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Now this is the sort of thing AI should be used for. And protein folding, cancer detection, etc.

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LegoGPT creates Lego designs using AI and text inputs — tool now available for free to the public
This LLM will unlock the possibilities with your LEGO bricks.
www.tomshardware.com
May 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.

📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Meta has banned the largest Muslim news page on Instagram in India at the behest of the government.
Meta bans largest Muslim news page in India
The platform is facilitating government requests to censor social media influencers and journalists in the region for 'anti-national content' following the terror attack in Kashmir.
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May 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Somehow, Trump has declared that we’re under numerous national emergencies from the Southern Border Emergency to the Energy Emergency, Trade Emergency, Public Lands Emergency, and Immigration Enforcement Emergency. Yet these crises seem so “urgent” that he finds time to golf every weekend. Odd.
May 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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RFK Jr and Statistics:
May 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Joining in the Meta boycott this week. Hopefully will be a bit more active on here as a result.
May 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's tempting to want to bask in the righteousness of "I told you so," but when the Honeymoon ends, we likely won't hear about it. Reconciliation will require an allowance of quiet dignity.

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TikTok video by FriendlyHoneyBadger
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April 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I enjoyed this idea that authoritarian states are more like the movie Brazil than the book 1984 - because authoritarianism breeds incompetence.

observer.com/2025/02/terr...
Terry Gilliam’s ‘Brazil’ At 40: More Prescient Than Orwell
Gilliam’s vision of totalitarianism as both evil and bumbling, with parallels to our current dystopian moment.
observer.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
So apparently the CDC is being forced to put a halt on any scientific papers that include LGBT vocabulary. You know what's a fun activity for a Sunday if you have an extra 100Gb of hard drive space? Grab a copy of the CDC archives as of January 28th.

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CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.
archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A concentration camp by any other name...

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January 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
January 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Who else knew Elon was a Nazi before it was cool?

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Elon Musk's "Hitler Problem" - SOME MORE NEWS
YouTube video by Some More News
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January 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Seems some folks forgot the USA isn't a christian nation, but one where the citizens are free to practice the religion of their choice, or none at all.
January 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM