone else has been affected by any of the issues in Kafka's The Metamorphosis? At the moment I'm just putting out feelers.
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[opens WaPo app]
[closes WaPo app]
[closes WaPo app]
December 31, 2024 at 1:28 AM
[opens WaPo app]
[closes WaPo app]
[closes WaPo app]
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this is funny as-is but imo way funnier when you see his lawyer
December 23, 2024 at 6:49 PM
this is funny as-is but imo way funnier when you see his lawyer
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Beyond imagination!
A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars!
(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars!
(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
December 21, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Beyond imagination!
A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars!
(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
A zoom out from the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars!
(Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B. F. Williams, L. C. Johnson, the PHAT team, R. Gendler / video by Universal-Sci)
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cool, shut it down
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:52 PM
cool, shut it down
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Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
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My cat, an idiot: Those ornaments look exactly like my toys. Why can’t I play with them?
Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord
Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord
December 3, 2023 at 1:13 AM
My cat, an idiot: Those ornaments look exactly like my toys. Why can’t I play with them?
Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord
Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord
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@dustyweb.bsky.social - thanks for a really interesting read of dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
Also thanks to @autonomic.zone for pointing me there!
Also thanks to @autonomic.zone for pointing me there!
How decentralized is Bluesky really? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
dustycloud.org
November 28, 2024 at 12:35 AM
@dustyweb.bsky.social - thanks for a really interesting read of dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
Also thanks to @autonomic.zone for pointing me there!
Also thanks to @autonomic.zone for pointing me there!
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Fred: Hey Shaggy have you seen Velma?
Shaggy: It wasn't me!
Fred: What??
Shaggy: It wasn't me!
Fred: Guys, I think we picked up the wrong Shaggy again.
Shaggy: Mr Lover Lover Mmmm
Shaggy: It wasn't me!
Fred: What??
Shaggy: It wasn't me!
Fred: Guys, I think we picked up the wrong Shaggy again.
Shaggy: Mr Lover Lover Mmmm
November 27, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Fred: Hey Shaggy have you seen Velma?
Shaggy: It wasn't me!
Fred: What??
Shaggy: It wasn't me!
Fred: Guys, I think we picked up the wrong Shaggy again.
Shaggy: Mr Lover Lover Mmmm
Shaggy: It wasn't me!
Fred: What??
Shaggy: It wasn't me!
Fred: Guys, I think we picked up the wrong Shaggy again.
Shaggy: Mr Lover Lover Mmmm
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Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.