@spiralshannon.bsky.social
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OpenAI's Sora video generator places 3 watermarks on its AI generated videos: the top-left or top-right corner, the center-right, and the bottom-left corner.
Each of these Facebook videos has 3 caption overlays which just happen to be placed in these 3 locations.
Each of these Facebook videos has 3 caption overlays which just happen to be placed in these 3 locations.
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
OpenAI's Sora video generator places 3 watermarks on its AI generated videos: the top-left or top-right corner, the center-right, and the bottom-left corner.
Each of these Facebook videos has 3 caption overlays which just happen to be placed in these 3 locations.
Each of these Facebook videos has 3 caption overlays which just happen to be placed in these 3 locations.
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America we simply have not maintained a high enough level of WHIMSY to meet the moment! Each of us must redouble our efforts to get out in the streets and be a SILLYBILLY and have a GOOD TIME OUT THERE, because fuck this fascist grittygrittygrimdork desaturated 'tasetfully muted nude tones' bullshit
October 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
America we simply have not maintained a high enough level of WHIMSY to meet the moment! Each of us must redouble our efforts to get out in the streets and be a SILLYBILLY and have a GOOD TIME OUT THERE, because fuck this fascist grittygrittygrimdork desaturated 'tasetfully muted nude tones' bullshit
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I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
I wrote a bit about the misguided effort by Democrats to replicate Joe Rogan the right-wing podcast ecosystem.
May 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.
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Just passed through Budget. Onto Rules later this week. And then passage through the full chamber by the end of the week.
We are in end game in the House. This is a crucial week of action for stopping it.
We are in end game in the House. This is a crucial week of action for stopping it.
Our best chance to stop this thing is in the House.
Rs are trying to pass it though Budget tonight, through Rules Wednesday, and then through the full chamber on Friday.
It would kick millions off Medicaid and take food assistance away from households with kids as young as 7. Please help stop it.
Rs are trying to pass it though Budget tonight, through Rules Wednesday, and then through the full chamber on Friday.
It would kick millions off Medicaid and take food assistance away from households with kids as young as 7. Please help stop it.
This coming week is a crucial week of action.
By as early as Friday, House Rs are hoping to have passed their bill to kick millions off Medicaid and millions off SNAP.
Even with all Dems opposed this could pass both the House and the Senate - so we need to flip 3 in the House or 4 in the Senate.
By as early as Friday, House Rs are hoping to have passed their bill to kick millions off Medicaid and millions off SNAP.
Even with all Dems opposed this could pass both the House and the Senate - so we need to flip 3 in the House or 4 in the Senate.
May 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just passed through Budget. Onto Rules later this week. And then passage through the full chamber by the end of the week.
We are in end game in the House. This is a crucial week of action for stopping it.
We are in end game in the House. This is a crucial week of action for stopping it.
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The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," where as the top 1% have more money than at any time in history, according to a new analysis. www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of...
Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
www.cbsnews.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," where as the top 1% have more money than at any time in history, according to a new analysis. www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of...
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The fact that they’re tracking autism and not the bird flu automatically tells you they’re operating on eugenics and not actually wanting people to be healthy. They want you sick, disabled, or dead.
April 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The fact that they’re tracking autism and not the bird flu automatically tells you they’re operating on eugenics and not actually wanting people to be healthy. They want you sick, disabled, or dead.
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The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure
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This is true in the US as well, but you notice the incredibly low guard to prisoner ratio, and this guy just being able to walk around the prison without fear?
It’s because none of the people shown here are dangerous in the slightest.
It’s because none of the people shown here are dangerous in the slightest.
one of the tasks of the American left is to explain to retail and service workers that this is the future that America has planned for them
April 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is true in the US as well, but you notice the incredibly low guard to prisoner ratio, and this guy just being able to walk around the prison without fear?
It’s because none of the people shown here are dangerous in the slightest.
It’s because none of the people shown here are dangerous in the slightest.
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Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
April 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
Was there a breast cancer epidemic?!
NO.
Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976.
PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something.
This is also about autism.
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“RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans *** In addition, a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism...” (Given the Trump administrations many ties to associates of Palantir [co-founded by Peter Thiel & Joe Lonsdale], this concerns me.) 1/
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
www.cbsnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans *** In addition, a new disease registry is being launched to track Americans with autism...” (Given the Trump administrations many ties to associates of Palantir [co-founded by Peter Thiel & Joe Lonsdale], this concerns me.) 1/
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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CISA has terminated a $10m partnership w/ the Center for Internet Security to run the info sharing & analysis centers (ISACs) for state & local govts and elections.
Spox says work "no longer effectuates [DHS] priorities" & cut will focus CISA on "mission critical areas" & "eliminate redundancies."
Spox says work "no longer effectuates [DHS] priorities" & cut will focus CISA on "mission critical areas" & "eliminate redundancies."
March 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
CISA has terminated a $10m partnership w/ the Center for Internet Security to run the info sharing & analysis centers (ISACs) for state & local govts and elections.
Spox says work "no longer effectuates [DHS] priorities" & cut will focus CISA on "mission critical areas" & "eliminate redundancies."
Spox says work "no longer effectuates [DHS] priorities" & cut will focus CISA on "mission critical areas" & "eliminate redundancies."
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Seeking glimmers of hope in these dark times?
I'll send you to Graff, who will send you to Glaude, who will send you to Baldwin.
"I saw emerging a new sense and clarity of purpose of how I want to show up in these times — and the positive mission I want to contribute right now."
I'll send you to Graff, who will send you to Glaude, who will send you to Baldwin.
"I saw emerging a new sense and clarity of purpose of how I want to show up in these times — and the positive mission I want to contribute right now."
Amid a terrible moment for our country, I found some unexpected hope — and some lessons in how and where we all should want to show up in the world right now — this weekend reading about the lessons of James Baldwin from @esglaude.bsky.social. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/a-thought-...
A Thought on Living in the "After Times"
America has been through this moment before—it's up to us to build something different.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Seeking glimmers of hope in these dark times?
I'll send you to Graff, who will send you to Glaude, who will send you to Baldwin.
"I saw emerging a new sense and clarity of purpose of how I want to show up in these times — and the positive mission I want to contribute right now."
I'll send you to Graff, who will send you to Glaude, who will send you to Baldwin.
"I saw emerging a new sense and clarity of purpose of how I want to show up in these times — and the positive mission I want to contribute right now."
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Googles response basically being “it’s not making things up, it’s just incapable of telling facts from made up bullshit” would have destroyed a product in the days before the economy was propped up by a thin framework of scams lashed together with investment capital
February 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Googles response basically being “it’s not making things up, it’s just incapable of telling facts from made up bullshit” would have destroyed a product in the days before the economy was propped up by a thin framework of scams lashed together with investment capital
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every business leader in America is learning in short order that if they have any overlap with Elon Musk whatsoever they are going to rue the day they supported Trump
turns out being regulated is, in fact, less damaging than having all your most sensitive info handed to a direct competitor
turns out being regulated is, in fact, less damaging than having all your most sensitive info handed to a direct competitor
developing story here seems to be that DOGE goons cleaned out CFPB data before Russell Vought illegally ordered it shut down so that Elon Musk could use it as part of his plan to make Vichy Twitter the dominant payment platform www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
DOGE-Backed Halt at CFPB Comes Amid Musk’s Plans for ‘X’ Digital Wallet
Government-efficiency team’s initial ‘read-only’ access expanded quickly to encompass closely guarded data, internal emails say
www.bloomberg.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
every business leader in America is learning in short order that if they have any overlap with Elon Musk whatsoever they are going to rue the day they supported Trump
turns out being regulated is, in fact, less damaging than having all your most sensitive info handed to a direct competitor
turns out being regulated is, in fact, less damaging than having all your most sensitive info handed to a direct competitor
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AI slop and vendor slurry.
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
Librarians say that taxpayers are already paying for low quality AI-generated ebooks in public libraries.
www.404media.co
February 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
AI slop and vendor slurry.
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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Here's a starter pack of news outlets like @wired.com, independent journalists like @marisakabas.bsky.social & analysts like @nathantankus.bsky.social who are all doing incredible work on the Trump/Musk attack on the US government. Please read/share & support their work.
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February 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Here's a starter pack of news outlets like @wired.com, independent journalists like @marisakabas.bsky.social & analysts like @nathantankus.bsky.social who are all doing incredible work on the Trump/Musk attack on the US government. Please read/share & support their work.
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go.bsky.app/Jhh15fh
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I think it should be made clear at this point: If you're a federal employee, you should consider your work devices bugged. If you've logged into personal stuff on those devices, you should consider suspending or deleting the accounts you accessed.
February 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I think it should be made clear at this point: If you're a federal employee, you should consider your work devices bugged. If you've logged into personal stuff on those devices, you should consider suspending or deleting the accounts you accessed.
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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’
An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
wrd.cm
February 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
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“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
February 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
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If your boss or company tells you to do something unethical: don't say yes. Make them write it down.
If they won't put it in writing yourself. Send an email (bcc yourself?): "Following our conversation on x date at x time regarding x, I am writing to clarify your directives. According to my notes, you instructed me to A, B, and C. If any of this is incorrect, please advise. I have some concerns."
February 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If your boss or company tells you to do something unethical: don't say yes. Make them write it down.
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The moment we say it's ok to violate the law to shut down one agency – we say it's ok to violate the law to shut down anything.
February 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The moment we say it's ok to violate the law to shut down one agency – we say it's ok to violate the law to shut down anything.