James
@jagnos.bsky.social
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
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What Osita links to at the end might be my biggest fear, among several.
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New study finds that frequent use of AI tools encourages offloading cognitive tasks and reduces critical thinking. Higher AI usage correlated with lower critical thinking skills, especially in younger users.
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...
www.mdpi.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
What Osita links to at the end might be my biggest fear, among several.
bsky.app/profile/matt...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
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January 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Elon has graduated to posting on 4chan as Adrian Dittman and inadvertently gave away who he is by showing he has admin console access.
January 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Elon has graduated to posting on 4chan as Adrian Dittman and inadvertently gave away who he is by showing he has admin console access.
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“Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, is a paid subscriber to a virulently racist X account.”
Elon Musk Is a Paid Subscriber to Shockingly Racist Pro-Apartheid South African X Account
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, is a paid subscriber to a virulently racist X account.
www.mediaite.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:24 PM
“Elon Musk, the richest man in the world and advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, is a paid subscriber to a virulently racist X account.”
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using up all the freshwater in the country to let a computer play photorealistic QWOP
December 12, 2024 at 2:04 AM
using up all the freshwater in the country to let a computer play photorealistic QWOP
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Policing is violence on an unfathomable scale in the US: “Police in the US use force on at least 300,000 people each year, injuring an estimated 100,000 of them”
Meanwhile, police departments continue to kill on average around 1,200 per year, or over 3 people per day, with many agencies reporting an increase in use of force since the George Floyd uprising. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
US police use force on 300,000 people a year, with numbers rising since George Floyd: ‘relentless violence’
Exclusive: groundbreaking Mapping Police Violence data estimates scale of physical force and civilian injuries
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Policing is violence on an unfathomable scale in the US: “Police in the US use force on at least 300,000 people each year, injuring an estimated 100,000 of them”
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the fact that this is a thing which needs to be explained and is not just... intuitively understood by policymakers or indeed people write large is a problem that I think I'm going to have to start to tackle.
4. All power generation technology requires upstream mining to make stuff that then lasts for decades without requiring any additional mining. Only fossil-fired plants require continues mining and upstream pollution on a 24/7, continuous basis as long as the generator is operating.
November 17, 2024 at 4:56 PM
the fact that this is a thing which needs to be explained and is not just... intuitively understood by policymakers or indeed people write large is a problem that I think I'm going to have to start to tackle.
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The director's husband works for a Koch outfit. Not mentioned until the very end of the article.
November 1, 2024 at 3:16 AM
The director's husband works for a Koch outfit. Not mentioned until the very end of the article.
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Just got an americapac ad on Twitter that said it was served by Google. Either Twitter is lying (wouldn't be surprised) or this is a bad look for Google.
October 30, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Just got an americapac ad on Twitter that said it was served by Google. Either Twitter is lying (wouldn't be surprised) or this is a bad look for Google.
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We studied 100 popular accounts reinstated by Musk after being banned by Twitter. We found they played an important role in injecting them into mainstream discourse, often interacting with Musk himself & growing their followings exponentially since returning to X. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/t...
Twitter Barred Them. What Happened When Elon Musk Brought Them Back?
Many users who were reinstated by X have continued to share the kinds of false narratives and conspiracies that once got them suspended.
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2024 at 12:22 PM
We studied 100 popular accounts reinstated by Musk after being banned by Twitter. We found they played an important role in injecting them into mainstream discourse, often interacting with Musk himself & growing their followings exponentially since returning to X. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/t...
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new book comin soon........ insiders.skybound.com/the-book-of-shame
October 5, 2024 at 6:48 PM
new book comin soon........ insiders.skybound.com/the-book-of-shame
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This is a conservative estimate at 5.4% of Gaza killed. To put this in perspective, the genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur resulted in the deaths of 2.5%, 12%, and 5% of the populations, respectively.
The genocide in Gaza is already surpassing most modern examples of genocide in deaths.
The genocide in Gaza is already surpassing most modern examples of genocide in deaths.
October 4, 2024 at 2:23 AM
This is a conservative estimate at 5.4% of Gaza killed. To put this in perspective, the genocides in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur resulted in the deaths of 2.5%, 12%, and 5% of the populations, respectively.
The genocide in Gaza is already surpassing most modern examples of genocide in deaths.
The genocide in Gaza is already surpassing most modern examples of genocide in deaths.
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This isn't perfect but there are some actual numbers here. I can also tell you that Iowa residents have seen 30% increases in water bills and 20% increases in electricity bills as a direct result of the chat gpt plant's gluttony.
www.kcci.com/article/ai-t...
www.kcci.com/article/ai-t...
AI technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa — with a lot of water
Few people in Iowa knew about its status as a birthplace of OpenAI’s most advanced large language model, GPT-4, before a top Microsoft executive said in a speech it “was literally made next to cornfie...
www.kcci.com
October 2, 2024 at 2:21 AM
This isn't perfect but there are some actual numbers here. I can also tell you that Iowa residents have seen 30% increases in water bills and 20% increases in electricity bills as a direct result of the chat gpt plant's gluttony.
www.kcci.com/article/ai-t...
www.kcci.com/article/ai-t...
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i've started just saying "twenty gallons of water" immediately and flatly whenever someone tries to tell me how they used ChatGPT on some work project and boy it's pretty effective to dissuade people from using ChatGPT
October 1, 2024 at 11:29 PM
i've started just saying "twenty gallons of water" immediately and flatly whenever someone tries to tell me how they used ChatGPT on some work project and boy it's pretty effective to dissuade people from using ChatGPT
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They lock up the heroes and reward the villains. As the climate emergency bites, everything is wrong with our response.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As the waters rise, a two-year sentence for throwing soup. That’s the farcical reality of British justice | George Monbiot
Why do the mass killers of the fossil fuel industry walk free while the heroes trying to stop them are imprisoned? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2024 at 4:49 PM
They lock up the heroes and reward the villains. As the climate emergency bites, everything is wrong with our response.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So funny how these people were so red in the face about the hunter Biden laptop story being suppressed and suddenly they want everyone banned who shares the dossier story. They had no problem sharing his private photos that were stolen, including revenge porn.
Hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug.
Hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug.
September 27, 2024 at 12:16 PM
So funny how these people were so red in the face about the hunter Biden laptop story being suppressed and suddenly they want everyone banned who shares the dossier story. They had no problem sharing his private photos that were stolen, including revenge porn.
Hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug.
Hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug.
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This is exactly my experience on the internet
September 24, 2024 at 1:11 PM
This is exactly my experience on the internet
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NYPD shot four people - including two bystanders one who is in critical condition - and another cop over a $2.90 fare.
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/n...
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/n...
Brooklyn cops shoot man accused of dodging train fare, also hit 2 bystanders and officer
Four people were injured Sunday afternoon at a Brooklyn subway stop in what started as officers’ attempts to apprehend a man accused of skipping the station turnstile.
www.nbcnewyork.com
September 16, 2024 at 6:53 AM
NYPD shot four people - including two bystanders one who is in critical condition - and another cop over a $2.90 fare.
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/n...
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/n...