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for Halloween i went as something feared by every Angeleno
October 28, 2023 at 8:47 PM
for Halloween i went as something feared by every Angeleno
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The competition: "oh no, we are being beaten in the totally normal and standard test of shooting the bottom half of your truck's door panels. We are going to lose our foothold in the market for people whose vehicles get attacked by extremely short assassins"
October 21, 2023 at 3:49 PM
The competition: "oh no, we are being beaten in the totally normal and standard test of shooting the bottom half of your truck's door panels. We are going to lose our foothold in the market for people whose vehicles get attacked by extremely short assassins"
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Of course. Of course the miracle of AI is a mechanical Turk. Not just stealing art. Humans even work the *boring* AI from inside. And it’s a colonial monster too, exploiting poor overseas labour. Oh, AI, is there nothing you can’t enshittify? TW: dark as fuck.
www.wired.com/story/millio...
www.wired.com/story/millio...
Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies
From the Philippines to Colombia, low-paid workers label training data for AI models used by the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.
www.wired.com
October 21, 2023 at 8:43 AM
Of course. Of course the miracle of AI is a mechanical Turk. Not just stealing art. Humans even work the *boring* AI from inside. And it’s a colonial monster too, exploiting poor overseas labour. Oh, AI, is there nothing you can’t enshittify? TW: dark as fuck.
www.wired.com/story/millio...
www.wired.com/story/millio...
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New reporting from @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social:
The Epoch Times is now the 4th-most subscribed to newspaper in America. Its revenue grew 685% in two years over the pandemic.
The paper is run by Falun Gong, a Chinese religious sect, that claims Jan. 6 and climate change are hoaxes.
The Epoch Times is now the 4th-most subscribed to newspaper in America. Its revenue grew 685% in two years over the pandemic.
The paper is run by Falun Gong, a Chinese religious sect, that claims Jan. 6 and climate change are hoaxes.
How the conspiracy-fueled Epoch Times went mainstream and made millions
The conservative news outlet has amassed a fortune, growing its revenue by 685% in two years, according to tax documents.
www.nbcnews.com
October 13, 2023 at 2:05 PM
New reporting from @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social:
The Epoch Times is now the 4th-most subscribed to newspaper in America. Its revenue grew 685% in two years over the pandemic.
The paper is run by Falun Gong, a Chinese religious sect, that claims Jan. 6 and climate change are hoaxes.
The Epoch Times is now the 4th-most subscribed to newspaper in America. Its revenue grew 685% in two years over the pandemic.
The paper is run by Falun Gong, a Chinese religious sect, that claims Jan. 6 and climate change are hoaxes.
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I’m starting to think this Gavin Newsom guy might be an asshole.
October 8, 2023 at 3:01 AM
I’m starting to think this Gavin Newsom guy might be an asshole.
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I'm sorry, but if I'm a freaking US Senator and I make calculations about how to vote based on whether the supporters of the leader of my party might kill me or my family, then I'd probably do some soul searching about the party I've chosen.
September 14, 2023 at 3:59 AM
I'm sorry, but if I'm a freaking US Senator and I make calculations about how to vote based on whether the supporters of the leader of my party might kill me or my family, then I'd probably do some soul searching about the party I've chosen.
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doctor I know you keep calling it an “episode” but this feels more like an arc
September 11, 2023 at 1:41 AM
doctor I know you keep calling it an “episode” but this feels more like an arc
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Not sure who needs to see this but probably all of us this fine Monday September 11 morning
That Big Poll Showing Trump and Biden Are Evenly Matched? Trump Helped Pay for It.
The Wall Street Journal poll is being cited in all the mainstream media outlets, with no caveat that Donald Trump’s Super PAC paid one of the pollsters.
newrepublic.com
September 11, 2023 at 2:46 PM
Not sure who needs to see this but probably all of us this fine Monday September 11 morning
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BREAKING: Two audience members of the Drew Barrymore show were kicked out for wearing "Writers Guild on Strike" pins.
The pair was handed pins by striking writers picketing directly outside the show.
They were asked to leave before the show began.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...
The pair was handed pins by striking writers picketing directly outside the show.
They were asked to leave before the show began.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...
‘Drew Barrymore Show’ Audience Members Say They Were Kicked Out for Writers Guild Support Amid P...
The talk show resumed taping without its three WGA writers on Monday as picketers demonstrated outside of CBS Studios.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 11, 2023 at 5:16 PM
BREAKING: Two audience members of the Drew Barrymore show were kicked out for wearing "Writers Guild on Strike" pins.
The pair was handed pins by striking writers picketing directly outside the show.
They were asked to leave before the show began.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...
The pair was handed pins by striking writers picketing directly outside the show.
They were asked to leave before the show began.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...
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Once at a conference I mentioned knowing your audience and writing with them in mind. A guy in the audience countered with "but shouldn't we be writing for everyone, the widest audience possible?"
Pal, I couldn't get my own grandmother to read my books, but you think universal appeal is possible?
Pal, I couldn't get my own grandmother to read my books, but you think universal appeal is possible?
Whew this
This also reminds me -- I saw someone the other day saying their 'goal' was for their stories to have 'universal appeal' and I recoiled from the monitor like there was a giant hornet on it
And then I was like "OHHHHHH THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING WRONG"
I don't want my stories to have that
This also reminds me -- I saw someone the other day saying their 'goal' was for their stories to have 'universal appeal' and I recoiled from the monitor like there was a giant hornet on it
And then I was like "OHHHHHH THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING WRONG"
I don't want my stories to have that
September 11, 2023 at 5:59 PM
Once at a conference I mentioned knowing your audience and writing with them in mind. A guy in the audience countered with "but shouldn't we be writing for everyone, the widest audience possible?"
Pal, I couldn't get my own grandmother to read my books, but you think universal appeal is possible?
Pal, I couldn't get my own grandmother to read my books, but you think universal appeal is possible?
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in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that‘s called foreshadowing
September 7, 2023 at 9:40 PM
in the 90’s, computers would scream every time you went online. that‘s called foreshadowing
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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul just signed into law a bill banning captive audience meetings.
As of today, bosses in NYS cannot make employees attend meetings with those high-paid consultants who come and tell you how scary unions are 👻 Go attend your union meeting instead 😉
As of today, bosses in NYS cannot make employees attend meetings with those high-paid consultants who come and tell you how scary unions are 👻 Go attend your union meeting instead 😉
September 6, 2023 at 11:16 PM
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul just signed into law a bill banning captive audience meetings.
As of today, bosses in NYS cannot make employees attend meetings with those high-paid consultants who come and tell you how scary unions are 👻 Go attend your union meeting instead 😉
As of today, bosses in NYS cannot make employees attend meetings with those high-paid consultants who come and tell you how scary unions are 👻 Go attend your union meeting instead 😉
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It’s extremely funny that a medical doctor can say “this is the service my patient needs” and someone who is not a medical doctor can just say no as they swan dive into a pile of gold coins
September 6, 2023 at 10:26 PM
It’s extremely funny that a medical doctor can say “this is the service my patient needs” and someone who is not a medical doctor can just say no as they swan dive into a pile of gold coins
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I want an apology from all the mansplainers that mocked my belief that privatizing NASA and relying this heavily on SpaceX would undermine the national security policy of the United States.
t.co/WoMI4XEPhE
t.co/WoMI4XEPhE
Musk Secretly Used Starlink to Foil Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Ships: Report
The billlionaire allegedly feared the strike on Crimea could trigger nuclear war.
t.co
September 7, 2023 at 1:57 PM
I want an apology from all the mansplainers that mocked my belief that privatizing NASA and relying this heavily on SpaceX would undermine the national security policy of the United States.
t.co/WoMI4XEPhE
t.co/WoMI4XEPhE
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It’s so weird how all these players are getting sick at the US Open during a Covid surge in NYC, will we ever find an answer to this medical mystery
September 2, 2023 at 10:59 AM
It’s so weird how all these players are getting sick at the US Open during a Covid surge in NYC, will we ever find an answer to this medical mystery
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I *strongly* advise not having this app on your phone or uploading media to it that you haven’t stripped of metadata beforehand - someone with 10 years experience investigating commercial surveillance
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, plans to collect “user biometric data, job and school history”
X Plans to Collect User Biometric Data, Job and School History
X, the social network that used to be known as Twitter, updated its privacy policy to include a new kind of user data it plans to collect: biometric.
www.bloomberg.com
August 31, 2023 at 9:42 PM
I *strongly* advise not having this app on your phone or uploading media to it that you haven’t stripped of metadata beforehand - someone with 10 years experience investigating commercial surveillance
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Looking into it.
Feds investigate Tesla's use of funds for secret 'glass house' project | TechCrunch
Manhattan federal prosecutors and the SEC are separately investigating the use of Tesla funds to bankroll a glass house for CEO Elon Musk.
techcrunch.com
August 31, 2023 at 2:35 AM
Looking into it.
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Even after more than a decade of Uber, people don’t seem to get that the venture capitalists only subsidize the “disruptive” tech long enough to throw the displaced workers into permanent precarity, then they raise prices after destroying the overall market. Cab driver suicides are the strategy.
August 13, 2023 at 6:03 PM
Even after more than a decade of Uber, people don’t seem to get that the venture capitalists only subsidize the “disruptive” tech long enough to throw the displaced workers into permanent precarity, then they raise prices after destroying the overall market. Cab driver suicides are the strategy.
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Former Tesla workers recently described their work conditions.
They talked about collapsing from dehydration, working on the factory floor up to 12 hours a day 7 days a week, sleeping on the floor, and throwing up.
There was even a sewage leak workers were told to work through.
They talked about collapsing from dehydration, working on the factory floor up to 12 hours a day 7 days a week, sleeping on the floor, and throwing up.
There was even a sewage leak workers were told to work through.
Listen to ex-Tesla workers describe Elon Musk's 'production hell' in their own words, from working t...
Former Tesla workers shared their harsh experiences during Elon Musk's stretches of "hardcore" production in The Verge's "Land of the Giants" podcast.
t.co
August 17, 2023 at 2:13 PM
Former Tesla workers recently described their work conditions.
They talked about collapsing from dehydration, working on the factory floor up to 12 hours a day 7 days a week, sleeping on the floor, and throwing up.
There was even a sewage leak workers were told to work through.
They talked about collapsing from dehydration, working on the factory floor up to 12 hours a day 7 days a week, sleeping on the floor, and throwing up.
There was even a sewage leak workers were told to work through.
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The devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a vote to steal. He was in a bind, he was way behind, he was willing to make a deal.
August 15, 2023 at 2:11 AM
The devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a vote to steal. He was in a bind, he was way behind, he was willing to make a deal.
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No playing D&D with the bears.
August 11, 2023 at 5:14 PM
No playing D&D with the bears.
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Why can’t people get radicalized into simply being cool
August 10, 2023 at 6:42 AM
Why can’t people get radicalized into simply being cool