Is it cynicism or realism to assume that if Trump has placed a woman – especially a black woman – in charge of something, he’s setting her up as a scapegoat he can freely burn later?

How long do you think before they take deployed US service members’ phones away on the grounds that taking pictures of their shitty food is leaking state secrets?

On this day, last year, the U.S. joined russia, Belarus, and North Korea in voting against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning russian aggression against Ukraine. I never would have imagined that the U.S. would fully align itself with some of the world’s most brutal dictatorships.

Today’s cats want to know what’s in the laundry #CatBreak #BlueskyCats #CatSky

"Defunct startups are being liquidated for their Slack archives, Jira tickets, and email threads—operational exhaust that AI labs now treat as premium training data."

So at the risk of maybe overreading this and making an educated guess, I think I can guess what specifically Wyden is talking about. I think it's about use of AI (LLMs) by FBI to surveil American communications without a warrant

Yousof Azizi, Iranian researcher, journalist, commentator and PhD candidate at @virginiatech.bsky.social with valid legal status, has been illegally detained by ICE. He was taken from in front of his home, has been denied access to a lawyer, and may be transferred to a detention center in Louisiana:

Good thing i screencapped it

i simply find it a little hard to believe that shortly after every website implemented ai code and fired a bunch of engineers they all started breaking constantly every single day but its not related to the ai code or the skeleton crew

I see they have the robots running the code again today #BlueSkyDown 🤖

Today’s cat is an explorer #CatBreak #BlueskyCats #CatSky

Behold Watson’s Biscuits of DOOM!!! #CatBreak

Today’s cat is a noble beastie #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky

Remember that Fury Road chant? Who killed the world?

Psst. Vampire lovers - don’t miss this one! ❤️🦇

Do people see the pattern yet?

Today’s cat is a little shy #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky

I caught that cold that’s going around (5 successive tests say it is NOT Covid) Am incredibly peeved because I almost never leave the house & always wear a tight-fitting respirator on the rare occasions that I do And the first time in a month (a month!), I went grocery shopping & got sick 😡

This story is fascinating for lots of reasons. Basically, this town council was brain poisoned by RW propaganda & passed a ban on clean energy before anyone knew what was happening. Now supportive residents face an uphill slog, collecting signatures, spreading accurate info. Sigh.

He’s not confused He’s lying And he know folks will spend the next three news cycles arguing about it rather than focusing on something important Stop

www.oupress.com/978080614210... Did you know that the the Washoe described *their* history of the Donner Party? They tried to help them multiple times with food and offers to guide them back, and kept getting shot at. They stopped offering after a while.

This was the presser opening: "Formerly, press conferences worked in a way that the propaganda media asked questions that were written for them by govt... We will now give the floor to those Hungarian outlets who are still independent."

Magyar means “Hungary” - so in this recent election, the evil dictator was ousted, effectively, by a dude named Rock Hungary

Today’s cat is a momma with her favorite son #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky

We didn't clear house following Reconstruction or following the Civil Rights Movement and we absolutely have to do it next time.

You gotta wonder what he picked up from that couch Dude kills everything he touches

How many years before that addled zealot Jim Caviezel plays the lead in a reputation-laundering biopic of Orbán, you think?

Today’s cat is a shadow #CatBreak #BlieSkyCats #CatSky

This is a question for all the #GenX folks: How old were you when you read your first Stephen King book?

USC is selling bodies that were likely donated to the university for medical training to the US Navy to literally train the IDF, seemingly without family consent. This is per reporting by USC’s own journalism school. t.co/lZ5jmQoZ1t

The cat pictures will continue until morale improves 💙🐈‍⬛

As Watson gets older, his tabby heritage becomes more apparent - mostly on his tail (his brother Sherlock - adopted by another family - is fully a gray tabby) #CatBreak #Caturday

New version of Plastic Jesus just dropped: 🎶 I don’t care If it rains or freezes ‘Long as I got my AI Jesus Tellin’ me I’m a righteous guy 🎶

Having been in a similar position where I tried to speak up for those afraid to incur their abuser’s wrath: Most people side with the predator & however justified, those pushing against the predator are often the ones shamed & driven away Don’t know why people are like this, but they are

Today’s cat is relaxed #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky #Caturday

Probably the same douche-nozzle who axed the Buffy project

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I. I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

Imagine trying to write this into a horror novel 20 years ago

Today’s cat has made himself comfortable #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky

The publishing industry has changed over the past few decades – nowhere more noticeably than in the publicity support they offer authors Some has happened so gradually it’s almost impossible to imagine what it was like in the before times (cont’d)

Social media apps as Lord of the Rings characters, a thread: Twitter: Twitter is Gollum. Began as a normal halfling. Overexposure to evil left it thin and stretched and bitter.

Then it was, two days after buying groceries, the wife and I realized we both forgot the frozen yogurt bars and left them sitting on the backseat of my Hellcat 😬

Keep it going, friends!

“How much worse can it be?” is the 2020’s version of “May you live in interesting times.”

If you’ve got a little bit of money to spare (base contribution is five dollars) you can get a ridiculous number of games and contribute to a good cause:

In case you missed these last night: #Goth #ThrowbackThursday

Today’s cat is making sure her kiddo is clean #CatBreak #BlueSkyCats #CatSky

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

Performing with URN circa 2005 Feels like a different life (but boy, could I rock a black velvet column dress!) #Goth

You know how constituents in the US can call their reps & ask them to address a problem within their perview? Catholics should totally be able to call the Pope and demand he excommunicate people Like Vance Start with Vance