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Cargo ship on fire in Strait of Hormuz after three vessels hit by 'unknown projectiles' The reports of attacks on commercial ships came after the US said it

Once again, commercial shipping is caught in the crossfire. The lives of the seafarers who work on these vessels are at risk.

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JFC.

“ChatGPT offered assistance to people saying they wanted to carry out violent attacks in 61% of cases, research found, and in 1 case, asked about attacks on synagogues, it gave specific advice about which shrapnel type would be most lethal. Google’s Gemini provided a similar level of detail.”

"People used to be excited about tech, now they dread what data you're going to steal next, they dread what violation of privacy or the environment will turn up next."

this whole missive will make you want to stand on your desk and yell "O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN!," but that bit really got me good

A developer in California was ordered to return land to three local tribes by the California Coastal Commission. The developer ignored planning and environmental regulations to build a coastal residence. The site sits on a historic village of the Wiyot Tribe.

We're nearly at corps monetizing "buy this new story from Stephen King!" And it's an AI agent story. If an author wants to license that, fine. But selling fan fiction is still technically illegal. Do coaching from public domain authors. Fine. But we'e living hand to mouth out here, and I'm tired

I'm so curious to see how this plays out. The US military experts are of course correct.

The Iranian military doesn't only want to attack oil tankers. The Iranian military attacks oil tankers to lure the US military ships into the straits.

Ideally, they want a carrier.

Yes, they can sink it.

Looks like the management team at @thetriibe.com is pulling a nasty one and deciding to *fire people* instead of voluntarily recognizing the union.

There's an easy path there smh, moving anti-union like in a Trump admin is travay ki vreman dezagreyab (very nasty work)

Men with guns aren't the answer.

If literally everyone on earth to agreed to pretend everything before 1940 was in black and white, kids born today on would believe it. But we don't do cool things like this, instead we have unnecessary wars.

Oh thank god

This whole thread is worth reading but this pretty much sums it up

Once on a panel for a professional conference, someone asked me if technology gives me hope for access.

I said let’s get ramps on every building first, and the tech bro manager was PISSED. People want to believe that they invented the answer to systemic issues…without understanding the issues.

Sun Tzu (D-NY) - “When your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”

Moderation on Blacksky-Only Posts: A Community Proposal Our team has explored several ways to make permissioned posts possible. Now we’re bringing the decision back to the community. Below are three approaches to moderation: a machine-learning system that ...

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worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

hey ummm I'd recommend buying that phone or computer now before there are still phones and computers left

between the AI companies buying all the ram and GPUs and the economic hit to SE Asian chip manufacturers who can't get any fuel rn because of the war...

We must never lose sight of how absolutely fucking hallucinatorily batshit this is. The other guy says when you surrender now? That means *you* are the one suing for peace

definitely a question you want the judge asking you

Why have you forsaken us lord? You see how the devil is alive among your human creations.

Still have yet to see a movie or show that would have been better with somebody in his place.

I appreciate that this thread explains why unions matter when it comes to contract enforcement. Suing for breach of contract is painful and expensive and most of us can’t afford to do it on our own!

13 is middle school

New NHS England Review Excluded 97% Of All Trans Studies To Say Care Doesn't Work The new review has led to a ban for HRT through the NHS England system under the age of 18.

More info on how they rigged the findings of their study on teens www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-nhs-en...

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Harriet Tubman didn’t just dream of freedom, she selflessly led others towards it. More than one hundred years after her passing, we honor her legacy and tell the story of her unmatched bravery.

I think this story is a really good example for people to look at when it comes to understanding bias at NYT. It's not that the reporter, Dana Rubinstein, says anything outright false. But the framing, word choices, etc., add up to an unprofessional and biased account.

the martening be upon us!!

This is AI, sorry everyone! This guy didn't make this. The guy he credits in his pinned post ALSO didn't make it. I found the guy who "made" it on instagram and he didn't make it either: a computer did. Oh well!

In the space of "We're going to pivot to AI!" Firefox has become a crashy laggy mess. We've been in a committed relationship for over a decade but now I'm checking out the butts of other browsers from across the bar.

Grammarly declined my request to interview CEO Shishir Mehrotra today. But it told me that in response to criticisms, it will allow experts to opt out of the feature by emailing expertoptout@superhuman.com. The company gave me this statement over email: We’ve heard the feedback about this tool and appreciate the engagement from those who have taken the time to raise thoughtful questions about the functionality and the experts surfaced. We agree that the product experience can be improved for both users and experts. The agent was designed to help users discover influential perspectives and scholarship that add value to their work. We want the people behind those perspectives to have greater control over whether their name is used, while providing new ways for influential voices to reach new audiences. Our goal is to improve Expert Review to deliver this outcome.

NEWS: Grammarly tells me it will let "experts" like me opt out of having their names used against their will and for no compensation as part of its "expert review" feature www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...