J. H. Garrett
@jeffgarrett.bsky.social
Samarasa Sanmargi. Neothelemic Spookocrat. Spaceship Earth World Federalist...UBI Now! Merciless Meme Thief. Amateur Aesthete/Finnicky Fanboy.
10AM MST: THE headline on Google News was that Ukraine had launched ATACMS deep into Russia, despite Putin's harsh warnings. There was NOTHING on any cable news station regarding this.
5PM MST: The same story on Google News, clicking 'sort-by-date," the latest update was three hours ago. So uncool.
5PM MST: The same story on Google News, clicking 'sort-by-date," the latest update was three hours ago. So uncool.
November 20, 2024 at 12:04 AM
10AM MST: THE headline on Google News was that Ukraine had launched ATACMS deep into Russia, despite Putin's harsh warnings. There was NOTHING on any cable news station regarding this.
5PM MST: The same story on Google News, clicking 'sort-by-date," the latest update was three hours ago. So uncool.
5PM MST: The same story on Google News, clicking 'sort-by-date," the latest update was three hours ago. So uncool.
One benefit of having an evil streak a mile-wide is thinking like a villain...If I were Trump, I'd reintroduce indentured servitude as an option to deportation.
November 19, 2024 at 11:45 PM
One benefit of having an evil streak a mile-wide is thinking like a villain...If I were Trump, I'd reintroduce indentured servitude as an option to deportation.
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Back office public servants eh
April 22, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Back office public servants eh
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"Research has identified a long-standing societal indifference to and tolerance of the abuse of children in state care in New Zealand." 😔😔😔 Man, and you wonder why sometimes people are like "Fuck this place." #NZPol
Despite the national apology, abuse in state care is still happening - only systemic change will work
Tuesday marks a long-awaited milestone for survivors of the state care system, writes Jennifer Montgomery of Victoria University of Wellington.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 12, 2024 at 3:49 PM
"Research has identified a long-standing societal indifference to and tolerance of the abuse of children in state care in New Zealand." 😔😔😔 Man, and you wonder why sometimes people are like "Fuck this place." #NZPol
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Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.
November 14, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.
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Chatbots from the Google-funded Character.AI service repeatedly encouraged one teenager's suicidal ideation while others initiated hypersexualized chats "that would constitute abuse if initiated by a human adult," in the words of the deceased's family.
Lawsuit: Chatbot that allegedly caused teen’s suicide is now more dangerous for kids
Google-funded Character.AI added guardrails, but grieving mom wants a recall.
arstechnica.com
October 24, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Chatbots from the Google-funded Character.AI service repeatedly encouraged one teenager's suicidal ideation while others initiated hypersexualized chats "that would constitute abuse if initiated by a human adult," in the words of the deceased's family.
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Just arrived here. Digging the fact that y scroll, though uneventful in general thus far is NOT littered with unsettling propaganda and division-bait.
September 1, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Just arrived here. Digging the fact that y scroll, though uneventful in general thus far is NOT littered with unsettling propaganda and division-bait.