"California is pledging to put 7.5 million acres under tribal stewardship in the state’s first-ever tribal stewardship policy." Absolutely *phenomenal* news & essential. We need this, across Turtle Island, fast. We don't time. But WOW. What an amazing thing to see in my lifetime.

what if robot do cleanup and make coffee and people write poems

OpenAI pivots their focus to the new AGI, actually generating income. Prospects still seem distant.

I feel like it should be more widely unpopular that in the past year we’ve witnessed the creation of an American Stasi required to meet arrest quotas who utilize an AI technology created by a company run by a sweaty raisin of a billionaire who thinks Greta Thunberg is the antichrist.

Ella Baron on Trump, Netanyahu and the victims of the war in the Middle East – cartoon

It is horrific what happened to this man’s family. But some Jewish American children worshipping at a synagogue in Michigan are not fucking responsible. This is another case of blaming all Jews for the actions of Israel. This is why we constantly beg you not to do that. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...

‘If they don’t stop, Tehran will turn into Gaza’: Iranians describe night of terror

"AI is conscious and we should be working it to death! Put women back in the kitchen for the birthrate! Immigrants shouldn't have rights!" Slaves. You want slaves.

All around me every day people yearn to have slaves

The terrain really has shifted. But it makes these institutions' earlier capitulation even crazier in hindsight. It's one thing to sell yourself. It's another to sell yourself for nothing.

This interview is really worth your time, friends

The point of building is not just to throw the finished product over the line; if you’re doing it right, the process shapes the creator, too.

This is a correct and historically well-informed take by AOC. It's so much better than the Democratic Party messaging which tries to talk about Republicans' authoritarian moves while completely ignoring the worsening material conditions that make right-populist movements popular.

A climate denier is someone whose job is to constantly lie but mimic the aesthetics of the people who try hard to be as truthful as possible. You can tell why the advent of this software has given them a boost like never before. Ditto for delayers, fossil fuel advocates, corporate greenwashers etc

I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

I’m a climate scientist, union organizer, and public health software engineer running for CA-32!

Democratic leaders need to fear being branded as collaborators more than they fear being called soft on crime

Democrats are in the role of the French leaders who surrendered to the Nazis and fled. They don't understand that the entire world and all their voters are looking for a de Gaulle, not because they think he would instantly defeat Trump, but because at least he's on the right side.

I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.

NYT could have had a frontpage story that read: "Aging madman making insane threats to Europe, threatening our economy & security for delusions." But instead they normalize & legitimize this madman because they are collaborators against US.

The autobiography concludes its section on this conversation interestingly: "I [Harry Belafonte] felt as if our moorings were unhinging. "Damn, Martin! If that's what you think, what would you have us do?" I asked. He gave me a look. "I guess we're just going to have to become firemen.""

“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."  Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...

A view on the US from Greenland: “We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends. We would not sell ourselves. We know what happened to Indigenous people in Alaska and Native Americans. Their land was taken, and they were not treated well.”

This is on you, Congress. Every single member of Congress who does not support impeachment, removal, and prosecution right now is complicit.

If you have tenure consider publishing less... doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Invoke the 25th Amendment.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

The AI industry is deeply dependent on exponential growth to justify the colossal investments being made into it. To say AI is small now so it’s not a huge part of the story has about the wisdom of ignoring the family of mice that just moved into your grain cellar because there’s only a few of them.

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

"They're trying to change our habits, because all of the projections rely on people becoming truly dependent on the technology. Whether or not it's actually a good thing for society isn't considered to be a factor."

Listen to filmmaker Laura Poitras discuss her new documentary "Cover Up" and the greatest threats to investigative journalism on the latest episode of On the Media: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.

It's irritating that they describe the effects of his racism as limited to causing controversy within science and reputational consequences for himself rather than giving an immeasurable boost, false veneer of legitimacy, and idiot-friendly prestige to modern scientific racism and eugenics.

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

she was just the best, every time I read something she wrote I'm like 'oh wow somehow I think *even more* highly of her'

more of this

Something doesn't compute between their claims of the energy efficiency of their models and their ever growing demand for new power generation to feed their data centers. I think probably a lot is hidden by their choice to cite only median and not the mean energy use per query.

Jesse Welles wrote an ice recruitment jingle. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6PpvUBk/

Scholars have invented a machine that allows you to generate more bullshit, faster, no effort, but totally professional looking in order to punish future scholars. They are saying it's an astounding breakthrough.

"We are speaking on behalf of hundreds of NIH staff who are standing up together to say: WE DISSENT. I am so scared about doing this but I am trying to be brave for my kids because it's only gonna get harder to speak up." Thank you to Dr. Jenna Norton and NIH scientists for your courage!

“We are going to cure cancer and create limitless energy, but first we have to fire a whole lot of people.”

For what it's worth: borders aren't real. If you need proof, look no further than climate change. What happens in one place affects every single acre of this planet.

Add Altman saying AI will “solve all of physics” & Hassabis saying AI will help “cure all disease within a decade”. IMO they suffer from messianic AI fantasies: seeing science as a vending machine for solutions/profit, instead of a human culture of knowledge & public reason. bsky.app/profile/neur...

So literally the first chat I tried, asking about the first fire incident listed on the front page, and the AI instantly bombed. Probably fine.

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

Look at this video: a *huge* crowd of Vermonters swaying alongside Mohsen right after he was freed, singing "We Shall Overcome" Signs reading "Hands off our students" & "free speech" are peppered in between large Palestine flags

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081