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*Media criticiasm *Tikkun olam (repair the world) *Anti-ultracrepidarian *Work the ref from the left *Sentient supernova shrapnel *Locally counter-entropic *Outsider media critic *Kiwi wannabe *software engineer *English major *Will follow for boosts #deathToFascists

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daringfireball, to random
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Open Letter From AI Researchers: ‘A Right to Warn About Advanced Artificial Intelligence’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/06/04/ai-right-to-warn

airbagmoments,
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@daringfireball There seems to me to be no evolutionary pathway from LLMs to AGI. So what are they worried about? Are there other projects we haven't been told about?

airbagmoments, to random
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All you need to know about the failure of the legacy political media:

Between "vast right-wing conspiracy" and "basket of deplorables," Hillary Clinton has taken more sh1t for telling two truths than T---p took for telling >30,000 lies.

airbagmoments, to random
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We need a Manhattan Project-scale study on cult deprogramming.

#Exvangelicals, who self-deprogrammed out of the toxic, delusional families they were born into and indoctrinated by, should lead it.

shoq, to random
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Finally, @msnbc cut away from that mess. How long did @CNN stay with it? I’m sure Fox is gearing up to run it on an endless loop.

airbagmoments,
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@shoq The trolling, projection, and gaslighting are so ugly that MSM can't look at or describe them without fainting. Trump's true evil is so extreme, it's permanently outside the Overton Window for reasons I don't fully understand.

airbagmoments, to random
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Stuart Stevens "Just to recap:

Donald Trump is a felon

He joins his campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, national security advisor, foreign policy advisor, political consultant, and personal lawyer as felons."

realTuckFrumper, to random
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'Incompetently bad': Judge Cannon’s latest move 'approaching this level of stupid' https://www.alternet.org/trump/cannon-trump-jack-smith/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

airbagmoments,
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@realTuckFrumper She's getting more coaching than an olympic ice skater. Leonard Leo blows up her phone hourly.

airbagmoments, to random
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One of the worst of mainstream media's fatal failures is the refusal to connect nefarious Republican activities with the way fascism has risen before here and elsewhere.

Past is prologue.

airbagmoments, to random
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If you read only the NYTimes or WaPo, you'd have only the vaguest notion that the Republican Party is now a toxic admixture of foreign and domestic oligarchs & autocrats, teamed up with evil billionaires, Christo-fascists, racists, criminals, and narcissistic psychopaths.

airbagmoments, to random
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Not enough people understand the reactionary mind, especially that of religious fascists. To them, human progress is an illusion, a distraction from their god, or even actively against their god's will. Vaccines interrupt the natural order of sickness, misery and early death.

daringfireball, to random
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‘2023 MLS Cup Highlights’: 5-Minute Apple Immversive Video for Vision Pro Debuts Tonight
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/03/28/snell-mls-highlights

airbagmoments,
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@daringfireball To be fair, it's tough to make the annals of the Modern Language Society interesting, even in immersive 3D.

shoq, to random
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Trump is on live, rambling in classic Trump style. He’s a victim, doncha know?

airbagmoments,
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@shoq I can't see the post you are replying to for some reason.

daringfireball, to random
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Niklaus Wirth, Titan of Computer Science and Creator of Pascal, Dies at 89
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/01/11/niklaus-wirth-rip

airbagmoments,
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@daringfireball I learned Pascal for the first AP computer science test and was confused about pointers and handles as a result until I finally leaned C. Still an elegant language. (Still got a 5)

Green_Footballs, to random
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When did it become common practice for journalists to tell us what a person “thinks” or “believes?”

You do not fucking know what they think or believe. All you know is what they say or do. Stop legitimizing horrible people by implying they’re honest.

airbagmoments,
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@Green_Footballs I'm so sick of MSM's inconsistency around what politicians think/believe.

They won't use the word lie because, they say, it requires "knowledge of intent."

But they're comfortable saying someone "believes" something when they should say the person "claims to believe" the thing.

CelloMomOnCars, to solar
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"Electricity generated by #solar and on-shore #wind is the cheapest in #Australia, even after the significant expense of integrating them into the power grid is factored in, according to new analysis from the CSIRO.

Estimates show small modular nuclear reactors would provide most expensive power and will not be available until 2030."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/21/solar-and-on-shore-wind-provide-cheapest-electricity-and-nuclear-most-expensive-csiro-analysis-shows

airbagmoments,
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@CelloMomOnCars But fusion is right around the corner! (sarcasm)

daringfireball, to random
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Figma and Adobe Abandon $20 Billion Acquisition Plan
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/12/18/figma-adobe-ixnay-on-the-acquisitionyay

airbagmoments,
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@daringfireball This is very satisfying to me since the should-have-been-illegal merger of Adobe and Macromedia destroyed my software company.

airbagmoments, to random
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I'm asking for a favor: Every time you see a link to a story about the hideous results of Republican abortion laws and rulings, open it and search on the page for the word "Republican."

If you don't find it, then find the reporter's twitter handle and shame them in public. https://airbagmoments.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/omission-of-sins/

airbagmoments, to random
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Republican politicians and their base are no longer citizens of America who are loyal to the Constitution.

They are citizens of an imagined future country that will exist after the fascist takeover, and are loyal to that country's dictator.

airbagmoments, to random
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O'Connor's and Souter's fairness as Republican nominees is the reason the Federalist Society arose to ensure all Republican nominees in future would be ideological monsters ostentatiously oblivious to precedent and consistency.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sandra-day-oconnor-first-woman-on-the-supreme-court-dies-at-93/

airbagmoments, to random
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We who watch MSNBC on cable are forced to pay to subsidize FOX News.

Want some truth? Pay for lies!

Want some truth? Pay to destroy families!

Want some truth? Pay for a network that would like truth to be illegal!

Want some truth? Pay to destroy democracy!

airbagmoments, to random
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Perfect, except for the omission of "Republican."

BootsChantilly, to random
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The architect of the case that overturned Roe v. Wade is up for re-election today.

That’s right, #Mississippi , you have an opportunity to kick AG Fitch out of office.

This is the woman who claims abortion bans “empower women” & that she's proud to have spearheaded the downfall of Roe.

Now, she’s trying to ensure law enforcement can track those who leave the state for #abortion care--so they can be prosecuted when they return.

It’s vital to elect her Dem opponent. #VOTE #VOTE #VOTE

airbagmoments,
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@BootsChantilly Given enough power, Republicans are bent on turning America into something that will make The Handmaid's Tale look like Free to Be You and Me.

recursive, to random
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Short version of what people need to know: if you're installing or operating "blacklight" bulbs that don't have an opaque phosphor coating inside the tube, and don't have the characteristic purple-blue color, you're installing a germicidal UV-C lamp that humans should never be exposed to.

https://www.404media.co/bored-ape-yacht-club-conference-eye-pain-vision-loss-yuga-labs/

airbagmoments,
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@recursive NFTs killing it as usual.

Frances_Larina, (edited ) to random
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NPR: "School board elections latest battleground for polarized national politics"

Okay, NPR is a bit late to the game, and I've said it before & I'll likely say it again:

School boards and Sheriffs are no longer "nonpartisan". Election officials and ballot processes that treat them as such are enabling Republican extremists to take over those positions even in blue counties by not having to reveal their actual political stance.

The positions are already partisan at this point, thanks to MAGA efforts. Put them on the ballot as such and make candidates pick a party. Voters and basic honesty deserve as much.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/05/1210672666/school-board-elections-are-latest-battleground-for-polarized-national-politics

airbagmoments,
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@Frances_Larina NPR is useless. Their political reporters do far more harm than good. https://airbagmoments.wordpress.com/2017/04/29/missing-information/

Green_Footballs, to random
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New From The Beatles: “Now and Then” https://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/53137_New_From_the_Beatles-_Now_and_Then

airbagmoments,
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@Green_Footballs Wonderful!

virtualbri, to StarTrek
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    airbagmoments,
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    @virtualbri When I was a kid: "There's too little Star Trek/Wars!"

    Now: "There's too much Star Trek/Wars!"

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