Worth remembering one of the first major publications to use AI generated bigotry was the Cass report. They couldn't get a queer person to agree to being the avatar of their anti-trans campaign, so they just invented one out of stereotypes.

Cass report used AI-generated picture of gender non-conforming child

The Cass report uses several AI-generated images of children in its 400-page document on youth gender clinic care.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h ago

“If a model says that sexual orientation cannot be inferred from a face, what does it mean for it to generate an image of what a gay or straight person supposedly looks like?”

You can almost always tell when they're Republican plants: the well-rehearsed word-perfect talking points, the complete inability to hear anything that doesn't confirm their worldview, the tendency to learn towards sunlight...

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 11h ago

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

This letter I received is what this campaign is all about. Susan Collins is out of touch with what Mainers are going through — and she’s making it worse by rubber-stamping Donald Trump’s agenda...

Says the absolute bastard who made sure that children went hungry, that we didn't get a minimum wage increase or health care during the peak of the pandemic who wanted to put work requirements on everything. I say this as eloquently as I can: FUCK. MANCHIN.

Newsweek@newsweek.com · 17h ago

The former senator says Democrats risk helping Republicans in 2028 if investigations overshadow affordability.

Asked to name a time she successfully stood up to Pres. Donald Trump, Susan Collins pointed to her failed effort to block Pete Hegseth's confirmation. Troy Jackson challenged her claims of independence during their fourth and final Senate debate.

Collins struggles to cite consequential vote against Trump in final debate with Jackson - Maine Beacon

Sen. Susan Collins struggled to name a time when her opposition to Pres. Donald Trump had changed the outcome of a vote during Thursday night's fourth and final debate with Democrat Troy Jackson, who ...

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Buncha people and groups who are worth following if you fucken hate "A.i." and technofascists as much as I do. go.bsky.app/3w9a45V

It also shouldn’t be based the theft of your labor, name, image, or likeness. And since that’s all generative AI is it should not exist.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 2d ago

AI shouldn't be able to fire you, fire a weapon, or deny you healthcare.

Yeah, the idea that Susan Collins rallied Republicans to oppose Hegseth -- even unsuccessfully -- only makes sense if you ignore what she actually said at the time. She also voted FOR the motion to proceed on his nomination. Not something you do if you're trying to defeat the guy! #MEpolitics

Jill Piggott@jillpiggott.bsky.social · 2d ago

After Collins met w/ Hegseth, she said, "I'm not surprised that a group of service members who were under his leadership have written to endorse his nomination," but said she'd wait to decide until "other parts of the process" play out (NewsCenter ME 12/12/24). She always waits for the vote count.

Seems kinda unfair to steal the voice actor's voice and then use it to have them say stuff they were never paid for or agreed to say.

"glitch"

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

Texas sued after glitch delays almost 600,000 voter registrations

Great time to hear from the people upset about learning loss due to Covid school closures.

Thomas S. Dee@tomdee.bsky.social · 3d ago

Though it seems to have fallen from the headlines, the available data indicate that ICE enforcement activity is more aggressive than ever. And we are only beginning to understand its implications for children, families, schools, and communities. www.the74million.org/article/the-...

I think a lot about the billions of dollars that are poured into making the average person hate trans people, and how so many liberals will look you dead in the eye, and insist that they can't do anything until you get out there and "win hearts and minds."

Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hey gang, I'm not good at asking for help but I'm raising funds to help pay for my dads funeral and I could really use a hand. I've set up a kofi (ko-fi.com/rikdraws) where I'll be taking commissions and I'm selling some comics over at (www.rikmack.com) Signal boosts appreciated! <3

Imagine telling the same minority Hitler was wiping out in the 1930s to be silent and grateful.

Again to repeat @leahlitman.bsky.social term limits alone will not change the composition of this MAGA SCOTUS - that would mean accepting several decades of “a Court of conservatives grievance and bad vibes.” We all have had enough of that lawless BS www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawles...

Excellent piece - the guarantee of Jewish safety is the persistence of America as a liberal democracy committed to religious pluralism, not having as few people in Congress as possible willing to criticize the Israeli government. newrepublic.com/article/2164...

The Jewish Case for Electing Abdul El-Sayed

The security of Jewish Americans depends on the constitutional order—and the defeat of the MAGA movement that threatens to destroy it.

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Just to note how stupid this system is...we just learned that 15 days ago, the Dept of Education awarded a brief contract to consulting firm Accenture to oversee sending emails to student debtors. It's a $350M contract. So it costs more to *service* the debt than to cancel it.

> Colonisation always comes bearing shiny gifts. But AI is colonisation of a kind few of us can even imagine. It’s capitalism’s final destination.

I will forever be mad at Colin Kaepernick for peddling AI in predominately black schools and then going on a book tour like he's a Freedom Rider.

Adam K. Dubé@edtechprof.bsky.social · 4d ago

Canadian teens who use AI every week score two years behind teens who don’t use AI. I looked into the PISA data, so you don’t have to. Why are they using AI and does AI literacy instruction help? Read more here.

Meta’s invite-only program for content creators has accounts promoting white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideologies and histories of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.

Ahead of the midterms, Meta has paid at least 29 anti-LGBTQ accounts for their posts

The company’s invite-only program for content creators has accounts promoting white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideologies and histories of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.

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We're just generally not very good at identifying who the audience is for a particular communication, even when it's jumping right out at us. And because we're now accustomed to tailored media algorithms, we assume we're the audience for most things, and they're just failing to reach us.

In addition to the broader literacy crisis, we're also in a power literacy crisis. Many folks deeply misunderstand how political power works, who has it, and how to build it. And all of that is happening while more folks are using the language of organizing without grasping its most basic tenets.

New: Accenture has told employees it will only fund $29 per month of Claude use. Meaning that employees who often spend as much as $1,000 a month are now scrambling to find ways to keep access to the tool. A sign of the continuing crack down of AI www.404media.co/accenture-te...

Accenture Tells Employees They Can Now Spend Only $29 on Claude Per Month

Some employees who spend as much as $1,000 on Claude usage each month are scrambling to find ways to maintain access to the tool.

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This is an absurd prayer for relief. I've never seen anything like this. I don't even understand how you can ask for this, and I can't imagine this goes anywhere beyond creating confusion. It's an extremely irresponsible action that further undermines the legitimacy of the Justice Department.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d ago

The lawsuit is signed by Andrew Darlington, who previously was director of Florida's "Office of Election Crimes and Security" and moved to DOJ early in 2025.

In any event, I actually answer your four questions similar to how you do yourself. I just think that the *aggreed upon downsides* are not really downsides, when understood properly. It's not a "so what" answer. It's a "no, actually this might be better" answer.

if people do not like a 200, or 300, or whatever person Supreme Court, supported by 1,000 memeber lower courts, then, perhaps, the judicary could be taught to MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS and rid us of their unelected supremacy. So, no race to the bottom. Just democracy, *by any means necessary.*

I disagree, categorically, that adding additional justices, even in a "tit-for-tat" way, is a "race to the bottom." I think having a great many *more* judges is actually good for democracy, representation, ethics, and limiting the importance and power of any individual judge. Furthermore...

the bar for stripping people of citizenship is extremely high. It’s identical to that required for a criminal conviction. Beyond a reasonable doubt, citizenship procured by fraud. You don’t launch an investigation *with the goal of* getting there.

Her "immigration status" is that she's been a US citizen longer than either Melania Trump or Elon Musk. The Democrats SHOULD use this opportunity for 100% solidarity with one of their own, and throw the fucking kitchen sink at Trump and his Republicans. I doubt they will but would LOVE to be wrong.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4d ago

BREAKING: Justice Department issues subpoenas in investigation into progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar’s immigration status, including to members of her family.

There is and can be no ethical use of AI in the creative industries (or petty much anywhere else).