David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.

Large #ICEprotest, with little to no media coverage, in LA yesterday

In case you're STILL confused about mafia enabler Merrick Garland, please read this article. I wrote it in 2023. It is not a response to current events. It explains why the these events would happen unless good people intervened -- which they did not. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...

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Gaza is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child, according to UNICEF. Some were killed in their beds. Others while playing. Many were buried before they learned to walk. Read a list of their names here: wapo.st/3UCiAjn

Where are the children being held? 🚨 Children, handcuffed and chained, being moved out of the LA Federal Building. July 10 - ICE & CBP raided two Glass House Farms sites in Camarillo and Carpinteria. Up to 319 undocumented workers arrested. At least 10 migrant kids were found. The youngest was 14.

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Ms Rachel got attacked for refusing to erase the children of Gaza so she responded by making a music video with 3 yo Rahaf, a double amputee from Gaza who lost her legs in an Israeli strike. Be a bad-ass like Ms Rachel. My toddler loves her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtq-...

Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says

Israel kills 48 in Gaza in past 24 hours as death toll tops 52,600 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-kills-48-gaza-past-24-hours-death-toll-tops-52600

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“Israel killed more than 200 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, including 40 members of a single family. The official death toll in Gaza is now over 44,000, although experts believe that is a vast undercount of the true figure.”

Nancy Mace has introduced a federal bathroom ban which would ban trans people from bathrooms in DCA and Dulles airports, national park bathrooms, museum bathrooms, and all federal building bathrooms.

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As OpenAI and Meta introduce LLM-driven searchbots, I'd like to once again remind people that neither LLMs nor chatbots are good technology for information access. A thread, with links: >>

“no food aid has reached northern Gaza since 1 October”