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jeffjarvis, to random
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The Guardian laps up the nutballs doomsterism of Max Tegmark arguing the opposite of what is true: His talk of extinction from AI is macho distraction from real and present issues. God, I wish reporters would just Google before reporting on the AI boys.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/25/big-tech-existential-risk-ai-scientist-max-tegmark-regulations

Prainbow,
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@jeffjarvis Google? You mean use AI to research AI? We have actual experts here on the fediverse who you could reference directly, credentialed experts in the field, but you insist on pimping out the corporations that are sources for these very problems. When will you start working to rehabilitate your journalistic credibility?

StillIRise1963, to random
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flirt-covid-variants-us-cases/

Prainbow,
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@StillIRise1963 "increased immune resistance"

Prainbow, to Canada
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“It’s dark. The smoke is everywhere,” said resident Else Hoko.

https://apnews.com/article/canada-wildfires-british-columbia-smoke-60a08bba44f8027c5de24e54bcf4be13

compost, to fediverse
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The reason why we would love to see more accounts talk about composting on the is simple.

You will be able to focus on your area and explain to local people what they can compost and where they can get their organic matter.

You can create a local community that will help your local area make a better place.

If we started this account it is for a main reason. Make people understand that by choosing to compost they can have a positive impact and do something about the .

So creating a multitude of local accounts that will allow people to organize and make their area a better place is a very powerful thing to do for the .

Prainbow,
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@compost In Colorado, due to our semi-arid status, my primary issue with composting is adding moisture.

jeffjarvis, to random
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My theory has long been that the public mental health crisis and resistance to involuntary treatment & commitment can be traced directly to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest....
Doctors, Not Judges, Should Decide When to Treat Patients Without Their Consent https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/opinion/treatment-over-objection-medical-ethics.html?smid=tw-share

Prainbow,
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@jeffjarvis Why don’t you report on the good work from ProPublica? You spend a lot of energy promoting the long-dead myth that the NYT deserves respect. Their loss of journalistic credibility has been consistent and complete.

StillIRise1963, to random
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“ 'Once a black soldier was brought to trial, he had practically no chance of acquittal,' he said."

"This, said Roberts, allowed the military hierarchy to protect the reputation of white Americans by 'scapegoating many African-American soldiers’ ".

"Of the 29 soldiers sentenced to death for rape in 1944 and 1945, 25 were black GIs, she said.”

https://www.rawstory.com/taboo-french-women-speak-out-on-rapes-by-u-s-soldiers-during-wwii/

Prainbow,
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@StillIRise1963 This is horrible. It is not surprising. And it’s very important.

jeffjarvis, to random
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This is damning about The Times & A.G.:
"'All these Biden people think that the problem is Peter Baker or whatever reporter they’re mad at that day,' one Times journalist said. 'It’s A.G. He’s the one who is pissed [that] Biden hasn’t done any interviews and quietly encourages all the tough reporting on his age.'"
How The New York Times Became the White House’s Least Favorite Paper https://politi.co/4b9avJs

Prainbow,
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@jeffjarvis The NYT is a corporation, not a news organization. Any credibility they had evaporated in their partnership with Dick Cheney. Anyone critiquing them as a journalism outlet is participating in the undermining of our democracy. Critiquing the NYT as journalism is participating in disinformation.

StillIRise1963, to random
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“TRADITIONAL” is code for RACIST AND MISOGYNIST.

Prainbow,
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@thepoliticalcat @StillIRise1963 The cruelty is the point, as usual, but appealing to the racist base is also an obvious part of this strategy.

StillIRise1963, to random
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You don’t win a battle in the war by acting like you’ve already lost. You have to FIGHT BACK.

Prainbow,
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@StillIRise1963 I honestly love your sharp, sometimes angry posts. They make me feel less alone in my own anger.

StillIRise1963, to random
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It doesn’t matter how rich you are, a Tesla can still kill you like it did Elaine Chao’s sister.

Prainbow,
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@StillIRise1963 I agree and also she was driving drunk.

Prainbow,
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@StillIRise1963 Her death was tragic and unnecessary. And it’s not like the water chased her down. She drove drunk into a pond on her own property after a party.

Prainbow,
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@StillIRise1963 Tesla is poorly designed and dangerous. But her death is not a clear example of that. Her death, no different from a much poorer woman in a second hand vehicle, is a drunk driving death.

Prainbow,
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@StillIRise1963 She couldn’t drive well enough to stay out of the pond. We can use other examples of Tesla failures to clearly show the dangerous flaws of the car. And the new truck is a complete disaster.

Prainbow, to threads
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Threads is transphobic. Defederation is choosing peace,diversity, and inclusion.

jeffjarvis, to random
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FINALLY MSM writes about Fox as the malign political actor it is. (Gift link)
Republicans Who Do Not Regularly Watch Fox Are Less Likely to Back Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/upshot/fox-republicans-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.e00.ZzGp.UNLzev1EfMHR&smid=tw-share

Prainbow,
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@jeffjarvis It’s not mainstream media, it’s corporate media. Imprecise language obscures the problem. Also the NYT has zero credibility at this point yet you promote their stories without any reference to that.

jeffjarvis, to random
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I get angrier & angrier about both Gannett and McClatchy dropping the Associated Press on the same day. First, this is obvious collusion: two companies dropping the AP at once. Newspapers' hedge-fund owners aren't even waiting for their lobbyist's lackey legislators to exempt them from antitrust w/JCPA; they just engage in it. Uh, FTC? And... 1/

Prainbow,
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@jeffjarvis Hedge-funds cannot “abandon” a concept or practice they never followed. This is an example of the frog’s complaints about the scorpion.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I had covid for the first time in late January and I haven't felt the same since.

Prainbow,
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@StillIRise1963 I hope that your symptoms lift by six months. I hope you aren’t stuck with this.

AnarchistArt, to random
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Prainbow,
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@AnarchistArt Religion is any set of actions or texts that reflect metaphysical belief. A religion can have a membership of one, especially true when indigenous people are being wiped out by capitalism and colonialism. Fundamentalism and authoritarianism are not inherent to “religion” and are, of themselves harmful with or without religious/metaphysical context. At its best, religion is positioned to provide comfort, strength, and guidance to a practitioner.

indivisibleteam, to random
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The latest revelation about MAGA Republicans' plan to install Christian Nationalism as the law of the land ("Project 2025") is an online manifesto with policies to "abolish abortion" and "define marriage as the covenant union of a biological male (and) a biological female."

It's up to us to stop these MAGA extremists. If you can, pitch in to power our tools that will defeat Trump again: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stop-trump-again?refcode=mastodon20240311directpost&source=mastodon

Prainbow,
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@indivisibleteam After donating through ActBlue a significant portion of my life is managing unwanted text begging that I cannot opt out of except one at a time, endlessly. So I no longer use ActBlue and I don’t “type STOP” I delete and “report junk” hoping in some small part to ruin the reputation of the sender with the carriers because Fuck You for not requiring consent for this unwanted text abuse.

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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I spent 5 years writing FAQ pages and "talking people off the ledge" each time there was a collective meltdown.

I stopped doing that because it is never ending.

I keep saying the same things over and over.

In 2021, when people were demanding indictments, I said, "indictments are the start of a long harrowing process."

I explained that trials are harrowing.

Judges make bad decisions.

Juries don't always get it right. A person can be guilty but be acquitted.

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Prainbow,
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@Teri_Kanefield People who think that the left and the right are separate but equal are a part of the problem. Study after study after study shows the conservative people react differently and get informed differently than progressive people. Specifically, conservative thinkers form a level of loyalty to information sources that liberal or progressive style thinkers do not. This makes it much easier to monetize and organize conservative thinkers. Please catch up.

Prainbow, to random
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The two holes in your face where you stick the swab to test for COVID are the ones you have to cover with the mask.
Are we clear?

Prainbow, to random
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“There is no shame in doing little.
There is shame in doing nothing.”
Alexei Navalny 1976-2024

StillIRise1963, to random
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Eyes on the prize, fuckers. Ignore the noise.

Prainbow,
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@StillIRise1963 This is so classic. You should sell it on zazzle. I'd have it as a ring tone if I ever let my phone make any noise.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I'm on day 8 of covid and I'm tired.☹️

Prainbow,
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@StillIRise1963 That absolutely sucks.

StillIRise1963, to random
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My dad had a Black friend (now deceased), who was a descendent of Thomas Jefferson. She was so proud of it and I couldn't understand why. In my mind, it meant she thought her rapist was better than other Black people's rapists.🙄

Prainbow,
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@courtcan @StillIRise1963 Yes. And side by side with that immediate and generational trauma is the truth that “those” Black people are our siblings. It’s not a pleasant new age sentiment, it the genetic truth. These people before us are our family and they have been treated terribly. I try to listen, to let my actions be guided by the people who have been harmed. I’m just trying. I hope to improve.

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