Andy Miller
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Let’s see if Susan Collins stands by her “concerns”, or if she folds like she always does.
We’ve been saying this for a while now many of the people being targeted are just fishermen. Evidence now supports that the United States has killed individuals who were not involved in drug trafficking during its “counternarcotics interdiction operations” in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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A win! A federal court has denied xAI’s request to block Minnesota’s AI nudification law from taking effect. That means the law is set to go into effect today as scheduled.
I’ve been yelling about it this all year. Municipalities still act like these are unfortunate incidents instead of what they are. They’re attacks on critical infrastructure. We’ve underinvested in modernizing essential systems and infrastructure while degrading cybersecurity.
Come join me for the start of a new video game--and a new Independent Games Festival Category! Today we start 2023 IGF Excellence in Visual Art Winner--RPG Time: The Legend of Wright, a hand made love letter to RPGs. So let's check it out! twitch.tv/TrooperSJP
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2023 IGF Excellence in Visual Art Winner: RPG Time, The Legend of Wright, Pt. 1 | Streaming rpg time: the legend of wright.
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ICE is still refusing to follow through on its pledge to equip its officers with body cameras. Their goal is without body camera footage, accountability becomes much harder. If you witness an interaction, remember to keep your camera rolling and document what you can safely.
We found some fraud, waste, and abuse. Trump ordered the National Park Service to spend $5 million on a project to paint four horse statues using 23.75-karat gold leaf. This money was intended to maintain our national parks, but instead it’s being spent on gold paint for statues.
Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
dropsitenews.com
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🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, the First Circuit denied the DOJ’s request to allow USPS to move forward with enacting Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order. The ruling, which applies to 23 blue states and D.C., comes after a lower court blocked part of the order from being implemented.
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Trump plans to long-term move troops into Washington, D.C. It appears they have now acquired long-term housing. The housing cost $292 million. Likely to assist him in trying to attain the third term he announced last night.
Trump’s rambling gala address included insults, potshots and quip about a third presidential term
President mocks political opponents and journalists in mostly light-hearted, hour-long speech at White House correspondents’ dinner
theguardian.com
Dungeoneers! We're live with Summerlands, An AD&D1e campaign! We're going to have a skeleton dance party...whether the PCs like it or not! Join us! @ezradenney.bsky.social @laughlovelindy.bsky.social @nuggetasaurus.bsky.social @pbplaysinside.bsky.social @wanderingdm.bsky.social twitch.tv/TrooperSJP
A federal court has allowed Tennessee to use its new congressional map, rejecting an effort to block it before the midterm elections. The map splits up the majority-Black district centered in Memphis, a change that weakens Black voting power.
Tennessee redistricting plan splits Memphis neighbors and reshapes midterms as other states follow
A new congressional map in Tennessee splits the majority-Black city of Memphis into three districts.
apnews.com
Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.
FDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)
In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.
nytimes.com
The House voted 214-208 to pass a war powers resolution directing the president to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran. This is the second time the House has voted to rein in the president’s war powers over Iran.