So who else is having REALLY slow internet today? I would think its just me, but a couple clients have already off-handedly complained about their internet too.
The Sightseer
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Adventure traveler ⛵️ with an occasional joy for photography 📷 & constant craving to see the world🌏. ✈ #Travel #Wanderlust Currently In: NorCal SMF
Nothing is curing my data hoarding habits faster than big tech behaving badly and AI running amuck. Cannot delete shit fast enough.
Even if an ALL B1G Final 4 is still a long-shot, I am really counting on the Spoilermakers to beat Arizona Saturday.
Oh, goodie. Based on a phishing email I got to the email I only use for Quickbooks that tries to look like its from Intuit, I am gonna say that Intuit/Quickbooks got hacked recently.
Google AI cant tell the difference between "condo" and "condom", so that's not reassuring at all.
Never in a thousand years did I think I would exclaim "Yes!" over a response from Russia, but here we are.
Please let us know if you see more of this happening! You can submit pictures of removed signs (blank spaces) with information to saveoursigns.org We want to keep track of what is gone!
Kevin M. Levin@civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 8mo ago"At Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana, exhibit text that described the United States being “hungry for gold and land” and breaking promises to Native Americans was ordered changed or removed." #NationalParks 🗃️ www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Sigh, dealing with soooo much incompetence. Health insurers, retirement savings administrators, government agencies... dealing with mistakes by each today. the dumbification of our society is well on its way.
So I imagine the end game plan on the postmark rule is to instruct or manipulate the postal service to delay tens of thousands of mailed ballots in the coming elections since they cant as easily alter those.
Being in marketing and advertising, I have a front row seat to AI in advertising and its creeping me out. I pretty much assume every graphic and every tv ad is made with AI now, even (or especially) simple ones. I can't even post man-made ones without a platform trying to force AI versions on us.
This is the most horrifying development, but I can't say I didnt see it coming. I will NEVER exit my vehicle for a traffic stop. apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
Well, it was fun while it lasted. Now that so-so tickets are $600-800 and up for NCAA March Madness, something I used to love doing every year is now out-of-budget. They are running a "sale" ($30 off) for the first time I have ever noticed, so I cant be the only one.
NEW: Last night, a federal judge issued a permanent block on the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon. This is a win for the rule of law. No troops on our streets – anywhere.
If AI can't distinguish between a Doritos bag and a gun, it can't be trusted to police our communities.
Gun-Toting Police Swarm, Handcuff Young Black Man After AI Mistakes Doritos Bag For a Gun | ACLU
Deploying AI in inappropriate ways can and does get people hurt
aclu.org
Just got the latest flyer from our local butcher. Beef in bulk (half a cow) is up almost double from just 3 1/2 years ago.
The surge of federal immigration agents to the Bay Area and threats to send the National Guard to SF are flagrant abuses of power intended to instill fear, target political opponents, and chill dissent. We all have constitutional rights when interacting with federal agents. Know your rights:👇🏾
ACLU NorCal Condemns the Escalating Federal Force in Bay Area Cities, Advises Residents to Know Their Rights | ACLU of Northern CA
aclunc.org
You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.” @opinion.bloomberg.com #CPI www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
So the State of California website is unavailable (well, the www part at least) and I gotta wonder-- is it because they put up their OWN note about the failure of the President & Congress (like the fed websites blaming the Dems for the shutdown)
Just saw the 2026 tax brackets and not gonna lie, they are seriously fucking with my outlook on life.
CIDRAP Op-Ed: Why the CDC director is wrong about the MMR vaccine by @jakescottMD A call to develop separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines to replace the combined MMR shot is not backed by evidence. Here are the facts. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Big Data #fail. I just got mail at my California home addressed to a Michigander who an entity I am associated with bought property FROM. i.e. the data link aint linking right (its not the first time I've seen this type of big data error, but the most inexplicably erroneous)