Sure. How much do you think you should pay me to use my name? It's really important to think about attribution and think about impersonation, and so on. As an expert, you have a trade you make on the internet. The idea is that when you put content out there, myself included, you hope people use it. You want to refer to other people's content. You want people to link to you. You really, really hope they attribute you when they do. When somebody uses your content, should they attribute you? Of course. And to attribute you, you have to use your name. There's a different line which is, should people be able to impersonate you? And I think that is a very different standard. And we saw the lawsuit. Respectfully, we believe the claims are without merit. The idea that the feature is impersonation is quite a big stretch. Every mention was very clearly, "This is inspired not only by this person, but also inspired by a specific work from this specific person, with a clear attributed link to get back to them." It's far from that test lof impersonation].

Here’s my interview with Shishir Mehotra, the CEO behind Grammarly’s “expert review” feature which attributed writing advice to people - including me lol - without permission. Or, as you will hear us talk about a lot, compensation. www.theverge.com/podcast/8987...

Trump administration to pay French company $1B to drop U.S. offshore wind leases TotalEnergies has agreed to what's essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York, and will invest the money in fossil fuel projects instead, the Department of Interior announced.

TotalEnergies has agreed to what's essentially a refund of its leases for projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York, and will invest the money in fossil fuel projects instead, the Department of Interior announced. n.pr/3PjBEUt

I set up a tracker to follow average national gas prices at the pump since the first strikes on Iran were launched. Here's where we're at:

Mapping ICE's expanding footprint, and the communities fighting back Resistance in both Democratic and Republican cities points to broader unease with the direction of immigration enforcement.

This map is brilliant. What it maps is enraging
Why cities are resisting ICE's detention expansion
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"Great work taking out that IRGC command center. That wasn't just a bold strike—it was inspired. Now is there anything else I can help you with?"

A ship and buildings can be seen on fire in Bandar Abbas Military Harbour, Iran, in satellite images from today released by Planet Labs

I used this system just recently for a story on small arms purchases by DHS. Taking it offline unquestionably makes the US government more secretive and less accountable.

It's a Boeing 737 with a queen bed, showers, kitchen and a bar.

Okay fine I will load the website docs.pytest.org/en/stable/

Shipping more and more code with agents means I'll finally have to learn how to write tests won't I?

speedcaking

According to the Washington Post's guild, recent layoffs eliminated positions for:
- 37% of white guild members
- 43% of Asian guild members
- 45% Black members
- 50% Hispanic/Latino members.

It doesn't matter what it does under the hood, your audience wants to see lots of computer-y words scrolling through the terminal quickly

Pro tip, always write code that makes lots of unnecessary print statements so it looks cool and hackerish to anyone looking over your shoulder

Text in image reads: Ongoing DHS OIG Projects Related to Immigration Enforcement ICE’s Hiring and Training Program: Our objective is to determine the extent to which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can surge its hiring and training efforts to meet operational needs. ICE’s Oversight of the 287(g) Program: Our objective is to determine to what extent ICE ensures law enforcement agencies participating in the 287(g) program conduct immigration enforcement efforts in accordance with program requirements. ICE’s Use of Expedited Removal Authority: Our objective is to determine to what extent ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations uses expedited removal for inadmissible and removable aliens in accordance with Federal law and DHS policies and procedures. CBP’s Interior Immigration Enforcement: Our objective is to determine whether CBP conducts interior immigration enforcement in accordance with Federal requirements and Department policies and guidance. ICE’s Processes for Investigating and Addressing Allegations of Excessive Force: Our objective is to determine whether ICE investigates allegations of use of excessive force and holds personnel accountable in accordance with applicable Federal laws, DHS policies, and ICE directives. Processes that DHS Law Enforcement Personnel Follow to Prevent the Arrest of U.S. Citizens During Immigration Enforcement Operations: Our objective is to assess DHS’ processes for determining U.S. citizenship for individuals detained or arrested during immigration enforcement operations. Unannounced Inspections of ICE Detention Facilities: DHS OIG is conducting unannounced inspections to assess compliance with ICE detention standards and ensure safe, secure, and humane conditions of confinement.

Last week the DHS Office of the Inspector General released its current plan for oversight reviews. Many areas of inquest where the American public would really benefit from transparency.

See new posts Conversation AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC Instagram just suspended our account with >137,000 followers:

Instagram has suspended Track AIPAC, the highly popular watchdog project that documents AIPAC’s political spending, citing a violation of Instagram intellectual property rules, specifically trademark rules. The account tracks FEC donations, and points out top-funded lawmakers.

This whistle fights fascists I print whistles now. You can too.

In 1943, musician Woody Guthrie placed a message on his guitar: "This machine kills fascists."

I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.

This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."

think this might be one of the first good instances of AI visual art I've seen. the making of is great too cannoneyed.com/projects/iso...

Looks great! If we were still in the NFT era you'd be rich by now

"Capitalism"

The brutality in Minneapolis has in effect taken a very popular issue for Trump (immigration enforcement) and turned it into a political liability

Hard to argue with this. Great piece by @vermontgmg.bsky.social

Remarkable scenes of resistance.

Another resounding win for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party

Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law

A powerful essay from a Minneapolis-based writer on fear and solidarity under occupation

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Screenshot of text reading: The FBI intends to identify available software solutions to store and search subjects at the classified level. This solution is not intended to replace the Next Generation Identification System Functionality, which was developed and implemented in collaboration with the FBI’s federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners. The solution shall reside at the Secret and/or Top-Secret/SCI level with the ability to support data feeds from external systems. The solution must allow the ability to enroll and search face, fingerprint, palmprint, iris, and latent fingerprints, and associated biographic information with a given set of biometrics.

The FBI wants to build a classified/Top-Secret level biometric identity search system, per this RFI to government contractors.

sam.gov/workspace/co...