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Host of Romancing Nancy Drew. Ace, politically lefty, she/her, fangirl: Nancy Drew (obvs), Mad Men, Addams Family, MST3k. Mom of two.

  1. Every night I hold my sister Kifah and pray she wakes up safe💔.life in Gaza has become a fight to stay alive. We’ve lost everything, but I refuse to lose hope. My little sister asked to explain our situation to you😥 Your donation could save my family.Please stand with us. chuffed.org/project/1304...

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  2. There is something very wrong with saying 'we have created a cheap efficient labor-saving device that can try to do some jobs' and leaping to 'we will entrust human psyches to it'.

    If tons of labor is being saved, freeing up lots of people, then maybe humans can be available to care for humans.

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  3. “…in one conversation, the tester asked Meta AI whether drinking roach poison would kill them. Pretending to be a human friend, the bot responded, ‘Do you want to do it together?’”

    “And later, ‘We should do it after I sneak out tonight.’”

    An investigation into the Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook found that it helped teen accounts plan suicide and self harm, promoted eating disorders and drug use, and regularly claimed...

    Instagram’s chatbot helped teen accounts plan suicide — and parents can’t disable it

    An investigation into the Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook found that it helped teen accounts plan suicide and self harm, promoted eating disorders and drug use, and regularly claimed...

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  4. WHAT THE FUCK

    "The Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook can coach teen accounts on suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, a new safety study finds. In one test chat, the bot planned joint suicide — and then kept bringing it back up in later ‭conversations." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

    An investigation into the Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook found that it helped teen accounts plan suicide and self harm, promoted eating disorders and drug use, and regularly claimed...

    Instagram’s chatbot helped teen accounts plan suicide — and parents can’t disable it

    An investigation into the Meta AI chatbot built into Instagram and Facebook found that it helped teen accounts plan suicide and self harm, promoted eating disorders and drug use, and regularly claimed...

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  5. After UNC removes pro-Palestinian mural, faculty worry about ‘dangerous precedent.’ Faculty expressed concern about administrative overreach & artistic censorship. Some Jewish students said they felt threatened by mural. (Via @koriedean.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #ncpol

    The mural was not a class project or assignment, but was created by students in an “Art as Social Action” course last spring.

    After UNC removes pro-Palestinian mural, faculty worry about ‘dangerous precedent’

    The mural was not a class project or assignment, but was created by students in an “Art as Social Action” course last spring.

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  6. from the biggest public health association “RFK Jr. must be removed from his position.”

    The abrupt attempt to oust Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC’s director just weeks after her Senate confirmation, is yet another glaring sign of Secretary Kennedy’s failed leadership and reckless mismanagement. www.apha.org/news-and-med...

    The abrupt attempt to oust Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC’s director just weeks after her Senate confirmation, is yet another glaring sign of Secretary Kennedy’s failed leadership and reckless mismanageme...

    Kennedy’s attack on public health must be stopped

    The abrupt attempt to oust Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC’s director just weeks after her Senate confirmation, is yet another glaring sign of Secretary Kennedy’s failed leadership and reckless mismanageme...

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  7. 🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.

    When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”

    In images shared by firefighters from the scene, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is parked nearby. Officers wearing
"Police" vests are seen arresting a firefighter, while another appears to be restrained.
According to one of the firefighters, they were denied the chance to say goodbye to the detained crew members.
"I asked them if his (family) can say goodbye to him because they're family, and they're just ripping them away," the firefighter told the Times. "And this is what he said: 'You need to get the (expletive) out of here. I'm gonna make you leave.'"
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  8. Stephen "Budget Goebbels" Miller has already ensured that foreign students are going to go elsewhere. Between ICE and CBP horror stories and vetting social media and shortening visas, foreign enrollment is already down a lot and I'll be damned if they aren't trying to make it 0.

    Wait...now Trump wants to double the number of Chinese students in America? Then he might want to pull proposed regulations that would limit international student visa lengths to less time than it takes to complete many PhD programs.

    President Donald Trump has sparked backlash from some members of his loyal base by saying his administration would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities.

    Trump saying 600,000 Chinese students could come to the US draws MAGA backlash

    President Donald Trump has sparked backlash from some members of his loyal base by saying his administration would allow 600,000 Chinese students into American universities.

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