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One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
February 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
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Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.
We need to talk more about how it feels to be a woman amidst this sudden onslaught of “reclaiming masculinity,” celebrating male aggression and violence, and vanishing smart experienced women from positions of power.
February 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Every mainstream attempt to grapple with the rise of Tate and other misogynist ideologues have posed them as a product of men’s despair. Few have posited them as an assault on women’s safety and dignity.
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USAID contractors have urged the Supreme Court to require Trump administration to pay $2 billion for services rendered, as ordered by a federal judge.
Filing:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Filing:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
February 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
USAID contractors have urged the Supreme Court to require Trump administration to pay $2 billion for services rendered, as ordered by a federal judge.
Filing:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Filing:
www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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A small government team at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, responsible for regulating autonomous cars—which Elon Musk claims are the future of Tesla—is being cut nearly in half by Musk. Conflict of interest?
February 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A small government team at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, responsible for regulating autonomous cars—which Elon Musk claims are the future of Tesla—is being cut nearly in half by Musk. Conflict of interest?
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Tennessee Republicans want to hit nonprofits — including faith groups — who help migrants and undocumented people with possible felonies.
Incredible quote from the bill’s sponsor.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/17/b...
Incredible quote from the bill’s sponsor.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/17/b...
February 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tennessee Republicans want to hit nonprofits — including faith groups — who help migrants and undocumented people with possible felonies.
Incredible quote from the bill’s sponsor.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/17/b...
Incredible quote from the bill’s sponsor.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/17/b...
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DOGE is not a govt efficiency project. Firing 1 in 4 fed employees would cut govt spending by 1%. DOGE is a political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation & strengthening a personalist presidency donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
DOGE Mismanagement Principles
Musk et al. don't know or care about the damage they are doing
donmoynihan.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
DOGE is not a govt efficiency project. Firing 1 in 4 fed employees would cut govt spending by 1%. DOGE is a political control project. Firing and terrorizing public employees is a means to weakening state regulation & strengthening a personalist presidency donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
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TheHill [Feb 12] -- For the 3rd year, Kansas’s Dem. Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill banning care for minors. One of the most evangelical Rep states in the nation, Kansas also defied conventional wisdom in 2022 when voters rejected an amendment outlawing abortion.
[HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
[HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
thehill.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
TheHill [Feb 12] -- For the 3rd year, Kansas’s Dem. Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill banning care for minors. One of the most evangelical Rep states in the nation, Kansas also defied conventional wisdom in 2022 when voters rejected an amendment outlawing abortion.
[HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
[HT @denisenorris.bsky.social]
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They come up with lines such as "we have three branches of government, not a fourth one named Elon Musk." Weak, ineffective stuff. They need to use the words coup, lawlessness, chaos, economic calamity, and brand the entire party, not just Trump and Elon.
February 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
They come up with lines such as "we have three branches of government, not a fourth one named Elon Musk." Weak, ineffective stuff. They need to use the words coup, lawlessness, chaos, economic calamity, and brand the entire party, not just Trump and Elon.
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“An unelected citizen and a bunch of kids who are not old enough to rent a car are now taking over the US government.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social on Elon Musk and DOGE’s role in the Trump administration.
Watch our full report ⤵️
youtu.be/jt32cgpIYDw
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social on Elon Musk and DOGE’s role in the Trump administration.
Watch our full report ⤵️
youtu.be/jt32cgpIYDw
February 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“An unelected citizen and a bunch of kids who are not old enough to rent a car are now taking over the US government.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social on Elon Musk and DOGE’s role in the Trump administration.
Watch our full report ⤵️
youtu.be/jt32cgpIYDw
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social on Elon Musk and DOGE’s role in the Trump administration.
Watch our full report ⤵️
youtu.be/jt32cgpIYDw
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President Trump campaigned on lowering costs. But he’s letting billionaire Elon Musk and Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
February 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
President Trump campaigned on lowering costs. But he’s letting billionaire Elon Musk and Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
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Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who issued a ruling early Saturday morning, directing the Treasury Department to restrict access to its payment systems to ‘civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties.’
February 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who issued a ruling early Saturday morning, directing the Treasury Department to restrict access to its payment systems to ‘civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties.’
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Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin says he will open an inquiry following a criminal “referral” of certain individuals by Elon Musk.
“If people are discovered to have broken the law or even acted simply unethically, we will chase them to the end of the Earth to hold them accountable,” Martin writes.
“If people are discovered to have broken the law or even acted simply unethically, we will chase them to the end of the Earth to hold them accountable,” Martin writes.
February 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin says he will open an inquiry following a criminal “referral” of certain individuals by Elon Musk.
“If people are discovered to have broken the law or even acted simply unethically, we will chase them to the end of the Earth to hold them accountable,” Martin writes.
“If people are discovered to have broken the law or even acted simply unethically, we will chase them to the end of the Earth to hold them accountable,” Martin writes.
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Yesterday republicans tried to block a budget amendment I carried to help renters get into homes. Their motion failed…
February 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Yesterday republicans tried to block a budget amendment I carried to help renters get into homes. Their motion failed…
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My weekly curated list of must-read articles, some organizing resources, and my thoughts on Musk's administrative coup.
Must-Reads and Yes, It's a Coup
Why would a billionaire raid the National Treasury? To get richer.
organizingmythoughts.org
February 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My weekly curated list of must-read articles, some organizing resources, and my thoughts on Musk's administrative coup.
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BLUE STATERS: Here is something we can do to make a big difference. Call your State Attorney General’s Office and demand that your State AG prosecute DOGE for these illegal data breaches. If your State AG is already suing, express your profound support. futurism.com/the-byte/elo...
Elon's DOGE Boy Who "Resigned" Was Apparently Doing Something Very Naughty With the Treasury's Code
Did Elon Musk's DOGE boy resign because of racist tweets, or was he not allowed to make code changes to the US Treasury's payments system?
futurism.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
BLUE STATERS: Here is something we can do to make a big difference. Call your State Attorney General’s Office and demand that your State AG prosecute DOGE for these illegal data breaches. If your State AG is already suing, express your profound support. futurism.com/the-byte/elo...
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238 law professors from across the country have signed on to a Statement of Urgency about the peril of the constitutional crisis that is now upon us. Complete list of signers below. Please read and repost!! Thank you!
February 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
238 law professors from across the country have signed on to a Statement of Urgency about the peril of the constitutional crisis that is now upon us. Complete list of signers below. Please read and repost!! Thank you!
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Fascists always seek to remake arts and culture because these are the spaces that incubate freedom of expression, liberation of identity and openness of mind.
Trump just terminated the Chair of the Kennedy Center and has installed himself as the new chair.
He says he will now be dictating the institution’s “art and culture” and says it “must reflect” what he chooses.
He says he will now be dictating the institution’s “art and culture” and says it “must reflect” what he chooses.
February 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Fascists always seek to remake arts and culture because these are the spaces that incubate freedom of expression, liberation of identity and openness of mind.
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San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, joined by three other cities and counties across the country, are suing the Trump administration over its threats to punish jurisdictions that have sanctuary immigration policies, calling the moves unconstitutional. via @kqednews.kqed.org
San Francisco Leads Lawsuit Against Trump’s Threats to Punish Sanctuary Cities | KQED
San Francisco and Santa Clara counties are joined by three other cities and counties in accusing the Trump administration of illegally coercing them to carry out federal responsibilities.
www.kqed.org
February 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, joined by three other cities and counties across the country, are suing the Trump administration over its threats to punish jurisdictions that have sanctuary immigration policies, calling the moves unconstitutional. via @kqednews.kqed.org
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🚨BREAKING: In a trio of rulings, North Carolina state court REJECTS Republican effort to overturn the results of the 2024 state Supreme Court election by throwing out 60,000 lawful ballots.
A big victory for voting rights and democracy!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
A big victory for voting rights and democracy!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
🚨 Griffin v. North Carolina State Board of Elections (II)
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a trio of rulings, North Carolina state court REJECTS Republican effort to overturn the results of the 2024 state Supreme Court election by throwing out 60,000 lawful ballots.
A big victory for voting rights and democracy!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
A big victory for voting rights and democracy!
www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
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"The first military flights to deport migrants [to] Guantanamo Bay were slated to take off Tuesday" as Trump is pushing to use the Alien Enemies Act, used to carry out Japanese Internment during WWII.
If we allow the State to expand its repressive apparatus, it will be used against all of us.
If we allow the State to expand its repressive apparatus, it will be used against all of us.
First military deportation flights from US take off for Guantanamo
The first military flights to deport migrants from the United States to Naval Base Guantanamo Bay were slated to take off Tuesday.
www.stripes.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"The first military flights to deport migrants [to] Guantanamo Bay were slated to take off Tuesday" as Trump is pushing to use the Alien Enemies Act, used to carry out Japanese Internment during WWII.
If we allow the State to expand its repressive apparatus, it will be used against all of us.
If we allow the State to expand its repressive apparatus, it will be used against all of us.
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It seems DOGE is costing taxpayers at least $7 million a week. That's a lot of money for a court injunction making machine.
rollcall.com/2025/02/04/w...
rollcall.com/2025/02/04/w...
February 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
It seems DOGE is costing taxpayers at least $7 million a week. That's a lot of money for a court injunction making machine.
rollcall.com/2025/02/04/w...
rollcall.com/2025/02/04/w...