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hmrhdoscar1996.bsky.social
@hmrhdoscar1996.bsky.social
Former Coast Guardsman, medic, engineer, veterans advocate, now learning to make outdoor knives and using my 25 years of sobriety to help others as it ensures my continual improvement in that recovery
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The extent of #Arctic sea ice is already a record low for this time of year, and yet a highly anomalous surge of heat and moisture is still inbound toward the North Pole over the week ahead... Local temperature anomalies will exceed 20°C above average.

Graphic from www.karstenhaustein.com/climate 🧪
February 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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There’s been so much focus on generative AI that AI surveillance had fallen off the radar while continuing to invade more aspects of our lives. I wrote about how parking companies are using AI to intimidate customers into paying bogus fines a few months back.
Laws like the 1994 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act “weren’t enacted with modern-day tech in mind,” rife with exceptions that could be read broadly to let companies or the government violate people’s privacy, EFF’s Lee Tien told @slate.bsky.social.
Did You Get a Mysterious Parking Fine in the Mail? This May Be the Nefarious Reason Why.
A.I. is being used to target customers with hefty tickets. Experts say the tech may also be used against abortion-seekers and undocumented immigrants.
slate.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM