Lots of data centers and gold spray paint
C.M. Bretz
@cmbretz.bsky.social
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Dad, Husband, Fiction Writer, Home Cook, Read more short stories, Say No to AI “art” (he/him)
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they literally fired the people curing cancer
Chris Pratt is defending his extended family member Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and tackling entrenched partisan political beliefs: "I’d hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any success from his administration is something I’d be having an allergic reaction to" bit.ly/45Dy2RD
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In a summit meeting with the countries that are still nominally US allies, discussing the largest war in the world in 20 years, the largest in Europe in 80, between the largest and the second-largest country in Europe, with geopolitical consequences that will last at least decades:
Trump: "If you [end] mail in voting, you're not gonna have many Democrats get elected. That's bigger than anything having to do with redistricting. And the Republicans have to get smart."
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Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring.
It seems obvious to me…
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring.
It seems obvious to me…
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When Ted Chiang first brought to my attention that Meta had used the archive Book3 to train AI, I looked into the matter and I also looked into what LibGen had at the time, and how easy it was to grab the archive of pirated eBooks. /1
"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:
LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza in Orlando said in Wednesday’s ruling that the statute’s prohibition on material that described sexual conduct was overbroad.
Mendoza, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, also said that the state’s interpretation of the 2023 law was unconstitutional.
Judge strikes down key parts of Florida law that led to removal of books from school libraries
A federal judge has struck down key parts of a Florida law that allowed parents to remove books they found objectionable from public school libraries. U.S.
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As an NEO native, I assure you they do not have to worry about PR. The Guardians and Cavs have been so so so much better for pretty much my entire life and the Browns run laps around them in popularity. Even when they didn’t have a team for 3 years they still dominated local sports coverage
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I'll say it again, as this is ramping up: if you gave access to the archives of goverment data and information, it is your moral responsibility to make sure that untouched versions get preserved, now. There are people worh archival expertise who can help you, if you don't have it yourself. Start now
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
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PSA: a library card and hoopla app gets you streaming capability, in addition to ebooks and audiobooks. In the past week or so I’ve watched Ken Burns’ The Vietnam War and Big Night. I also read two Jim Shepard novels and listened to How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr. All free!📽️ 📚💙🖋️
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This smells to me like an excuse for Noem to just send her goons door-to-door and demand to see people’s papers
