Spark
@shelleypark.bsky.social
Anti-racist, anti-fascist, pro-labor, queer, feminist philosopher. AI skeptic. Views my own.
JFC WTF AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks apnews.com/article/ice-...
AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
apnews.com
Navalny, in prison: “I don’t for a second regret it… the only thing we should fear is we’ll surrender our homeland to be plundered by a gang of liars, thieves & hypocrites. That we will surrender without a fight, voluntarily, our own future and the future of our children.”
These stories are often being presented as "cunning AI escapes its test room". I can't see why. It's simply the case that the sandbox was not well isolated by the testing companies. Put the agency and responsibility where it belongs. cyberscoop.com/anthropic-cl...
Anthropic says its AI accidentally hacked three companies during safety tests
Anthropic revealed its Claude AI models accidentally breached three real companies during safety testing after a vendor configuration error exposed live systems.
cyberscoop.com
Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Divestment From Florida PRIME . Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/di...
Divestment From Florida PRIME
Divestment from Florida PRIME is important for multiple reasons. While the ethical and political dimensions cannot be ignored by Orange County constituents, there are also transparency issues and fidu...
actionnetwork.org
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Orlando DSA General Body Meeting: March. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/orlan...
Orlando DSA General Body Meeting: March
Hello! You are invited to Orlando DSA's March General Body Meeting this Sunday at the North Orange Branch Library. You can review the items that will be discussed and voted on in the attached agenda...
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Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing. (image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)
I love this so much. Thank you to all the creatives in the twin cities and elsewhere.
Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social · 7mo agoHave y'all seen this? The "Singing Resistance" toolkit. Practical guidance on how to use this tactic to build community and grow the movement against fascism. Might be useful for your Indivisible group or other local organizing hub. Check it out: docs.proton.me/doc?mode=ope...
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.
AI did not arise out of a real human need. It arose out of billionaires’ agenda that this is what the world needs next so they can be even richer. Everything it does, humans do better, it’s better for them to do. What’s left is that it’s causing people mental crisis, polluting, plagiarizing.
When SEO meets GenAI, from @mims.bsky.social. What could possibly go wrong?
How Businesses Are Manipulating ChatGPT Results
You’ve long heard about search engine optimization. Companies are now spending big to feature prominently in the output of AI chatbots. It’s called GEO.
wsj.com
“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents just launched flash bang grenades at protesters in front of federal building in Minneapolis—causing massive explosions. "It's terrorizing, this isn't the America I served for 20 years in the U.S. Navy," tearful protester tells us. WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
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ICE Out For Good Coalition Announces Nationwide Weekend of Action Demanding Accountability After ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A broad national coalition, including Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, Public Citizen, Voto Latino, United…
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Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...
haymarketbooks.org
Does he not realize that white men are already much less than a majority of the population?
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8mo agoThis was also what Charles Manson was saying before his arrest. Almost word for word.
