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luckytran , to random
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Your regular reminder that COVID is a bipartisan failure.

allanb ,
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@luckytran I fear people may not recognize the change there

RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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why do you need a towel in space

allanb ,
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@RikerGoogling towels are very useful

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    allanb ,
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    @ElleGray The imaginary worm in RFK's head died from his toxic thoughts

    rbreich , to random
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    TODAY: Biden announces major action on student debt relief.

    What's in the news?

    Trump's shifting abortion stance, Trump suing his judge, Trump's fundraising claims.

    TOMORROW: Look for another story about how voters don't feel like Biden's done anything.

    See how this works?

    allanb ,
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    @rbreich President Biden is busy fixing problems, while 'Moral Donald' looks like some kind of hand-wringing demon running out of things to corrupt and lie about.

    Natasha_Jay , (edited ) to random
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    Librarian was obviously bored...

    Edit/credit: it's a work by UK artist Phil Shaw

    allanb ,
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    @Natasha_Jay Like generative AI, but it's not

    allanb ,
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    @Natasha_Jay @boreal7

    I didn't really intend to suggest it was made by generative AI. What struck me was how the photo reads like early versions of what ChatGPT-like programs used to produce.

    A generative AI process kinda does the same thing, training on phrases it finds, and chaining them into semi-coherent sentences.

    taylorlorenz , to random
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    Members of Congress who voted for the TikTok divest-or-die bill last week "may own between $29 million and $126 million worth of stock in competing tech companies" https://gizmodo.com/politicians-who-voted-to-ban-tiktok-may-own-as-much-as-1851356203

    allanb ,
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    @taylorlorenz Look who opposes this bill. Trump, Musk, Marjorie Taylor Greene. And AOC, (who suffers from millennial self-interest)

    All the wrong people are aligned to protect TikTok

    allanb ,
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    @MisuseCase

    75% of TikTok users are 18-34
    AOC is 34, and is a Millennial.

    Maybe I am not understanding your point

    allanb ,
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    @MisuseCase The point I was making was an attempt to describe AOC's self interest in TikTok as being Millennial interest, and a conflict of interest (or representation, depending on how you want to look at it.)

    I said nothing about lawns or getting off them

    allanb ,
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    @MisuseCase

    AOC may not have monetary interest in TikTok, but she has generational interest (her national constituents are largely Millennials and younger). TikTok is mostly an artifact of Millennials and younger.

    The fact remains it is a spying platform, and has been used to put surveillance on journalists and others.

    National security interests are being weighed against generational-centered social platforms, and one would expect her to object.

    Despite Trump/MTG being in the same corner

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    allanb ,
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    @rbreich All true and cosnsitent.

    rbreich , to random
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    "We found out today that the Supreme Court is not at all serious about its own Ethical Code.

    Ginni Thomas was directly involved in the plot to overturn the 2020 election. The same plot that got Trump kicked off the ballot in Colorado.

    Clarence Thomas is hearing the case. Hello?"

    allanb ,
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    @rbreich What a charade, Thomas should recuse himself, or go down in history as being a pawn of Trump.

    RikerGoogling Bot , to random
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    can you block yourself on twitter

    allanb ,
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    @RikerGoogling Is that a request, because I think I already did that

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