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However much you loathe Gavin Newsom it's not nearly enough.
CalMatters@calmatters.org · 10h agoGavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
Going in my file of “how to refuse AI.” Once i have a few more elements and some time to organize it, i will launch a thread of resources and examples Wouldn’t have predicted Cage as an example but I’ll take it!
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 17h agoNicolas Cage says he’s “probably not” working with Amazon again after refusing to sign AI waiver for “Spider-Noir”: ‘I am not an AI-friendly actor’
If you put two pieces of candy in front of Donald Trump and tell him he could have both now, or just one now and two later, he would somehow destroy the idea of candy.
Academics: Before you agree to contribute to a volume, special issue, etc, consider requiring a written guarantee up front that AI will not be used in any part of the editorial process, plus a clause in the publication agreement you sign. ofc it’s not enough to prevent others from feeding your
some comforting activities that do not directly fund the murder of children: - calligraphy - backpacking - Terry Pratchett novels - homebrewing - chess - fostering rescue dogs - building pillow forts - snorkeling - parkour - Food Not Bombs volunteering - hot dog eating contests - calisthenics
Non-spooky bonus episode for @erinbiba.bsky.social because this was the first thing I saw when I opened TikTok just now and I would like to buy this person a beverage of their choice immediately.
Historians, we are in the WRONG profession for best-ever conference field trips.
Mark Witton@markwitton.bsky.social · 2d agoWent to Crocodiles of the World today to conclude the Oxford Marine Reptile Conference. Much time spent time with amazing, hyper-charismatic reptiles and made loads of cool observations, including the teeth-sheathing gingiva of a Komodo dragon, high walking Nile crocs and nippy Galapagos tortoises.
Victor Wembayana throws his support behind France's high school protests, condemning "systemic inequalities" "I'm happy that high school students and youth in general are making their voices heard -- because me, I hear them and I understand their point of view" www.lemonde.fr/sport/video/...
VIDEO Victor Wembanyama soutient le mouvement lycéen
Vidéo - La star française de la NBA, qui rappelle avoir été lycéen à Nanterre, « bastion des blocus déjà à l’époque », a apporté son soutien au mouvement lycéen depuis les Etats-Unis.
lemonde.fr
“Publishers include BMJ Group, Sage, IOP Publishing, IGI Global Scientific Publishing, Wanfang Data, and RCNi.” Absolutely no reposts. We don’t want this list getting out, do we? Do we?
Ben Williamson@benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 2d agoA new startup plans to set AI agents loose in academic publications. Editing or reviewing for a journal could ultimately be about responding to the demand to curate high quality academic content for AI agents to crawl and collect valuable knowledge tokens. www.redpine.ai/insights/pub...
Venez au lancement parisien de l'édition française de mon nouveau livre! C'est une occasion privilégiée pour rencontrer Potšišo Phasha, artiste sudafricain immensément talentueux, et discuter avec le toujours brillant Malcom Ferdinand. jeudi 15 oct - 17h - Césure, 13 rue Santeuil, Paris 5e
Stories like this have already become a genre. My favorite part of this one: “He phoned his mother, then called emergency services for help.”
A teen tried to navigate Canadian mountains with Claude. His trek ended in an emergency rescue
The incident is the latest to raise questions about the growing reliance on digital maps for wilderness navigation
theguardian.com
Venez au lancement parisien de l'édition française de mon nouveau livre! C'est une occasion privilégiée pour rencontrer Potšišo Phasha, artiste sudafricain immensément talentueux, et discuter avec le toujours brillant Malcom Ferdinand. jeudi 15 oct - 17h - Césure, 13 rue Santeuil, Paris 5e
Ooh, just saw a new (to me) Mondegreen, from someone who claims to be a writer, no less: “Deep seeded” instead of “deep seated” Some mishearings are just cringe but others, like this one, are also fun because they almost make sense.
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying. Sandhill crane colts trying out that flapping thing. Kensington Metro Park, MI
Trigger warning: glacier death
Melaine Le Roy@subfossilguy.bsky.social · last wk.ONE YEAR of melting at Morteratsch Gl.! 😱 10 meters of ice thickness loss has been measured here at 2200 m asl! 🧊🔥 The massive cliff and the huge ice cave I was contemplating last October are gone... 😢 Webcam @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social
Your autistic kid does NOT need to learn how to tie their shoes. Velcro shoes exist. Slip on shoes exist. If tying shoes is not working, please let your kid save their energy to work on the things everyone agrees they CAN & WANT to do. (Same for autistic adults, BTW.) #dyspraxia #autism #disability
On hiatus until further notice.
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
What I would like to remind everyone talking about Sam Altman talking about the “PhD level intelligence” of the new ChatGPT is that Sam Altman dropped out of college so he… has no experiential construct for what grad school even is.
Fuck off Werner Herzog. Not gonna link to the article
For any author who this has happened to and who is interested in speaking to a reporter about it, Jane is as solid and knowledgeable as they come.
Jane Friedman@janefriedman.com · last mo.I would like to report on the literary agents who are claiming a percentage of their clients' Anthropic settlement. But I need some authors willing to share info about who these agents are (privately - no need to go on the record). Reach out: hello@janefriedman.com
Not The Onion.
The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · last mo.HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. https://www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-cancels-infant-mortality-postpartum-grants-focus-infertility
Namibia has granted environmental clearance for a controversial seabed mining project off its Atlantic coast. Company Namibian Marine Phosphate plans to dredge phosphate rock, raising sharp warnings over risks to the Benguela marine ecosystem and fisheries. Jemima Beukes reports for #Mongabay.
Namibia greenlights controversial project to dredge phosphate from seabed
Namibia has granted an environmental clearance to a controversial marine phosphate extraction project. The clearance allows the Sandpiper Project, operated by Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP), to…
mongabay.cc
This man is a fucking monster who limped away from Chicago's mayor's office because he'd become unelectable after closing 50 schools and half of our city's publicly funded mental health care clinics, and covering up the fact that Chicago cops murdered a teenager. Stop whitewashing his ass!
Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com · last mo.Rahm Emanuel: ‘You Don’t Like My Ideas? Show Me Yours’ The always pugnacious Democrat is ready to fight Republicans, the DSA, and Bibi Netanyahu. And maybe run for president.