Zimm
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.
September 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.
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BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago.
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago.
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
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The Revolution Wind farm was slated to start sending power to homes and businesses in Rhode Island and Connecticut starting next year.
Trump administration halts work on an almost-finished wind farm
The Revolution Wind farm was slated to start sending power to homes and businesses in Rhode Island and Connecticut starting next year.
n.pr
August 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Revolution Wind farm was slated to start sending power to homes and businesses in Rhode Island and Connecticut starting next year.
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While Intel says the government is making an “$8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock,” the administration does not appear to be committing new funds.
The Trump administration's big Intel investment comes from already awarded grants | TechCrunch
While Intel says the government is making an “$8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock,” the administration does not appear to be committing new funds.
techcrunch.com
August 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
While Intel says the government is making an “$8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock,” the administration does not appear to be committing new funds.
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Trump cuts off medical visas from Gaza after Laura Loomer freaked out over a video showing several children being permitted to come to the U.S. for medical care www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Cuts Off Medical Visas from Gaza After Laura Loomer Meltdown
Donald Trump stopped all visas from Gaza, including for humanitarian and medical aid, after Laura Loomer freaked out about children getting care.
www.rollingstone.com
August 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Trump cuts off medical visas from Gaza after Laura Loomer freaked out over a video showing several children being permitted to come to the U.S. for medical care www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
August 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
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this might seem like a sad footnote to fascism compared to things like the militarized occupation of major cities, but: if you want to control the future, you have to control the past. and we can't let them have it.
White House orders review of Smithsonian exhibits to ensure alignment with Trump directives | CNN Politics
The White House is conducting a comprehensive internal review of exhibits and materials at the Smithsonian Institution in an effort to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive about what should ...
www.cnn.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
this might seem like a sad footnote to fascism compared to things like the militarized occupation of major cities, but: if you want to control the future, you have to control the past. and we can't let them have it.
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Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”
Israel just killed him.
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Fun fact: even as UCLA is being extorted for $1B by a fascist government, its administration is requiring all faculty to install a “security” program that surveils everything we do and shares that information with the federal government.
Summary of our concerns
1. Implementation Timeline
We have learned that the UC system has suffered numerous and increasingly frequent cyber attacks and security breaches. For years, the administration has done little to stud...
sites.google.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Fun fact: even as UCLA is being extorted for $1B by a fascist government, its administration is requiring all faculty to install a “security” program that surveils everything we do and shares that information with the federal government.
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They’re coming after cities, universities, professional bureaucrats, and markets. They want to flatten all countervailing institutional power that may exist outside of the executive in order to remake America into their single image.
No democracy for you, urban voters! Heritage Foundation Pres. Kevin Roberts says the "second American Revolution" is renewing "self-governance" in same speech he tells right-wing legislators to de-charter capital cities and make them "state municipal districts." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
Heritage Prez Tells Right-Wing State Legislators to De-charter, Take Over Blue Capital Cities
No democracy for you, urban voters! Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts says the "second American Revolution" is renewing self-governance in same speech he tells right-wing legislators to de-c...
www.peoplefor.org
August 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
They’re coming after cities, universities, professional bureaucrats, and markets. They want to flatten all countervailing institutional power that may exist outside of the executive in order to remake America into their single image.
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Blue whales are falling silent from hunger. The krill are gone. The sea is too warm. Their songs fade away.
This is no anomaly. Humanity is deaf to a symphony of grief and warnings.
Blue whales are going eerily silent—& scientists say it’s a warning sign
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
This is no anomaly. Humanity is deaf to a symphony of grief and warnings.
Blue whales are going eerily silent—& scientists say it’s a warning sign
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Blue whales are going eerily silent—and scientists say it’s a warning sign
A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?
www.nationalgeographic.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Blue whales are falling silent from hunger. The krill are gone. The sea is too warm. Their songs fade away.
This is no anomaly. Humanity is deaf to a symphony of grief and warnings.
Blue whales are going eerily silent—& scientists say it’s a warning sign
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
This is no anomaly. Humanity is deaf to a symphony of grief and warnings.
Blue whales are going eerily silent—& scientists say it’s a warning sign
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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You’ll all have seen the many announcements and PR pieces from #ColossalBiosciences. There are reasons to be concerned about the general message promoted by CB, one being that it is seen >by some< (US politicians in particular) as meaning that we can devalue conservation. A 🧵 1/n
August 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
You’ll all have seen the many announcements and PR pieces from #ColossalBiosciences. There are reasons to be concerned about the general message promoted by CB, one being that it is seen >by some< (US politicians in particular) as meaning that we can devalue conservation. A 🧵 1/n
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looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out
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NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds.
Then the harassment began.
Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.
Six credible threats to his life.
More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:
Then the harassment began.
Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.
Six credible threats to his life.
More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:
August 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
NEW: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funds.
Then the harassment began.
Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.
Six credible threats to his life.
More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:
Then the harassment began.
Pizzas sent to his home in the name of Judge Esther Salas’s murdered son, Daniel.
Six credible threats to his life.
More than 400 “vile” calls to his chambers—including this voicemail:
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The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis for much of the United States' climate change regulations.
Trump's EPA now says greenhouse gases don't endanger people
The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis for much of the United States' climate change regulations.
n.pr
July 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Trump administration wants to reverse a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. The finding is the basis for much of the United States' climate change regulations.
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Since when does FEMA deal with immigration? What about the money for the floods & wild fires?
We are building our own Auschwitz here. I’m sick. I think I’m going to vomit.
Please share this far & wide. We need people to wake the fuck up!
We are building our own Auschwitz here. I’m sick. I think I’m going to vomit.
Please share this far & wide. We need people to wake the fuck up!
FEMA to send states $608 million to build migrant detention centers
FEMA is starting a “detention support grant program” to cover the cost of states building temporary facilities, according to an agency announcement.
www.nbcnews.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Since when does FEMA deal with immigration? What about the money for the floods & wild fires?
We are building our own Auschwitz here. I’m sick. I think I’m going to vomit.
Please share this far & wide. We need people to wake the fuck up!
We are building our own Auschwitz here. I’m sick. I think I’m going to vomit.
Please share this far & wide. We need people to wake the fuck up!
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The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
www.wired.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
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I haven't seen this aspect noted, but it's top of mind: every totalitarian regime finds ways to justify extrajudicial detention of nonconforming citizens, often under the guise of mental defect or socially disreputable behavior
there's a vast literature on this...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
there's a vast literature on this...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I haven't seen this aspect noted, but it's top of mind: every totalitarian regime finds ways to justify extrajudicial detention of nonconforming citizens, often under the guise of mental defect or socially disreputable behavior
there's a vast literature on this...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
there's a vast literature on this...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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NEW: The IDF is shooting children at aid stations for target practice.
Dr Nick Maynard says soldiers chose particular body parts to target on different days - one day head, then chest, abdomen & testicles.
"I would never have believed this possible unless I'd witnessed this with my own eyes."
Dr Nick Maynard says soldiers chose particular body parts to target on different days - one day head, then chest, abdomen & testicles.
"I would never have believed this possible unless I'd witnessed this with my own eyes."
July 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
NEW: The IDF is shooting children at aid stations for target practice.
Dr Nick Maynard says soldiers chose particular body parts to target on different days - one day head, then chest, abdomen & testicles.
"I would never have believed this possible unless I'd witnessed this with my own eyes."
Dr Nick Maynard says soldiers chose particular body parts to target on different days - one day head, then chest, abdomen & testicles.
"I would never have believed this possible unless I'd witnessed this with my own eyes."
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A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
July 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Starlink's connection speeds drop below the federal definition of "broadband" at a density of ~7 customers per square mile, according to recent research. The more the customers in an area, the slower everybody's connections get. Data shows that 83% of US Starlink customers get sub-broadband speeds.
thexlab.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Starlink's connection speeds drop below the federal definition of "broadband" at a density of ~7 customers per square mile, according to recent research. The more the customers in an area, the slower everybody's connections get. Data shows that 83% of US Starlink customers get sub-broadband speeds.
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
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The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic chemicals, climate change, smog, wildfires, water pollution and more.
Trump administration shuts down EPA's scientific research arm
The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic chemicals, climate change, smog, wildfires, water pollution and more.
n.pr
July 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic chemicals, climate change, smog, wildfires, water pollution and more.