There was a lot of bad going on in the 80s and 90s. Unlike now, crime was actually bad. The 30 year decline in violent crime that keeps being ignored started in the early 2000s. There was an AIDS pandemic that Republicans were (shockingly) on the wrong side of then too. Lots of fear and homophobia.
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This is a conscious policy choice.
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What could go wrong?
Four more top #CDC officials have submitted their resignation in the past few hours - Debra Houry (chief medical officer), Demere Daskalakis (director of NCIRD), Daniel Jernigan (director of NCEZID) + Jen Layden (director of OPHDST) www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
It is horrifying
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Looks like the new Shadowrun has a teeny bit of Blades DNA in it -- which, as a massive OG Shadowrun fan, I am beyond thrilled to see. Will definitely be checking this out.
Over on @forbes.com I interviewed the designers of the new fast paced Shadowrun rules that are currently on Kickstarter.
Shadowrun Anarchy 2.0 Offers A Leaner, Meaner Classic Cyberpunk RPG
A new rules light version of the classic cyberpunk fantasy game Shadowrun is currently crowdfunding. I asked the designers about their sleek take on the rules.
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"This Is My Body doesn’t try to pretend that we get infinite chances to undo the damage we’ve done to our relationships. Sometimes we missed our chance. Sometimes it is too late."
@readingtheend.bsky.social reviews Lindsay King-Miller's horror novel This Is My Body:
reactormag.com/book-review-...
What to Do When "Too Late" Arrives: This Is My Body by Lindsay King-Miller - Reactor
Lindsay King-Miller rounds the horror bases with aplomb: gore, infestation, claustrophobia…
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There is only one political party responsible for gun violence in America.
The political party that has done nothing to solve it.
The political party that has blocked any efforts to solve it.
The Republican Party.
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Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
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Yep, I in fact wrote a whole thread on it: bsky.app/profile/alex...
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
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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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
