Athena
@pallasamelia.bsky.social
Don't give no shit, don't take none neither.
Be honest with me and I'll be honest with you.
Do what's best for you, but don't screw anyone over to get what's yours.
Never apologize for doing what's right.
Be true to yourself, and the rest will follow.
Be honest with me and I'll be honest with you.
Do what's best for you, but don't screw anyone over to get what's yours.
Never apologize for doing what's right.
Be true to yourself, and the rest will follow.
Police mistook a realistic-looking BB gun for an actual firearm, got close enough to wrestle this child to the ground, and you're telling me they couldn't safely take the gun without shooting him? Bullshit. The arresting officer would've had 150 pounds on him, easy. These cops are full of shit.
July 1, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Police mistook a realistic-looking BB gun for an actual firearm, got close enough to wrestle this child to the ground, and you're telling me they couldn't safely take the gun without shooting him? Bullshit. The arresting officer would've had 150 pounds on him, easy. These cops are full of shit.
Daaaaamn, #minnesota has a nice new flag!
May 12, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Daaaaamn, #minnesota has a nice new flag!
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The phrase is "a few bad apples *Spoil The Whole Bunch*."
The barrel is rotten. The orchard is blighted.
The barrel is rotten. The orchard is blighted.
April 2, 2024 at 2:36 PM
The phrase is "a few bad apples *Spoil The Whole Bunch*."
The barrel is rotten. The orchard is blighted.
The barrel is rotten. The orchard is blighted.
March 9, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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This is honestly impressive.
Game recognize game, WaPo. Let's break it down.
Game recognize game, WaPo. Let's break it down.
February 28, 2024 at 2:14 AM
This is honestly impressive.
Game recognize game, WaPo. Let's break it down.
Game recognize game, WaPo. Let's break it down.
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I think this would be enough to pay for free college and paid leave for all Americans, if you like doing that kind of math.
Tax evasion by millionaires and billionaires tops $150 billion a year, says IRS chief
www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/02/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/02/...
February 28, 2024 at 11:45 AM
I think this would be enough to pay for free college and paid leave for all Americans, if you like doing that kind of math.
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Once again: There is no such thing as apolitical or value-neutral human-made ANYTHING, and ESPECIALLY not technology.
I'm very very tired of saying this & fighting this fight, over & over again, but giving up ground on it is exactly what the Zuckerberg/Musk/Altman/etc techbroopoly want us all to do
I'm very very tired of saying this & fighting this fight, over & over again, but giving up ground on it is exactly what the Zuckerberg/Musk/Altman/etc techbroopoly want us all to do
Meta's "no politics allowed" stance is 1) itself a political position, and 2) so impossible to enforce that it's instead a perverse guarantee that what political content does surface will be absolutely deranged, in that the algorithms will be unable to identify it as conventionally political
February 11, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Once again: There is no such thing as apolitical or value-neutral human-made ANYTHING, and ESPECIALLY not technology.
I'm very very tired of saying this & fighting this fight, over & over again, but giving up ground on it is exactly what the Zuckerberg/Musk/Altman/etc techbroopoly want us all to do
I'm very very tired of saying this & fighting this fight, over & over again, but giving up ground on it is exactly what the Zuckerberg/Musk/Altman/etc techbroopoly want us all to do
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Daughter tells me she heard today that if you wear a band T-shirt (especially as a young woman) and a man says to you “name five of their songs”, the correct response is “name five women who trust you”, so I pass this on in case any of you need it
February 20, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Daughter tells me she heard today that if you wear a band T-shirt (especially as a young woman) and a man says to you “name five of their songs”, the correct response is “name five women who trust you”, so I pass this on in case any of you need it
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“While Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have technically "invested" in these companies, they've really created guaranteed revenue streams, investing money to create customers that are effectively obliged to spend their investment dollars on their own services.”
Subprime Intelligence
Please scroll to the bottom for news on my next big project, Better Offline, coming this Wednesday!
Last week, Sam Altman debuted OpenAI's "Sora," a text-to-video AI model that turns strings of text ...
www.wheresyoured.at
February 20, 2024 at 1:42 AM
“While Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have technically "invested" in these companies, they've really created guaranteed revenue streams, investing money to create customers that are effectively obliged to spend their investment dollars on their own services.”
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We had some car break-ins on our block... and I pulled video to give to the OPD.
AN officer there asked for direct access to my NVR ... and I was like "hell no!".
they got upset, and suggested they could get a subpoena ... I reminded them that A ) I am a private citizen B ) no subpoena can make me
AN officer there asked for direct access to my NVR ... and I was like "hell no!".
they got upset, and suggested they could get a subpoena ... I reminded them that A ) I am a private citizen B ) no subpoena can make me
February 19, 2024 at 7:22 PM
We had some car break-ins on our block... and I pulled video to give to the OPD.
AN officer there asked for direct access to my NVR ... and I was like "hell no!".
they got upset, and suggested they could get a subpoena ... I reminded them that A ) I am a private citizen B ) no subpoena can make me
AN officer there asked for direct access to my NVR ... and I was like "hell no!".
they got upset, and suggested they could get a subpoena ... I reminded them that A ) I am a private citizen B ) no subpoena can make me
Biden's challenge in this election cycle is going to be overcoming liberal burnout and frustration over policy failures like Israel. I am concerned for what another Trump presidency will look like if he fails.
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/u...
Anti-Trump Burnout: The Resistance Says It’s Exhausted
Bracing for yet another election against Donald Trump, America’s liberals are feeling the fatigue. “We’re kind of, like, crises-ed out,” one Democrat said.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Biden's challenge in this election cycle is going to be overcoming liberal burnout and frustration over policy failures like Israel. I am concerned for what another Trump presidency will look like if he fails.
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/u...
So if you didn't know, I am a #writer and I did write a book several years ago, which can be found here: pixelandpen.studio/store/What-L...
I'm not as vocal about this as I should be, but I am actually very proud of this story and I want to share it everywhere I can!
I'm not as vocal about this as I should be, but I am actually very proud of this story and I want to share it everywhere I can!
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pixelandpen.studio
February 15, 2024 at 7:05 PM
So if you didn't know, I am a #writer and I did write a book several years ago, which can be found here: pixelandpen.studio/store/What-L...
I'm not as vocal about this as I should be, but I am actually very proud of this story and I want to share it everywhere I can!
I'm not as vocal about this as I should be, but I am actually very proud of this story and I want to share it everywhere I can!
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Due to rates of both symptomatic & asymptomatic COVID spread, the knock-on pandemics of pulmonary, vascular, & endocrine diseases covid causes, & constant public health failures, everyone everywhere needs free, regularly scheduled EKG, ECH, & CT scans, FOREVER, to accurately assess pulmonary health.
February 14, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Due to rates of both symptomatic & asymptomatic COVID spread, the knock-on pandemics of pulmonary, vascular, & endocrine diseases covid causes, & constant public health failures, everyone everywhere needs free, regularly scheduled EKG, ECH, & CT scans, FOREVER, to accurately assess pulmonary health.
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February 13, 2024 at 9:05 PM
How the hell are there people concerned over Biden's age and not Trump's? A year or two doesn't make that big a difference after seventy-five.
February 13, 2024 at 2:16 AM
How the hell are there people concerned over Biden's age and not Trump's? A year or two doesn't make that big a difference after seventy-five.
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“If you're a woman writer, sometime, somewhere, you will be asked, Do you think of yourself as a writer first, or as a woman first? Look out. Whoever asks this hates and fears both writing and women.” — Margaret Atwood, as quoted in The Baby on the Fire Escape, by @jcfphillips.bsky.social.
February 12, 2024 at 6:22 PM
“If you're a woman writer, sometime, somewhere, you will be asked, Do you think of yourself as a writer first, or as a woman first? Look out. Whoever asks this hates and fears both writing and women.” — Margaret Atwood, as quoted in The Baby on the Fire Escape, by @jcfphillips.bsky.social.
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What do YOU need today? How about one of our resident armadillos, aka "armored speed potato," snorfling for grubs just after dawn today.
February 12, 2024 at 5:08 PM
What do YOU need today? How about one of our resident armadillos, aka "armored speed potato," snorfling for grubs just after dawn today.
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Fascinated by the sheer matter-of-factness of this story buried on page 8 of The Liverpool Daily Post, 29 March 1937 – “Ellen the barmaid is now Alan the barman.” Please update your address books. Now, what’ll you have?
February 11, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Fascinated by the sheer matter-of-factness of this story buried on page 8 of The Liverpool Daily Post, 29 March 1937 – “Ellen the barmaid is now Alan the barman.” Please update your address books. Now, what’ll you have?
I am not ready to be sleep deprived today...
February 11, 2024 at 10:39 AM
I am not ready to be sleep deprived today...
This is a reminder that Brett Hankison, Jonathan Mattingly, and Myles Cosgrove still have not been incarcerated for murdering Breonna Taylor. Cosgrove is still in law enforcement, and all three still pose a threat to society.
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2...
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2...
February 10, 2024 at 4:45 PM
This is a reminder that Brett Hankison, Jonathan Mattingly, and Myles Cosgrove still have not been incarcerated for murdering Breonna Taylor. Cosgrove is still in law enforcement, and all three still pose a threat to society.
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2...
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2...
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If your economy would crash if you paid workers a fair wage, gave them healthcare, and stopped letting a million people live and die on the streets then you don’t have a great economy.
February 5, 2024 at 1:05 PM
If your economy would crash if you paid workers a fair wage, gave them healthcare, and stopped letting a million people live and die on the streets then you don’t have a great economy.
Approaching 35, and I basically have no role models left.
Don't misunderstand: I have plenty of friends, and even some older friends. But all the "mentors" etc. that I used to be surrounded by have either disappointed or drifted off. (1/2)
Don't misunderstand: I have plenty of friends, and even some older friends. But all the "mentors" etc. that I used to be surrounded by have either disappointed or drifted off. (1/2)
January 17, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Approaching 35, and I basically have no role models left.
Don't misunderstand: I have plenty of friends, and even some older friends. But all the "mentors" etc. that I used to be surrounded by have either disappointed or drifted off. (1/2)
Don't misunderstand: I have plenty of friends, and even some older friends. But all the "mentors" etc. that I used to be surrounded by have either disappointed or drifted off. (1/2)
We are in full-on house hunting mode. I am so tired of Tennessee.
January 17, 2024 at 4:55 PM
We are in full-on house hunting mode. I am so tired of Tennessee.