SteveThompson

SteveThompson, 10 hours ago to tesla

"Eight hundred protesters attempt to storm German Tesla factory"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/10/tesla-protest-germany-factory

"Demonstrators opposed to expansion of factory near Berlin claim it would damage environment"

#Tesla #Berlin #Germany #Musk

SteveThompson, 11 hours ago to humanrights

"Trump vows to reverse transgender student protections ‘on day one’"

https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4656405-donald-trump-transgender-students-athletes-title-ix-lgbtq/

#GOP #Trump #Republicans #humanrights #transrights #trans #LGBTQ #education

SteveThompson, 1 day ago to random

"The Nasty Problem of Cleaning Up Space Junk at 17,500 Miles Per Hour"

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-space-junk-problem/ #paywall

"To fix Earth’s tricky orbital debris problem, startups and governments are testing everything from kamikaze satellites to robotic grappling arms."

SteveThompson, 2 days ago to Columbia

"Jewish Columbia Students Release Letter Calling Out Antisemitism On Campus"

https://meidasnews.com/news/jewish-columbia-students-release-letter-calling-out-antisemitism-on-campus

"More than 250 students have signed onto the open letter"

#Hamas #Columbia #Jews #antisemitism

SteveThompson, 2 days ago to ai

By 'responsibly' they likely mean 'profitably' as online porn is where the big bucks are and they are in it for profit.

"OpenAI Is ‘Exploring’ How to Responsibly Generate AI Porn"

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-is-exploring-how-to-responsibly-generate-ai-porn/

"OpenAI released draft guidelines for how it wants the AI technology inside ChatGPT to behave—and revealed that it’s exploring how to ‘responsibly’ generate explicit content.

#AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #porn #press

SteveThompson, 2 days ago to SEC

"Trump Media replaces Lakewood accounting firm after SEC accuses it of massive fraud"

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2024/05/08/trump-media-hires-colorado-accounting-firm.html

$GOP #Trump #fraud #SEC #accounting

SteveThompson, 2 days ago to random

"RFK Jr Says Doctor Told Him A Worm Ate Part Of His Brain: US Media"

https://www.barrons.com/news/rfk-jr-says-doctor-told-him-a-worm-ate-part-of-his-brain-us-media-66f09f70

Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr believed he may have been attacked by a worm that ate part of his brain and then died inside his head...Kennedy, 70, made the claim in a 2012 deposition as part of his divorce from his second wife, according to the New York Times, which said the scion of the storied political clan reported severe memory loss and mental fog."

#wormbrain #RFKJR

SteveThompson, 2 days ago to random

"EDITORIAL: Trump not even trying to hide his disdain for democracy, rule of law"

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2024/may/08/trump-not-even-trying-to-hide-his-disdain-for-demo/

#GOP #Trump #democracy #vegas #editorial

SteveThompson, 2 days ago to random

"This Isn’t Justice"

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2024/05/this-isnt-justice-legal-experts-blast-cannon-for-postponing-trump-case-indefinitely/

“This is news but it’s hardly unexpected..." Joyce Vance wrote. “Judge Cannon seems desperate to avoid trying this case. This isn’t justice. defendants aren’t the only ones with speedy trial act rights, we the people have them too.”

“After the election,” professor of law and former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter commented, “if Trump wins Jack Smith gets fired, the case gets dismissed, and Judge Cannon is ready for SCOTUS.”

SteveThompson, 3 days ago to nyc

Guessing he knew he was going to delete it before he put it out there. Daring the judge with a kinda loophole. That's how he rolls.

Of course, there's a copy of his 'deleted' post included here...

"Trump Posts — Then Deletes — Rant About Stormy Daniels Testifying"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-trial-stormy-daniels-testimony-1235016428/

#GOP #Trump #gagorder #stormydaniels #nyc #hushmoney #Cohen

SteveThompson, 4 days ago to random

"David Pecker was ‘swatted’ the day he testified in Trump trial: Report"

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4647649-david-pecker-was-swatted-the-day-he-testified-in-trump-trial-report/

SteveThompson, 4 days ago to ai

Disturbing in so many ways.

"AI Outperforms Humans in Moral Judgments"

https://neurosciencenews.com/ai-llm-morality-26041/

"In the study, participants rated responses from AI and humans without knowing the source, and overwhelmingly favored the AI’s responses in terms of virtuousness, intelligence, and trustworthiness.

This modified moral Turing test, inspired by ChatGPT and similar technologies, indicates that AI might convincingly pass a moral Turing test by exhibiting complex moral reasoning."

#AI #AIethics #moral

SteveThompson, 4 days ago to Dogs

"Trump privately tells donors Kristi Noem 'is somebody that I love' after she bragged about killing her dog"

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-kristi-noem-reaction-cricket-killing-book-2024-5

$GOP #Trump #Noem #pets #dogs

SteveThompson, 4 days ago to random

"White House hits back at Trump 'Gestapo' comments"

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/06/trump-gestapo-remarks-white-house-fascists-claim

"Instead of echoing the appalling rhetoric of fascists, lunching with Neo Nazis, and fanning debunked conspiracy theories that have cost brave police officer their lives, President Biden is bringing the American people together around our shared democratic values and the rule of law — an approach that has delivered the biggest violent crime reduction in 50 years."

#GOP #Trump #Hitler

SteveThompson, 6 days ago to random

"Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza are putting out two messages to the media...

One narrative is that Hamas is being very flexible in its discussions with Israel. In addition, Hamas and other terrorist groups continue to say they are keeping up attacks and pressure on Israel.

This...is how they seek to spin the narrative that they are winning. They expect international pressure and...Iran, Turkey, and other countries to help them get to...any deal with Israel."

https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-799822

SteveThompson, 6 days ago to art

"The Indestructible Art of Frank Stella"

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/the-indestructible-art-of-frank-stella

"The artist, who has died at eighty-seven, rattled standards of modernist abstraction rather as Bob Dylan did those of folk music."

#art #frankstella

SteveThompson, 6 days ago to Israel

"Report: Anti-Israel campus protesters were prepped for months by outside activists"

https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-anti-israel-campus-protesters-were-prepped-for-months-by-outside-activists/

"WSJ finds students consulted with and received training from groups that have supported Hamas and attacks on Israel; NYT finds pro-Israel protesters started clash at UCLA"

#Hamas #campus #protest #Israel #Jews #antisemitism #WSJ #NYT #UCLA #Palestine #Gaza #militants

SteveThompson, 6 days ago to Cat

Linda for #caturday.
#cat #cats #catsofmastodon

SteveThompson, 6 days ago to random

That seems a bit selective...

"Biden cancels $6 billion in loan debt for Art Institute students, including Sacramento school"

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article288183680.html

#Biden #Democrats #studentloans #artinstitute

SteveThompson, 6 days ago to Ohio

"FBI agents on Friday arrested a Canton man accused of pushing police officers and attempting to break into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/canton-man-arrested-in-jan-6-attack-on-u-s-capitol/ar-AA1o6C5o

"Investigators identified Clay Norris, 48, through photos and video showing him on Capitol grounds before breaching police barricades and telling other rioters to 'push forward' as they neared an entrance."

#GOP #Trump #Jan6 #ohio #insurrection #capitol