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Dana Gavin

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Writing Center Director. PhD in English, ODU. GenAI Inquisitor. Holmesian. danagavin.com

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We need your drone interceptors for our war, but we won’t thank you and our propaganda will claim that we made them.

09.03.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 2314 πŸ” 884 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 23

I know it’s not new.

But it’s proudly blatant now.

Create a β€œwhite nation” someplace else.

This one is profoundly and powerfully diverse.

08.03.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 350 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 1

This is horrific.

08.03.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tarrio is, quite literally, a pardoned terrorist.

08.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 10052 πŸ” 3499 πŸ’¬ 431 πŸ“Œ 118

This is the man Senators who present themselves as serious human beings are going to rubber stamp into the office of Director of Homeland Security. Show some self-respect and some love of country and vote no.

08.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 3425 πŸ” 1076 πŸ’¬ 169 πŸ“Œ 54
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I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this πŸ˜‰

06.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 4374 πŸ” 1047 πŸ’¬ 70 πŸ“Œ 41

I do my part.

07.03.2026 14:41 πŸ‘ 535 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year | TechCrunch The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on X.

Who could possibly have predicted that a company whose slogan is "cheat on everything" would cheat?

techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/c...

06.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 4000 πŸ” 1051 πŸ’¬ 154 πŸ“Œ 70

the harder the industry invests on pushing narratives of AI as (only) positive, inevitable, and inherently good for society/business, the more any criticism of this narrative becomes β€œtoo radical”, β€œunworkable” and β€œunrealistic”

06.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 289 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 9
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The full moon rises through the clouds over the CBD, New Orleans

06.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
 Photo of my fluffy white cat Francie meowing at the camera with her little pink, toothless mouth open looking like the cutest lil gremlin. The words art show are written in sloppy digital crayon above and below her face.

Photo of my fluffy white cat Francie meowing at the camera with her little pink, toothless mouth open looking like the cutest lil gremlin. The words art show are written in sloppy digital crayon above and below her face.

THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-AI generated ✨CAT-RELATED✨ art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 11 pm EST. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!

06.03.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 285 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 2
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Data center developer withdraws Apex project after community opposition Several organizers and elected leaders in the western Wake County town celebrated the news of the project ending.

www.newsobserver.com/news/local/a...

06.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New DHS secretary

05.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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Read Banned Books, says the little kitty. πŸ“š ❀️ 🐈

04.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 613 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 7

A Florida bill would create a "counterterrorism unit" to β€œdetect and neutralize” people, groups, businesses, and others whose "actions, views or opinions are a threat or are inimical to the interests of this state and the United States of America.”

Already passed a State senate committee 7-1.

05.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 201 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 26

I’m kinda crying, too!

Thank, y’all, for continuing to magnify the journalism of this passionate team of Mississippians!

We Mississippians started + run this statewide newsroom from inside the state. All our paychecks go to Mississippians and our economy: radical in a world of chain journalism.

05.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bari Weiss reposing a CBS News stories that says the current war with Iran stretches back to 1979

Bari Weiss reposing a CBS News stories that says the current war with Iran stretches back to 1979

Story at the The Free Press: Our 50 Year War with Iran

Story at the The Free Press: Our 50 Year War with Iran

Bari Weiss is pushing the β€œ50 year war” narrative at both the Free Press and CBS. The erases both American culpability for the current war (since Iran started in 1979!) and the reasons why a theocratic anti-American regime took power in the first place.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-reason...

04.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 1146 πŸ” 305 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 104
Steve King 9
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Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.
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Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel
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Steve King 9 @SteveKinglA + Follow Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. ESTERN ILIZATION Voice of Europe @V_of_Europe Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel RETWEETS LIKES 516 688 10:40 AM - 12 Mar 2017 from lowa, USA

I'm teaching about early 20th century eugenics today and was reminded that 9 years ago Republican Representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments by his GOP colleagues for this post that simply states what is now bog standard GOP policy/rhetoric on immigration and "civilization."

04.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 3758 πŸ” 1013 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 47
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

Ted Lieu to Marco Rubio β€œYou told Americans to depart now via commercial means when you know many airports/airspace are closed β€” Maybe you should have thought of a frickin’ plan first”

Reminder: Four Americans died in Benghazi β€” six have died & three jets have been shot down in three days in Iran

03.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 4901 πŸ” 1511 πŸ’¬ 149 πŸ“Œ 65

β€œIf [wealthy, powerful people] can get us to accept that the future’s already settled, AI is already here, the end is already here, then we will create that for them. My most daring idea is to refuse.” β€” @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

04.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 3159 πŸ” 900 πŸ’¬ 63 πŸ“Œ 22
email to me with a title: 2027 MSc in Artificial Intelligence Application – Research Interest in Trustworthy Generative AI & Multi-Agent Safety

email body: I have been deeply inspired by your pioneering work on AI accountability, algorithmic harm governance, and ethical alignment of generative multi-modal systems. As Geoffrey Hinton has repeatedly warned the global community about the existential and structural risks of unregulated AI systems, I have long been searching for actionable, ethical frameworks to translate these high-level warnings into practical, safe AI design β€” and your research has been the definitive guide for me. In particular, your 2023 paper in Nature Machine Intelligence on the structural risks of large-scale generative models, as well as your AI Accountability Framework developed at the Mozilla Foundation, have fundamentally shaped my core belief: capable AI systems must be built on the premise of safety, transparency, and consistent alignment with human values, rather than pursuing functionality alone.

email to me with a title: 2027 MSc in Artificial Intelligence Application – Research Interest in Trustworthy Generative AI & Multi-Agent Safety email body: I have been deeply inspired by your pioneering work on AI accountability, algorithmic harm governance, and ethical alignment of generative multi-modal systems. As Geoffrey Hinton has repeatedly warned the global community about the existential and structural risks of unregulated AI systems, I have long been searching for actionable, ethical frameworks to translate these high-level warnings into practical, safe AI design β€” and your research has been the definitive guide for me. In particular, your 2023 paper in Nature Machine Intelligence on the structural risks of large-scale generative models, as well as your AI Accountability Framework developed at the Mozilla Foundation, have fundamentally shaped my core belief: capable AI systems must be built on the premise of safety, transparency, and consistent alignment with human values, rather than pursuing functionality alone.

never published in Nature Machine Intelligence & neither do i have work on "AI Accountability Framework"

i know this is now normal but i want you all to stop & reflect on how much the future is fucked & the only way to mitigate this disaster is to ban/limit this dammed technology

04.03.2026 12:11 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3

Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"

03.03.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 1424 πŸ” 245 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 12
SCOOP: Anthropic was among the AI companies that submitted a proposal earlier this year to compete in a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge to produce technology for voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming, acc to people familiar w/ matter.

SCOOP: Anthropic was among the AI companies that submitted a proposal earlier this year to compete in a $100 million Pentagon prize challenge to produce technology for voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarming, acc to people familiar w/ matter.

And everyone is running around praising them for being "ethical"

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

03.03.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8
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I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing β€˜reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

03.03.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 3545 πŸ” 1549 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 284

One thing Bill Whitaker is gonna do on @60minutes.bsky.social is report the truth. Whoever’s in charge.

Especially coming on the heels of Justice Thomas’ recent remarks about β€œincivility,” this report on the uniquely vicious and menacing attacks on lower federal court judges is important.

02.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 1611 πŸ” 479 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 7
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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

we reached the β€œno WMDs” phase in two days.

02.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 7578 πŸ” 2227 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 107

β€œSo called international organizations…no stupid rules of engagement.” We are a rogue murder state now, and positively proud of it.

02.03.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 1873 πŸ” 508 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 14
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Trump’s attack on Iran and the plot against your vote Donald Trump is planning to use his attack on Iran to justify a power grab over voting in the 2026 midterms.

Trump is setting the stage to claim extraordinary powers to take over the 2026 elections β€” from banning mail-in voting to imposing new obstacles to voter registration. All of this will be justified on the grounds of national security. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

02.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 1768 πŸ” 845 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 32

How is bombing Iran for her son's death in Iraq "payback"?

But it looks like AI wrote this article, so...

01.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 1
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How Wesley Hunt of Texas Is Working in Plain Sight With Outside Groups

This guy.

GIFT LINK.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

01.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 226 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5