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This is waste, fraud, and abuse. This could've & should've been done using Title IV hiring flexibilities as delineated by OPM. These four individuals should've have been issued OF69s/Civilian Mobilization orders. 1/

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See Inside Jane Austen’s Lively Literary Mind Through Letters, Line Edits and Locks of Hair: To celebrate the author's 250th birthday, a new exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City features… @SmithsonianMag #JaneAusten #Literature #BookExhibition #MorganLibrary #AuthorsBirthday

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For the second time this year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that the Trump administration violated the law by withholding approved Congressional funding for libraries, archives, and museums, directly violating 51-year-old legislation. www.gao.gov/products/b-3...

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“AI bots that scrape the internet for training data are hammering the servers of libraries, archives, museums, and galleries, and are in some cases knocking their collections offline, according to a new survey published today” www.404media.co/ai-scraping-...

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Census data says Los Angeles has 4 million total residents. A birther crypto scammer convicted of 34 felony fraud charges says the city harbors "Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens." For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to trust.

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Anyway HI dis is where Fiasco sits to watch Big Friend when her comes out of the water thing! :D Her says "HEY STOP BEIN A PREVERT YOU HORBLE CAT LET ME SHOWER ALONES" but it much much funnier dis way Best seat in the hosue

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We need a LAW that says: it only counts as resisting arrest if the police officer has shown you his badge. This is not hard. Police departments have warned the public not to stop for police cars when there is a rapist who masquerades as a cop. They can do this.

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Happy Tongue Out Tuesday! 😋 With everything going on in the world, sometimes you just need a little silliness to break through the noise. If my face brought even one person some joy, then it’s all been worth it. Now go try to spread joy wherever you go! 💕 #corgi #corgicrew #corgisky

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After nearly 4 years of pet insurance with Trupanion at great expense, with pretty much all of my claims for "preventative care" denied, I found out yesterday I could get a policy with MetLife that covers dental cleanings, vaccinations, and prescription meds for $60 less per month.

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We could all do with some wholesome trans content and this had me bawling: here’s the moment where Beth McCarthy gave a trans person a new name at her concert. 🎥 @Bethmaymcarthy on instagram

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I hate this explanation/apology trope in AI output. Gemini did not decide to demonstrate what the requested email might have looked like after realizing it couldn't find it. It generated a plausible-seeming output to the query because that's what it does.

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Trump’s attempts to dehumanize large segments of the American people in order to use military force against them fits the classic definition of “tyranny,” and right wing rhetoric using the phrase “third world” to justify it is no accident (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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A Sun-Drenched Greenery-Filled Home in the Heart of East London

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Another gift link to an insane story. Read how one of Musk's minions confused the claim that 40% of fraudsters try to redirect payments via phone calls with the claim that 40% of phone calls are by fraudsters. Watch in amazement as the guy DOGE puts in charge of SS compares himself to Schindler. 😳

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Fletcher is always ready to lend an ear! Bat-eared foxes can rotate each ear independently, which helps them pinpoint the source and direction of sounds. 🔊💨👂 📷: Zookeeper Emily

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“MeToo went too far!” was the rallying cry in elite opinion and polite society basically the minute #MeToo became a thing. And eight years later, the few prominent “victims” of MeToo who we’ve been told had their lives irrevocably destroyed by the cancel mob are back without ever showing contrition.

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THE CONFEDERATE IRONCLAD (1912) showcases the typical Hollywood approach to the Civil War: it's an at-times chummy rivalry, often with romance between the two sides, and the reasons for the conflict completely obscured.

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Here's what I had to say about this at Miami University last week. Am working on getting this talk published soon. tinyurl.com/ydtx6sbd

submitted 62 days ago • 4 comments

New Murderbot article from the LA Times: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Don’t bug me I’m resting on Dade’s pillow.

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What they are saying: Make America Healthy Again What they are doing: - Removing millions from healthcare access - Restricting vaccine access - Slashing the budget for medical research in half

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Masks are under serious threat at being banned widely due to politicization. This would be a public health disaster. If you are only wearing a mask at protests, please consider also wearing them elsewhere. The more people mask, the more we normalize masks and protect them against bans.

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An examination of the consequences of abortion restrictions. A study to test a protocol to prevent HIV transmission. An investigation into why LGBTQ+ adults are dying by suicide. This is the scientific research being lost as Trump cuts NIH funding.

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Gatekeeping protesting is the funniest fucking shit

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Also: these "alt" fake government accounts have definitely dabbled in Q-adjacent conspiracy fodder posts, skeeting shit like a series of numbers, followed by "please ignore." What the fuck even FOR, fuck outta here with that shit. Whoever's running these accounts are grifter assholes.

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next level pattern matching IG salve.studios

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Kinda wild that we all get to pay taxes to fund a civil war against us

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All of this, and among the reasons that AI pushers consider the falsehoods acceptable: it is baked into the technology. There is no fix. The choice is accepting falsehood or rejecting the technology, and they have all their chips on forcing acceptance for the technology.

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The thief has been found! His name is Guðmundur Pedro and Nettó gave him a bag full of dried fish.

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The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.

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The contrast between the sad showing at Trump's birthday parade yesterday and the many vibrant and active protests across the nation reinforces what many polls have been showing, that Trump's policies are enormously unpopular. Attending a protest allows that to sink in to our feelings. 1/

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The new kitten, Mo, in training for an Everest ascent:

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We want healthy local food in public schools. Here’s why we have killed all the farm-to-cafeteria programs and bankrupted local farmers. by RFK Jr and Linda McMahon

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(1/X) I wanted to do a quick thing about something I've noticed a lot here. Ostensibly anti-Trump centrists gloating over how Trump is screwing liberal/left institutions for being too extremist, even as they say they don't approve of what Trump is doing...

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When WSJ hires a Marxist columnist I’ll listen to them about ideological diversity.

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Yesterday I joined @maindivisible.bsky.social to say: No kings. No dictators. No going back. Together we march for trans rights, lgbtq+ joy, and the protection of democracy. Pride is protest—and Massachusetts has always and will continue to lead the fight.

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ChatGPT has become the ubiquitious example of AI folly in part because it's the mode that shipped sloppiest, but the problem is all models are basically variations on "can we trust drivers to pilot a car with no breaks" and OpenAI said "sure why would that be dangerous"

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In case there’s a test - the Kings I recognize: BB, Carole, Billie Jean, Don, Rodney, Regina, Albert, Stephen, Nat, MLK, King Floyd, King Crimson, King Kong, and the King cakes of Louisiana. :)

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