Pakistan's smog is visible from space. This activist is 'frustrated' but won't give up
The government in Lahore has closed schools and public spaces and shut down factories. Environmental lawyer Ahmad Rafay Alam shares his perspective: "frustrated" but still fighting.
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larryfeltonj@journa.host ("Larry Felton Johnson") wrote:
The Cobb County Courier's Dog of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Shelter website, is a female dalmatian mix named Kolari #CobbCounty #Dog #AdoptDontShop
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25,183 words!
I'm 50% of the way through #WritingMonth / #NaNoWriMo
14 short stories written in my new collection #RevengeOfTheMutantAlgorithms
Free to read at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/RevengeOfTheMutantAlgorithms
Feedback encourage 😄
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
consider the podcast viewer stats in this article with the audience size for the “evening network news” programs and you’ll understand better why a podcast-oriented interview strategy makes sense: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-joe-rogan-compares-kamala-harris-call-her-daddy-1977175
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CBSNews@flipboard.com ("CBS News") wrote:
Affordable housing tax credits set to expire, threatening eviction for thousands of U.S. families
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/housing-crisis-low-income-tenants-eviction-battles-lihc/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypubPosted into U.S. News @u-s-news-CBSNews
What happens when a vaccine skeptic leads health policy? Ask Florida
Among the names being floated to head the Department of Health and Human Services are RFK Jr. and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. Both are vaccine skeptics, which worries pediatricians.
Build a Database App with Drizzle ORM and Deno
Using an object-relational mapping (ORM) database can make working with persistent data simpler. Here's how to use a popular ORM, Drizzle, with Deno.
America’s Delegation Diminished by Trump’s Win as UN Climate Summit Commences
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As dozens of heads of state arrived in Azerbaijan for the annual United Nations climate talks this week, one absent world leader’s name was on everyone’s lips. At press conference after press conference, questions arose about the election of Donald Trump. The […]
Trump meets Biden in the Oval Office today. It's a tradition Trump skipped in 2020
President Biden called his predecessor — now, successor — a threat to democracy. Today he'll sit side by side with President-elect Trump as part of the ceremony around a smooth transfer of power.
Nintendo has launched a music app, seizing on the appeal of video game playlists
The Nintendo Music app lets you listen to dozens of hours of music from games like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong.
In Lebanon, residents fear Hezbollah could be hiding among people displaced by war
A neighborhood watch group in a Christian Beirut neighborhood is on the lookout for militant operatives, which could make the area a target for Israeli airstrikes.
The USS Edsall, sunk by Japanese forces in World War II, has been found
The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said. It was found in deep waters south of Australia's Christmas Island.
'Jump ball' for Alex Jones' media empire as it hits the auction block today
Live bidding will be private, and the future owner of Jones' company will be public once court papers are filed. The proceeds will go to pay Sandy Hook families who won defamation cases against Jones.
Lego Horizon Adventures: The Kotaku Review
I really liked Lego Horizon Adventures, a game that’s exactly what it sounds like. It tells an embellished version of the events of Horizon Zero Dawn, the first game in Guerrilla’s series of post-apocalyptic open-world adventures, with colorful Lego bricks and the slapstick humor you’d expect from a lovingly made…
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senficon@ohai.social ("Felix Reda") wrote:
„Anyone can now download the AlphaFold3 software code and use it non-commercially. But for now, only scientists with an academic affiliation can access the training weights on request.“ Yeah, this is not #OpenSource, then. It’s #OpenWashing. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03708-4
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nilay_patel@theverge.space ("Nilay Patel :bot: @theverge.space") wrote:
“The work of obtaining facts has a major economic disadvantage against the production of bullshit, and it’s only getting worse.”
Good post from Media Guild of the West president Matt Pearce on the reality of media in 2024:
> The biggest story about media and the internet is that new technology — AI, social media, smartphones, etc. — keeps driving down the cost of producing bullshit while the cost of obtaining quality information only goes up. It’s getting more and more expensive to produce the good stuff, and the good stuff has to compete against more and more trash once it’s out on the market.
https://mattdpearce.substack.com/p/journalisms-fight-for-survival-in
Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, medics say
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past day, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut's southern suburbs and killed 33 people in the country on Tuesday.
US prohibits airlines from flying to Haiti after planes were shot by gangs
The shootings were part of a wave of violence that erupted as the country plagued by gang violence swore in its new prime minister after a politically tumultuous process.
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Anita Kunz, an illustrator whose work I have long admired, has been working on an interesting portrait series of women she's called "Original Sisters":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aNkd1QLQBE
Some of it will be exhibited at the Norman Rockwell Museum for the next six months:
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Worth the read. Our media-information ecosystem is broken AF for real.
"This is the year in which it became obvious that the right-wing media has more power than the mainstream media. It’s not just that it’s bigger. It’s that it speaks with one voice, and that voice says Democrats and liberals are treasonous elitists who hate you, and Republicans and conservatives love God and country"
https://newrepublic.com/post/188197/trump-media-information-landscape-fox
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snipe@hackers.town ("snipe ⭑⭒⭒⭒⭒ :antiverified:") wrote:
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t54r4n1@mspsocial.net ("the car lane disrespecter") wrote:
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/11/12/st-paul-to-wipe-out-medical-debt-for-32000-residents
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
oh yay, I think I *finally* figured out how to properly integrate native threading into my seekrit project. a big chunk o’latency unavoidably built into one function (talking to someone else’s server) was pushing it into synchronous request-handling. native threading & ‘vibe.d futures’ was the solution.
I know I am on the right track to properly ‘grokking the problem’ when my code begins not just working right (according to logging), but also getting smaller and simpler and faster.
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I saw my JavaScript dos and donts post making the rounds and people have criticisms. I do not want to engage because I am very fragile. YOU WIN.
I volunteer @slightlyoff (?) for you to argue with.
But anyways I added an addendum to address and clarify some criticism:
- this doesn't scale
- what is a dash
- what is the pointI don't mean to throw my CV around but I doubt most folks asking about scaling has had to serve as many users as GitHub had to. But you do you!
textfiles@mastodon.archive.org ("Jason Scott") wrote:
Down since the archive had to retool, emulation in the browser at @internetarchive is BACK.
A quarter million programs and growing can run free again.
But all anyone cares about is our #1 title:
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Expert Explains Why, Essentially, You're Fucked
https://jwz.org/b/ykdD
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Monster Hunter is getting an open-world RPG spinoff for mobile
Image: Capcom
The Monster Hunter franchise is bringing, well, monster hunting to your smartphone. Capcom has announced that it’s teaming up with TiMi — the studio behind games like Call of Duty: Mobile and Pokémon Unite — for a spinoff called Monster Hunter Outlanders. It’s described as an “open-world survival game” that’s playable either solo or co-op with up to four players. It sounds like Outlanders will feature the core aspects of a MonHun experience (namely, the exploring, hunting, and crafting) but with live service and social elements typical of a mobile game.
MonHun has become a huge global franchise since the launch of Monster Hunter World in 2018, which went on to become Capcom’s bestselling game. Since then, there’s been a live-action movie,...
Trump says Elon Musk will lead ‘DOGE’ office to cut ‘wasteful’ government spending
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by STR / NurPhoto, Getty Images
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead what he calls the Department of Government Efficiency — yes, the acronym is DOGE — to “pave the way” for his administration to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.”
The department will somehow operate “outside of Government” and work with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget, according to the statement posted on Truth Social. Musk and Ramaswamy have until July 4th, 2026, to complete their work, the statement says.
Trump had said during his presidential campaign that he would appoint Musk to head up a government efficiency commission if he was elected....
Trump will nominate South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for homeland security secretary
The two-term governor of South Dakota has been a loyal Trump ally. In her new role, Noem would oversee immigration, an issue Trump campaigned heavily on.
Trump announces Elon Musk to lead 'Department of Government Efficiency' with Ramaswamy
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/12/g-s1-33972/trump-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge-government-efficiency-deep-state
Trump to nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be defense secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as secretary of defense. Hegseth is a combat veteran who has long advocated for veterans.
Amazon is shutting down Freevee
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Amazon is going to shut down Freevee, its free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service. The service’s content has already been migrated over to Prime Video and new episodes of Freevee shows will be available to people who don’t pay for Prime, Deadline reports. The brand will be phased out “over the coming weeks,” Deadline says.
Freevee originally launched out of Amazon-owned IMDb in 2019 as IMDb Freedive and was rebranded a few months after launch to IMDb TV and then to Freevee in 2022. The service had some of its own original content, like Bosch: Legacy and Jury Duty, Amazon also added some Prime Video content to the service starting in 2023.
But Adweek reported in February that Amazon was planning to sunset the brand —...
Here are the best Black Friday deals you can already get
Google’s new Pixel Buds Pro 2 have already fallen to $179 ahead of the holiday. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
Can’t wait until Black Friday to start your holiday shop or score a killer deal on a gadget you’ve been eyeing? You may not have to. Although Black Friday isn’t until November 29th, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target have begun rolling out their holiday discounts, many of which are available elsewhere. Some retailers will even refund you the difference if an item drops further in price later this year, meaning you don’t necessarily have to worry about shopping ahead of time.
New deals are popping up weekly, so we’ve rounded up the cream of the crop below to make sorting through them easier. Current promos include steep discounts on a range of our favorite tech, too, from the Beats Solo Pro headphones and Apple’s AirTags to some of our...
National Guard Discord leaker sentenced to 15 years in prison
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After pleading guilty in March to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act, former Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for posting “hundreds of pages” of classified military documents on Discord.
Some of the leaked information included sensitive details about troop movements in Ukraine and previously unknown information about US intelligence gathering on other countries like China, Russia, and South Korea.
While stationed at an air base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Teixeira was granted a Top-Secret//Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance necessary for “maintaining and troubleshooting” classified workstations in the...
Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of the Greatest Music Video Of All Time, The Wild Boys by Duran Duran. I had some more words to say about that six years ago when I posted jwz mixtape 2ØØ: The Greatest Music Videos Of All Time. However, since YouTube is, always has been, and will always continue to be a complete trash fire, that playlist doesn't work any more. So let's watch that mixtape on archive.org instead. Enjoy your next three hours.
https://jwz.org/b/ykc9
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Trump names longtime election attorney Bill McGinley as his White House counsel
As White House Counsel, McGinley will be the point legal adviser for the president in regards to ethics, oversight and judicial nominations. He served as cabinet secretary during Trump's first term.
Trump’s First Picks Are War Hawks
A few weeks ago, Vice President-elect JD Vance dubbed Donald Trump “the candidate of peace” during a blitz of Sunday morning show appearances. Vance was talking about a guy who during his last term reportedly expressed interest in firing missiles into Mexico, and mussed about nuking both North Korea and hurricanes. And, less than a […]
Georgia counties certify the election, as fraud claims dissipate after Trump win
Every county in Georgia has certified its general election results. There had been concerns about election certification, but with Donald Trump's victory, those worries have largely gone away.
The hunt for the next Twitter: all the news about alternative social media platforms
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
Where will we all hang out next?
Squid Game Creator Lost Teeth And Had Nightmares Because Of The Show
Whatever anxiety you felt watching people get killed for not licking a cookie fast enough or standing still for long enough in the first season of Netflix’s Squid Game is nothing compared to what series creator Hwang Dong-hyuk felt while making it. According to the acclaimed South Korean director, the stress of making…
MKBHD got himself in trouble again
A screen grab of the video titled “How My Video Gear is Changing!” | Image: MKBHD
Marques Brownlee is dealing with another commenter backlash. Fans of Brownlee are furious that his latest video, titled “How My Video Gear is Changing!” on the MKBHD YouTube channel, is a fully sponsored segment for DJI, rather than an editorially independent review. The video also contained a clip of Brownlee driving a sports car way over the speed limit on a suburban road.
Commenters have flooded the video with criticism, calling out Brownlee for running the sponsored segment. “This can’t even be considered a sponsored video anymore. It’s literally just a ten minute advertisement,” reads one comment with more than 12,000 likes.
In response, Brownlee edited the video to remove the clip of him speeding. It had originally shown him...
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Conservatives spent years purging voter rolls, suppressing votes, gerrymandering, buying the Supreme Court, pouring billionaire money into elections, buying up news sites, and flooding the internet with disinformation, but Democrats are somehow lining up to blame other Democrats for what went wrong.
Pokémon TCG Pocket Devs Won't Confirm If The Pack You Pick Matters
Opening up a booster pack in the newly released mobile hit game Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket involves a few steps, including having to choose which pack to open. Does the pack you pick matter and influence what cards you get? Good question! And one that the devs won’t answer.
Apple’s rumored six-inch ‘AI wall tablet’ could control your smart home by March 2025
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For months now, there have been rumors about a smart home display Apple is supposedly working on. Now Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says the display will be wall-mounted and control smart home devices, attend video calls, and more, similar to the Amazon Echo Hub, and works on its own but requires an iPhone to complete the initial setup.
The iPad-like device, which will reportedly be available as soon as next March, has a six-inch display with thick edges, a built-in camera, a rechargeable battery, and speakers, according to Gurman. The plan is to have Siri and Apple Intelligence voice control support as well.
If the rumors are true, the smart display will offer a centralized way to control HomeKit-compatible lights, security cameras, sensors,...
SBF to get the Girls treatment in Going Infinite film adaptation
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Apple and A24 are working on a new movie about imprisoned crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried based on The Big Short writer Michael Lewis's book Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon. Variety reported their arrangement and that Girls creator and star Lena Dunham is set to write the film.
Going Infinite is Lewis’s chronicle of the rise, spectacular implosion, and eventual conviction of Bankman-Fried and his crypto exchange FTX.
Lewis was working on the book already and embedded with Bankman-Fried when FTX collapsed in 2022. SBF was ultimately found guilty of several criminal fraud and conspiracy charges and given a 25-year prison sentence. He’s appealing his conviction, even as his fellow FTX executives are being sentenced and...
'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize
Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. The novel follows six international astronauts as they orbit the Earth for one day of their nine-month space mission.
Is Sony Teasing A December PlayStation Showcase In Its Latest PS5 Ad?
Sony released a new “Play Has No Limits” ad for the PlayStation 5 on Tuesday to mark four years since its 2020 launch. No one would have thought twice about it, except that fans spotted a seemingly innocent but potentially telling split-second reference to a December date. Could Sony have an eleventh-hour PlayStation…
YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
YouTube is testing a new feature that will let creators use AI to “restyle” licensed songs for their shorts. The small group of creators with access can enter a prompt to change up different elements in a song, such as its mood or genre, and the expansion of YouTube’s Dream Track AI feature will generate a reworked 30-second soundtrack.
YouTube:
If you’re a creator in the experiment group, you can select an eligible song > describe how you want to restyle it > then generate a unique 30-second soundtrack to use in your Short.
These restyled soundtracks will have clear attribution to the original song through the Short itself and the Shorts audio pivot page, and will also clearly indicate that the track was restyled with AI
YouTube has...
GTA Trilogy Gets Big Surprise Update That Makes It Much Better
Rockstar Games has released updates for each of the remastered Grand Theft Auto games included in the GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition collection that make these maligned versions play better, as well as making them look more like the original games released on PS2 back in the early 2000s.
MINN GOP TRIES FOR DIVIDED GOVERNMENT:
State house elections this fall will determine whether Minnesota continues to pass progressive laws on abortion and health care or if the GOP can stem the trend led by Gov. Tim Walz.
Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira is sentenced to 15 years in prison
A federal judge sentenced Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member, to prison after he pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine.
President-elect Trump names John Ratcliffe as his pick for CIA director
Ratcliffe previously served as the director of national intelligence during Trump's first term, where he oversaw all 18 of the nation's intelligence agencies.
I really should have expected all of the people answering questions I didn't ask. I really should have.
A methane pollution fee on oil and gas faces a cloudy future under Trump
The Biden administration issued a new fee on climate-warming methane pollution, but the EPA regulation faces an uncertain future under President-elect Trump
Here's who Trump has picked as cabinet members and key advisers
President-elect Donald Trump is building his team, filling out cabinet and advisory roles with those considered to be fierce loyalists. Here's how his new administration is taking shape.
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🟥 A Smashing Hour with… Alex Russell @slightlyoff
Tuesday, November 19, 8–9 am PT / 5–6 pm CET
Host: Geoff Graham @geoff
Via Zoom
#SmashingHour #AlexRussel
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Democrats in Kansas hope to end GOP supermajority
Abortion restrictions, taxes and everyday issues are among the laws Kansas Republicans have imposed through their "supermajority" in the Legislature. Democrats aim to end its reign.
Eufy’s new floodlight cam will watch over your backyard in HD for $150
Eufy’s new hardwired floodlight camera can record all day long. | Image: Eufy
Eufy’s new Floodlight Camera E30 attaches a 2K camera that can tilt and pan 360 degrees to a pair of 2,000-lumen LED floodlights and throws in local video capture without subscription fees. Although Eufy, the smart home brand of Anker, sells similar products with batteries and solar panels offering more flexibility on where they can be mounted, most homes already have a floodlight. That makes the hardwired E30 an easy replacement that is available now through the company’s website and Amazon for $149.99,
There are alternatives we currently recommend in our floodlight camera buyer’s guide, but for $150, the Eufy E30 offers several premium features without requiring ongoing fees to actually use them.
Being hardwired also means the E30,...
VW and Rivian officially kick off $5.8 billion joint venture, announce leadership
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Volkswagen and Rivian have crossed all their T’s and dotted all their I’s in their new $5.8 billion joint venture, which officially kicks off its work on November 13th, the companies announced today.
Last June, VW said it would invest $5 billion in Rivian as part of a new joint venture that’s focused on developing a new electrical architecture and vehicle software for future models, including subcompact cars, with the first planned for 2027. The investment size has now increased to $5.8 billion.
“Rivian and VW Group Technology, LLC”
The new joint venture, dryly named “Rivian and VW Group Technology, LLC,” will be led by Rivian software chief Wassym Bensaid and VW Group chief technology engineer Carsten Helbing. Teams will be based in...
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djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:
the decimation of locally-produced broadcast radio continues apace
gonna end up with nothing but three bash scripts being run by three corporate juggernauts all churning out jack fm playlists from coast to coast. the worst.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has fantastic hair tech thanks to FIFA and Madden
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EA has shared a lengthy blog detailing all the technical work that went into rendering hair in Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
While it used to be, and in some cases still is, a struggle to find a game with a character creator that included a diverse range of hairstyles, newer games are getting better at providing styles to represent folks on the kinky / curly hair spectrum where a lot of people of color reside. However, the new struggle is getting those hairstyles to look and act natural. I remember looking at all the hairstyles in Horizon Forbidden Westand being bemused that the dreadlocks on Varl looked like they were made out of foam, while his beard was simply straight hair without an ounce of kink a Black man like him typically has....
Supreme Court refuses legal lifesaver for former Trump chief of staff
The Supreme Court dealt a major legal blow to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Tuesday, refusing to move the Georgia election interference charges against him to federal court.
A Frank Assessment of Israel's Goals in Gaza From the Former Defense Minister
Israel's Defense Minister was fired last week by Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu who said that trust had "eroded" between them. The now former defense minister met with families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and gave his thoughts on what Israel can still achieve in Gaza. We hear what was said.
Didn't there used to be some trick to force everyone to unfollow your Twitter account? My twitter accounts only exist to prevent name-squatting but it would please me for them to have 0 people following them.
Spend $1,800 On An Engagement Ring And This Jewelry Store Will Throw In A Free PS5
Have you been in a relationship for a while and also really itching to play Spider-Man 2? Ready to finally tie the knot with someone you love, but also worried about being able to play most console games at 60fps? Jewelry store Helzberg has you covered with a free PlayStation 5 on every $1,800 transaction.
My Little Pony, Transformers, Phase 10 join the National Toy Hall of Fame
The three 1980s staples are new National Toy Hall of Fame inductees. Hess Toy Trucks, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the trampoline, and balloons were among the finalists.
A U.S. jury awards former Iraqi detainees $42 million for Abu Ghraib prison abuse
The jury also decided to hold a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of detainees at the notorious Iraqi prison two decades ago.
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:
To our patrons: don’t use the Patreon app on your iPhone!
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/11/09/to-our-patrons-dont-use-the-patreon-app-on-your-iphone/
researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:
Them: I'm interested in AI ethics
Me: Oh like Enclosure of the digital commons?
Them: No
Me: De facto torture of Black people to curate the ChatGPT training corpus for starvation wages?
Them: No
Me: The environmental impact of manufacturing and constantly running server farms, and the colonial and exploitative nature of that?
Them: No
Me: Important decisions made by a machine that basically does bias laundering?
Them: No, like if the AI might be sentient
Me: (Internal screaming)
MLNow@sfba.social ("Mission Local") wrote:
SF immigration advocates prepare for ‘emboldened’ Trump administration
San Francisco’s status as a sanctuary city places it in the bullseye for an attack from an emboldened Donald Trump administration. This time, however, lawyers and community advocates have seen the playbook, and have already begun steeling themselves. “This is the second time around … and he’s got more ideas, apparently,” said Bill Hing, the founding director of the University of San Francisco’s Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic.
https://missionlocal.org/2024/11/sf-immigration-advocates-prepare-for-trump-administration/
Stellar Blade Hype Train Continues With PC Release Aiming For 2025
Stellar Blade arrived exclusively on PlayStation 5 near the beginning of this year, but a PC port is now becoming less theoretical. Shift Up, the South Korea studio behind the sci-fi action game, recently told investors that it’s aiming to bring the game to PC sometime in 2025.
Trump to name former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel
In the midst of the Israel-Hamas war, President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Huckabee, a loyalist and former Republican governor, to serve in the key post as ambassador to Israel.
Kevin Feige Still Wants Us To Believe Blade Is Coming To The MCU
Marvel is still trying to make sure hope for the long-awaited Blade movie is as undead as the vampires its brutal hero battles. Weeks after the Blade reboot was pushed back from its November 7, 2025 release date, Kevin Feige wants Marvel fans to know Blade (the character) will be in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That…
Everything You Need To Know About Metro Awakening
The Metro game series, based on the bestselling novels by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, has been a hit with fans of dystopian first-person shooters since it first came on the scene in 2010 with Metro 2033. It has since seen two mainline sequels, Metro: Last Light and Metro Exodus, which have continued to expand…
Don Jr.’s New Gig: An Investment Firm Connected to Christian Nationalists
On Monday, the New York Times reported that President-elect Donald Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. has accepted a job with an investment firm called 1789 Capital. The Times described the firm as focused on “products and companies aimed at conservative audiences.” Indeed, the firm funds right-wing TV host Tucker Carlson’s media company. And its website […]
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Review of "The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Boxed Set" (5 stars): The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
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Nintendo Devs Still Want To Make More 2D Zeldas
Despite the phenomenal success of both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, developers at Nintendo still have a special love for the 2D-style games from the series past. In fact, this year’s top-down Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom may have convinced them that there are still new ideas worth…
Starbucks now offers delivery in its own app
Get your red cup delivered straight to your door. | Photo: Starbucks
A new way to spend $10 on a 12-ounce coffee just dropped. Starting today, Starbucks is accepting delivery orders right inside its app. Delivery is handled by DoorDash, and right now, it’s limited to “participating stores” in the US and Canada. But if you’re in the delivery area and willing to pay a small fortune in fees, getting your Starbucks order into your hands has never been easier.
Starbucks has been offering delivery through DoorDash in the US since early last year, but only within Doordash’s app. Previously, order ahead options in the Starbucks app were limited to in-store and drive-through pickup. Now, you can toggle between pickup and delivery. Placing a delivery order brings up an interface identical to the one on DoorDash’s...
cryptadamist@universeodon.com ("⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯") wrote:
this 1933 diplomatic cable from the american embassy in berlin to FDR that was sent three months after #Hitler took power goes hard
"𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺."
#Germany #EU #nazi #Nazis #AfD #FDR #ww2 #WWII #WinstonChurchill
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- I think the Department must be exceedingly careful in its dealings with Germany as long as the present Government is in power as it has no spokesman who can really be depended upon and those who hold the highest positions are capable of actions which really outlaw them from ordinary intercourse I think we must recognize that while the Germany of today wants peace, it is by no means a peaceful country . The present Gov. and its adherents desire peace ardently for the present because they need peace to carry through the changes in Germany which they want to bring about. What they want to do, however, definitely is to make Germany the most capable instrument of war that there has ever existed. Wherever one goes in Germany one sees people drilling, from children of five and six on, up to those well into middle age. A psychology is being developed that the whole world is against Germany and that it lies defenseless before the world. People are being trained against gas attacks, against airplane attacks, and the idea of war and danger from one's neighbors is constantly harped upon. With few exceptions, the men who are running this Government are of a mentality that you and I cannot understand. Some of them are psychopathic cases and would ordinarily be receiving treatment somewhere. Others are exalted and in a frame of mind that knows no reason. The majority are woefully ignorant and unprepared for the tasks which they have to carry through every day. (remote)
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
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petewalkden@mastodon.scot ("Pete Walkden") wrote:
Otter Family - a cub using his mum for a pillow, after they had been hunting together, in the loch behind.
From a workshop I was running out on the Isle Of Mull, Scotland.
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