It's honestly crazy seeing pro-AI people keep talking about artist like elite gatekeepers when virtually every artist I'm aware of is, at base, struggling to get by.
It's not like it's just people starting out either, the amount of veteran talents who've had to set up GoFundMes is staggering.
You should hammer all these reps who voted yes on the KIDS Act.
Additionally, keep contacting your other reps as well
Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
timesofoman.com/article/1691...
I remember learning about the Hays Code in film school and how it made it so that any amoral protagonist had to meet karmic justice by the end of the film and going “wow, that’s really silly” and then once a week I log online and see people argue that we need stuff like that now or it’s problematic
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his substack depends on his not understanding it".
Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.
Gas prices jumped 14% this past week according to AAA motor club.
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A LIST OF WORDS FOR COOL.
A DUDE THINKING SOME SERIOUSLY DEEP THOUGHTS.
THE BEST HOODIE OF ALL TIME
MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MACHINE. A "CUTE CATBOY" AND BEANS.
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Judge blocks Portland ICE facility agents from using tear gas leaking into nearby apartments oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/judge...
fuck the atlantic all my homies hate the atlantic and also fuck aaron for banning all my homies for talking shit about the atlantic
This story contains a porn-texting police chief, a money-hungry police union, a nasty mayor’s race, a man in a Waldo costume and the phrase “pig pig pig” — your weekend read from @thewesternedge.bsky.social / me and @ryanjhaas.bsky.social
www.thewesternedge.media/p/the-shady-...
I know people are tapped out, but for anyone who still can, this incredibly sweet family needs help urgently as they try to appeal the detention of their husband/dad. We set the GFM up in a rush, so the harrowing details aren't all in there, but I can assure you that the need is urgent and real.
Nintendo suing US government over tariffs
aftermath.site/nintendo-tarif...
The LA artists leading an ‘irresistible resistance’ against ICE: From pop-up performances for small businesses to nocturnal protests against immigration raids, creativity has become part of activists’ toolkit.
by @cmonstah.bsky.social in @ftweekend.com from a couple weeks ago
It's not an excuse for cooperation, but the federal government has clearly extracted bullshit confessions under conditions that meet the definition of torture—incl extreme isolation, sexual violence, physical and emotional abuse, and the withholding of appropriate food and medical care.
As testimony unfolds in the Prairieland case, it appears that authorities used horrific jail conditions to pressure defendants to "cooperate."
In 2018, when Russian secret police tortured political arrestees into signing false confessions, we warned that this tactic would eventually reach the US.
BBC Verify has analysed verified videos and satellite imagery that show severe damage to a hospital, sporting centres, a UNESCO world heritage site and two schools since US and Israeli strikes on Iran began on Saturday, as the number of civilian casualties grows.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wait, so you’re telling me that a bunch of high-paid corporate lobbyists subsidized by public $ were misleading the public about tax flight to try to cut taxes for the rich?
Nah, couldn’t be!
Absolutely sickening shit: the Dena had just participated in international naval exercises *with the US* and was unarmed and the US knew this and sank it anyway and left the survivors to drown
Looking forward to the PCEF electric bike rebate program launching! Been waiting for it for years
“A slur involved group chat”
I've worked at PCC for 17 years, served in union leadership for 10 of those, and this is my fourth time serving on my union (@pccffap.bsky.social) 's bargaining team. I love PCC and I love my colleagues, and I want to share a little bit about why we are preparing to go on strike next week.
🧵 Worth adding: even though we think Proton is still a strong choice for many activists, the company sucks. Their response is dismal (as @bennjordan.bsky.social points out below). They are covering their ass and not demonstrating commitment to the cause of privacy.
bsky.app/profile/benn...
Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/
These guys are going "look, I invented a mind that is ok to enslave!"
Which means they *already think there are some minds that are ok to enslave*
And then you look at how they treat actual people and you're like "yeah that checks out, shithead"
The thing about all these freak AI execs constantly going "our machine may have gained sentience?!" is that they want slaves. That they are ok with slave labor.
And *then* it always, always turns out their latest AI trick actually used slave labor somewhere in the global south.
They're slavers.
How the City keeps trying to "revitalize downtown" and "bring workers back" but is raising parking prices, cutting bus service, neglecting Park & Rides, and failing to bring back Fareless Square is a real mystery.
