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verge, to random
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/24173064/tesla-board-chair-warn-elon-musk-leave-pay-shareholders

fmhueffer,
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@verge the fucker literally believes he is john galt, but nobody will say it because it is as stupid as it sounds

GottaLaff, (edited ) to Russia
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co-opts far-right politicians in Europe with cash to promote anti- agenda, officials say

A front org masquerading as a news website was used to funnel 100s of 1000s of euros to far-right politicians in more than 5 countries to plant Kremlin propaganda in Western media & bolster the position of pro-Russian candidates in this week’s European Parliament elections, according to interviews with a dozen European intelligence officials from five countries. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/03/russia-europe-far-right-espionage/

fmhueffer,
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@GottaLaff i love how reasonable people have been telling us for years that this was a natural shift to the right and we have to respect that

GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW 🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

Running a little late, so some preamble included here.

1/…

Tyler McBrien:

At 2:04 p.m., the prosecution strolls back in and lays out stacks of papers, binders, and other documents on the desk.

fmhueffer,
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@GottaLaff NFL in other words, he definitely won't testify, but they want to pretend that he will for the weekend and exploit that somehow

GottaLaff, to random
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Wow. Good for you @atrupar, who tweeted:

Nate, almost murdered during a last cycle by rolling up on the stage as a biological weapon. Norms and traditions went out the window long ago.

Nate Silver:

You're supposed to be the candidate who stands up for norms and traditions and now you're ducking this tradition?

"The President will not be participating in the Commission of Presidential Debates' announced debates."

fmhueffer,
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@GottaLaff @atrupar proud to see nate silver, the voice of bad science, 100% in the bag for the "punish the dems on norms, but not the republicans" crowd

aral, (edited ) to design
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If you design a system such that you cannot differentiate people from corporations and bots and that’s your defense for calling all of them “users”, you’ve designed a system that conflates people – who are mortal, have feelings, can feel pain and be hurt and who have human rights that must be protected – with the very entities that oftentimes exist to exploit them.

Design for people. Call them people. All else is secondary.

#design #technology #ethics #peopleNotUsers

fmhueffer,
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@aral gaslighting is built into the roots of tech

rbreich, to random
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Wondering if wealth inequality is out of control?

Well, Jeff Bezos made over $7.9 million an hour last year.

In just 13 minutes, he made the equivalent of what a typical person earns in a lifetime.

Don't tell me that the rich can't afford a wealth tax.

fmhueffer,
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@rbreich start calling them ayn randists -- it's the one thing that shames them, even though they love all her ideas, but they can't call themselves smart if they are ayn randists

dangillmor, to random
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If journalists cared about protecting democracy, they would be campaigning -- yes, in their news pages -- for free and fair elections.

Apparently that's too "partisan" for people whose fetish for balance has led them to help democracy's enemies.

So please read and pass around this piece from @marcelias, someone who cares passionately and is doing his best.

https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/when-trump-attacks-our-elections-we-will-have-no-excuse/

fmhueffer,
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@dangillmor @marcelias they don't have a fetish for balance -- they are 100% on the side of power, and use balance as a cover

willoremus, to random
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I wrote about Apple's hilariously bad new iPad ad, in which the company somehow managed to cast itself as the villain. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/08/apple-ipad-ad-tim-cook-backlash/

fmhueffer,
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@willoremus moving back into pepsi guy apple

fkamiah17, to random
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Still from last night's presidential address on Israeli TV.

fmhueffer,
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@fkamiah17 the next few years is going to be massive for outright fascists gaslighting

rbreich, to random
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Ginni Thomas was directly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Yet Clarence Thomas didn't recuse himself from arguments today in a case about the January 6 insurrection.

How is this not a scandal of epic proportions?

fmhueffer,
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@rbreich probably 95% of the problems in the world have to do with powerful people exempting themselves from their own rules

PavelASamsonov, to random
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The true power of is not technological, but rhetorical: almost all conversations about it are about what executives are saying it will do "one day" or "soon" rather than what we actually see (and of course no mention of business model which doesn't exist).

We are told to simultaneously believe AI is so "early days" as to excuse any lack of real usefulness, and that it is so established - even "too big to fail" - that we are not permitted to imagine a future without it.

fmhueffer,
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@PavelASamsonov pretty close to the literal definition of gaslighting -- a tech specialty for 30 years

arstechnica, to random
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Apple’s Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Sam Altman team up for AI device startup

A venture fund founded by Laurene Powell Jobs could finance the company.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/apples-jony-ive-and-openais-sam-altman-team-up-for-ai-device-startup/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

fmhueffer,
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@arstechnica ok, can we dispel the notion that there is ANYBODY good in silicon valley -- the whole load of them would consume the earth into an absolute desert and kill every last one of us

StillIRise1963, to random
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Everything is hard when people are so fucking stupid.

fmhueffer,
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@StillIRise1963 people are easily manipulable, the smart ones and the stupid ones

grimalkina, to random
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I swear I'm going to do a research study someday that's called "Do All Engineers Magically Turn Evil Once Promoted Into Leadership: Seems Unlikely"

fmhueffer,
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@mordel @grimalkina i agree with that wholeheartedly -- though tech managers got a lot of practice being evil when they were still engineers

maxkennerly, to random
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So the way the IDF chose targets was (1) an AI spat out tens of thousands of names of potential Hamas members; (2) those people's homes were made bombing targets; (3) no one bothered to review any of it or even see if the person was home; (4) the potential for civilian casualties didn't matter.
https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/

fmhueffer,
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@maxkennerly this was always the ultimate goal of AI -- something to hide behind for despots

fmhueffer, to random
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if corporate scientists who crow about the primacy of the scientific method don't want to get challenged on motives there is a very simple solution -- don't shill for corporations

fmhueffer, to random
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every single one of the "let's put trump in context" journalists know 100% exactly well that, should he be elected, trump will view every single one of his off the wall statements as mandated by vote

tante, to random
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Ada Lovelace was cool, sure. But in the year 2024 maybe find a second woman to name your "women in tech" or "diversity in tech" thing after. Otherwise it looks as if you know exactly one woman.

fmhueffer,
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@tante every time tech over-inflates the myth of some person or other you know they are using them as a PR shield

w7voa, to random
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Elon Musk is suing OpenAI charging that the artificial intelligence company has strayed from its original nonprofit mission of doing research for the benefit of humanity. https://wapo.st/48wGQYU

fmhueffer,
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@w7voa love it when elon confuses himself for humanity

aral, to ai
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When I first started calling Silicon Valley’s business model “people farming” I was told I was being hyperbolic and alarmist.

I don’t get told that much anymore.

fmhueffer,
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@aral yeah, the gaslighting was part of their strategy

motoridersd, to random
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Fuck JK Rowling. Remember that buying any Harry Potter related products funds her transphobic and hateful actions like this.

https://news.yahoo.com/jk-rowling-donates-70k-challenge-183123131.html

fmhueffer,
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@motoridersd it's like the "i'm not a bigot, but" argument come to life

deanpreston, to random
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In which GrowSF PAC leader and mega-donor to my opponent calls for the death of me and my colleagues. Can we finally stop calling these toxic millionaires who spread disinformation and incite violence against political opponents “moderates”?

fmhueffer,
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@deanpreston let's open it up and stop calling tech employees and managers who harass and stalk other employees and run ALL MANNER OF insane insider games on regular people progressive

skykiss, (edited ) to random
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Republicans hate immigrants SO MUCH and are SO RACIST that they’ll vote for a criminal insurrectionist, Espionage Defense documents thief and rapist. The filth of America. Ethically bankrupt. Republicans enable the worst criminal in our history.

Rapist Facing 91 Felony Charges in

fmhueffer,
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@skykiss remember this the next time mike lee tries to gaslight you with his mormonism

rbreich, to random
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:

  1. Cut taxes for the rich by claiming they'll pay for themselves.

  2. Explode the deficit.

  3. Demand cuts to essential safety nets.

  4. Threaten to shut down the government.

  5. Repeat.

They're trying to get away with it again.

fmhueffer,
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@rbreich 6. gaslight about it being god's will

fmhueffer, to random
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how do all the tech folk sitting on vesting options feel about the fact that elon has set a standard that it's ok either to stiff your employees or to find ways to terminate them before vesting date -- you all KNOW how much other tech execs will fall over themselves attempting to copy him

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