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France telling their fascists to fuck off.

Far right fails in France elections, leftist alliance on top: Exit pollwww.aljazeera.com The second round of France’s snap parliamentary election called by President Emmanuel Macron has drawn a high turnout.

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I once saw someone from Tumblr say, to paraphrase briefly, the Paradox of Tolerance resolves when we think of it as a social contract. The unspoken agreement is that we don't actively harm others. When anyone chooses to be intolerant, they've broken the contract, so it no longer applies to them.

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Well this is grim

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The great thing about blocking a troll without engaging is the 0% contribution I've made to amplifying their bullshit, highly recommended

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The new COVID variant seems to be evading immunity from vaccines and past infections. COVID cases are up 250% in NYC. Remember the more you get covid your risk for long covid increases significantly. gothamist.com/news/nyc-cov...

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I had no idea this was the etymology for “lord” and “lady.” #medievalsky

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Didn’t even need to click through to guess the author’s race an gender. Do you what you want, fucker. But too many people got savaged by dogs, blasted with fire hoses, and hung from trees to get me into the voting booth for me to ever opt out.

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first cohort of the American Climate Corps has been sworn in. 9,000 people will be deployed in the coming weeks to restore landscapes, erect solar panels, and work on environmental projects across America. #ShareGoodNewsToo grist.org/solutions/am...

The American Climate Corps officially kicks offgrist.org This month, 9,000 people will be deployed to restore landscapes and erect solar panels, helping guide the country toward a greener future.

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Nintendo says it will not use generative-AI, preferring to create stuff that is "unique to" them and to avoid copyrighted material used by gen-AI: gameworldobserver.com/2024/07/03/n...

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So fucking done with LLMs and so ready for them to implode.

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Hurricane Beryl: Caribbean leader calls out rich countries for climate failures as ‘horrendous’ storm makes landfalldlvr.it Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines calls Cop ‘largely a talk shop’ and beseeches west to honor commitments The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has decried a lack of political will in western Europe and the US to tackle…

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this never fails to amuse me because i have always read @marthawells.bsky.social's ART character as having the voice of chef art smith, the nicest man to ever bake a biscuit

(I knew of forty-seven ways that ART could kill a human, augmented human, or bot intruder, and the only reason I didn’t know more is because I got bored and stopped counting.)

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I'm starting to get comments on Twitter on this thread. Comments like "But why is using genA/I so bad/harmful?" It's plagiarism and based on exploitation. The tech also consumes massive amounts of energy & is environmentally destructive. It also accelerates the spread of dangerous disinformation.

If you commission art, please refrain from using genAI to generate ref images. Because at the end of the day, any usage of exploitative AI directly supports the plagiaristic AI companies and their exploitation/theft of creative labor. There are so many ethical options you can use to create refs.

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I really have lost my former tolerance for "we're doomed/fucked/it's all over/they've won" takes at this point, in that they're the most dangerous attitudes one could possibly have when confronted with a truly existential political threat (which we still DO have levers to address).

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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

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A lot of dudes (WHITE) are having to read the room for the first time in their lives and it shows.

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We have to help Bex everybody. Bex is in deep medical debt that's preventing them from continuing cancer treatment. Their lights are about to get disconnected. The only thing I can do is push Bex's calls for help, because I give to Bex's fund when it's possible. If you have something, give.

i need a flood of $10s/$20s/$30s to come my way right now. my lights are being disconnected tomorrow. my rent is officially 2 months overdue tomorrow - they're sending a 2nd notice tmrw. please help me to stop both. i am drowning. i am reaching out for help. please 🙏🏽 paypal.me/thelongestroad

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“Onward With A Brave Heart, Dear Butterscotch. I Am With You!” (Charcoal / Acrylic on Canvas) ✨🎨 The original drawing and signed prints are now up on jameshance.com Thanks for being so kind, as always! ❤️

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I know smut may seem like a frivolous thing to be upset about, but crushing it is part of fascism. Controlling all forms of sexual expression is fascism. Only allowing certain kinds is fascism. Smut peddlers are always canaries in the coal mines.

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remember to stock up on fics for the great update

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Not over. As someone alive before Chevron precedent, before legal abortion, before many things being flipped back in time existed, I can say you can fight this war&win it. Again. &this time, people have sunk costs&reaped benefits where before it was theoretical. They will feel&resent the loss.

The war is over. The bad guys won.

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The main vibe I get from U.S. politics is that white America is 100% determined to commit suicide.

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Periodically, I like to reread my favorite Scottish poem: Batman's Aff His Nut by Robert Florence.

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I did this. I have no faith in Meta, but I do like the idea of creating some legal peril for them when they get caught siphoning everything into the plagiarism machine.

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BOAT STUCK

This blockage is going to cost international trade literally tens of pounds www.bbc.com/news/article...

Cargo ship has grounded in the River Nene, Cambridgeshirewww.bbc.com "This is a rare situation to happen," says a spokesperson at the port.

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To be clear, this is a war crime.

“The protective vest itself has become a means to target you, more than a means to protect you.” The first of several upcoming stories across multiple outlets re: the killing of journalists in Gaza. “You see him crawling from the camera,” the source said, “& then they fire [again].” #GazaProject

How Israeli drone strikes are killing journalists in Gazawww.972mag.com Survivor testimonies and audiovisual analysis reveal a pattern of strikes by Israeli UAVs on Palestinian journalists in recent months — even when they are clearly identifiable as press.

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I try to look for at least one item of good news every day. Here's today's!

NEW: A US bankruptcy-court trustee plans shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's Infowars and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in judgments against Jones, he told the court in an emergency motion yesterday

Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assetswww.houstonchronicle.com Jones has been saying on his web and radio shows that he expects Infowars to operate for...