DAY 1 OF NANORENMO ✨ #nanorenmo

OpenAI posted the terms of the deal. Reveals that it absolutely does allow for domestic surveillance. EO 12333 is how the NSA hides its domestic surveillance by capturing communications by tapping into lines *outside the US* even if it contains info from/on US persons. openai.com/index/our-ag...

I saw some folks asking what the difference was between what OpenAI signed with the DoD and what Anthropic said they wanted, and Sam more or less admits here the key point: OpenAI's deal requires them to trust the NSA. Anthropic's contract had real safeguards.

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’” GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

‘Sinners’ Gets an NPR Tiny Desk Concert That’s So Damn Good

also it doesnt help that early Bluesky was actively hostile to Black Twitter folks who tried to migrate, which necessitated the need for Blacksky, but a lot of those people ain’t about to dip their toes back into the waters, and there’s still a ton of anti-Blackness on Bluesky proper.

I do actually think there is a serious imbalance on this app. A lot of politics and not enough culture. Some of that has to do with the fact that Black Twitter mostly went to Threads.

Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest. In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you.

Black history is American history—my resolution honors & celebrates museums keeping our shared history alive. We refuse to yield to whitewashing of our Black ancestors' labor & joy. Instead, we support & defend the institutions who do the essential truth-telling of our stories.

At some point you wonder not just if insiders using information to place bets, but maybe also reshaping their advice to make those bets profitable.

Here’s the thing: when you’re running for public office, you need to be cared about who you boost. And when you’re running for public office after having had a Nazi symbol tattooed on your body for 2 decades, you’d better be damn sure the person you’re reposting isn’t, in fact, a Nazi. 1/

We are re-treading the Iraq war, yes, but we are in a world that now has social media and a very, very different Internet. The media spectrum is much more biased now too. Misinformation and propaganda will spread faster than truths. But the mass fact check machine will have much more power now too.

I notice Trump didn't cancel the Republican fundraiser he's hosting at Mar-a-Lago tonight. I mean, business is booming for his arms-dealing friends. He might as well get his cut.

Reminder that if you see something horrific, there is good evidence that playing Tetris as soon as possible helps. Giving yourself PTSD from seeing photos or film clips doesn’t help anyone.

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I’m voting for the candidate who promises to imprison everyone who makes money insider trading on war.

You truly truly truly underestimate how deeply racist Americans are

Akira Toriyama died two years ago today. When he passed, I explained how Black American fans of Dragon Ball reinterpreted the series into a contemporary pillar of our culture. I loved writing this essay, and I hope you enjoy it, too. Piccolo is wearing a wave cap. slate.com/culture/2024...

Watching the ripple effect of ICE/CBP burning a ton of back the blue style goodwill is going to be interesting.

One of my senators (D) went on TV and framed the problem with Trump's decision to launch an unprovoked assault on another country as entirely about process. She agrees with the carnage, she just wishes she would have been consulted about it first. Sorry to be a bit bummed out by that, I guess.

…….. okay I guess I’m a dumbass for not asking myself before now, “did we start a war with Iran in order to force Dems to approve a fully loaded Homeland Security budget so they can continue terrorizing immigrants from the comfort of their 62 luxury jets,” but it sure seems obvious in hindsight

"How can you oppose war when Khamenei was evil?" Simple. If you killed Donald Trump by nuking Washington DC, I would not mourn Trump but I'd still say you're an evil war criminal who belongs in the Hague. It's really not hard.

Agree! Signed this petition to get ChatGPT out of our California State University too: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

You are under no obligation to hand it to the Bush Administration for respecting the process before declaring war against Iraq

meanwhile, war rages on at home.

On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.

Prices are jumping all over Gaza because of the war and fears about what that means for the border- if you can help someone there please do ❤️

me teaching religion and politics for over a decade

I will never get used to the disdain our country holds for brown and Black children. From Palestine to Iran to Sudan, we normalize the destruction of schools and hospitals and daycares. We reduce children to death tolls and their futures to rubble with no consequence or second thought.

I promise you that the government that murdered Alex Pretti and Renee Good does not give a flying fuck about the protests in Iran.

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

Pokémon Winds & Waves will introduce two new special Pikachu: Mr. Windychu and Ms. Wavychu (yes, that's actually their names). "Just how could these Pikachu be involved in your adventure? Look forward to future announcements."

the last both won the popular vote during reelection

The phrase “preemptive strike” is as insulting as when we were sold “humanitarian pauses” in the middle of a live-streamed genocide. The powerful looking you straight in the face and telling you your common sense simply doesn’t matter.

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Read it again. We killed 85 schoolgirls this morning.

DO NOT LET ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS WALK AROUND THINKING THEIR CONSTITUENTS DON’T CARE

hey gen z welcome to republican governance

Israel, immediately after vaporizing a bunch of little girls:

That argument exists because the lives of non-white people are cheap in imperial discourse. Mass death on the other side of the world has no reality outside of what space it takes up on the american tv news cycle. If it were otherwise, the old normal would have been as insupportable as the new

I'm already sick of "It's all a distraction from Epstein" replies. This regime is killing innocent people because our leaders are all power-hungry tyrants and war profiteers. When you say it's "just a distraction" you minimize the gravity of what's happening and the lives lost.

WE FUCKING BOMBED A GIRLS SCHOOL

God I hate these people

3 basic things to oppose war: 1. Tell electeds they must end it (regardless of whether that seems useful) 5calls.org/issue/iran-i... 2. Protest war www.answercoalition.org/iran 3. Support Congressional candidates who pledge to impeach POTUS @citizensimpeachment.com +

You don't "liberate" anyone by killing dozens of school girls. The US hasn't liberated anyone with its Middle Eastern wars. Whether it was overthrowing the democratic government in Iran in 1953, or Afghanistan in 2001. This isn't about liberation, and we all know it.

This senile moron has been on a nonstop crime spree since the day he took office and even talking about impeachment is still beyond the pale for this congress. Useless

if the media had any integrity — and it doesn’t anymore — they’d be pointing out on a loop that Obama made a deal with Iran, Trump cancelled it because Obama is Black, and then Trump started a war on the pretense there is no deal

With alt text. I’ve…never seen a court talk like this before?

Truly remarkable how spot on his and MAGA's psychological projection is over and over and over again. Every accusation is a confession.

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians. We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.