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zackwhittaker, (edited ) to random
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New, by me: Two university students have uncovered a security bug that lets millions do their laundry for free.

CSC ServiceWorks provides internet-connected laundry machines to thousands of residential homes and universities around the U.S., Canada and Europe.

The students found that any security checks are done by the app on the user’s device and automatically trusted by CSC’s servers,

But CSC still hasn't fixed the isue — or acknowledged their findings.

More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/17/csc-serviceworks-free-laundry-million-machines

lightninhopkins,
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@zackwhittaker shhhhh

dangillmor, to random
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Such moral cowards running New York University -- ordering student protestors to write phony apologies.

This is right out of the authoritarian playbook -- and it craps on every notion of freedom of expression.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/nyregion/nyu-protests-apology-letters.html

You don't have to agree with the protestors' politics. But you should damn well understand that America is in wave of McCarthyism right now.

lightninhopkins,
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@dangillmor I mean, honesty it's time the university system goes away. It no longer serves students, it just another sink hole of debt.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Kyle Griffin:

New: Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin is calling on Alito to recuse himself from all cases involving the 2020 election.

"The Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making, and Justice Alito and the rest of the Court should be doing everything in their power to regain public trust."

lightninhopkins,
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@GottaLaff The whole idea that the SC is not political needs to go away. It always has been. People just live longer now. Jefferson was right that we should change the constitution as time goes on. Either we do that or it all falls apart.

lightninhopkins,
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@GottaLaff Can we just pause for a second and think what life was like for a 3rd grader named Dick Durbin.

QasimRashid, to random
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My latest:

SCOTUS has repeatedly ruled that police have no legal duty to protect us—so why do we keep throwing money at an org with no duty to keep us safe? And perhaps most importantly, how do we actually ensure public safety?

Read sub & share: https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/how-many-people-realize-police-have

lightninhopkins,
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@QasimRashid We need to redefine what the job of police is. They are not military, and should never be allowed to be so. They should be in neighborhoods talking to people. Stop kicking down doors and killing.

sundogplanets, to random
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Here comes a thread on light pollution from satellites, with a concrete action that you all can take to help push for regulation of satellites in orbit!

Astronomers have been worried about light pollution from satellites (if you've been following me for more than 24 hours, you've perhaps heard a bit about this). Astronomers spent SO much time and effort begging and pleading with Starlink to make their satellites fainter, with mixed results.

lightninhopkins,
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@sundogplanets I mean..there is another way.

arstechnica, to random
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Sony Music opts out of AI training for its entire catalog

Music group contacts more than 700 companies to prohibit use of content

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/05/sony-music-opts-out-of-ai-training-for-its-entire-catalog/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

lightninhopkins,
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@arstechnica "AI training" = stealing anything it can get its grubby hands on. Calling a LLM "AI" was the first joke.

donni, to random
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Women wanted him. Men wanted to be him. Birds mocked him. Fish disliked him tremendously

lightninhopkins,
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@donni do fish have any friends?

MissingThePt, to random
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The Real Insurrectionist Wives of the Supreme Court

lightninhopkins,
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@MissingThePt I know there is one! Or, possibly two.

dangillmor, to random
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As warned, Reddit has taken a bundle of money from "Open"AI and will use it to further monetize what you -- and the volunteers who moderate it all -- contributed for free.

It's the norm now, and particularly slimy in this case.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158529/reddit-openai-chatgpt-api-access-advertising

lightninhopkins,
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@dangillmor Reddit has sucked for awhile now. Even the smaller subs are bot filled.

Humans can't keep up with the pace of LLM disonfo.

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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It should be astonishing that after Trump publicly solicited a $1 billion bribe from Big Energy, Big Journalism just shrugged and moved on.

It is not astonishing.

lightninhopkins,
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@dangillmor It's not. We all know how things work.

QasimRashid, (edited ) to random
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Tomorrow morning I'm publishing my article on the epidemic of child marriage in the United States.

You can subscribe here to receive it at 8am CST: https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimrashid/p/america-has-a-child-marriage-epidemicand?r=fyvxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Without googling—how many documented child marriages do you think have happened in the USA since 2000?

lightninhopkins,
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@QasimRashid I would imagine many are not documented. What qualifies as a "child marriage"? Since I can't read the article I'm not sure what you are exactly referencing.

lightninhopkins,
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@QasimRashid I didn't mean undocumented immigrants, I meant that many are off the books.

lightninhopkins,
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@QasimRashid Meaning things like religious marriages that are not reported to the government.

lightninhopkins,
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@QasimRashid Agreed. Thanks for putting time into this.

augieray, to H5N1
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Irony alert: Florida, where leaders think it's great to get #COVID19 to build up your immunity, is taking emergency actions to prevent cattle from being imported with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Apparently, it's healthy for humans to get infections but not for cows. 🙄 #HPAI #H5N1

https://www.fdacs.gov/News-Events/Press-Releases/2024-Press-Releases/Commissioner-Wilton-Simpson-Issues-Updated-Emergency-Rule-to-Further-Protect-Florida-Livestock-from-Highly-Pathogenic-Avian-Influenza

lightninhopkins,
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@augieray Just wait till all these people demand raw milk from infected cows.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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One of the weird things about writing a book called Bea Wolf is you discover the "Be a wolf" hashtag which appears to be a lot of large shaven men posting photos of themselves to each other?

lightninhopkins,
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@ZachWeinersmith But wolves have fur no?

MissingThePt, to random
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Why do they call it virgin olive oil, I kind of take that as a given.

lightninhopkins,
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@MissingThePt I prefer slutty olive oil

futurebird, to random
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I still say Trump won't pick a VP. From what I've seen he wouldn't need to pick one legally unless he is elected... I don't see anything about voters getting to know who it would be before the election... or am I misunderstanding these rules.

There is simply no benefit to picking a VP. Too many forces want Trump gone so having a named successor is dangerous for him.

When he dies the world ends as far as he cares, why would he plan for that?

lightninhopkins,
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@futurebird @pelha @AndyGER It's unlikely that the choice will be a man.

augieray, to queer
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Target is scaling back LGBTQ+ merchandise this year after "right-wing backlash" last year. It can couch this decision in all the research-supported logic it wants, but it's still a capitulation to bigots. is betting those of us who support equity will be more accepting of this decision than bigots will of the retailer carrying products. Those who care need to raise their voices and make their wishes heard by curtailing their spending at Target.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/business/target-pride-merchandise-june-2024/index.html

lightninhopkins,
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@augieray Fuck off Target. I got plenty of money to spend and none of it will go to your cowardly stores.

airwhale, to random
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lightninhopkins, (edited )
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@airwhale is I that a thing that is going to infect us all with Captain Trips?

lightninhopkins,
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@airwhale Whew, I was a little nervous that Tormond Halverson sounded like a name in a Steven King book. 😄

taylorlorenz, to random
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Pro-Israel counter-protesters at UCLA previously took part in anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine events across Southern California.

Some of the pro-Israel counter protesters are also associated with local Proud Boy and Three Percenter militia chapters and fundamentalist Christian churches.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/college-campus-protests-far-right

lightninhopkins,
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@taylorlorenz my surprised face 😐

geerlingguy, to random
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Apparently in response to backlash from their 'Crush' commercial, Apple has decided to put their Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard desktop image in the sky tonight.

lightninhopkins,
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@geerlingguy 😐

jonny, to random
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hiring a hitman is a complicated game theory problem because the hitman always has the option of just taking the money and calling the cops. you have to convince them that you are capable of hiring another hitman to come after the first hitman, but the very act of trying to hire the first hitman indicates that you don't have a second, more reliable hitman ready to go. so i guess the moral of the story is don't be a landlord. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-07/landlord-sentenced-20-years-in-prison-in-murder-for-hire-plots

lightninhopkins,
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@jonny Ahh, but no one would suspect the hitman that flipped to ever get hired again. Camouflage.

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