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Soccer, cricket, baseball, basketball, and running
Honestly, there'll probably be politics
Anarchist, punk-as-possible at my age, and lucky parent
Also on Mastodon: @norefsnocoaches@mastodon.social
Honestly, there'll probably be politics
Anarchist, punk-as-possible at my age, and lucky parent
Also on Mastodon: @norefsnocoaches@mastodon.social
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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Heads up for folks in Southeastern Connecticut and Southwestern Rhode Island
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Heads up for folks in Southeastern Connecticut and Southwestern Rhode Island
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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Just a heads-up: there are only 2 days left to back “Argentina: A Tale of Two Utopias” on Kickstarter. It’s a powerful history of revolution, soccer, and the 2001 uprising: unique, urgent, and deeply political. Don’t miss your chance to support this vital book! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Just a heads-up: there are only 2 days left to back “Argentina: A Tale of Two Utopias” on Kickstarter. It’s a powerful history of revolution, soccer, and the 2001 uprising: unique, urgent, and deeply political. Don’t miss your chance to support this vital book! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
I don’t have a dog in this fight as someone who left the church long ago, but it will never not be funny to me how much American Christians love finding new ways to commit blasphemy
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I don’t have a dog in this fight as someone who left the church long ago, but it will never not be funny to me how much American Christians love finding new ways to commit blasphemy
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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November 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Want to support workers on strike?
✅ Follow us + share our posts about NOT BUYING STARBUCKS!
✅ Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge, & we'll send you local calls to action throughout the strike: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅ Donate to our strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
✅ Follow us + share our posts about NOT BUYING STARBUCKS!
✅ Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge, & we'll send you local calls to action throughout the strike: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅ Donate to our strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
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We still need your support for this project & for Latam’s only antifascist social & sporting club.
5 days left, & we still have 30% of the way to go.
🖤❤️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
5 days left, & we still have 30% of the way to go.
🖤❤️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We still need your support for this project & for Latam’s only antifascist social & sporting club.
5 days left, & we still have 30% of the way to go.
🖤❤️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
5 days left, & we still have 30% of the way to go.
🖤❤️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...
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happy halloween i am ready to confuse some trick-or-treaters
October 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
happy halloween i am ready to confuse some trick-or-treaters
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When you ask ChatGPT a question, you're in control of the information you're sharing, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @USAToday.com, but “when you're using the Atlas browser for day-to-day tasks, it's easier to forget that all of your activity could be sent to OpenAI."
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
OpenAI launches ChatGPT-powered web browser. What to know before downloading.
ChatGPT Atlas is a free internet browser that can regurgitate browser history, provide writing help and complete basic ordered tasks.
www.usatoday.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
When you ask ChatGPT a question, you're in control of the information you're sharing, EFF’s Lena Cohen told @USAToday.com, but “when you're using the Atlas browser for day-to-day tasks, it's easier to forget that all of your activity could be sent to OpenAI."
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...
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Are we great yet?
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Are we great yet?
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
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Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.
It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.
Thank you for your consideration.
It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.
Thank you for your consideration.
"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder
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October 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.
It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.
Thank you for your consideration.
It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.
Thank you for your consideration.
And even if he had, extrajudicial executions are not the legal response to drug possession or intent to distribute
AP: “.. the administration has only pointed to unclassified video clips of the strikes posted on social media by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and has yet to produce ‘hard evidence’ that the vessels were carrying drugs.”
@apnews.com
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October 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
And even if he had, extrajudicial executions are not the legal response to drug possession or intent to distribute
All I can think of whenever anyone says something like this is how many people’s lives were ruined, or–in the case of folks like Aaron Schwartz–ended, from actual attempts to democratize information in the aughts. But AI hype ghouls get a pass because they’re just-such-special-wittle-guys ™
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
All I can think of whenever anyone says something like this is how many people’s lives were ruined, or–in the case of folks like Aaron Schwartz–ended, from actual attempts to democratize information in the aughts. But AI hype ghouls get a pass because they’re just-such-special-wittle-guys ™
This is neither how copyright nor generative AI works ands OpenAI knows this (or at least their lawyers should), but with at least one judge already willing to look the other way in the copyright question will it even matter?
Oh god, it’s worse. This is Open Ai dictating to the studios they can “opt out” of OUTPUTS. This isn’t even about the training, as Open Ai thinks it’s all theirs to use for free.
The hubris of these thieves is just obscene. I can’t see them not getting sued for this, it’s just that ridiculous.
The hubris of these thieves is just obscene. I can’t see them not getting sued for this, it’s just that ridiculous.
September 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This is neither how copyright nor generative AI works ands OpenAI knows this (or at least their lawyers should), but with at least one judge already willing to look the other way in the copyright question will it even matter?
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Oh god, it’s worse. This is Open Ai dictating to the studios they can “opt out” of OUTPUTS. This isn’t even about the training, as Open Ai thinks it’s all theirs to use for free.
The hubris of these thieves is just obscene. I can’t see them not getting sued for this, it’s just that ridiculous.
The hubris of these thieves is just obscene. I can’t see them not getting sued for this, it’s just that ridiculous.
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Oh god, it’s worse. This is Open Ai dictating to the studios they can “opt out” of OUTPUTS. This isn’t even about the training, as Open Ai thinks it’s all theirs to use for free.
The hubris of these thieves is just obscene. I can’t see them not getting sued for this, it’s just that ridiculous.
The hubris of these thieves is just obscene. I can’t see them not getting sued for this, it’s just that ridiculous.
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these people are members of a batshit millenarian cult and it is high time we forced everyone to acknowledge this
War is peace, freedom is slavery, regulation is the antichrist.
Peter Thiel: strict AI regulation will summon the antichrist
This is a real thing Peter Thiel told a group of tech professionals recently.
www.theverge.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
these people are members of a batshit millenarian cult and it is high time we forced everyone to acknowledge this
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Saw someone post about how it's really fucked up that we all have to speculate about whether or not the FBI manufactured evidence to back their version of events. The thing is, you should always suspect that about law enforcement—these guys are just more clown-ish and obvious about it.
September 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Saw someone post about how it's really fucked up that we all have to speculate about whether or not the FBI manufactured evidence to back their version of events. The thing is, you should always suspect that about law enforcement—these guys are just more clown-ish and obvious about it.
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so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!
August 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!
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Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'
September 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Bothers me when people discuss Left movements in the U.S. w/out underscoring the GENERATIONS of repression, surveillance, violence directed at movements. The "Left" is so disorganized is used as a joke but I hardly ever see those same people saying 'THE LEFT WAS TARGETED & DISORGANIZED by the STATE'
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My Genre Grapevine analysis of the Anthropic AI settlement with authors. Overall, most authors got screwed with the settlement payments barely covering 7% of the books Anthropic pirated to train their generative AI system. 1/
www.patreon.com/posts/138349...
www.patreon.com/posts/138349...
Genre Grapevine on the Anthropic AI Settlement | Jason Sanford
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September 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My Genre Grapevine analysis of the Anthropic AI settlement with authors. Overall, most authors got screwed with the settlement payments barely covering 7% of the books Anthropic pirated to train their generative AI system. 1/
www.patreon.com/posts/138349...
www.patreon.com/posts/138349...
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Color me unsurprised that the billionaire who made white savior of the noble savage in space not once but twice also hates the artists and workers who made him a billionaire
“I’d like to see the cost of VFX artists come down.” — ‘Avatar’ director and Stability AI board member James Cameron claims effects workers are too expensive, putting blockbusters and the VFX industry at risk.
www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/vfx-arti...
www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/vfx-arti...
James Cameron Says VFX Costs Threaten Future Of Blockbusters
In a recent interview, Stability AI board member James Cameron warned high budgets threaten theaters, urging cheaper VFX and new tech to cut costs.
www.cartoonbrew.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Color me unsurprised that the billionaire who made white savior of the noble savage in space not once but twice also hates the artists and workers who made him a billionaire
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Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
August 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books