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getting mad at everyone on this website with any form of institutional power is not going to do anything to help bring about the political outcomes we want

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Stop attacking journalists challenge. If you wanna get spiteful and smitey, go look up controlling ownership. Go find those people. Go harass and bully executives. Email addresses are so easy to find. Like wow way to waste energy.

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what if instead of being a person with a brain I were a little baby cloud floating in the wind with no thoughts. what then

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'Sometimes things don't go, after all, from bad to worse' Thinking a lot about this poem today.

Sometimes I wonder if all this coverage is because the media knows how to cover a normal problem like a sub-par candidate; they don’t know how to cover something as abnormal and unprecedented as the end of the republic. amp.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? | US news | The Guardianamp.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

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I started my career reporting on how people were using the Internet in dictatorships, and if there's one BIG thing I learned from talking to a bunch of people who literally had served jail time for political blogging, it was "choose your battles wisely, and don't say dumb things in dumb places."

if there is one survival skill I would REALLY like everyone opposed to the fascist GOP to learn right now, it's "do not say things on the public internet that will provide authorities with useful pretenses for coming after you."

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Long after the debate is forgotten, the 6-3 decisions overruling Chevron via Loper Bright and Jarksey will have fundamentally weakened the ability of the American government to function against the most powerful interests in society.

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After months of public outcry and pressure from the City Council, New York City’s libraries are poised to have their budgets fully restored so that branches may resume seven-day-a-week service, including Sundays. gothamist.com/news/nyc-lib...

NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundaysgothamist.com In November, the mayor's budget cuts forced libraries to close on Sundays. The issue has been a thorn in his side ever since.

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Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life. But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.

New version of chatbot reaches level of function where it responds to all queries by making a little twisty-wrist gesture with pinched fingers and saying “But isn’t it more *complicated* than that?”

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"Why do these twerps from Just Stop Oil do their stupid stunts that just alienate everybody?" Two people put cornflour on Stonehenge: entire media notices. 100,000 people march for nature in central London: entire media ignores it. That - alas - is why.

Please please be true

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Brad Lander is getting closer to running for mayorwww.politico.com

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The Federal Trade Commission, of all entities, is out here writing absolute bangers about AI snake oil. www.ftc.gov/business-gui...

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This is cartoonishly villainous. Just unspeakably evil.

Reuters: The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public.

Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to incite fear of China vaccineswww.reuters.com The covert effort began under Trump and continued into Biden’s presidency, Reuters found. Health experts say it endangered lives for possible geopolitical gain.

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There has not been some massive regulatory overhaul under Biden, or any wild attack on capitalism. But many business leaders have convinced themselves that the status quo is socialism, justifying their support for an authoritarian.

The capitalist consolidation behind Trump is producing some wild quotes. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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*standing at 5’3* fuck it, we small

*dueling with someone at dawn* fuck it, we brawl

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Excellent story! And, Sarah Jackson, gives us a desperately needed historical perspective.

Ok, great lesson for academics doing media. I told this journalist (who is lovely!) my concerns about AI and the ways AI is linked to mis/disinformation and deprives artist-activists work. That didn’t make the story. The frame is not focused on AI and editorial decisions were made! It happens!

Why the ‘All Eyes on Rafah' is Going Viral on Social Mediatime.com Nearly 45 million Instagram users have shared an AI-generated image of tent camps and a slogan “all eyes on Rafah."

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Massachusetts recently eliminated the exorbitant charges that incarcerated people and their families encounter just trying to stay in touch with each other. “Children deserve to hear ‘I love you’ whether or not their parent can afford a phone call.”

Massachusetts Is Making Communications Free for Incarcerated Peopleboltsmag.org The reform would eliminate the exorbitant charges people face to keep in touch with loved ones in jail and prison, removing a heavy financial burden for thousands.

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Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks. @violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost. covid-long.com

Johns Hopkins COVID Long Studycovid-long.com The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is conducting research about the COVID-19 pandemic. Participate in this one-time, 10-15 minute survey.

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Libraries and librarians are under attack in so many place in so many ways and I wanted to do something, so I made this image in support of them. You can download it or print it up to let folks know you support your libraries! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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The Massachusetts "millionaires tax" has vastly surpassed projections, bringing in more than $1.8 billion in revenue so far this fiscal year — with the prospect of a surplus of hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on transportation and education

State’s ‘millionaires tax’ has already generated $1.8 billion this year, blowing past state projections - The Boston Globewww.bostonglobe.com The estimated haul is already $800 million more than what Governor Maura Healey and state lawmakers planned to spend from its revenue in fiscal year 2024.

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Just going to leave this here since many won't bother to read.

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The cat design was created by Vera Zvereva, art director at Depot, using her own cat Brunhilde as inspiration. Milgrad Milk, Bryansk Dairy

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I can't believe that not only are the crew of this ship still confined to the ship *because they don't have visas* but they've also had their phones confiscated so they can't be in touch with family

Crew trapped on Baltimore ship, seven weeks after bridge collapsewww.bbc.com Morale is low for the Dali's crew members, who are stranded on board by the ongoing investigation into the tragedy.

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Army Officer Resigns in Protest of ‘Unqualified’ U.S. Support to Israelwww.nytimes.com While assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Maj. Harrison Mann said he was enabling policies that violated his conscience.

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"On May 21, 2024, Brooklyn Public Library will testify before the NYC Council’s Cultural Affairs and Libraries Committee at the FY25 Executive Budget Hearing. Libraries are currently facing $58.3 million dollars in budget cuts." Share your testimony about why libraries matter to you!

Stop Library Budget Cuts! | Brooklyn Public Librarywww.bklynlibrary.org

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If you used to think that most people were brave, I hope that this current historical moment has disabused you of this idea. The vast majority of people are in fact not brave.