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Agree very much with this from @davekarpf.bsky.social davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
November 6, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Agree very much with this from @davekarpf.bsky.social davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-f...
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What’s coming is chaos, confusion, and, make no mistake, attacks on every issue you care about all at once. That’s the strategy — mass mayhem and distraction. Don’t let it work. Define your sphere of influence: where you can have an impact, work on that, strengthen and build relationships.
November 6, 2024 at 8:22 AM
What’s coming is chaos, confusion, and, make no mistake, attacks on every issue you care about all at once. That’s the strategy — mass mayhem and distraction. Don’t let it work. Define your sphere of influence: where you can have an impact, work on that, strengthen and build relationships.
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I was at a job in 2016 with models quite reliant on emission data from the EPA. And yes our team started downloading everything immediately. Start archiving shit now, seriously!
During trump 1.0, we had to pull down all of the climate change pages off the EPA website. Start archiving shit now, document, backup, photograph, whatever you need to do.
November 6, 2024 at 7:43 AM
I was at a job in 2016 with models quite reliant on emission data from the EPA. And yes our team started downloading everything immediately. Start archiving shit now, seriously!
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give it up for Lexi, y'all
November 5, 2024 at 10:28 PM
give it up for Lexi, y'all
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The way this Tressie McMillan Cottom reply blew my hair back…
November 5, 2024 at 6:10 PM
The way this Tressie McMillan Cottom reply blew my hair back…
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voting Hillary in 2016 vs voting Kamala in 2024
November 5, 2024 at 4:47 PM
voting Hillary in 2016 vs voting Kamala in 2024
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As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access.
A thread, with links:
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A thread, with links:
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November 4, 2024 at 3:12 AM
As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access.
A thread, with links:
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A thread, with links:
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Time for the least surprising thing you will ever read about Megan McArdle
November 4, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Time for the least surprising thing you will ever read about Megan McArdle
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I am an unapologetic Block Party fangirl.
You’re overexposed online. This service fixes 223 privacy settings for you.
(Spoiler alert: That's us! It's Block Party!)
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
(Spoiler alert: That's us! It's Block Party!)
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Column | You’re overexposed online. This service fixes 223 privacy settings for you.
There’s a simple and effective new way to deep clean your privacy and security on Facebook, Google, X and more, from a startup called Block Party.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2024 at 7:48 PM
I am an unapologetic Block Party fangirl.
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anyway all three of those guys are a great example of what happens when you become so open minded that your brain leaks out of your ears
November 4, 2024 at 4:07 PM
anyway all three of those guys are a great example of what happens when you become so open minded that your brain leaks out of your ears
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In honor of A REAL PAIN hitting theaters, one of my favorite Jesse Eisenberg anecdotes
November 3, 2024 at 7:35 PM
In honor of A REAL PAIN hitting theaters, one of my favorite Jesse Eisenberg anecdotes
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after all this time has anyone thought that maybe daylight doesn't wanna be saved
October 28, 2024 at 12:22 AM
after all this time has anyone thought that maybe daylight doesn't wanna be saved
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Don't know who made this but A+
November 3, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Don't know who made this but A+
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A choice has been made here, to comfort white nationalists instead of EVERYBODY ELSE. Just on a sheer numbers level, this is stupid; the bigots are a loud minority, but a minority. They just made the majority of the country "feel confronted," to please a handful.
The National Archives are pivoting heavily into open white supremacy. Stuff like this has been happening at an increased clip for several years now. The fascism is baked into our institutions. We need to recognize that.
They argue that ‘Visitors shouldn't feel confronted’. This is pure erasure.
They argue that ‘Visitors shouldn't feel confronted’. This is pure erasure.
November 2, 2024 at 11:14 PM
A choice has been made here, to comfort white nationalists instead of EVERYBODY ELSE. Just on a sheer numbers level, this is stupid; the bigots are a loud minority, but a minority. They just made the majority of the country "feel confronted," to please a handful.
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One way you know that the “stop it, you’re overreacting with the fascism & democratic backsliding hysteria” is deeply unserious & wrong is that weird, sweeping coalitions like this do not emerge under “normal politics” scenarios.
It’s a very big and very weird tent, but I’ll take it: LeBron James, Bad Bunny, The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Times, Liz and Dick Cheney and Angela Davis endorse Kamala Harris.
Joining the Financial Times, The Economist says: “A second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks.
If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris.”
If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris.”
November 1, 2024 at 1:17 PM
One way you know that the “stop it, you’re overreacting with the fascism & democratic backsliding hysteria” is deeply unserious & wrong is that weird, sweeping coalitions like this do not emerge under “normal politics” scenarios.
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If you experience voter suppression, don't just walk away. A quick call to 866-OUR-VOTE is all it takes to report voter intimidation and get accurate information about your legal rights.
bsky.app/profile/unla...
bsky.app/profile/unla...
November 2, 2024 at 4:45 PM
If you experience voter suppression, don't just walk away. A quick call to 866-OUR-VOTE is all it takes to report voter intimidation and get accurate information about your legal rights.
bsky.app/profile/unla...
bsky.app/profile/unla...
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There's a lesson here that the mainstream political media are professionally obligated never to learn
Trump's Access Hollywood tape is going viral on TikTok as shocked Zoomers hear it for the first time. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Trump’s ‘grab them’ comment was history. Now TikTok is showing it to young voters.
Trump’s infamous “Access Hollywood” tape is seeing a second life on TikTok, where young voters are hearing it for the first time.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2024 at 2:42 AM
There's a lesson here that the mainstream political media are professionally obligated never to learn
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Racist rally? Not a big deal, barely makes the front page. Biden misspeaking condemning that racism? Front page, above the fold, big font. That’s a judgement call about what they think is important and what they think isn’t.
October 31, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Racist rally? Not a big deal, barely makes the front page. Biden misspeaking condemning that racism? Front page, above the fold, big font. That’s a judgement call about what they think is important and what they think isn’t.
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A fact that's lived rent-free in my head since I wrote this piece in 2021 is during a smallpox outbreak from 1898-1903, some people BURNED THEIR ARMS WITH ACID to mimic smallpox vaccine scars to get around vax mandates
People burned themselves with acid rather than protect themselves from smallpox
People burned themselves with acid rather than protect themselves from smallpox
October 31, 2024 at 3:58 AM
A fact that's lived rent-free in my head since I wrote this piece in 2021 is during a smallpox outbreak from 1898-1903, some people BURNED THEIR ARMS WITH ACID to mimic smallpox vaccine scars to get around vax mandates
People burned themselves with acid rather than protect themselves from smallpox
People burned themselves with acid rather than protect themselves from smallpox
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This is a really good litany of scenarios that are very worth contemplating ahead of time, no matter what the outcome of the election is, because thinking through what you will do in a situation where your ethics are on the line is a very good thought exercise that helps to break the inaction bias.
October 31, 2024 at 3:06 AM
This is a really good litany of scenarios that are very worth contemplating ahead of time, no matter what the outcome of the election is, because thinking through what you will do in a situation where your ethics are on the line is a very good thought exercise that helps to break the inaction bias.
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Jeff Bezos describing journalism as “our profession” in an op-ed defending his decision to kill the Washington Post’s Harris endorsement
October 29, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Jeff Bezos describing journalism as “our profession” in an op-ed defending his decision to kill the Washington Post’s Harris endorsement