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THREAD: The assassinations in Minnesota highlight a dirty secret hardly ever mentioned in the news: U.S. has 1.1 million private police officers. There is an unprecedented footprint of privately organized violence that is doing all sorts of things most people have no idea about.

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Trumpism proceeds by the successive breaking of taboos. Each time a new one is broken, the previous one is normalized, made to look not so bad by comparison. The cuffing of Padilla was a red-line moment. https://trib.al/3sHPGLT

submitted 4 hours ago • 19 comments

But yowza, no hat needed with that gown and yet another new hairstyle on Claire at the gathering. #CrackUp #TCMParty #NoirAlley

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Artists canNOT get a break in this one, from society types or from an average Joe pushing a broom! #CrackUp #TCMParty #NoirAlley

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Herbert Marshall picked a fine day to lecture us on Americans and the police. He didn’t quite break the fourth wall, I guess. #CrackUp #TCMParty #NoirAlley

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Someone noted earlier… Claire’s hats are going to send us over the edge tonight, if the Sumerian pottery she wore to dinner is any indication. #CrackUp #TCMParty #NoirAlley

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

We got a scene worthy of Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy with that slap at modern art. Ernie apparently hated the stuff and parodied it regularly in the strip. #CrackUp #TCMParty #NoirAlley

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Amazingly, the #NewYorkTimes has been trying to catch up with the #AI #ethics convo already well in progress at the Guardian, WIRED, 404, The Intercept, Fast Company... I wonder what got their attention?

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Turns out it's harder NOT to do lifelogging. I just did some in-country travel and pretty sure there's a complete trail of my movements and everywhere I ate.

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The Aussies come through with the goods AGAIN. #SocialMedia #chat #profanity #research #ThanksMonash

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This will be fun* on campuses in the fall. There will be isolated students who find chat buddies in #AI. *I mean real trouble for campus health officials, deans of students/student life, etc. etc.

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Newsom has had a good week, but isn't it just this week? Things to watch: Will he "revert to type" with his upcoming podcast guests? What will he sign or veto in the next few months? Etc. etc. I know it's work, but Californians know by now not to blink on him.

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NEW: The CBP confirmed to @404media.co that it has been flying Predator drones over LA amid the protests. These Predator B drones are military-caliber UAVs used for aerial reconnaissance that can be armed. It further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters. More here:

submitted 2 days ago • 78 comments

Twitter/X lovers don't have a support algorithm for fascism here. Being over there just isn't enough #SocialMedia for them. Same for education, BTW. "New College of Florida" and "University of Austin" aren't good enough, they gotta sack and pillage all #HigherEd.

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SIX?? 😅 I panic when two interlibrary loans or holds show up. Sometimes the audiobook option is the only road to freedom in a #TBR #tsundoku universe. 🎧 #reading

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: The head of FEMA's storm response center has resigned amid a leadership exodus at the agency.

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

Umberto Eco wrote a children's picture book! In "The Three Astronauts," explorers from America, China, and Russia travel to Mars and meet a Martian. At first the astronauts distrust each other and the alien, but they learn to recognize each other's emotions in common. 💙📚🪐 #kidlit #bookreview

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

NEW: We investigated several stories of people who spiraled into severe, life-altering mental health crises after developing all-consuming obsessions with ChatGPT. Screenshots we reviewed show the AI directly engaging with and supporting user delusions + conspiracies. futurism.com/chatgpt-ment...

submitted 5 days ago • 69 comments

TIL that Diego Luna was a Zapatista??? BRO

submitted 4 days ago • 64 comments

I wouldn’t even argue that this needs fixing

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

given how online the white house is, at what point do they suggest locking up the kardashians

submitted 4 days ago • 34 comments

The idea that the progressive left used the internet to bully institutions into accepting unpopular, far-left positions is the exact opposite of what has actually happened. The alt-right used the internet for ideological capture and they are now in the White House bragging about it daily

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Don’t let it stop you though 😅

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👀

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JUST IN: Two ballot measures to protect public libraries from the conservative city council in Huntington Beach are both ahead by very wide margins. Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39. Measure to bar privatization up 63/37. That's already with 51K+ ballots counted. Context:

submitted 4 days ago • 26 comments

I don’t always QP Parker Molloy, but when I do, it’s to cite Charles Brooks as the editorial cartoonist instead of just not providing a credit. (The point of pulling up this item time and again, to note the range of public opinion on MLK in 1967, isn’t a bad one.)

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#Apple #Mac #Sherlocked (If you see this while searching for Cumberbatch or Rathbone, it’s the imprecision in your search tool)

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I see your Space:1999, and raise you UFO and its amazing opening tunes and editing: youtu.be/1qDy4OMAkgY?...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

youtu.be/EL-D9LrFJd4?...

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If you see this, quote this post with a show with an awesome theme song. youtu.be/1bskD5Lddfo?...

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Went down a little differently in #SantaCruz than in DC #BLM www.kazu.org/kazu-news/20...

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Coolest non-L.A. item of day right here. #slang

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I have represented hundreds of Uber drivers over the years Many of them are on Medicaid because they simply don’t make all that much money This CEO is going after his own workers

THREAD: The assassinations in Minnesota highlight a dirty secret hardly ever mentioned in the news: U.S. has 1.1 million private police officers. There is an unprecedented footprint of privately organized violence that is doing all sorts of things most people have no idea about.

Trumpism proceeds by the successive breaking of taboos. Each time a new one is broken, the previous one is normalized, made to look not so bad by comparison. The cuffing of Padilla was a red-line moment. https://trib.al/3sHPGLT

But yowza, no hat needed with that gown and yet another new hairstyle on Claire at the gathering. #CrackUp #TCMParty #NoirAlley

Artists canNOT get a break in this one, from society types or from an average Joe pushing a broom! #CrackUp #TCMParty #NoirAlley

Herbert Marshall picked a fine day to lecture us on Americans and the police. He didn’t quite break the fourth wall, I guess. #CrackUp #TCMParty #NoirAlley

Someone noted earlier… Claire’s hats are going to send us over the edge tonight, if the Sumerian pottery she wore to dinner is any indication. #CrackUp #TCMParty #NoirAlley

We got a scene worthy of Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy with that slap at modern art. Ernie apparently hated the stuff and parodied it regularly in the strip. #CrackUp #TCMParty #NoirAlley

Amazingly, the #NewYorkTimes has been trying to catch up with the #AI #ethics convo already well in progress at the Guardian, WIRED, 404, The Intercept, Fast Company... I wonder what got their attention?

Turns out it's harder NOT to do lifelogging. I just did some in-country travel and pretty sure there's a complete trail of my movements and everywhere I ate.

The Aussies come through with the goods AGAIN. #SocialMedia #chat #profanity #research #ThanksMonash

This will be fun* on campuses in the fall. There will be isolated students who find chat buddies in #AI. *I mean real trouble for campus health officials, deans of students/student life, etc. etc.

Newsom has had a good week, but isn't it just this week? Things to watch: Will he "revert to type" with his upcoming podcast guests? What will he sign or veto in the next few months? Etc. etc. I know it's work, but Californians know by now not to blink on him.

NEW: The CBP confirmed to @404media.co that it has been flying Predator drones over LA amid the protests. These Predator B drones are military-caliber UAVs used for aerial reconnaissance that can be armed. It further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters. More here:

Twitter/X lovers don't have a support algorithm for fascism here. Being over there just isn't enough #SocialMedia for them. Same for education, BTW. "New College of Florida" and "University of Austin" aren't good enough, they gotta sack and pillage all #HigherEd.

SIX?? 😅 I panic when two interlibrary loans or holds show up. Sometimes the audiobook option is the only road to freedom in a #TBR #tsundoku universe. 🎧 #reading

BREAKING: The head of FEMA's storm response center has resigned amid a leadership exodus at the agency.

NEW: We investigated several stories of people who spiraled into severe, life-altering mental health crises after developing all-consuming obsessions with ChatGPT. Screenshots we reviewed show the AI directly engaging with and supporting user delusions + conspiracies. futurism.com/chatgpt-ment...

TIL that Diego Luna was a Zapatista??? BRO

I wouldn’t even argue that this needs fixing

given how online the white house is, at what point do they suggest locking up the kardashians

The idea that the progressive left used the internet to bully institutions into accepting unpopular, far-left positions is the exact opposite of what has actually happened. The alt-right used the internet for ideological capture and they are now in the White House bragging about it daily

Don’t let it stop you though 😅

👀

JUST IN: Two ballot measures to protect public libraries from the conservative city council in Huntington Beach are both ahead by very wide margins. Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39. Measure to bar privatization up 63/37. That's already with 51K+ ballots counted. Context:

I don’t always QP Parker Molloy, but when I do, it’s to cite Charles Brooks as the editorial cartoonist instead of just not providing a credit. (The point of pulling up this item time and again, to note the range of public opinion on MLK in 1967, isn’t a bad one.)

#Apple #Mac #Sherlocked (If you see this while searching for Cumberbatch or Rathbone, it’s the imprecision in your search tool)

I see your Space:1999, and raise you UFO and its amazing opening tunes and editing: youtu.be/1qDy4OMAkgY?...

youtu.be/EL-D9LrFJd4?...

If you see this, quote this post with a show with an awesome theme song. youtu.be/1bskD5Lddfo?...

Went down a little differently in #SantaCruz than in DC #BLM www.kazu.org/kazu-news/20...

Coolest non-L.A. item of day right here. #slang

I have represented hundreds of Uber drivers over the years Many of them are on Medicaid because they simply don’t make all that much money This CEO is going after his own workers

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