The artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Honor the Earth.
Good Morning! It is Wed. Apr 22. On this day in 1909, Rita Levi-Montalcini was born. She was an Italian Nobel laureate, honored for her work in neurobiology. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Stanley Cohen for the discovery of nerve growth factor. #WomeninSTEM 🧪
So much false equivalence in media on gerrymandering in Texas vs California & Virginia. California and Virginia maps approved by the voters. That's a huge difference not enough people pointing out
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I feel like there is an @theonion.com AI / Crypto / Current US Political climate article analogy to be made around this.
last week @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and @lilsimsie.bsky.social hosted a stardew valley livestream to educate viewers on how they can help oppose saudi arabia’s purchase of EA. the conclusion to this saga might feel inevitable, but they still believe there’s time to stop it
"BIG HELPS" 🤣
1. Amazon has built powerful pricing algorithms that have learned how to steer prices upward — not just on Amazon, but across the web. I have a new piece on how these algorithms work, and how they help sustain Amazon’s monopoly.
Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Palantir are about six months away from ordering their employees to leave audio logs scattered around their offices
Wrote about Trump "negotiating" with himself to put potentially $10 billion of public money and stick it in his own wallet.
mmm... Many thanks. I check all out. Ohhh... I think @friede.bsky.social might be interested as well.
@molly.wiki & I talk about her experience pivoting to video & her broader critique of #cryptocurrency, #blockchain, & #Web3. Our conversation grew into contrasting billionaire-driven visions of the #future with #grassroots efforts, like #opensource projects, #independent #media, & the #fediverse
MEMPHIS: Despite Elon Musk’s xAI breaking its promise to build a water recycling plant, they’re still getting new permits approved. 🤔
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Me to 3yo: What do you want for your birthday party theme?
3yo: “Poopoo & peepee theme! We can get apple juice for the pee, so a skeleton pees and you drink the skeleton pee but it’s okay because it’s juice”
Me: ..K I was thinking like “dinosaurs” but let’s put a pin in “piss fountain of the dead”
This afternoon, the House will vote on reauthorizing a little-known law that lets the government sidestep the Constitution and spy on US citizens.
Call your representative and tell them to vote NO on Section 702 to stop Trump from gobbling up mass surveillance data.
Very interesting. Curious have you or anyone you know done any work around streamer & or youtuber biz? I have become more & more curious about these industries & cultures. Twitch, YouTube, Kick. Seen a shift w Kick. Was seen as a dirty platform & recently more regular streamers have been using it.
Oooo... I think @this-is-mallory.bsky.social might be intrested in this.
new piece, Social Media in the Scam Age, for the 10th anniversary of @socialmedia-soc.bsky.social
thank you to @zizip.bsky.social for inviting me
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BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans.
After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company.
Now, the states have won.
@benmckenzie.bsky.social on how crypto helps criminals and hostile states evade sanctions — and how Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick profits from it.
This report on the “Biden Administration’s Weaponization of the FACE Act” repeatedly cites conduct that occurred…during the first Trump administration.
Well this looks like fun @davbatz.bsky.social @chefmikeharacz.bsky.social 😋🤢🤣
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One of my top fav programs of all time.
I miss it a ton.
Same. I loved Fireworks.
😭 One of my top fav programs of all time.
Oooo... I will be diving into that sometime this year for sure.
Yes! 😋
Psss.... @chefmikeharacz.bsky.social
![Nobody Speak | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nhqvuggd6ebasluetrqfab6n/bafkreichkbqmnp5nv6puimd33wirkssdlagb34dqzc5imryzkzsbcsd5xe)
"why?"
i dunno, the netflix documentary that got made about my old job is a great starting point
"wait, what?"
