Patrick Down
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Patrick Down
@patrickhd.bsky.social
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Oh yes, my books too are listed in LibGen, "the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI" according to the Atlantic article. There's even a story collection that shouldn't exist, since I never published one under that title.
Here's the search link:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
March 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)

democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
February 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
abcnews.go.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM