more people probably died from diarrhea, malaria and typhoid during the civil war than actual fighting

This is important and shocking news from NYT.

And it doesn’t mention the DRC third-country deportation program has already begun. ICE sent 15 immigrants from Latin American countries there five days ago.

gillianbrockell.com/breaking-ice...

So miss me with the AI literacy solutions. In fact, keep missing me until you propose “AI literacy” that teaches folks how these systems incorporate systemic oppression into its operations. That’s the kind of literacy we need.

No amount of AI literacy can protect us because the problem isn’t knowledge, or how to use the system, it’s that the system exists in a culture that has been radically structured around white supremacy and patriarchy and your precious autocomplete incorporates it into its operations.

Anyone arguing that some flavor of AI literacy will protect women from AI deep fake porn is at best unserious and at worst desperate to protect their automated goon generator. This is prima facie not a literacy problem.

Like, AI literacy in any form will not protect black and disabled folks from the algorithmic bias, and the violence that emerges from it, of spicy autocomplete. Full stop. No amount of AI literacy can protect us in the deployment of the system because it is tracking the wrong problem.

This is nuts. Why are we erecting additional barriers to housing for *children*? And barriers which lead to more instability for the people who most need stability.

This is very good

it's similar w/psychosis. they suspect that one reason stigma against psychosis has gotten *worse* instead of better over the last 30 years (as it has for most other mental illnesses) is because of slavering media coverage any time someone who even MIGHT have psychosis does something terrible

I could sense Harris et al were not original thinkers, but I didn’t know they were basically plagiarizing Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington, who used their elite academic positions to launder a comic-book hero-and-villain vision of people, culture, religion, and history. /2

The Black Jacobins - specifically the line "The rich are only defeated when running for their lives"

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

These results demonstrate in stark terms how vital shots are and what’s at stake if policy changes interfere with Americans’ ability to vaccinate their kids.

Read our full investigation:

this reminds me, i don't think SCOTUS should be allowed to choose their own clerks. standardize the hiring schedule, put the applications in a pool, blind reads (perhaps by a panel of former clerks) and random assignments.

Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment.

The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment.

By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

Simple, direct graphic proclaims "Support These Data Centers: Schools, Libraries, Bookstores.

Ich did not make thys, but Ich wisshe Ich did. Repost yf you are a proud member of the Gen AI Backlash.

A genuine shame on liberalism that the Biden administration approved Israel for the visa waiver program despite everyone agreeing that Israel didn't meet the requirements for it.

Step one: First you grab honey by the waist

put it on every catholic church instead

Biden's only unconfirmed Cabinet nominee delayed in part over Epstein meetings Eric Lander says he "had no relationship with Epstein."

There were multiple people in Biden's cabinet that had ties to Epstein and it came up during their confirmation hearings. They all sailed through with some of the highest vote margins for any cabinet members.

Eric Lander was confirmed unanimously (though later resigned for harassing staffers).

Resign @schumer.senate.gov and @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social you do not represent the people and refuse to do your duty to uphold the Constitution and the law. Resign.

Cancel Reply Forbidden Jay Bluesky is made with Al, the engineers and even some non-engineers use Claude code Can you ask them to stop?

Asking the forbidden question

Let’s Finally Do Something About the Bulldozer That Killed My Daughter Bernie Sanders is trying to end the shipment of US bulldozers to Israel—like the one that crushed my daughter, Rachel Corrie, to death 23 years ago.

In 2003, US citizen Rachel Corrie was killed by Israeli soldiers using a US-provided bulldozer.

Her parents are calling on senators to vote yes today to block $295 million worth of these bulldozers to Israel. Join them by calling your senators TODAY:

Seems like maybe @mtkonczal.bsky.social

Yes! My mom was a teacher in Chicago for decades and she's always saying this whenever people complain about teenagers going downtown: where else, exactly, do you want them to go? Teenagers *should* go downtown, that's literally what a downtown is for (cue the Petula Clark song)

UFC's Dana White says criticism for physical altercation with wife '100% warranted' Dana White said Wednesday that no one should defend his actions after he was caught on camera slapping his wife on New Year's Eve in Mexico.

Interesting Josh Shapiro appears with someone who slapped his wife in public. I am sure this will get the recent Hasan Piker treatment.

Absolutely not. I refuse to vote for anyone who pals around with such people

so classic. it's not a conspiracy, James Cameron, it's just capitalism.