Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

Stop sharing AI slop. It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays. But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.

Jury nullification is good and it's a good sign for America's path out of authoritarianism that juries are recognizing their power to nullify.

Art friends, is there anything (legally?) stopping me from doing something with logos?

So, maybe time isn’t linear? And maybe a linear view of time is holding us back?

“Facial recognition is unlike any other form of surveillance. It enables automated and ubiquitous monitoring of an entire population, and it is nearly impossible to avoid. If we don’t stop it, it will be used not to keep us safe, but to control and oppress us.”

Think about how quickly the public sympathizes with a waitress struggling to make ends meet but condemns a dancer who earns the same money in one night. Both women are working, but only one is seen as “respectable.” The taboo isn’t about money or intimacy; it’s about who gets to control the terms.

When sex is exchanged for money, it collides with two deeply entrenched cultural beliefs: that sex should be private, moralized, and tied to love, and that women’s labor should be undervalued or unpaid. Selling sex disrupts both of those norms at once, which invites judgment and distortion.

“We need law and order restored,” said Indiana’s chief legal officer, the state’s Attorney General since January 2021. “It’s shameful that the leadership here refuses to do anything about it,” he also said.

I’m not exactly sure what I’m doing here yet, but hopefully the main idea is clear

Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand OpenAI stop using their content to train AI

Option 1? Here lies Education and imagination RIP

What happens when we have swathes of adults whose only aspirations are just to be a brand, to be an influencer

So, the local library has been shutdown, by the town, since June. There are handfuls of library road signs, still up. I think they deserve to become art. What would you do with them? I have a few ideas (🧵) and wanna make sure it’s visible from a distance

So, the local library has been shutdown, by the town, since June. There are handfuls of library road signs, still up. I think they deserve to become art. What would you do with them? I have a few ideas (🧵) and wanna make sure it’s visible from a distance

Here is a comprehensive list of why people on SNAP, are on SNAP: 1. They need food assistance. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

100% of women who has a child with autism consumed food, water and oxygen during their pregnancy. Therefore pregnant women should not do any of those things. I’ve just done the same scientific research as RFK Jr.

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP. A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify. I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

People in poverty actually have some of the best financial management you’ll ever see. They lack resources they need because of things not by their own doing, most of the time.

App-ified glp-1 sites wreak of pop-up pain clinics Greater access, good. Taking advantage of people’s hope and insecurity, bad.

My mom wants to travel, but I’m unsure what she’s actually up for. After 2 or 3 strokes, abilities and anxieties have changed. Visiting a botanical garden surfaced concerns wrt balance and endurance. Before traveling too far, I’d like to make note of her abilities. What other fun stuff should we do?

Realized his morning that I need to ask my HR department what the leave policy is if someone gets indefinitely detained by ICE, just to get them thinking about it

You’re saying that you’re willing to take a risk that this guy is actually a Nazi because he presents with decent politics to you. And if you’re wrong about that, it’s not going to be you who pays the biggest price. So you’re actually risking other people’s safety.

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.

New 🎲✂️ idea: Family reunion game to make the “catching up” quick* and fun. Never again spend the whole reunion trading health, breath, and death updates. Family Reunion Game updates more members faster and connects the right people *dare I say, efficient? But in service of improving connections

It is unambiguously morally correct to wear silly clothes if you enjoy doing so. Utilitarianism would argue it is nothing but hedons (makes me and those who see me happy), Absurdism would say it's embracing life's absurdity (dress codes lul), Judaism says making people laugh is a mitzvah, etc

Some of the numbers in here are wild. “45% of AI generated code has exploitable [security] flaws.” And this is a massive, looming problem that I’ve talked about a lot: “Without juniors gaining real experience, where will the next generation of senior engineers come from?”

It is Luddite, in the true meaning of the term. The luddites were a distributed, organized revolutionary movement targeting the use of automation by capitalists to exploit and displace skilled workers. They weren’t just grumpy about technology

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

🚨BREAKING: New York Court of Appeals UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS state law moving most county and town elections to even-numbered years. By aligning them with state and federal elections, it will boost voter turnout. Another victory for voters and defeat for the GOP! www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

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The teacher should be fired. They've demonstrated that they are not competent as an educator. Plus, using AI slop to try and make a point about conserving the environment is just adding insult to injury.

The replies to this thread prove that people of all walks of life find science fascinating

What jargon does media get wrong in a way that's jarring for you? "Stat" doesn't just means fast, it means "there is a life-threatening circumstance and I need this to solve it." Nothing in a morgue is 'stat,' just 'asap.' On a ship, "aye" means "yes." "Aye-aye" means "heard, and I will comply."

The reason the Catholic Church is going so hard in the name of immigrants being deported by ICE is that—though the media can never stop Islamaphobic fear mongering for ten seconds to acknowledge the fact—the vast majority of them are Catholic.

Worse than realizing there are so many people who will let fascism overtake America is realizing how many people are stepping willingly into fascist roles. How can proud Americans work for ICE with all of these horrible encounters captured on camera?

In just a month’s time, I’ve gone from welcoming a new relationship with my previously-estranged-for-decades mom to (totally unrelatedly) having my dad try to cut ties with me. Did I upset some sort of planetary balance?!

I keep hearing a mysterious beep-beep-beep-beep every 30ish minutes. I have it narrowed down to pretty small area. It’s muffled when I hear it inside. If I sit outside and stare at the problem area, it magically doesn’t happen. I’m determined to squash this heisenbug, eventually

Life’s been hectic in mostly good ways. Anyway, design is my thing and it permeates everything I care about. So, I’ve started designing a house because why not. Just needs an `is_occupied?` light outside the secret door What would your dream board game room be like?

Seeing many posts about how ICE isn't trained. That's not really the problem. The problem is what they were sent to do, not whether they're qualified to do it.

My radical views are that I’d prefer to pay for healthcare for all and food for everyone than have my tax dollars support genocide, ICE, and the bank accounts of the super wealthy.

I requested a credit limit increase. They denied me. One might be curious why, right? Low usage on existing line of credit Wtaf is that?!

New comic! 🦁🦌 In this week’s Lion and Gazelle, we realized that house rules make you a revolutionary?!  You can read this week’s blog post at www.semicoop.com/comic/lion-a...

me: I’m a Calvinist the Calvin:

Does anyone know how I can get my eyes on the Cortland Standard 📰 from 1998