Artists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users within the last week, catapulting it to the top of the App Store charts....
Tap for list of Republicans:Barry Moore of Alabama
Andy Biggs of Arizona
Debbie Lesko of Arizona
Eli Crane of Arizona
Paul Gosar of Arizona
French Hill of Arkansas Lauren Boebert of Colorado Aaron Bean of Florida
Anna Paulina Luna of Florida
Bill Posey of Florida
Brian Mast of Florida
Byron Donalds of Florida
Cory Mills of Florida
Greg Steube of Florida
Matt Gaetz of Florida
Michael Waltz of Florida
Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia
Mike Collins of Georgia Mary Miller of Illinois
Mike Bost of Illinois James Comer of Kentucky
Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Andy Harris of Maryland Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota Jason Smith of Missouri Matt Rosendale of Montana Dan Bishop of North Carolina Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma
Kevin Hern of Oklahoma John Joyce of Pennsylvania
Scott Perry of Pennsylvania Ralph Norman of South Carolina
Russell Fry of South Carolina
William Timmons of South Carolina Andy Ogles of Tennessee
Diana Harshbarger of Tennessee
Tim Burchett of Tennessee Chip Roy of Texas
Keith Self of Texas
Michael Cloud of Texas
Wesley Hunt of Texas
Ben Cline of Virginia
Bob Good of Virginia
Alex Mooney of West Virginia Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin Harriet Hageman of Wyoming
We’re supposed to be “innocent until proven guilty” but they get around this by saying that they’re essentially accusing the money (or car/home or whatever) of being used for crime. Then they confiscate it and the only way to get it back is to go to court and prove that your money is innocent.
The fact that cash/possessions can be taken away from you at anytime by federal agents (or by police in almost every State) without having to follow it up with any sort of case to prove that a crime occurred is ridiculous. And on top of that you can’t get the money back that you spent on attorney fees, so it’s pointless to spend money on an attorney if what was taken was less than a few thousand dollars.
Most people don’t know that this can happen or don’t seem to care enough because, “it would never happen to me, right?”
Communism wouldn’t fix much, and it would only be a temporary fix. It doesn’t work well at a larger scale which is why every country that has tried it has either fallen apart or turned into a dictatorship.
We’re better off finding the proper balance between capitalism and socialism until someone comes up with a better system that actually works.
From the article, link to actual study and emphasis:
The study, led by Northwestern University and a team of international researchers, suggests that the magnetic field actually generates 20,000 miles below the surface. This was discovered after the team ran a series of complex calculations on a NASA supercomputer. It’s worth noting that these are just initial findings and more research is required to confirm the data.
It’s definitely going to be interesting to see the additional studies and findings that follow up because of this.
And if you’re interested in a dramatized version of the story about how hard companies fought to cover up their own findings on these chemicals: www.netflix.com/title/81192027
Ok, but there’s no context for us here and with the premise of your post, you’re expecting us to judge an entire community based off of a single comment that has received practically no engagement in comparison to the community at large.
You might as well be asking for us to explain to you why you are being downvoted.
People can downvote you for any number of reasons, my assumption here is that your comment didn’t carry the discussion forward in any meaningful way.
I don’t think anyone is arguing that a pure free market exists.
Having a capitalist economy doesn’t mean that you have a pure free market anyway.
Although there are libertarians that would like to have a free market like that, every capitalist economy has regulations in place in an attempt to prevent monopolies and/or businesses having too much power in one area.
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison and was sentenced to probation Friday after his homicide conviction in the Black man’s death, which helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests....
Would be interesting to note how many people have been given sedatives at all when restrained by police… averaging 9-10 deaths/year should definitely cause us to rethink the viability and even legality of this practice.
When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.”...
A handful of shares don’t really mean much in terms of having a say in the company.
With Mondragón, is the voting based on the number of individuals in a company, or is it based on the number of shares that an individual owns?
The article didn’t go into detail in how much of a say each employee has (or maybe I missed it?).
Even if it is votes based on the number of employees, in a company like Mondragón (with 70,000 other employees) wouldn’t you still say that a single vote doesn’t “mean much in terms of having a say in the company?”
It feels like this would work very well in companies with a smaller number of employees, but the fact that a large company like this is successful with this model is a good sign.
A model where all of the employees own shares in the company.
More than its economic success, though, Mondragón has become a beacon for the co-operative model, as a more humane and egalitarian way of doing business that puts “people over capital”. Every worker has a stake in the company’s fortunes and a say in how it is run, and receives a share of the profits. But the goal is more about creating “rich societies, not rich people”. That means looking after workers during not only the good times but the tough times, too.
She wrote it in her own book> Sarah Matthews, another Trump aide turned opponent, said: “When I saw tweets about Kristi Noem murdering her puppy, I thought to myself, ‘Damn, one of the other VP contenders’ teams found some oppo,’ until I realized SHE wrote about it in HER book. > > “I’m not sure why anyone would brag about this unless they’re sick and twisted.”
The dog was 14 months old> The Guardian revealed Noem’s story, which is contained in a book out next month. In No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward, Noem describes her frustrations with Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehair pointer who Noem says ruined a pheasant hunt and killed a neighbouring family’s chickens. > > “I hated that dog,” Noem writes, saying Cricket was “untrainable … dangerous” and “less than worthless … as a hunting dog”. > > “At that moment,” Noem says, “I realised I had to put her down.” > > Noem describes taking Cricket to a gravel pit on her farm and shooting her. Remarkably, Noem then describes how she also chose to kill an unruly, unnamed, un-castrated goat, first botching the job then finishing the animal off with a third shotgun shell.
Increased health spending most often translates to higher out-of-pocket costs for consumers in the form of premiums, deductibles and copays. The annual spending benchmark would require health care providers to limit spending growth to 3.5% next year, decreasing to 3% by 2029. Providers — including hospitals, doctors groups and health insurers — will have to submit spending data to the state to demonstrate that they are complying with the cap.
The cap is being tied to the average annual median household income growth. (Tap for details)> The goal of the cap is to prevent future prices from increasing uncontrollably. This year, health insurance premiums on the state’s Affordable Care Act Exchange increased an average of 9.6% statewide with double-digit increases in many regions. Personal health care spending shot up 60% between 2010 and 2020, reaching $405 billion, according to federal data. That’s $10,299 per person. Household health spending has also grown twice as fast as wages, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. > > In an effort to recognize how many Californians can’t pay for health care, the affordability office tied the cap to the average annual median household income growth, which has historically been about 3% over the past two decades.
This is an interesting way of handling everything. I’m curious to hear from anyone that could have any insight on how/if this could negatively affect medical research.
Now we have to worry about Dealership loaners as well?!
Dispatchers should take note and start asking callers if the car is a rental/loaner… or in the case of Hertz, just ignoring their automated software reports entirely.
I wouldn’t set a hard number value for this. Make it based on how low income is defined, or something dynamic that can change over the years with inflation.
For example, in parts of California you could be making $80k and you would still be considered low income because of how expensive it is just to live there. After paying for housing, there won’t be much left over.
Two off-duty police officers in Nebraska’s largest city shot and killed two men in an SUV, though authorities have provided few details about the confrontation....
One of the officers was wearing a body camera when the shooting happened, and detectives are reviewing local businesses’ security footage as part of the investigation, authorities said.
Looks like there’s a chance we can get something close to the full details as to why this happened.
I’m guessing Dave Collins wrote it originally and then The AP picked it up and then it gets posted by KOB, but they just credit the AP without crediting the original journalist? Is that normal?
Since a lot of discussion is happening around how they’re going to implement this, and the article doesn’t go into the details, here’s more information: …senate.ca.gov/…/20240124-senator-wiener-introduc…
In line with NTSB recommendations, SB 961 requires every passenger vehicle, truck, and bus manufactured or sold in the state to be equipped with speed governors that limits the vehicle’s speed based on the speed limit for the roadway segment. The maximum speed threshold over the speed limit for that segment that the speed governor may permit the vehicle to travel at is 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. SB 961 also permits the vehicle operator to temporarily override the speed governor function. SB 961’s speed governor requirement does not apply to emergency vehicles.
A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Artists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users within the last week, catapulting it to the top of the App Store charts....
On Tuesday these Republicans voted to defund Nato (www.newsweek.com)
What is something that you pay attention to that most other people do not?
Russian disinformation sites linked to former Florida deputy sheriff, research finds (www.nbcnews.com)
China is banning ‘wealth-flaunting’ behavior on social media (www.nbcnews.com)
30-Year-Old Pro Golfer Grayson Murray Exits PGA Tournament, Then Dies (www.thedailybeast.com)
New research places the sun's magnetic field close to the surface, upending decades of theories (www.engadget.com)
Feedback on hexclad cookware?
Hello, would anyone have experience with this brand?...
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Snappy (lemmy.world)
President Biden announces a series of tariffs on green energy products from China. (lemmy.ml)
Paramedic Who Injected Elijah McClain With Ketamine Before His Death Avoids Prison (www.huffpost.com)
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A former paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a powerful sedative avoided prison and was sentenced to probation Friday after his homicide conviction in the Black man’s death, which helped fuel the 2020 racial injustice protests....
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.”...
Conservatives condemn Kristi Noem for ‘twisted’ admission of killing dog (www.theguardian.com)
Revelation in new book that possible Trump running mate killed ‘untrainable’ hunting dog prompts widespread revulsion
A new California rule tries to hold down your health care costs. Here's how it works (calmatters.org)
Man Sues Dealership After Loaner Car Gets Reported as Stolen (youtu.be)
The GOP’s “Election Integrity” Lawyer Was Just Indicted for Election Subversion (www.motherjones.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14695058...
Not Again: United Airlines Boeing 777 Makes Emergency Landing In Denver (simpleflying.com)
Does this plan make sense? v2 (lemmy.world)
Off-duty Nebraska police officers shoot and kill two men (slatereport.com)
Two off-duty police officers in Nebraska’s largest city shot and killed two men in an SUV, though authorities have provided few details about the confrontation....
'Know why I pulled you over?' Fortunately, California police can't ask you that anymore (www.latimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/california-police-reform-traffi…
Proposed CA bill would electronically restrict cars from going 10mph over speed limit (abc7.com)