In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname
The GOP doesn't get punished if this country doesn't elect more leftists.
It is incredibly good that El-Sayed won that's all I can really say
This is the right thing to say and I wholeheartedly support it and believe it but it is frustrating and aggravating that he's been saying this for months and months and, like Mamdani, some people on here take this as a rhetorical pivot after the primary rather than just sincerity.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
"It’s unbelievable to subject kids to these kinds of invasive medical exams that have no basis in health or safety. One of my daughters is a rising fourth-grader, and she played a sport last year. Are you going to ask a fourth-grader to undergo this?” s/o @momsrising.org
The Push to Force Genital Exams on Student Athletes
In just a few months, Washington could become the first state to require sex-verification tests for girls playing sports in K–12 schools.
thecut.com
Transphobia is an attack on everyone's rights down the line but even if it wasn't it should still be opposed as if it were
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
Never heard of this guy before now but anytime a British transphobe dies the sun shines a little brighter in the other countries where the sun is regularly out
Marcus 🏳️🌈🇧🇧@marcusjdl.bsky.social · 2d agoRacist misogynist ableist homophobic transphobic piece of SHIT Rod Liddle is dead. www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/colu...
It’s much easier to convince people that we can and should change the world when you’re actively involved in the relentless effort to do so.
Soft power, coalition building and multilateral international bodies haven't exactly been an, uhh.... area of focus for the Trump admin
First Touch@firsttouch.bsky.social · 2d agoGianni Infantino is reportedly scheduled to meet with senior officials in the Trump administration as he seeks political backing to remain FIFA president 🚨⚠️ At the same time, he’s said to be calling federations across the globe in an effort to secure public support 👀🌍 (Via Ben Jacobs)
Revolting. Fuck Israel
Noah Lanard@nlanard.bsky.social · 5d agoMichigan's Democratic Senate primary now has more super PAC spending than any Dem congressional primary on record. It's hard to overstate just how lopsided the spending has been in favor of Haley Stevens. Article here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Michigan's Democratic Senate primary now has more super PAC spending than any Dem congressional primary on record. It's hard to overstate just how lopsided the spending has been in favor of Haley Stevens. Article here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Google appears to be in an active race to destroy all remaining goodwill the company once had. They've almost entirely destroyed search and now they're screwing with Google Maps.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 5d agoI used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
Google specifically needs to be nationalized when this is all over
NEW poll in 18 toss-up districts (with a sample that voted Trump 48-45) shows independents & moderates are *not* looking for the archetypical Moderate candidate — and are not dissuaded if outsiders are labeled too far left. Strong support for Israel was the *least* appealing quality in a candidate.
EXCLUSIVE: New Poll Shows Swing District Voters Prefer 'Outsiders' to Boring Centrists
Survey shared with Zeteo has a sample skewed towards Trump voters but shows strong support for Israel is the least appealing candidate trait. Plus, is Trump about to pull his controversial AG nominee?
zeteo.com
I'm just struggling to imagine what a non-misinformation use case would even be. Like, it's Google Earth, you don't use it for book illustrations or profile pics or PowerPoint presentations or any of the other reasons people claim "but I NEED this LLM!"
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
They know what they're doing and it's anti-human and evil. Fuck AI and the entire tech industry
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoThat was fast. Google sent me a statement saying it is now “rolling back“ this AI feature after our demonstration and others from OSINT researchers www.404media.co/google-earth...
The thing that gets me about the AI Google Earth thing is Google Earth is one of the genuinely holy shit that’s amazing things that tech folks have developed. Giving humans a detailed view of anywhere on the planet is world historical achievement stuff. And it’s the same company now wrecking it.
These cameras need to be removed by Federal legislation and there needs to be serious criminal consequences for what this scam surveillance company has been pulling on us
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5d agoIn one California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of the time. Out of a sample of 1,427 alerts that Flock sent to police in the town of Roseville, alerts that flagged vehicles as stolen or used in a felony after they passed one of the city's Flock cameras, 71% were inaccurate.
In one California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of the time. Out of a sample of 1,427 alerts that Flock sent to police in the town of Roseville, alerts that flagged vehicles as stolen or used in a felony after they passed one of the city's Flock cameras, 71% were inaccurate.
Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to police in one California town
Flock sent 1,427 alerts to Roseville police over two years, flagging cars as stolen or used in a felony. In 71% of them, Flock read the plates wrong.
businessinsider.com
New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...
Transform any place with Nano Banana in Google Earth
Custom images — generated from Google Earth satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery — help you redesign any location.
blog.google
"Take our last remaining high-trust brand name product and nuke it from orbit" getting scarily literal here.
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
The existence of this product degrades public trust in data that is supposed to provide transparency. Our information environment is now measurably worse for precisely no gain.
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Google's statement that it includes a watermark that can identify them as AI-generated is completely braindead as to how disinformation works. You think people spending literally three seconds to derail a discussion give a shit about that? This is so easy to abuse www.404media.co/google-earth...
This is really malicious
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
i do not understand what the non-nefarious use case for this even is
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Mainstream medicine is for elite snobs. The benefits of skull coning are for everyone.
With five days left and two polls showing him up by 10+ points, Abdul El Sayed has a new ad with AOC being pushed today
