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i read the whole thing and now i need his chart

Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · Jan 4

The infiltrator’s name is John Williams.

To learn what he revealed about the paramilitary movement — and how a mole managed to become a senior leader in a major American militia — read the full story here: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...

A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

www.propublica.org

January 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM

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s. e. smith

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The situation for Sudanese refugees is really dire.

Sudan's biggest refugee camp was already struck with famine. Now it's being shelled

The siege, blamed on the Rapid Support Forces, has sparked a new humanitarian catastrophe and marks an alarming turning point in the Darfur region, already overrun by violence.

www.npr.org

December 24, 2024 at 12:03 AM

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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell)

@jphillll.bsky.social

Oh my god. I had no idea:

Medicaid: 73 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making

SNAP: 42 million low-income people are exposed to AI-related decision-making

Social Security disability benefits: About 13.8 million people are exposed to AI-related decision-making

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · Nov 23

"92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI"

www.techtonicjustice.org/reports/ines...

this is a damning report

reads: The Ways AI Decides How Low-Income People Work, Live, Learn, and Survive

The use of artificial intelligence, or AI, by governments, landlords, employers, and other powerful private interests restricts the opportunities of low-income people in every basic aspect of life: at home, at work, in school, at government offices, and within families. AI technologies derive from a lineage of automation and algorithms that have been in use for decades with established patterns of harm to low-income communities. As such, now is a critical moment to take stock and correct course before AI of any level of technical sophistication becomes entrenched as a legitimate way to make key decisions about the people society marginalizes.

Employing a broad definition of AI, this report represents the first known effort to comprehensively explain and quantify the reach of AI-based decision-making among low-income people in the United States. It establishes that essentially all 92 million low-income people in the U.S. states—everyone whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line—have some basic aspect of their lives decided by AI.

November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM

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@feifeiuniverse.bsky.social

zodiac figurines collection from animal crossing 🐲 these have made me sooo happy to paint

November 24, 2024 at 8:07 AM

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Cartoonist Cooperative

@cartoonist.coop

Help the urgent need for families to reconnect by purchasing e-sims using this guide and receive thank you art from a co-op member.

details: cartoonist.coop/esims4gaza

November 16, 2023 at 9:36 PM

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inder 🍎

@rednimi.bsky.social

"my lucky lucky garden" sticker sheet scan
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November 16, 2024 at 6:45 PM

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Saffrona

@saffrona.bsky.social

I made an RPG Maker horror game earlier this month. You play as an elementary school student who has to survive the pressures of doing well in school. You can play it for free here: saffrona.itch.io/elementary-s...