Gmail's new Gemini AI features can be turned off, but there's a catch The email app used by over 3 billion people is turning on new artificial intelligence features by default. Here's how to turn them off.

Here's how to get rid of the effin' AI summaries in Gmail, if you're still using Gmail. www.wcnc.com/article/news...

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?

Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

A Doonesbury comic strip written and drawn by Gary Trudeau, published in 1980, shows a young man filling out his selective service paperwork. Told that he'd neglected to answer a question on the back of the form, he reads it aloud: "If called upon by your country, would you be willing to give your life to protect the interests of U.S. oil companies?" His indignant question, "Oil companies?" is answered: "It's only hypothetical. We're just trying to get a head count."

A Doonesbury comic strip written and drawn by Gary Trudeau, published in 1980.

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

Congratulations, Patrick, and I particularly like the phrase "not leaving the SFF world."

POND RULES: No swimming, jumping or gallivanting. Do not disturb the pond witch. No fishing with dynamite. Sacrifices to water gods on alternate Wednesdays only - NO EXCEPTIONS! Taunt the crows at your own risk. If a hand comes out of the water to beckon you, turn and walk away. Do not feed the weretrout. Is the water burning with cold unholy fire? Report it to the ranger! They’re not ducks. Run. Have fun!

You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before

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NO KINGS BROOKLINE RALLY FOR DEMOCRACY · No Kings 🚨 June 14th marks Donald Trump’s birthday—and this year, it also marks a dangerous display of authoritarian ambition: a taxpayer-funded military parade in Washington, D.C., costing tens of millions of...

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A woman on a balcony, holding a bouquet of red carnations, gives one of them to a soldier passing below, placing it on the muzzle of his gun while he looks up at her. All round, other soldiers walk beside him, some wearing red carnations on the muzzles of his guns too, others waiting for their turn. On the background, Portuguese tiles frame the woman, while the balcony's railing slowly transforms into a streetlamp typical of Lisbon (with a caravel and 2 ravens, the symbols of the city).

Celeste dos Cravos

An illustration commemorating the Carnation Revolution that took place in Portugal on the 25th of April of 1974, and the woman, Celeste Caeiro, who gave the revolution its name with a simple gesture :)

25 de Abril Sempre, Fascismo nunca mais! ✊

my biggest career tip is to consider for each project/piece you do: is this to earn money or is this for my sanity. it is a fine line but the boundaries must be set! if its for money u TURN ON "i am a worker hired by a client" and if its for ur sanity u turn that off and turn on "owooga booga"

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Oboy! ElevenLabs just integrated speech-to-speech into Studio! You can do TTS and STS in one environment!

This is a BFD.

Try it here:
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Democratic governors: Prevent mass deportation NOW! President-elect Trump has repeatedly vowed to conduct the “largest deportation effort in American history” and plans to mobilize the military and National Guard to raid our communities. These plans ar...

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Done.

ARGH. Y'all, I've been off Facebook for years, but apparently there's a fake account that's been approaching publishers and trying to chat. I reported it ages ago, but clearly Zuck is too busy fashturbating to fix his mess. Please spread the word: this ain't me. www.facebook.com/nkjemisin1

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Done! Thanks, Ellen.

This is your periodic reminder that:

"AI" is artificial, but not currently intelligent
"hallucinations" are actually incorrect or misleading output (errors)
"AI" cannot "join the workforce" any more than a broken clock can

When we use their marketing terms we only help them perpetuate the scam.