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The problem with automating (AI-ing) jobs isn’t just that the tech is usually not fit-for-purpose. The problem is when you remove human discretion from a process you are effectively centralizing and obscuring decision-making and creating an attack vector for authoritarian abuse.

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

They're going after one of the core childhood dream careers (aka firefighter, teacher, astronaut, MAIL CARRIER) and people are going to get mad. NON PARTISAN people are going to get mad.

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

Wherein Elon says the quiet, corrupt part out loud: He intends to steal the private IRS data of his political enemies. How soon before he does the same to his economic competitors? Or you?

submitted 116 days ago • 669 comments

🚨 Your House representative is now back home through February 23. That’s where we come in. With Trump and Elon Musk pulling off a billionaire coup in real time, this congressional recess is about turning up the heat like never before. Let’s get to work: indivisi.org/muskorus

submitted 119 days ago • 145 comments

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges. This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.

submitted 121 days ago • 1725 comments

Just did it myself. Just because.

submitted 122 days ago • 213 comments

Very dark times ahead, and Americans are not waking up fast enough (TLDR: stopping the dismantling of our government will almost surely require civilian bodies lying in front of tanks): How to Stop the Dismantling of Our Government www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-sto...

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

An empowering read from Robert Reich: What you can do open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

"I actually believe in the idea of America and that the vast majority of us believe in the best upside of what this country is capable of....So we can fight and we can win. We just have to fight." <3 Repel Elon Musk’s Invasion of America www.oliverexplains.com/p/repel-elon...

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

submitted 133 days ago • 356 comments

Companies that donated to the Orange Cockwombel’s campaign. Hit them where it hurts. Their pockets. Wendy’s McDonald's Chick-Fil-A Taco Bell Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs Molson Coors Miller Beers Coors Beers Home Depot U-Haul Revlon Sephora Chi Hair Care More 👇 www.stephens.edu/files/resour...

submitted 216 days ago • 783 comments

Whelp, since we have no societal norms anymore, I'm gonna go ahead and listen to Christmas music today.

submitted 215 days ago • 0 comments

To everyone I know, show up & get 5 friends. Let's aim for 250K people "The demonstration, dubbed the “People’s March on Washington,” is scheduled for Jan. 18, two days before the inauguration. It is being organized by leading civil rights, racial justice and reproductive health orgs" (gift link)

submitted 218 days ago • 11 comments