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NEW — House Republicans are putting the brakes on town halls after blowback over the Trump administration's cuts. One GOP aide said House Republican leaders are urging lawmakers to stop engaging in them altogether. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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Yes we are.

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President Trump is simultaneously increasing consumer prices by imposing tariffs and increasing unemployment by canceling Federal contracts and laying off workers. We’re headed straight for painful stagflation.

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going back in time to tell myself this image is going to end the human race

submitted 11 days ago • 184 comments

The Oregon Trail generation speaks

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Michigan’s superintendent says Trump’s ‘equity ideology’ executive order won’t change state policy https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/02/14/michigan-superintendent-says-trump-executive-order-wont-change-state-policy/

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It bears repeated mention that SpaceX’s revenue is largely Federal contracts and that Tesla’s most profitable revenue stream isn’t vehicles; it’s selling carbon credits which were created by statute. Elon Musk’s hostility towards government seems incongruous with key sources of his vast fortune.

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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.

submitted 23 days ago • 1037 comments

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

submitted 23 days ago • 820 comments

Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.

submitted 23 days ago • 240 comments

I guess the President thought the best way to deal with the price of eggs is to make bacon and maple syrup more expensive too. 🥓🍁

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Anyone? Anyone? youtu.be/yuOHbyuanbY?...

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“Rules. Without them, we live with the animals.” – Winston, John Wick Chapter 2

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"Well, it must've been a minority's fault" is just pure uncut racism.

submitted 26 days ago • 179 comments

OpenAI right now

submitted 27 days ago • 303 comments

In 2004, a core part of George W. Bush’s reelection campaign was demagoguing gays. By 2012, voters began to pass state-level referenda making it legal for gays to marry. By 2020, a Conservative-majority SCOTUS decided Bostock 6-3 to protect LGBTQ+ from workplace discrimination. History ain’t over.

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Holy moly. I'm trying to write an academic paper, and nearly every application I'm using is not only offering Generative AI as an option for writing, but pushing it -- pervading the design to the point where a simple misclick would make my content AI-generated. Here's why that's a problem. 🧵

submitted 29 days ago • 31 comments

#deepseek #tiktokban

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Apropos of a co-panelist's remarks today: If you're asking how do we get people to trust this technology, you're asking the wrong question. Should be: How do we build technology that is trustworthy & sufficiently transparent so people can make informed decisions abt when to trust it.

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

You won't believe this. My team and I make this show called SciShow that works hard to be rigorous and accurate while also being appealing and entertaining. We reach a LOT of people every year with episodes about crabs and neutrinos and gender and cancer and vaccines. It's great, I love it.

submitted 34 days ago • 432 comments

“The lawsuit was filed in the San Jose, California, federal court on behalf of LinkedIn Premium customers who sent or received InMail messages, and whose private information was disclosed to third parties for AI training before Sept. 18.”

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sojo.net/22-bible-ver...

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In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing." The state then paid $6,200 a month to house her kids in foster care. One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:

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Just a reminder that your local library has more than books! Many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, internet hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and so much more! Maybe it's time for a visit! ❤️📚

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#kidlit friends, help. There was a pb that came out within the last 10 years about a girl who wants to play “queen” and dictates everything that happens to everyone and there’s a scene where she’s on a balcony giving a speech and they all just decide not to play with her any more?

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What if every time we invite students to ask a chatbot a question, we suggest they request three incompatible answers? That should discourage trust in any one plausible response. Here, I get three conflicting answers on whether the California bay laurel is toxic: chatgpt.com/share/675394...

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“HIRE A THEATER KID!” www.instagram.com/reel/C9FhTU6...

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A piece I wrote about the state of the institutional #edtech market got published by EdTech Digest. #education #technology www.edtechdigest.com/2024/11/25/t...

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People will come, Ray…

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