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Billions of years from now, only one galaxy will remain as spiral galaxies NGC 2207 (right) and IC 2163 (left) slowly merge. This composite of Hubble and Webb images shows their recent encounter, triggering star formation and tidal streams.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
January 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Billions of years from now, only one galaxy will remain as spiral galaxies NGC 2207 (right) and IC 2163 (left) slowly merge. This composite of Hubble and Webb images shows their recent encounter, triggering star formation and tidal streams.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
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Holy shit this filing update is wild! It states that:
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims | TechCrunch
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team approval to train on copyrighted documents, according to a new court filing.
techcrunch.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Holy shit this filing update is wild! It states that:
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
1. Zuckerberg gave the ok to train off copyrighted works
2. Engineers wrote scripts to remove copyright info
3. Meta downloaded illegal torrents to train models of
GenAi is a house of cards, I swear.
techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/m...
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$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
January 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
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Meta is facing an antitrust trial in April. The company has lots of other business before the U.S. government. And Trump once threatened to send Zuckerberg to jail. That's just some of the background for today's big Meta changes. There's more in this AM's Reliable Sources newsletter: cnn.it/3C7tFDp
January 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Meta is facing an antitrust trial in April. The company has lots of other business before the U.S. government. And Trump once threatened to send Zuckerberg to jail. That's just some of the background for today's big Meta changes. There's more in this AM's Reliable Sources newsletter: cnn.it/3C7tFDp
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At the risk of inviting irony: Preach!
"Misinformation is powerful, not because it changes minds, but because it allows people to maintain their beliefs in light of growing evidence to the contrary. The internet may function not so much as a brainwashing engine but as a justification machine." Read >>> www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
At the risk of inviting irony: Preach!
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Remember kids, they’re not real emissions if you ignore them and tweet about Dutton or “net zero” instead
December 16, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Remember kids, they’re not real emissions if you ignore them and tweet about Dutton or “net zero” instead
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This is what state capture looks like. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Australia leads the world in arresting climate and environment protesters
A new study shows more than 20 per cent of climate and environment protests in Australia lead to arrests, more than in the UK, Norway, and the United States.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2024 at 4:47 AM
This is what state capture looks like. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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I hope it was worth it for Frontier Economics. They have absolutely wrecked what was left of their professional reputation over this. lol
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Top energy experts criticise Dutton's $331 billion nuclear gamble
Energy analysts say the Coalition's nuclear plan will be more expensive, burn more carbon, result in a smaller economy, and be more disruptive than Peter Dutton claims.
www.abc.net.au
December 13, 2024 at 10:44 PM
I hope it was worth it for Frontier Economics. They have absolutely wrecked what was left of their professional reputation over this. lol
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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Another absurd addition to the “only in Tasmania” file:
Instead of appointing the very qualified female candidate, the govt appointed as new Supreme Court chief justice a man from WA who “is not known to have held judicial office at any time in his career".
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Instead of appointing the very qualified female candidate, the govt appointed as new Supreme Court chief justice a man from WA who “is not known to have held judicial office at any time in his career".
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Anger as 'vanguard for women' misses out on role as Tasmania's top judge
There is "shock and disappointment" amongst women in Tasmania's legal fraternity after the role of chief justice of Tasmania's Supreme Court went to a man "not known to have held judicial office at an...
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2024 at 3:01 AM
Another absurd addition to the “only in Tasmania” file:
Instead of appointing the very qualified female candidate, the govt appointed as new Supreme Court chief justice a man from WA who “is not known to have held judicial office at any time in his career".
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Instead of appointing the very qualified female candidate, the govt appointed as new Supreme Court chief justice a man from WA who “is not known to have held judicial office at any time in his career".
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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James Bond actress Olga Kurylenko has said in The Times recently that it’s better to be poor and loved than rich and unloved - but which would Britons prefer?
Poor and loved: 62%
Rich and unloved: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Poor and loved: 62%
Rich and unloved: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
December 10, 2024 at 4:39 PM
James Bond actress Olga Kurylenko has said in The Times recently that it’s better to be poor and loved than rich and unloved - but which would Britons prefer?
Poor and loved: 62%
Rich and unloved: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Poor and loved: 62%
Rich and unloved: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
60% of the 104 journalists killed this year were covering the conflict in Gaza.
104 journalists killed so far this year, according to the International Federation of Journalists’ annual Killed List, with a sharp increase in number of imprisoned journalists. Report is released on International #HumanRightsDay
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/104...
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/104...
104 journalists killed this year, according to IFJ annual Killed List
Sharp increase in number of imprisoned journalists
www.nuj.org.uk
December 10, 2024 at 7:39 PM
60% of the 104 journalists killed this year were covering the conflict in Gaza.
Discuss: x.com/lufchwick/st... #lufc
December 10, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Discuss: x.com/lufchwick/st... #lufc
December 8, 2024 at 10:17 AM
December 8, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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People not elected to government should not have the power to reshape the government, especially people whose obscene wealth depends on the government functioning a certain way.
This is not a hot take.
It's just plain common sense.
This is not a hot take.
It's just plain common sense.
December 7, 2024 at 8:04 PM
People not elected to government should not have the power to reshape the government, especially people whose obscene wealth depends on the government functioning a certain way.
This is not a hot take.
It's just plain common sense.
This is not a hot take.
It's just plain common sense.
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I know in my heart if there wasn’t a music industry I would still be a bard… traveling the world singing and playing my flute telling stories and sharing love
If this whole system collapses I’ll still be writing songs bitch its who im born to be
If this whole system collapses I’ll still be writing songs bitch its who im born to be
December 6, 2024 at 4:05 PM
I know in my heart if there wasn’t a music industry I would still be a bard… traveling the world singing and playing my flute telling stories and sharing love
If this whole system collapses I’ll still be writing songs bitch its who im born to be
If this whole system collapses I’ll still be writing songs bitch its who im born to be
Sorry, no credits known…
December 7, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Sorry, no credits known…
December 5, 2024 at 9:01 PM