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2024-10-18 14:41:50

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"I regret that it has taken me so long to go public.”
It did take an AWFULLY long time!

2024-09-11 04:09:42

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Thinking about abortion and electoral policy, one thing I’ve been considering lately is that Americans had a *long* time to get used to Roe guidelines, that is unregulated abortion available to “viability" (23-24 weeks— 90+% happen *much* earlier)
We got used to those federal guidelines for *50 years* !
Once you poke at the Republicans’ actual beliefs, a *lot* of them — like Trump -- align with Roe v. Wade. They would certainly allow their kids to get early abortions

2024-09-11 04:02:05

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And this is probably the right way to do it. Understated social media post *during the debate* but very clear intent
She’s done it, she doesn’t really need to do more, it’s not a distraction, and it can’t hurt!

2024-09-11 03:59:15

Well this is good news
Trump posted those fake TS endorsements a few weeks ago
I am a deliberate person myself, so I should not complain, but damn that took long enough! :D
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/10/24241538/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris-donald-trump-ai-endorsement-deepfake
#TaylorSwift #KamalaHarris

2024-09-11 03:56:24

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They have a very big staff. They have people who could rewrite these with new language. It’s not a huge lift — I could do it in a day or two and they are better than me
It’s an indication of competency for me, but I could be unusual in that regard

2024-09-11 03:55:19

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I think it’s worth a rewrite in “her own words” even if the policy is identical

2024-09-04 14:26:33

I am literally the only person at work right now during a fire drill
Sitting around outside all alone
Oh wait, here comes an Apple worker
Yeah, we can’t go inside. Yeah, fire drill
#TrueStory

2024-08-16 16:30:27

I’m curious what Burners think about this quote:
> “It’s literally ticket gouging, just from the buyer’s end,”
From:
https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/15/burning-man-tickets-resale-low-prices/
"Ticket gouging from the buyer’s end" does not seem like a real thing to me
It seems in the spirit of (old?) Burning Man to get in for as cheap as you can (free is best)
If I were able to go, I would have offered $200
(And now I’m seriously thinking about trying to find a cheap or free ticket (and a ride) right before the week starts…)
#BurningMan

2024-08-15 19:01:48

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I’m always somewhat amazed when anyone is held accountable for that sort of despicable behavior. I think it happens a lot and isn’t reported b/c no one expects anyone to be held accountable. Good news

2024-08-13 21:38:15

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>> Trump is much more dangerous in 2024 than in 2020
I think that is false. Despite the heightened rhetoric, he’s no longer the president. That’s a big deal
And if he loses, all the potential pardons go out the window. I have a hard time imagining he can get as many people in 2024/2025 as he did on Jan. 6, 2021

2024-08-08 15:07:17

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>> Musk’s posts can rack up “tens of millions” of views in a day, whereas election officials might only get 1,000 to 2,000 views in that same period
What’s amazing is that these officials and government agencies are still active on Twitter! They’re supporting him 😞

2024-08-08 00:23:38

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http://archive.is/qVHXQ
Money quote would be:
>> “They’re going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do,” Trump said in the speech

2024-08-08 00:05:26

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Not just her, the entire Biden/Harris campaign team. It’s the same team Biden had, and they’ve pivoted almost flawlessly

2024-08-07 22:56:36

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I agree with your policy, partly for the practical difficulties of trying to detect “AI generated” text — we can’t really do it now, and it probably will only get harder — and partly because the work *is* the thing (as you mention)
I’d probably have a similar policy, but wouldn’t suggest using AI tools at all (aside from spelling and grammar checks)

2024-08-07 22:35:36

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Brief coverage so far, but here is the Reuters report mentioned:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/delta-passengers-sue-airline-refusing-refunds-after-computer-outage-2024-08-07/

2024-08-07 22:23:43

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>> Few people agree on what AGI is to begin with—never mind achieving it ... Without a consensus it can be difficult to interpret announcements about AGI or claims about its risks and benefits. Meanwhile, though, the term is popping up with increasing frequency in press releases, interviews and computer science papers.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-does-artificial-general-intelligence-actually-mean/
Archived link:
http://archive.is/FV66h

2024-08-07 20:09:19

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How is “AGI” defined? How will we know when it is achieved?
I have never heard a straight answer
"highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work” could be robots on an assembly line

2024-08-07 19:43:17

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Exactly. Someone convicted for a crime — say illegal drug possession, for example — should have a vote in whether or not that law that put them in prison should be changed

2024-08-07 19:32:30

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It’s an interesting concept because yeah, it seems like it should be very politically neutral — just like any sort of medicine
I think there’s an element of fascist purity in the rejection of vaccines, i.e. humans who are strong enough to survive these diseases shouldn’t have to protect the vulnerable (e.g. chicken pox) — COVID-19 aggravated that quite a bit
The politics of dehumanization:
https://wiisglobal.org/the-politics-of-fear-right-wing-anti-gender-and-anti-vaccination-narratives/

2024-08-07 19:26:28

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I think it’s more than a failing education system
Was public education that much better in 2001? I don’t think so
"Overall, only 40 percent of Americans now say it is extremely important for parents to vaccinate their children, down from 58 percent in 2019 and 64 percent in 2001”
It’s misinformation/redpilling/blackpilling that’s causing the change, and many *doctors*, lawyers and highly educated people have been captured by it

2024-08-07 14:55:49

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Thanks! I gave up on anything Facebook-related long before it was Meta …;)
The search doesn’t work for me, but just pasting the account name after the imginn domain works great. That makes it simple to set up keyword-based browser shortcut

2024-08-07 14:20:15

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I’m always boggled when I have to go to an IG page, copy the link for the post I want to see, then paste it into the browser address bar 🥴

2024-08-07 01:50:01

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Yep.
https://www.wired.com/story/dex-pig-slaughterhouse-gas-chambers-videos/
I have mixed feelings about the photo as well, but I probably wouldn’t have gone there, lol

2024-08-07 01:40:14

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Yeah, you’re right. It doesn’t make sense. But that’s still the answer — he just messed up the delivery
I went and checked his Twitter feed and he has more retweets after that saying that Harris is part of the Democratic Party’s “Hamas/Hezbollah wing” and was appeasing “anti-Jewish bigots"

2024-08-06 23:09:44

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He’s trying to imply that Kamala Harris is antisemitic

2024-08-06 23:08:52

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“Please like” 🥺

2024-08-06 20:08:25

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Totally. “Inaccuracies” or “False statements” would be better terms, imo
Gen AI programs aren't just making up “hallucinations,” they’re making up *everything* and hoping that probabilities prove them true
I don’t think computers will have the ability to fact check *everything* any time soon, but they will definitely throw enough $$$ at companies to try

2024-08-06 19:49:29

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If I were the CBS copy editor, I’d put “online” before “calls” in this headline here
“civil war online” seems like a counterweight to “calls for violence” — two different things
“online calls for violence and civil war” is much stronger and more accurate

2024-08-06 19:01:33

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I might read it to see how “good” AI could write a story, but I don’t have any interest in a story without a human author (at least not yet)
There are tons of AI-written stories online. I haven’t found any (at least not yet) that have pulled me in to want to read more after the start
Here’s a rather long example:
https://robotlit.com/post/717956168948023296/the-electric-sea-an-ai-generated-experiment
Even that one is edited by a human at least a little. I’d be skeptical of anyone claiming “written entirely by AI"

2024-08-06 17:58:26

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Tremendously unserious person.
He literally told advertisers, “I hope they stop. Don’t advertise” and then, "Go fuck yourself. Is that clear? I hope it is.”
It *seems* like that should be pretty strong evidence in any lawsuit 🤷🏼

2024-08-06 02:36:58

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Such an easy fix for “hallucinations” — just tell them not to do it. Problem solved!
I’m beginning to think that there’s no differentiating hallucinations from accurate statements

2024-08-05 21:39:39

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>> what he was really saying is that it can be really hard to be a parent in this country
I wonder how embarrassed she feels or nah
I’m just holding my breath waiting for the world’s most popular childless cat lady to chime in ...
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/911/575/681/628/304/original/429e9b2de964844a.mp4

2024-08-05 21:33:19

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I would agree that both political parties carry water for capitalism and the military, but there are some major, major differences
For one, the antitrust thing:
https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2021/11/antitrust-enforcement/
Today’s ruling is only one part of it. It’s a big reason why Big Tech leadership is throwing their weight behind Trump

2024-08-05 21:31:06

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I really thought we would get that admission a LONG time ago, but I’m glad to hear it now

2024-08-02 18:37:05

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Bombshell story that's getting far less attention than it deserves

2024-08-02 18:32:38

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and not just comics creators. a lot of folks are very disappointed 😞

2024-08-02 03:19:53

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It’s quite good, but in the realm of Beau Is Afraid — psychological anxiety-based horror
The problem is that it was marketed as a “hilarious comedy” so I was surprised when I picked it on a flight earlier this year.
A very good film, but 😬

2024-08-02 03:17:44

I’ve lost pretty much my entire set of trusted drivers in the past week, all at Aquatic Park, all cooked/overturned
- Champion Valkyrie on 1 (water) 😳
- Champion Eagle on 7 (water) (!) 😞
- Nucleus Crave caught high in big tree on 5 😥
- Nucleus Insanity on 12 (!), in bushes/tracks on the right (some cruising or whatever dude walked into same bushes right ahead of me, which was AWKWARD) 🤯
I loved throwing that Crave on anhyzer on 16 …
#DiscGolf #AquaticPark

2024-08-01 16:00:19

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Perfect analogy — can’t look away

2024-08-01 15:59:22

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Absolutely. It’s a very good movie (maybe great?), but I’m not sure I’d ever watch it again
Dream Scenario with Nicolas Cage is another one like that. Good film, but one of the existentially saddest movies I’ve ever seen

2024-08-01 02:43:16

I knew The Banshees of Inisherin would be bleak, but not quite like that. JFC. Slightly traumatized
#Movies
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/884/451/600/549/861/original/562f05e8479c0c21.jpg

2024-07-30 23:40:30

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One persistent piece of nutritional advice that never seems to fail is “eat more fruits and vegetables"

2024-07-30 21:59:39

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Almost seems like a parody/joke

2024-07-30 16:53:56

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Yeah, that’s quite a leap in logic
"areas with high human activity can serve as points of contact for transmission between humans and animals”
OK, but
"no evidence of COVID passing from animals to humans” != "people don't need to worry"

2024-07-30 02:35:23

To the person who privately messaged me Sunday, July 28, please write me back with a way to contact you. I’m sorry I didn’t respond sooner

2024-07-29 19:59:37

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Interesting how the article conflates “music listeners” with Spotify users
How much does Spotify dominate the music industry? either by a) % amount of music listening; or b) % amount of recorded music revenue
Now I’m curious. I’ll see if I can find out. Spotify definitely feels unsustainable

2024-07-29 16:59:11

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Yes, I agree it would be great if everyone abandoned Twitter/X and started their own instances on the Fediverse
Unfortunately, many governmental agencies are still strongly tied to Twitter for official announcements, as well as most mainstream news orgs

2024-07-29 15:39:11

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I definitely need to keep using Twitter for work, as do most reporters, I would suspect
Many stories still break there, and lots of people still make important statements there 🤷🏼
I also block 10-20 advertisers every time I visit. I don’t post. I’m not convinced I’m “giving them money"

2024-07-26 20:02:47

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It didn’t hurt him too much. 16 birdies, 2 pars

2024-07-26 20:01:36

Treasure Hunt at Zachary’s Grand Lake
Apparently, an art contest winner at Zachary’s hid a puzzle in a painting leading to 15 gift certificates
I thought it might be an Oakland treasure hunt, but I guess it’s online?
Only one certificate claimed so far
https://www.reddit.com/r/oakland/comments/1eal0hm/i_hid_a_treasure_hunt_in_a_painting_at_zacharys/
https://zacharys.com/treasure-hunt-at-zacharys-grand-lake/
#Oakland #Zacharys #Pizza #TreasureHunt

2024-07-26 15:16:12

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lol, nvm, I jinxed him

2024-07-26 15:13:49

There could be something special brewing in the disc golf world right now in Tallinn, Estonia
Ricky Wysocki’s 9 under after 9 holes and looking like he just might get ‘em all
https://www.pdga.com/apps/tournament/live/event?eventId=78197&view=Scores&division=MPO&round=1
#DiscGolf #Tallinn #Estonia #PDGA

2024-07-26 14:23:19

Oxidants and free radicals might be good for us
Clickbaity headline but an interesting read on “mitohormesis”
https://nautil.us/fruits-and-vegetables-are-trying-to-kill-you-234982/
#Nutrition #Diet #Science #Research #Health

2024-07-26 00:59:10

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Could you put out a statement on your site that debunks the narrative?
As usual, it’s just the headline that’s inflammatory — no one reads the article
The NY Post actually seems to give most of the important context down below

2024-07-26 00:52:02

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That’s a very tough question, “the point” of having kids
Sometimes with the best intentions and hard work at creating the parent-child relationship, you don’t get it. And it’s not always anyone’s fault. (See my parents for an example)
You can always love and support kids, however, no matter the closeness of the relationship. And god bless my parents
Parents nurture new humans, one way or another. I think that’s the only thing we all have in common

2024-07-26 00:41:09

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My first choice would be Beshear, but Walz would be second
He has great political instincts
Also need a tall White man as VP here, my cynical self says

2024-07-26 00:36:26

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he seems to be on Mastodon at @npub1mcn…gzj6 but not active.. :(
https://x.com/Brandon_Warne/status/1816540448489628080

2024-07-26 00:31:49

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China is much more focused on a sustainable energy plan
AI is not a sustainable energy plan
I won’t make apologies for a murderous, authoritarian regime, but this would be the modern equivalent of trains running on time
https://electrek.co/2024/07/16/china-on-track-to-reach-clean-energy-targets-six-years-ahead-of-schedule/
(I had not considered the censorship aspect, and that’s another whole ball of wax that is probably a very important factor)

2024-07-26 00:29:13

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My (boring) guess is that’s it's some sort of internal testing where they do something weird for 1% of users. Google does it all the time. Twitter used to

2024-07-26 00:26:08

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As someone deeply involved in the issue, I have to avoid the whole story because it’s heartbreaking and echoed by many relationships with parents right now :(

2024-07-26 00:24:51

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Sorry to hijack your post
I liked your article. I think the notion of content bubbles is really interesting (both good and bad — I don’t miss the 1980s)
The connection between information model collapse via eating your own output is interesting, and Qanon was an insightful comparison
Short answer is that I was mostly referring to the AI analysis of the poem here:
https://allpoetry.com/All-Watched-Over-By-Machines-Of-Loving-Grace
But I did like your analysis :)

2024-07-26 00:21:42

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(Although I guess if it saves the planet for the rest of the animals, eliminating humans seems like a fair bargain)

2024-07-26 00:20:31

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There’s a good reason he uses “mammals"

2024-07-26 00:19:39

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The AI analysis somehow omits the major motif that the humans are missing
Optimistic my ass

2024-07-26 00:18:14

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😭😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭
Please can I get off this ride?
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/849/913/153/914/625/original/68e939fc0fcae121.png

2024-07-26 00:15:16

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I like to think
(it has to be!)
of a cybernetic ecology
where we are free of our labors
and joined back to nature,
returned to our mammal
brothers and sisters,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.
- Richard Brautigan, 1967

2024-07-26 00:14:50

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I like to think (and
the sooner the better!)
of a cybernetic meadow
where mammals and computers
live together in mutually
programming harmony
like pure water
touching clear sky.
I like to think
(right now, please!)
of a cybernetic forest
filled with pines and electronics
where deer stroll peacefully
past computers
as if they were flowers
with spinning blossoms.

2024-07-25 20:22:54

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FWIW, they weren’t great (need more flavor) but still very fun
The dumplings from Sobo are much better
https://mas.to/@peterbutler/112498451897465903

2024-07-25 20:21:08

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That looks great. Thanks!
… and I was just in New York in May (for work) and stayed at Hotel Martinique which like is 1 block away. Dang
(I wasn’t with any other vegans, though. We went to Her Name Is Han, which has good vegan options. The place next door — Take 31 — had zero)

2024-07-25 19:01:59

Super excited. Vegan Korean food isn’t easy to find
#Vegan #KoreanFood #Bulgogi #Unlimeat
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/848/668/278/763/676/original/5dd70683ea46cbe9.jpg

2024-07-25 17:59:46

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What beats Towel?!?!?
https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/112/848/426/211/229/264/original/30a195e7cea7bbab.png

2024-07-25 17:51:17

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Climate change is obviously a factor, but so are austerity budget policies
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-alberta-had-one-of-the-best-wildfire-programs-in-the-world-budget-cuts/

2024-07-25 17:47:29

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Same with the Postal Service
And health care, housing, eduation, and food, while we’re at it 🤷🏼

2024-07-25 15:12:45

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The more I think about it, "hate but still use regularly nevertheless” describes the whole internet for me these days :(

2024-07-25 15:11:53

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(Do websites count? I don’t really use apps… I think of Flipboard as a website)
Seconding YouTube, but also Twitter — have to check it because major announcements and news still happen there

2024-07-25 05:03:55

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>> The incident comes a day after Typhoon Gaemi intensified seasonal monsoon rains, submerging large swathes of Metro Manila and its suburbs in deep floods
Yikes

2024-07-25 02:13:35

Jason Riley, Wall St. Journal, July 9, 2024:
"Kamala Harris Would Be the Best Democratic Choice”
https://archive.is/BesKB
Jason Riley, Wall St. Journal, July 24, 2024:
"Kamala Harris Isn’t the Change Democrats Need”
https://archive.is/MIZVQ
🙃
#WallStJournal #KamalaHarris #USPol #USPolitics

2024-07-25 00:06:18

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I struggled for a while between “drop and roll” and “hammertime”
But as stalwart Detroit Pistons fan I had to do my duty
(Please don’t hurt ‘em, Hammer)
and what, no votes for “dragging my heart around”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXMz-5D-TSo
#DetroitPistons #MCHammer

2024-07-24 23:26:52

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oh my. the hoods are off

2024-07-24 22:46:25

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As Riley notes, 6 weeks of pregnancy is from the last menstrual period, not conception
😡
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-six-weeks-pregnant-actually-means

2024-07-24 20:25:04

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hear hear!

2024-07-24 20:24:37

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They want to 25th amendment Biden *and* impeach Harris so that Mike Johnson becomes the president

2024-07-24 20:23:28

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Coming from Ogles, a proven liar:
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/businessman-economist-cop-international-sex-crimes-expert-the-stories-of-congressman-andy-ogles

2024-07-24 19:16:11

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There have been some takedowns, but primarily from leftist and socialist publications.
Sacramento Bee had one:
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article290167324.html
archived in case you’re paywalled:
http://archive.today/w5JlC

2024-07-24 18:07:06

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Absolutely delicious

2024-07-23 20:18:02

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That just might be a marketing/communications issue
https://www.alternet.org/heritage-right-wing/
The vast majority of people oppose fascism

2024-07-23 18:35:45

Does this mean no lagoon?
https://gizmodo.com/tech-billionaires-plans-for-a-new-city-in-california-may-be-dead-2000477824
#CaliforniaForever #California #Billionaires #ClimateChange #Water

2024-07-23 18:14:09

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No, mine were all sincere, seemingly legitimate Black men who were apparently new Republicans
When I checked back in a few hours, they were ALL gone and my feed was back to usual
The biggest ruse I’m seeing today is a lot of posts about how Kamala Harris is “not Black”

2024-07-23 18:12:26

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No, these seemed like very legit accounts with lots of followers
What’s interesting is that I checked back in a few hours and they were ALL gone. NONE — my feed was back to all the usual accounts that I get :NekoShrug:
(I don’t *think* that I blocked them all, but I might have)

2024-07-23 05:10:02

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It’s such an explicit media play by the Democrats that it will be very interesting to see what happens
I have no idea, which is exciting (as the $$$ media likes it) and terrifying (as $$$ the media likes it)

2024-07-23 05:07:43

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It would be very weird if she didn’t, especially since Biden did about as soon as it was possible
I hope she keeps the same or similar team, because Biden’s is good
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/02/potus-just-joined-the-fediverse-via-instagram-threads/

2024-07-23 05:04:48

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It’s a weird map to me — it looks like Evansville, IN (southwest) and Cincinnati, OH (northeast), but I would really suspect it’s Louisville, KY and Cincinnati
And then Chicago is either broken up into suburbs or that big blue blob hiding behind everything (same with Manhattan)

2024-07-23 04:26:05

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Wow. I realize it’s a short clip, but that was remarkably bad
Regardless of his ability to speak ad hoc, how can he not be prepared for that question?

2024-07-23 00:00:51

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The remarkable proportion of these takes in my feed — I’m not going to do actual research but it seemed like 50% of my feed — makes me think it’s more intentional promotion of certain accounts

2024-07-22 23:59:39

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I don’t doubt the possibility, but I have no info which way or the other on that
I do know that I’ve never seen any of them before, yet today is the day Twitter decided to start promoting them to me :ablobthinkingeyes:

2024-07-22 23:45:02

If you still have a burner Twitter account, go check out the “For You” feed
Mine is FULL of Black men explaining why no one should vote for Kamala Harris
It’s amazing. I check Twitter often for work, and it’s usually the same old same old
ALL of these fellows today are new. I’ve never seen them before
#Twitter #Ratfucking #ElonMusk #KamalaHarris

2024-07-22 15:55:04

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It’s going to be interesting to see how $$$ media will try to poke holes. They’ll latch on to something

2024-07-22 15:46:30

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Spot on … or exactly my take as well
I still think Biden would have had a better chance of beating Trump, but the tactics (and organization) here might work very well

2024-07-22 15:36:18

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Also give people a little time to grieve — not even joking
Many people voted for Joe Biden and were volunteering, donating, or otherwise emotionally invested in his campaign
I’m not a Biden fan at all, but I was backing him simply b/c I thought he had the best chance to win (I still do). Now we all need to unite behind Harris, but it might take Biden fans a little time to accept that

2024-07-22 13:51:16

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that last part, but yes, it's important