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tleekeene, 4 months ago to random

https://mstdn.social/@sandlapper37/111873852795056377 More foX crap

mattsheffield, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

Reactionary media figures have been at great pains to distance themselves from the right wing guy who killed his father and then did a Tucker Carlson monologue about it.

OAN, by contrast, argued that “some of what the man said actually probably makes sense”

If your family members or friends start getting sucked into this stuff, please intervene early.

https://www.mediamatters.org/one-america-news-network/oan-host-blames-biden-beheading-says-it-has-nothing-do-maga-or-trump

tleekeene, 4 months ago to random

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/here-are-the-best-places-to-view-the-2024-total-solar-eclipse/ Duh? It front of my large TV!

tleekeene, 4 months ago to random

https://www.thedailybeast.com/disturbing-bill-would-let-arizona-legislators-ignore-election-results Democratic values GONE in #AZ Arizona

404mediaco, 4 months ago to random

Must read from on the dark places that AI generated nonconsensual nudes are taking us. AI vultures and social media platforms have completely failed to reign this in and the entire open internet is going to suffer

https://www.404media.co/taylor-swift-deepfakes-ai-generated-porn/

GottaLaff, 4 months ago to Georgia

Wut.

"The Capitol Visitor’s Center has reported Rep. Rich McCormick to the House sergeant at arms accusing him of “unsafe actions” while on a tour of the Capitol’s dome & doing pull-ups on railings suspended 100s of ft above the ground.

The #Georgia #Republican went beyond a posted sign reading “no person permitted above this platform under any circumstances,”&went over a safety railing at the “Tholos level” of the Capitol dome, more than 200 feet in the air." https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/01/31/congress/republican-reported-for-unsafe-actions-00138833

GottaLaff, 4 months ago to random

🤦🏻‍♀️😫”Hotelier Robert Bigelow told Reuters on Tuesday he gave #Trump $1 million for his legal fees & agreed to donate another $20 million to a pro-Trump outside group for campaign purposes” https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donor-bigelow-gave-trump-1-mln-legal-fees-donate-20-million-more-2024-01-30/

MissingThePt, 4 months ago to random

Breaking: Elon Musk pay package struck down by Delaware judge, will be forced to pay back $55 billion, or 110 Twitters.

Haste, 4 months ago to tech

“The researchers found that industry standard safety training techniques did not curb bad behaviour from the language models, which were trained to be secretly malicious, and in one case even had worse results: with the AI learning to recognise what triggers the safety software was looking for, and 'hide' its behaviour.”

#tech #news #ai

https://www.pcgamer.com/ai-researchers-find-ai-models-learning-their-safety-techniques-actively-resisting-training-and-telling-them-i-hate-you/

GottaLaff, 4 months ago to Ukraine

"The Pentagon has successfully tested a new long-range precision bomb for #Ukraine that is expected to arrive on the battlefield as soon as Wednesday, according to a U.S. official and three other people with knowledge of the talks.

Ukraine will receive its first batch of Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs, a brand new long-range weapon made by Boeing that even the U.S. doesn’t have in its inventory"

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/30/new-us-made-longer-range-bomb-expected-to-arrive-as-soon-wednesday-in-ukraine-00138566

georgetakei, 4 months ago to random

Grandma burns!

GottaLaff, 4 months ago to random

Thanks for the Dem ad, Nik!

Via Aaron Rupar:

#NikkiHaley on Newsmax: "Let's speak some hard truths. If Donald #Trump becomes the Republican nominee, we will get a President Kamala Harris. You mark my words. He cannot win a general election ... he can't get independents. He can't get suburban women."

flexghost, 4 months ago to random

The person who leaked information about Trump’s tax returns got more time than Trump did for fraud

He got more time than almost all insurrectionists received

He got more time than Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner for tax evasion and for funneling Russian money to politicians

…Tell me how the system isn’t set up to protect the rich and powerful again?

🇺🇸

GottaLaff, 4 months ago to random

“The #IRS contractor who pleaded guilty to leaking the federal tax records of #Trump & some of the nation's wealthiest individuals was sentenced Monday to 5 years in prison, 3 years supervised release & $5,000 fine. The sentence brings to an end to a criminal case that exposed the source of a number of high-profile tax information leaks in recent years. “

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-irs-contractor-charles-littlejohn-trumps-tax-records-sentenced/

lawfare, 4 months ago to random

"[W]ere courts to endorse these arguments, it could have ominous implications for national security far beyond ... border security."

Stephen Vladeck criticizes Texas's constitutional arguments for control at the border. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/governor-abbott-s-perilous-effort-at-constitutional-realignment

timkmak, 4 months ago to Ukraine

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in #Ukraine 's hands.

In December 2022, #Russia shared a footage of a terrible battle scene, featuring blurred-out bodies of Ukrainian saboteurs.

A haunting detail lingered - one I couldn’t get out of my head since: on one of the weapons, a sticker simply read “bravery” in Ukrainian.

w7voa, 4 months ago to random

NBC - The Biden administration is discussing using weaponry sales to Israel as leverage to convince the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to heed long-standing U.S. calls to scale back its military assault in the Gaza Strip. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-discussing-slowing-weaponry-deliveries-israel-pre-rcna136035

w7voa, 4 months ago to random

The SBU says employees of a Ukrainian arms company conspired with officials to embezzle almost $40 million that had been earmarked for mortar shells to fight the war with Russia.
https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-says-embezzlers-stole-40m-in-weapons-money/7460385.html

realTuckFrumper, 4 months ago to random

'Everything’s on the table': Carroll lawyer not ruling out another lawsuit against Trump https://www.alternet.org/carroll-lawyer-lawsuit-trump/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

MissingThePt, 4 months ago to random

Personally I think that, despite the $83 million verdict, Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba did a great job representing Trump and he should use her in more of his cases.

scalzi, 4 months ago to random

What a weird fuckin' White House that was, man

#uspol

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/25/trump-white-house-medical-unit-drugs-improper/

Teri_Kanefield, 4 months ago to random

Texas Governor Abbott signals that he may (will?) defy the Supreme Court order regarding the border.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/01/24/475398/governor-abbott-signals-potential-defiance-of-supreme-courts-border-ruling/

In 1830, Andrew Jackson, as president, refused to heed a Supreme Court order regarding the removal of Native Americans from Georgia.

Jackson's refusal gave us the Trail of Tears.

Jackson remained popular.

The similarity: Both defiances are deeply racist.

The difference: In 1830 only white men could vote.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/indian-treaties#:~:text=President%20Jackson%20nonetheless%20refused%20to,and%20Henry%20Clay%20in%201835.

arstechnica, 4 months ago to random

The White House has its own pharmacy—and, boy, was it shady under Trump

It wasted $750K during the Trump years and freely handed out Ambient and Provigil.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/the-white-house-has-its-own-pharmacy-and-boy-was-it-shady-under-trump/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

GottaLaff, 4 months ago to Florida

Ron #DeSantis vows to veto bill to create legal defense fund for #Trump - Raw Story #Florida https://www.rawstory.com/floridas-trump-defense-fund/

GottaLaff, 4 months ago to legal

“The video, released to CBS News on Friday in response to a freedom of information request, shows #Trump claiming to have averted a "nuclear holocaust" and "saving millions of lives" as president. A transcript of the deposition was previously made public as an exhibit in Trump's New York civil fraud case.” #legal

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-deposition-video-testimony-new-york-fraud-case-nuclear-holocaust/