The telltale giveaway of early primitive AI models in the 18th century

If @aipac.org has enough money for #electionMeddling + #Israel has enough to fund #illegalSettlements, why do I receive mailings like this from the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews to feed Israelis in #poverty? #IFCJ #scam #christofascists #AIPAC @drannieandrews.com @trackaipac.com

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 5d ago

An AIPAC super PAC has spent more than $30 million backing a pro-Israel candidate in Michigan—an all-time record for the group.

#Israel + #Zionism are an abomination @democrats.org MUST cease being half of #bipartisan #uniparty perpetuating #IsraelFirst policy + cozying up to murderous #GulfStates too #StopArmingIsrael #EndAidToIsrael #StandWithSudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #BoycottUAE #RSF @drannieandrews.com @trackaipac.com

Médecins Sans Frontières@msf.org · 3d ago

💬 “A small, cozy home... I was so happy with it.” In Lebanon, more than 375,000 people are still unable to return home, or no longer have homes.  We spoke to displaced people about what they long for in the homes they cannot return to.  📸 Read the photo story below:

Can sharing this get you imprisoned? That should be absurd but then people who weren't even at #protests have been wrongly sentenced to decades in prison (article doesn't mention an #appeal) This is a blatantly #unconstitutional attack on the #FirstAmendment #NSPM7 #NSPM-7 #1A #FreeSpeech #fascism

Hannah Riley Fernandez@hannahcrileyy.bsky.social · yesterday

i think that everyone should know about the ways this government is trying to criminalize dissent and protest -- not because it should scare us into inaction, but because understanding how it works is how we stop it from working. wrote about it for @thenation: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

To be fair, we don't know the initial velocity, the regurgitant shape, local air density ... #AfricanOrEuropeanSwallow

Luke Knox@lukeknox.me · 5d ago

this is my new favorite diagram

#HaleyStevens is the #JohnFetterman / #JoeManchin / #KyrstenSinema of #Michigan #JustSayNo to #AIPAC, #DarkMoney + same old same old #centrist candidates Choose Abdul El-Sayed for Senate instead, please! #AbdulEl-Sayed #AbdulElSayed

Sludge@sludge.bsky.social · 7d ago

Haley Stevens' campaign has paid nearly $200k to a fundraising firm that also runs a Google- and Amazon-backed nonprofit that flies congressional staff to meet with AI lobbyists. She's not the only Dem paying them—so are Coons, Rosen, Heinrich, the DSCC, etc. readsludge.com/2026/07/29/d...

𝘈 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘯𝘦, a 9-storey mural from 2023 by #Sfhir (aka #HugoLomas) in Fene, A Coruña, #Galicia, #Spain #PerlaMuralFest #StreetArt #art

Syna Awel · « Mazel, Mazel » #Kabylia #Amazigh #music

Syna Awel - "Mazel Mazel" (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Syna Awel

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I'm not sure but I think the earliest creative works by humans I've encountered are the #LascauxCave paintings from c. 17000-22000 years ago + this surprasses that This made me curious, now I see South Africa's #BlombosCave has the oldest known drawing at ~73000 years old #archaeology #art

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · last wk.

WOW, new finds from the Ice Age! Two absolutely stunning Ice Age figurines from the Swabian Jura were found, dating back around 40,000 years. The tiny carvings, about the size of a thumbnail, depict two birds, rendered with remarkable attention to detail. Snow grouse, buzzard, or...🧵1/2

For ecological reasons German law limits #FloatingSolar arrays to shading ≤15% of artificial water bodies Thus a gravel pit stood a vertical array which is mounted on underwater keels allowing the panels to lean in high winds to avoid damage #energy #renewables #solar #SolarPower #ActOnClimate

Germany launches world's first vertical floating solar power plant

A German renewable energy solutions company has launched the world's first vertical floating solar power plant in the state of Bavaria.

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Imagine what percentage of #aiSlop derives from #OCR errors while Anthropic et al. scanned then shredded books by the pallet load for #LLM training data Google (Gemini) says it's a tiny fraction, but then an AI 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 say that, wouldn't it? 🤔 #aiHell

AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain

AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.

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New-Cleckit Dominie@ncdominie.bsky.social · last wk.

This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

#Zionism isn't a religion nor an ethnicity It's ONLY a 19th century #nationalism 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 I'd say it's an extremist / fanatacist one too + when its fans disingenuously conflate #anti-Zionism / #antiZionism w/ #antisemitism it's also a #cult You can be a Jew w/o a #sectarian #ethnostate

Resist 🕎🍉@antizionistjew.bsky.social · last wk.

"You are not a JEW" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Zionist cry when hearing the truth - The Jewish religion is about supporting the weak and oppressed "Do not wrong or oppress a stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt" Zionists harm the Jewish religion 🇵🇸♥️

US aid to Israel allows Israel to spend its own funds on subsidizing illegal settlements + indirectly supports #IsraeliSettlerViolence against Palestinians Refusing money from #AIPAC is good but not enough, Congress must #EndAidToIsrael + #StopArmingIsrael @drannieandrews.com @trackaipac.com

Jewish Voice for Peace@jvp.bsky.social · last wk.

Today marks one year since Awda Hathaleen was killed by an Israeli settler. May Awda’s memory be a revolution.

@drannieandrews.com will you call for immediate end of all arms sales + aid to Israel, sponsoring a bill to that effect? Graham was the most prominent Senate war hawk, now's the chance for a total moral + pragmatic reset. There's no better time, act fast + first before Mace et al. #StopArmingIsrael

What if… the US stopped supporting Israel tomorrow?

Half of US voters believe Israel is committing genocide and six in 10 oppose further military aid, polls suggest.

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Blitzer, presenting the #KatharineGraham Award: "Trump quickly filed a $20 billion lawsuit against the Journal, revealing reporter @khadeejasafdar.bsky.social's home address. Her family had to be relocated." Trump: *laughing, shrugging, not giving AF* 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 #WHCADinner #doxxed #doxxing

Columbian black-tailed #deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus), a coastal subspecies of the native North American #MuleDeer, playing on the beach at #SeaRanch in #SonomaCounty, just over the border from #MendocinoCounty, in #NorthernCalifornia #NorCal #nature (via TikTok)

"Many of the #energy technologies we interact with every day are designed to be invisible, but with #biocells, part of the opportunity is that they make energy production more visible and create a relationship between people and the living systems generating it." #biophotovoltaics #cyanobacteria

Algae "biocells" powered by photosynthesis could replace disposable batteries

Bio-designer Lucia Giron has worked with the University of Cambridge's Department of Biochemistry to develop prototypes of an algae-based battery alternative, which harnesses the power of photosynthes...

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"Some Biden advisers privately lamented the fact that U.S. protection was unintentionally encouraging Netanyahu’s brinkmanship" This was obvious to many ordinary Americans at the time. All events since are the logical outcome. This is why #centrists are no alternative to Republicans — ask Harris.

The New Yorker@newyorker.com · 2w ago

David Kirkpatrick spoke with top Biden Administration officials about their handling of the war in Gaza. “I will say straightforwardly—we should have put more pressure on Israel to take a different approach,” Biden’s former national-security adviser said. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/9PoGuH

Absolutely. Domestic considerations are secondary + derivative; the complete moral picture of the effects on 𝘢𝘭𝘭 parties precedes domestic / economic aspect. If your calculus is merely economic it's a slippery slope to rationalizing the immoral in some 'acceptable' contexts. cc: @drannieandrews.com

Miram@miramidir.bsky.social · 2w ago

I find it problematic that most politicians' arguments against war is if it is economically less rewarding to the American people and costs no casualties in your army. Shouldn't the fact that it is inhumane and causes unnecessary civilian deaths be more important?

“We refuse to believe that Jewish safety requires silence about the Israeli government’s actions... A narrative that public criticism of Israel causes antisemitism and therefore must be censored is... dangerous to Jews, Palestinians and our democratic values.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/n...

After Stabbings, a Rise in Jewish Fears and Questions for Mamdani

Some politicians said Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel had created a dangerous environment. He pushed back, condemning the stabbings of two men on the Upper West Side and defending his state...

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When You Watch the Tour de France, Think Sudan War #Refugees

When You Watch the Tour de France, Think Sudan War

While fans watch the race through the French countryside, human rights abuses perpetuated by the United Arab Emirates are unfolding elsewhere, out of public view.

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If you would like to help Sudanese living through UAE-funded, West & rest facilitated, RSF-operated genocide, famine and disease, check out Sudan Funds. Donate to any of the listed campaigns. Share. TY. #KeepEyesOnSudan sudanfunds.com

#illustration by Bernadette Gervais (Belgian)

So tired of Trump + his acolytes gaslighting the world to preserve legacy #energy tech like oil + nuclear when countries like New Zealand + others are already making it painfully clear #renewables are the future — and the present

Saudis and US strike deal for kingdom to enrich uranium, reports say

Donald Trump said to have approved agreement to help kingdom make fuel for civilian nuclear programme

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Oliver@oliver48.bsky.social · 2w ago

"New Zealand already generates 85% of its electricity from renewables — and is now adding solar at record speed to reach the 100% clean target that will make it one of the world's first fully renewable electricity systems. New Zealand's electricity grid is alrea..." www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...

Bluesky knew the strait of Hormuz, Graham Platner, and AIPAC democrats were all cooked months before the experts did. Meanwhile Twitter was convinced Spencer Pratt would win and the Odyssey would bomb. Which site is the not-real-life echo chamber again?

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 2w ago

extremely funny to me that analysts whose entire job is to think about these possibilities are only now catching up to Bluesky Consensus

In the interim + perhaps even beyond, a health-oriented equivalent to @climate.us + more substantial than @alt-hhs.altgov.info is needed, for as long as an @hhsofficial.bsky.social corrupted by #politicization, #pseudoscience, #censorship, #defunding + #incompetence can no longer be trusted

Miram@miramidir.bsky.social · 2w ago

It has been the story forever with corruption and its relation to science denialism. But we've, again and again, seen communities overcome denial before, like the global fight for HIV treatment access..It is always possible to reclaim your health agencies through loud consistent advocacy.

Researchers have found that sensitive health information about individual patients can be extracted from medical AI models more effectively than previously thought. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/privacy-ri...

Privacy risks from medical AI are greater than previously thought – Physics World

Study reveals how sensitive health information about individual patients could be extracted from diagnostic medical AI models

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There's no reason for any Democrat to continue backing aid to #Israel. That's what the Republican party is for. Copying Republicans deprives voters of an actual GQP 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦, fueled the rise of MAGA, and has led to #genocide in #Gaza. Plus, legally, aid should've ended over 4 decades ago:

The Nuclear Explosion That Makes US Aid to Israel Illegal

Israel’s nuclear program has been in violation of international law for decades, rendering it ineligible for American assistance.

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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲@amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 3w ago

. Take the speakership off him ASAP. He’s not the leader of the future. He’ll just go back to the old ways and nothing will change Get outa the way Mr. Jeffries Let the new young breed of proactive members lead the Dems into the future. There’s no way YOU’LL do that Take Schumer with you .

@democrats.org now that Graham has died you MUST make a BIG push to register new voters in SC before October. Progressive pediatrician @drannieandrews.com is a breath of fresh air. Even with just a fraction of the state registered, Dems and independents already outnumber the GQP. Seize this moment!

Risshō Kōsei-kai Grand Sacred Hall in Tokyo. That roof is 5-7 layered bands of dark metallic panels rippling outward from a diamond-shaped footprint. Below it, a massive red-brick staircase leads into a worship hall lined with red wooden pews.