“As an American, I am outraged by Section 219,” said Khanna. Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie’s amendment to remove Section 219 was blocked in committee twice this summer. “Who do they think they are? This needs to be the top priority in the lame duck session.”

The military integration measure is backed by Netanyahu, and has faced vehement opposition by critics who say that it inextricably links the U.S. and Israeli military at a time when Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, backing horrific violence in the occupied West Bank, and attacking Lebanon.

Hakeem Jeffries refused to say whether or not he supports efforts to strip the Pentagon budget bill of a highly controversial provision to integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries, even as other Democrats unite on the issue.

Jeffries Refuses to Say If He Stands With Other Democrats on Opposing US-Israeli Military Integration

Jeffries and Schumer are already under scrutiny for their vehement pro-Israel views as calls grow for new leadership.

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The previous way of dealing assaults of the type Oprah spoke about was to STFU and assume you’re alone Culture shifting to the point Oprah could talk about it is a good thing Liu would have to make a very good case for how “self objectification” is a bigger danger than a culture of silence

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · yesterday

This woman is a psychotic ghoul. AOC talking about her extremely credible fear of rape on Jan 6 radicalized you against *her*?

It’s Catherine Liu so she won’t because she’s unserious and her job isn’t to make a good argument but to stir up resentment.

If the interviewer wasn't an AEI lunatic, she would have ended the conversation as soon as her source said, "the conservative tradition comes out of strong boundaries between the personal and the political." "Family values" has been a conservative rallying cry for 40 years!

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · yesterday

But wait, she has very smart things to say about modern conservatism, like this observation that *they* never played the victim card before MAGA. Sadly, George Wallace, Richard Nixon, Pat Buchanan and Newt Gingrich could not be reached for comment.

there is literally zero chance the New York Times would be turning to a tenured English professor at UC Irvine for analysis of anything - much less a historic election powered by a huge swing in Black and Latino voting and turnout - unless she was saying *exactly* what they wanted to hear

Andy Elrick@andyelrick.bsky.social · yesterday

Just won the Kentucky Derby by 12 lengths. There was only one other horse in the race and it sh*t itself and ran head first into a wood chipper. An autopsy is immediately performed on the winning horse.

Queer kids can't use nicknames at the queer club in school because JK Rowling hates trans people so much.

EMERGENCY FUNDRAISER in pinned@pavlovforgoths.com · 2d ago

If you need to give people a reason not to support Harry Potter anymore, JK Rowling is actively stripping queer spaces away from vulnerable students who need them. All of the money from her books goes to this.

Anyone in Australia should already know this. Not just because solar is popular here and people who have it produce more energy with it than what they need for their supply, but also, because the electricity companies literally came out years ago and said that we shouldn't be allowed to use...

headfallsoff@headfallsoff.com · 2d ago

11 year olds vindicated everywhere for saying ‘well why don’t they put put solar panels on every roof?’ the second they learn about the technology

should strive for.

too much of it because, effectively, we'd produce so much the cost of electricity dropped into the negatives, making the electricity companies go broke. And because even our so-called labor party is in the back pocket of corporations, this was actually seen as a problem rather than a thing we...

It winds up being a social justice issue. Electricity grids cos A Lot to maintain and they got privatised decades ago, so without a tax base to absorb the costs, prices go up as rich people opt out. Landlords don't install solar so the poorer you are, the more you pay for power.

They did it. It's finally Button That Does Thing now.

brent 🌹🗽@therealbrent.bsky.social · 2d ago

There are millions upon millions of Democrats in red states who have spent their entire lives feeling like their votes didn’t matter at all. And now they do.

I see you're writing an op-ed that repeatedly uses the word "woke." May I suggest instead that you load your pockets with stones and walk into the ocean?

I could go on, but it just saddens me. If you see nature pics and videos online, take a moment to investigate the source. It should be easy, as most nature photographers and researchers make sure to let you know a human recorded that moment. And if it's AI, call it out, BLOCK that account. Please

4. The way research works is people work off of the notes of those before them. These days this kind of info collection is getting more difficult to successfully curate due to the sheer volume of generated products. Future researchers will now more than ever have to carry the burden of proof.

2. To the general population, these videos could also show details that are actually not true (can be anything from coloration to location or etc) and then of course these are shared and spread more misinformation or false real world expectations.

What is happening here is multifaceted. 1. Some people see these videos and get an uncanny feeling that something is off and when they find out it is AI some of these people will become distrustful of other videos that are very much indeed real. You have people doubting the natural world.

It infuriates me to no end the amount of AI generated pics and videos I see of real world animals doing their natural behavior. And it's true, the AI is getting really accurate. Don't believe for one millisecond that this is helpful to biological/scientific outreach at all. It does the opposite.

mossworm.bsky.social@mossworm.bsky.social · 2d ago

Apparently, AI-generated photos of bugs are now getting so good that people are having to get suspicious about online records (ex: iNaturalist sightings) unless there is evidence of a real physical specimen. Who could have possibly seen this coming. Why didn't anyone warn them, repeatedly.

xkcd.com/605/

this is why tech CEOs think AI can replace everything: they don't actually work, it's just something to lie about while fucking around, and chatgpt can take that over just fine

Raffi Melkonian@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s weird how Jensen Huang never mentioned all the affairs with his employees and with Chinese spies in his weirdo grindset quotes

The unwelcome National Guard sent by Republicans to terrorize the people of Washington, DC are illegally policing civilians at the National Gallery of Art Night.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19h ago

support this and also DC statehood, please and thank you

Little history here. Pre-Senate, Van Hollen ran the campaign arm for House Dems. Pelosi wanted him to be her successor as House Dems leader. This is not a person lacking in insider knowledge (Schumer’s supposed strength.)

Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.gov · 17h ago

In this election, Americans called on us to unrig an economy rigged against working people & fueled by political corruption. To deliver, we need new leadership. This isn't about any one person – it’s about answering that call. That's why I’m running for Senate Majority Leader.

[CN: conversion practces, child abuse, transphobia] Today's storm of media scaremongering and lies about the proposed conversion practices ban is all in service of protecting behaviour like that described in this article. transsafety.network/posts/my-par...

“My parents very clearly do not love me”: Children of Bayswater Speak Out

We speak to several children of Bayswater Support Group members. Their experiences highlight the harm groups like Bayswater do to young trans people, and the gateway they provide to broader far-right ...

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This is legit batshit pseudoscience garbage. Many scientific papers show animals have self awareness. We had language going back to Homo Erectus. Next time talk to ONE (1) classics professor or ONE (1) archaeologist or read ONE (1) book. So tired of these men.

Institute of Art and Ideas@iai.tv · 2d ago

In Homer's Iliad, we rarely encounter the Greek word for 'I' or much that refers to internal thought or decision-making. https://bit.ly/4C1lZgk Cultural theorist Brian J. McVeigh agrees with Princeton psychologist Julian Jaynes' claim that the Homeric Greeks had no internal life or self-awareness.

My favourite is still the man who claimed that Newgrange originally had a giant mirror inside it to reflect the sun out for a son et lumiere spectacular on the Boyne. Inspired by seeing his budgie's mirror.

Possibly the only time I've seen an archaeologist friend actually rolling on the floor with laughter.

wtf

Lisa Carey@msleedy.bsky.social · yesterday

You can read this great work yourself! www.newgrange.com/chequered_li...

I am so fed up of people adventuring in fields they know nothing about.