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Jim Thomas

@scanthehorizon.bsky.social

Tracking emerging tech, corporate power, food systems, biodiversity and occasional glimmers of hope and humanity. Fan of good lyrics and kickass poetry.

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Jim Thomas@scanthehorizon.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Meme proposal: The “GOON A-TEAM” : Big US tech giants used to be known as the GAFAM , FAANG or MAG7 (Magnificent 7). Silicon Valley is now pushing for “MANGOS” I propose The “GOON A-TEAM” (Google, Open Ai, Oracle, Nvidia, Amazon, TSMC, Elon, Anthropic And Microsoft)

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 10mo ago

AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —

Jim Thomas@scanthehorizon.bsky.social · last yr.

Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!

Jim Thomas@scanthehorizon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Stickers circulating at the Paris AI Summit.. the French reads ‘ I already hear the sound of bots’ - ‘bruit des bottes’ ( sound of boots) is a French reference to the sound of marching fascist jackboots.

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NDN Collective@ndncollective.bsky.social · 2y ago

🔊 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🔊 “It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier  Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence. Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...

'It's finally over': President Biden Grants Leonard Peltier Clemency - NDN COLLECTIVE

In his final moments in office, President Biden grants executive clemency to Leonard Peltier, the longest-incarcerated Native American political prisoner in American history.

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Jim Thomas@scanthehorizon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Biden to increase data centers, pollution and tech power as his parting shot: “The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...

POLITICO Pro: White House weighing executive action to spur data centers

The exact nature of the action is still under discussion, said two people familiar with the matter.

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NDN Collective@ndncollective.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivered a powerful speech on the Senate floor calling for President Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2y ago

Newsletter: We're at peak AI - generative AI models have hit the wall where they won’t improve much further thanks to a lack of training data, killer apps or any kind of sustainable business model. The results of a collapse could be catastrophic. wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it

Godot Isn't Making it

Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’t write the title. What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new ...

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NDN Collective@ndncollective.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our Director of Policy & Advocacy Janene Yazzie talked global climate policy, the plight of Leonard Peltier, & the push for clemency from President Biden with @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social ➡️About us: www.ndncollective.org ➡️Text “FreeLeonardNow” to 50302 for updates on how to free our relative

Janene Yazzie: COP29, Leonard Peltier and the Future of Indigenous Resistance

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Janene Yazzie, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the NDN Collective, joins Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg to talk global climate policy, the plight of Leonard...

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