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As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

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More and more people pointing to distinctions between the Trump/Musk gov’t and a fascist regime—true, not fully there yet—as a way of avoiding plain evidence, long on the table, that this is a fascist movement. Not fully consolidated. I believe we need to name it to stop it from getting there.

submitted 3 hours ago • 7 comments

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submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

AP could have been cowardly and rolled over for Trump. “We had to comply or we’d lose [funding/access/privileges]” like so many orgs are doing. It would have been easy for them to say “gulf of America” But it never stops there. They got the memo. Good job AP.

submitted 1 day ago • 29 comments

In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years. Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.

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I love how the Dems have not done anything and they're still getting investigated. Almost like trying to appease fascists never works!!!

submitted 4 days ago • 33 comments

Day 12 of movement as resistance. Bringing you some shoulder relief, friends. Grab a yoga belt or the belt you wear and get stretching. youtu.be/qpmaHMU0OhQ?...

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On DEIA in the military and why we need it: “Diversity and Inclusion impact readiness. When we breed a culture of hate and division, we are not a ready force.” Read the whole piece here: open.substack.com/pub/whatmove...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.

submitted 4 days ago • 1053 comments

If anyone needs me, I’ll be in my mind palace.

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

I wrote about managing overwhelm during these times and about practices that can help us regulate our emotions on our own and in our organizing groups.

submitted 10 days ago • 25 comments

Presented without comment. www.ft.com/content/a7c9...

submitted 8 days ago • 584 comments

I think some people, including on campuses, are unwilling to confess what's happening. They thought the HR version of DEI was silly. So they've railed against it at times. So they feel awkward speaking up. But Trump isn't ending DEi. He's overseeing the full scale resegregation of American society.

submitted 7 days ago • 6 comments

"We always [at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service] felt the name 'Do-Not-Pay' was something of a misnomer. It was a data verification service to help determine payment eligibility" www.crisesnotes.com/i-asked-form...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners

submitted 11 days ago • 19 comments

Targeting trans people, Black people, immigrants etc is not a “distraction” from fascism, it IS fascism. It lives in complementary relationship to destroying democracy, because democracy is inherently about participation of minorities.

submitted 8 days ago • 12 comments

Telling average citizens to only call Republican reps instead of their own Dem reps, is as passive-aggressive as Thoughts and Prayers. It's a bad faith brush off.

submitted 11 days ago • 42 comments

You break it, you bought it. #MurdochJournal

submitted 13 days ago • 19 comments

If you’re in line to sack Patrick Mahomes, STAY IN LINE

submitted 13 days ago • 69 comments

An answer to the question circulating this week about whether to use US flags at protests

submitted 13 days ago • 35 comments

Self care is part of resistance.

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

I don't know how to say this beyond standing up to authority is a muscle and some of you have never exercised it

submitted 16 days ago • 39 comments

Slowing down from real time investigative work but one of my sources confirmed this @wired.com's report yesterday: "BFS is treating Marko's resignation as a cybersecurity breach. The cyber teams are working overtime to analyze the forensic artifacts Marko left behind and determine what he saw/did."

submitted 15 days ago • 32 comments

Instead of letting people work from home, why not turn them into serfs?

submitted 16 days ago • 57 comments

On an earnings call, the CEO of Palantir talked openly about killing “enemies,” then added, “I’m sure you’re enjoying this as much as I am!” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 16 days ago • 89 comments

What if, and I'm just spitballing here, it's NOT a distraction from something else? What if NONE of it is a distraction, but their actual agenda?

submitted 16 days ago • 115 comments

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

submitted 17 days ago • 145 comments

I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons

submitted 17 days ago • 1765 comments

I see some of you saying that the Democrats warned that all of this would happen with Tr*mp 2 and let's say you're right/correct. Why then were they not prepared to counter from day 1 when he won? Why are they so ineffective? Why should people entrust them with power in the future?

submitted 18 days ago • 119 comments

In terms of how empires fall stories turning the whole thing over to a ketamine addled tech baron and a band of incel teens is probably one of the most pathetic options

submitted 18 days ago • 233 comments

New from 404 Media: Low quality books that appear to be AI generated are making their way into public libraries, forcing librarians to sort through a functionally infinite number of books to determine what is written by humans and what is generated by AI. www.404media.co/ai-generated...

submitted 19 days ago • 35 comments

seeing takes about the aid institutions and their role in imperialism. correct. If someone said "investor-owned hospitals exploit the vulnerable to benefit shareholders" I'd nod. If their followup was "and that's why I'm turning off your mom's dialysis machine" I'd...have some followup questions

submitted 20 days ago • 25 comments

Dude still got hit with tariffs on the iPhone

submitted 20 days ago • 65 comments

I said I would do this last night but I was too tired so lets do it today. A few caveats - not saying this list is exhaustive, it's just a good place to start. It's also not in chronological order because I'm a chaos gremlin

submitted 21 days ago • 19 comments

The first rule of frame warfare: do not use your opponent's frames.

submitted 27 days ago • 24 comments

Scientists Who Found Mysterious ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor Plan a New Expedition, Hoping to Settle Disputes

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

What are you reading this weekend?

submitted 29 days ago • 112 comments

Developer creates infinite maze that traps AI training bots 🔗 www.404media.co/developer-cr...

submitted 31 days ago • 73 comments