Melo, Maya, and Sue carried this Basketball Hall of Fame class with top-tier speeches.
Melo: having the audacity to see what others can't see for you.
Maya: the importance of community.
Sue: the importance of belonging.
Phenomenal.
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Habitual CS line-stepper, HBCU stan.
Bull City, Gen X, and unserious as hell.
"I am Nina and Roberta, the one you love but ain't heard of."-Rapsody
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"I couldn't have found my place if I didn't find my people."-
Sue Bird giving a word tonight.
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"Remember, statistics don't measure heart."-Melo
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They'll never make me hate you AI. NEVER!
This is an Allen Iverson post.
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For 21 years I’ve only ever seen great stuff come out of this group.
Today, I learned about About Face: Veterans Against the War. The person who told me about them is a vet & a new member. One thing they're doing rn, he said, is talking with rank & file military (incl National Guard) about their legal options & the cost of not taking a stand. aboutfaceveterans.org
Home - About Face Veterans
Veterans taking action against militarism and endless wars We are Post-9/11 military members and veterans organizing to end a foreign policy of permanent war and the use of military weapons, tactics, ...
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This definitely seems like pocket change for them.
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This will be interesting.
"The agreement is reminiscent of the early 2000s, when courts ruled that file-sharing services like Napster and Grokster infringed on rights holders by allowing copyrighted songs, movies and other material to be shared free on the internet."
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
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It's so flooring, heartbreaking, and enraging thinking about how immature I was at the same age, and that was only made possible because they weren't allowed to be.
Thank you and Godspeed.
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Today seems like a great time to remind you that the WWII Museum in New Orleans has an amazing 30-40 minute 4D, detailed experience of the war and impact that is narrated by Tom Hanks. Extremely powerful, and Hanks literally reminds the audience at the end why this should never happen again.
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Remember that whole "the tech industry needs more masculinity thing?"
“I wasn’t sure what number you wanted me to go with.” — Zuck, 100% pathetically bitch-made by a man who said he should be thrown in jail for life, appeasing an administration who says his wife’s family isn’t American, loving how RFK is dismantling every public health advancement that CZI ever made.
