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@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:

@ravenben ("Ben Zhao") wrote:

I’m sorry, but I can’t be quiet about this.

@stanfordHAI, who exactly is supposed to represent the artists impacted by AI in your speakers list? The two visiting artists hosted by and funded by HAI? Or the employees from http://Stability.ai or Google who outnumber them 2:1?

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@StanfordHAI ("Stanford HAI") wrote:

Just announced: As AI systems push the boundaries of human expression, we are forced to confront questions about creativity, authenticity, and ownership. On May 24, join artists and technologists as we explore these complex issues at our Spring Symposium: https://stanford.io/41WC4ku

@attackerman ("Spencer Ackerman") replied to a tweet by @attackerman:

In a scathing rebuke using language rarely used by international entities during the War on Terror, the UN Working Group says that what it finds about Abu Zubaydah also applies to other Guantanamo detainees — and look at what it says

@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:

@RedloraineV ("Red Lori Bright Eyes") replied to a tweet by @RedloraineV:

If you have a gun in your house - the people who live there are more likely to die by the gun.

Abused women understand the message & it isn't for intruders. It is to control the members of the household under the guise of protection.

https://www.mic.com/life/living-with-gun-ownder-increases-risk-homocide

@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:

@RedloraineV ("Red Lori Bright Eyes") replied to a tweet by @RedloraineV:

When the only people benefited by their policies are rapists & abusers & the only people who suffer are victims & targets, you have to admit the right is nothing but abusers & rapists

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/iowa-attorney-general-halts-payments-for-rape-victims-contraceptives-abortions

@attackerman ("Spencer Ackerman") wrote:

FOREVER WARS scoop: the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has determined Abu Zubaydah’s 22 year detention by the US to be illegal, and calls on the US to free the Gitmo forever-prisoner — and pay him reparations.

https://foreverwars.ghost.io/u-n-free-abu-zubaydah-and-pay-him/

@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:

@NoLieWithBTC ("No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen") wrote:

A Texas school just canceled their field trip to see James and the Giant Peach for it not being “age appropriate” after a parent complained about “the actors playing multiple roles that were both male and female,” saying it's “drag.”
https://abc13.com/spring-branch-isd-school-field-trip-canceled-to-main-street-theater-james-and-the-giant-peach-performance/13189547/

@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") retweeted:

@ryanjreilly ("Ryan J. Reilly") wrote:

NEW: The Jan. 6 defendant Donald Trump embraced last night is a QAnon conspiracy theorist who wants Mike Pence executed for treason.

Hugging Donald Trump, she told me, felt like what she imagines it would be like to hug Jesus Christ.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/donald-trump-embraces-jan-6-defendant-wants-pence-executed-rcna81958

@lcasdev ("Luca Casonato 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Deno KV is not boring KV store. It's a real database with a KV API.

⚙️ Atomic transactions: https://deno.com/manual@main/runtime/kv/transactions

🗂️ Secondary indexes: https://deno.com/manual@main/runtime/kv/secondary_indexes

🦺 Strong, external consistency and ACID operations.

And other cool things on their way.

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@deno_land ("Deno") wrote:

Announcing Deno KV: A Global Database for Global Apps! 🎉🌍

⚡ Read data in milliseconds, worldwide
🛠️ Zero setup and zero provisioning
🔐 ACID transactions
💡 Designed for JavaScript & TypeScript
🏗️ Built on FoundationDB and SQLite

Read more → https://deno.com/kv

@attitudespod ("Attitudes!") wrote:

Canning After Dark #dateline #nicholasalahverdian

http://www.Patreon.com/attitudes

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@attitudespod ("Attitudes!") wrote:

The most bananas Dateline recap everyone wanted is out now!

http://Patreon.com/attitudes

#nicholasalahverdian #arthurknight

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@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:

@BriannaWu ("Brianna Wu") replied to a tweet by @BriannaWu:

3/ Something I do know about marriage is if you can’t value someone else’s feelings, you’re fucked. So no surprise their marriages are in the shitter.

@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") replied to a tweet by @mr_modular:

These culturally bereft white folk will make it easier for other white folk to reproduce meanwhile they’ve given 0 thought to genetic robustness or, ahem, empathy.

@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") wrote:

Why do I keep running into articles about these freaks? Dude was never homeless. I’m sorry but if he had to eat insects with a wealthy family / contacts / smarts he’s not all that smart / resourceful. Or he lies.- The Religion of the Future Police https://julesevans.medium.com/the-religion-of-the-future-police-7882048fd9a3

@steveklabnik wrote:

gawrsh

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@TheOnion ("The Onion") wrote:

Goofy Beats Ron DeSantis To Death With Crowbar https://bit.ly/40L6l4W

@LolOverruled ("Lolo") wrote:

What’s he cooking

@josephveazie ("Joseph Veazie") retweeted:

@B0NERWORLD ("archie") wrote:

this will be my favorite video until the end of time

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@Astronomikal1 ("Paradoxe, The Great") wrote:

Quote this tweet with a funny meme or video that makes you laugh when you’re sad.

@BeeBabylon_ ("Bee Babylon 🌐") wrote:

Got myself one of those fancy linktree’s everyone keeps going on about. Very fancy, very professional.
http://linktr.ee/beebabylon

@volkadav ("Mike Jackson (see also: @volkadav@hachyderm.io)") retweeted:

@lizardbill ("Bill the Lizard") wrote:

"Maintaining a successful open source project is Good Will Hunting in reverse. You start out as a respected genius, and end up being a janitor who gets into fights." — Byrne Hobart

@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:

I grew up in Oklahoma before Roe, and I’m horrified to see what’s happening after Roe. Right-wing extremists are risking women’s lives and safety. I’ll keep fighting to ensure the right to an abortion nationwide. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/25/1171851775/oklahoma-woman-abortion-ban-study-shows-confusion-at-hospitals

@LolOverruled ("Lolo") wrote:

Re-reading Slaughterhouse-Five for the first time in several years. It’s my favorite book, and it was also my friend who passed’s favorite book. That made this part a little too much to bear yesterday. I think it’s one of the most beautiful books ever written

@KamalaHarris ("Kamala Harris") wrote:

Let's be clear: One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be making decisions about a woman's body.

@steveklabnik retweeted:

@lunasorcery ("luna 🐀") wrote:

if there’s a Keira Knightley how come there isn’t a Keira Stable?

@deno_land ("Deno") wrote:

Announcing Deno KV: A Global Database for Global Apps! 🎉🌍

⚡ Read data in milliseconds, worldwide
🛠️ Zero setup and zero provisioning
🔐 ACID transactions
💡 Designed for JavaScript & TypeScript
🏗️ Built on FoundationDB and SQLite

Read more → https://deno.com/kv

@attackerman ("Spencer Ackerman") wrote:

This is the best piece on the Fall of Tucker I’ve read yet

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@davidgross_man ("David Grossman") wrote:

With an assist from Studs Terkel, I wrote for Hell World about the long American history of convincing people that modern capitalism can finally be destroyed as soon as we get rid of _______ (Jews, LGBT, immigrants, take your pick) https://www.welcometohellworld.com/im-not-saying-monsters-arent-real/

@Oatmeal ("The Oatmeal") wrote:

A Little Wordy #12. Can you unscramble today's word?

https://theoatmeal.com/wordy?date=04-28-23

@MattBaume ("Matt Baume") wrote:

This is it! Last day to get my book for 25% off! Preorder at Barnes & Noble and use code PREORDER25, and when the book comes out a majestic gay eagle* will swoop down from the sky and deliver it directly into your hands.
*Eagle not guaranteed

@DemSocialists ("DSA 🌹") retweeted:

@MorePerfectUS ("More Perfect Union") wrote:

BREAKING: 5700 graduate student-workers at Stanford University have filed for a union election as @StanfordGWU.

This is the largest group of workers to file for a union election so far this year.

@DemSocialists ("DSA 🌹") retweeted:

@publicpowerny ("Public Power NY") wrote:

🚨🚨🚨
THIS. IS. IT.

#BuildPublicRenewables is in the budget. But Big Energy is lobbying @GovKathyHochul to water it down.

🌊 WE NEED TO FLOOD KATHY'S PHONES TO DROWN THEM OUT LIKE NEVER BEFORE

So CALL! Demand our future TODAY til the budget is DONE☎️➡️ http://bit.ly/bprabudgetbattle

@LolOverruled ("Lolo") retweeted:

@equalityAlec ("Alec Karakatsanis") wrote:

One of my early memories as a public defender was in a parking lot outside court:

Me to US Atty: "Why are you prosecuting my client for drug possession?"

US Atty: "We prosecute what they give us."

@DSA_SanDiego ("DSA San Diego 🌴☀️") wrote:

Big shout-out to our members and community partners who testified in front of the Privacy Advisory Board against the Smart Streetlight & ALPR. Surveillance is not safety, invest in communities! #NoSpyStreetlights

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@gleemie ("Lilly Irani (@gleemie@mastodon.sdf.org)") replied to a tweet by @gleemie:

North Park: Spend the $4 million dollars on helping homeless people with housing. We don't need cameras and ALPRs. SD is one of the safest big cities in the US and the SDPD just said that crime is going down.