Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

Seattle Arboretum & Japanese Garden I LOVE Autumn 🍂

(1/5) Pentagon leadership has said that by the end of this month, Palantir's Maven artificial intelligence system will become a line item with stable, long-term funding in the defense budget (a "program of record"). #News #Palantir #AI

If your business requires me to create an account, verify my email, accept seventeen cookies, download an app, and solve a captcha just to buy one thing, I no longer want the thing.

Maybe Mitch is actually able to indicate his wishes. But it sure looks abusive. In my view, after a month of absence he should have been automatically replaced.

Schrodinger's Leftist (he/they)@schrodingersleft.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Whatever is happening to Mitch McConnell is 1) non-consensual 2) Creepy AF

Having now watched this video about the Wallenberg family, I am impressed that they expanded their reach over 170 years in banking, telecom, medicine, manufacturing. Were they unscrupulous manipulators and profiteers? They helped bankroll the Nazis. But... 1/2

KDRECON@kdrecon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I only sampled the first 30 seconds of this. Sharing in order to save it for later. It is worth considering evidence of hidden hands, even though I mostly subscribe to an invisible hand worldview. 1/2

I only sampled the first 30 seconds of this. Sharing in order to save it for later. It is worth considering evidence of hidden hands, even though I mostly subscribe to an invisible hand worldview. 1/2

@Cross_theIine@cross-theline.bsky.social · 11mo ago

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4-7... I have been saying exactly this for decades now, not trying to be big headed or anything. It's just this whole time there's been this 1 thing I just haven't been able to get HOW HAS THIS SHIT NOT BEEN OBVIOUS AF TO EVERYONE THIS WHOLE EFFING TIME?

Sen. Murphy reminds Kristi Noem of her duty to uphold the law *as passed by Congess*. The Trump administration's refusal to follow the law across the board, substituting their own autocratic dictates, is a gross attack on the Constitution.

kamimagic@kamimagic.bsky.social · 2y ago

But, she's running out of money in her department! Who will she rule over? #ProudBlue youtu.be/ClT87m38euY?...

Where does the Democratic Party go from here? "Founder of the Forward Party, @andrew-yang.bsky.social, joins Will Cain to discuss the fracture of the political spectrum, especially on the Left." Watch: www.foxnews.com/video/637047...

What's The Future Of The Democrat Party With Andrew Yang? Plus, Vivek Ramaswamy on American identity | Will Cain Show | Fox News Video

Founder of the Forward Party, Andrew Yang, joins Will Cain to discuss the fracture of the political spectrum, especially on the Left.  Vivek Ramaswamy also sits down with Will to talk about his run ...

foxnews.com

A good reminder that we can't trust Twitter with Elon at the helm.

The purported DOGE director Amy Gleason says there is no org chart. How can you be the manager of a project and not know who your people are or what they are doing?

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2y ago

Sorry but this whole thing is a farce! This woman plainly does not run the organization, THE GUY WHO CAME UP WITH THE NAME AND WHO THE PRESIDENT SAYS RUNS IT RUNS IT

@fwdparty.bsky.social It would be great to have FWD Party "starter packs" to connect the fwd network on bsky.

Elizabeth Dunn🖇️📎@elizabeth64.bsky.social · 2y ago

go.bsky.app/TJGxXkL

Here’s what we are reading this morning. www.deseret.com/politics/202...

Why did a Utah state lawmaker join the Forward Party

Utah Sen. Dan Thatcher left the Republican Party. The Forward Party promotes ranked choice voting.

deseret.com

Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) had a very interesting response to Trump's speech. He reminded us that the condition of the presidency is a result of our society and that we must work from the ground up, starting with our personal decisions: family, business, and entertainment. youtu.be/Jrevg2SGSRM?...

My thoughts on President Trump's address to Congress.

YouTube video by Senator John Curtis

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Phil Boileau of Utah:

Forward Party@fwdparty.bsky.social · 2y ago

Congratulations to our next Volunteer of the Month! FWD-UT's Phil Boileau doesn't just support fixing our political system; he's actually working to do it. From the grassroots up. In the Forward way. This is how it happens, and Phil and others like him are leading the charge. #Utah

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic

Mozilla says it deleted promise because “sale of data” is defined broadly.

arstechnica.com

nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 2y ago

Firefox decided to sell user data by updating its ToS... I guess old saying is true: You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain

Is Elon trying to get control of American airspace by interjecting Starlink into the FAA communications systems? www.yahoo.com/tech/article...

FAA reportedly ordered staff to find millions of dollars to fund Starlink deal

Sources cited by Rolling Stone said they were given the orders verbally on Friday, following an earlier report that the FAA may cancel its deal with Verizon.

yahoo.com

The GOP is beholden to Trump. It looks like the Dems will continue their trajectory to the Left. We need a new centrist party focused on transpartisan values and pragmatism aka The American Way. I think @fwdparty.bsky.social might be such a vehicle.

Watching Elon threaten to cut off Starlink access to Ukraine unless they go along with Trump's demands reminds me of why alternative networks / routes are very important to keeping information flowing. 1/2