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I like reinventing the wheels.
- Reposted by technerdFed chief Jerome Powell warns that U.S. could face "supply shocks" www.cbsnews.com/news/fed-pow...
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- If news headlines were accurate.
- Reposted by technerdHey NY Times-- It is still a "fringe theory" -- every court has rejected it. There is still a "broad consensus" -- John Eastman is a disgraced lawyer under indictment. The only thing that has changed is the Times.
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- Reposted by technerdThe lesson of cases like this is that under our system convictions are more of a sacrament than a matter of reason. Lies, junk science, garbage witnesses — none of that matters. You have to finish the sacral process, and denying it is like denying Christ.
- My latest for @theappeal.org: James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in #Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free. “They took my life away for nothing,” Carver said.
- Reposted by technerdExcellent trend on the protests in Georgia. 📢 They ain’t giving up — what courage. 💪🏼🇬🇪 #Georgia #HumanRights
- Key findings from the latest report from Georgian civil society organizations on the Georgia crackdowns in November-February: [Report in Georgian: cutt.ly/6rz3ADOy] - 77.7% of respondents reported experiencing violence and mistreatment by police. 🧵 1/9
- Insatiable greed.
- Reposted by technerdThis is the guy who wants to put autonomous robots in everyone's homes. Can't wait until they start seig heiling during the washing up.
- WTF is this x.com/grok/status/...
- Reposted by technerdA profound tragedy. Please read this incredible story from @andrewqmr.bsky.social:
- My latest for @theappeal.org: James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in #Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free. “They took my life away for nothing,” Carver said.
- Reposted by technerdThanks to Trump, Musk, Miller and more, the threats against US judges posted online have skyrocketed, with some platforms seeing a spike of over 1,000% And it's no longer just fringe platforms — with comment from @lbaum94.bsky.social and @wendyvia.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/violen...
- SCOOP: U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
- Reposted by technerdAnd after Bezos spoke at a 2019 memorial service for Khashoggi and spoke directly to his widow, as she cried: "You need to know you are in our hearts." www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zAb...
- If you needed more evidence that billionaires are shit and awful humans.
- Pretty incredible that Jeff Bezos' Amazon announced a "$5 billion-plus" partnership w/ a Saudi AI co launched by Mohammed Bin Salman and sent CEO Andy Jassy to meet with him less than 7 years after MBS murdered Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for Bezos' Washington Post. techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/a...
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- Reposted by technerdThe Grok "white genocide" thing today is another example of "AI" in practice just being a way to place a facade of "intelligence" and rationality over something you thought/wanted to do already. Basically just functioning as an extremely expensive software mirror.
- Reposted by technerdTime to prepare, beloveds. If you are considering stocking up, remember that these pills do expire eventually, and *do not* discuss your actions online or via unencrypted communication. Take no shit, and leave no trace. www.plancpills.org
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- Democrats need to stop hand-wringing about their limited power in Congress and to start extracting whatever political price they can from the Republicans who are abetting Trump's corruption. Gift link: wapo.st/431rQCY
- Reposted by technerdDOJ has issued guidance to all federal agencies telling them they never have to answer questions from minority members of Congress, even those w/ oversight responsibilities. This policy should be outlawed, assuming a Congress is ever elected that isn’t entirely useless.
- The #DHS won’t tell Congress how many employees at the #CISA it has fired or pushed to leave, a top congressional Democrat said Wednesday. via @timstarks.bsky.social cyberscoop.com/dhs-wont-tel...
- Reposted by technerdso the members of congress just stopped going to el salvador and not a single person who was illegally sent there has been returned and that’s just how it is now?
- Reposted by technerdRepublicans are in the process of establishing a Chinese wall around the White House to ensure intelligence that doesn’t serve their ideologically endgame never reaches policymakers, including the president. There’s a lengthy section in Project 2025 about this and it’s very explicit.
- Gabbard fires intel officials who oversaw memo contradicting White House claims on Venezuelan gang www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
- Reposted by technerdNoem: “There are five lights!”
- Reposted by technerdThe Network State is what happens when the state that produces the most cults also produces the most billionaires. Keep an eye on this story.
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- 📰🤖 "Meta's still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb" The Register on our cease-and-desist letter to Meta 👇 theregister.com/2025/05/14/metas_st…
- Reposted by technerdi am fascinated by the editorial choice to give the last word to a disbarred charlatan pushing a discredited constitutional theory www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
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- Reposted by technerdThank you to @marketplace.org for having @emilymbender.bsky.social and I on to chat about AI hype and The AI Con! www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
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- If you were doubting about LLMs suitability for real world deployments... . . . . . . . . . You were right to doubt. 😆😆😆
- What's happening at the dumpster fire?
- EU seems incapable of stopping these abuses before they happen. The possible penalties that follow are shrugged off by Zuckerdork and his cabal of assholes.
- Reposted by technerdThere's always a tweet.
- Reposted by technerdNEW: Violent threats against judges in the US are up 300 percent. @davidgilbert.bsky.social reports: www.wired.com/story/violen...
- Reposted by technerd"Data brokers inflict severe harm on individuals by degrading privacy, threatening national security, enabling scams and fraud, endangering public officials and survivors of domestic violence, and putting immigrant populations at risk." Story here:
- Thank silicon valley for this.
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- Reposted by technerdSince bad headlines are in the news this week, I wrote about how they often happen (lawyers) and how that is just a reflection of the priorities of the capitalists they work for. www.splinter.com/that-cowardl...
- Advocacy group threatens Meta with injunction over data-use for AI training reut.rs/43cD1r8
- TIL: a water droplet does not splash in a vacuum. #physics www.quantamagazine.org/finding-beau...
- Reposted by technerdThe US Commerce Department issues guidance stating that "using Huawei Ascend chips anywhere in the world violates US export controls" due to the use of US tech (Financial Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
- The OSUOSL has been saved! Here are their plans for the future: news.itsfoss.com/osu-open-sou...
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- Reposted by technerdtrump fired the director of the U.S. Copyright Office after a report raised concerns about the use of copyrighted material in AI training techcrunch.com/2025/05/11/t...
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You can't make this up. ICE left a 12-year-old completely abandoned on the street after abducting the adult he was with. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/... - There's a very neat list of all the many different file formats they can detect. #java
- Reposted by technerdBecause somebody hearted this demo I made 7 years ago on @codepen.io and it hit me I've never shared it here: pure #CSS 1 div animated 🌈 ∞ logo codepen.io/thebabydino/...
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- Reposted by technerdEven if Russia admits it, the denialists will still continue to insist on Russia's innocence - UN body rules Russia responsible for downing of flight MH17 prompting calls for compensation www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
- Take them all to 0%.
- 3 years since the EU turned its back on Russian energy, with a plan called #REPowerEU. ⚡🇪🇺 Our reliance on Russian energy imports must stop. The REPowerEU Roadmap, presented on 6 May, is our path to the EU's full energy autonomy.
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- Oh no, the hype failed to deliver.
- Sad to see humans taking the jobs of AI fortune.com/2025/05/09/k...
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