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John Bartucz
John Bartucz
@jbartucz.bsky.social
Teaching Specialist in CS at UofMN. AI/Equity/CSEd. Retired greyhound admirer.
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The Republican platform is simple: they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it. The way this manifests these days is by their dogged focus on the digital creation of child sexual abuse material.
"Courtesy of DailyKos writer Oliver Willis, here is a succinct and correct English-language sentence on the matter: 'Susan Collins is financed by a man who wants to make it easier to create nude pictures of children.'”
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This is the weirdest request for input that I've seen in a while. It's almost like the ACM is sitting at the table with the "change my mind" sign. So, let's do it. Short thread with the input I gave them:
If you would like to share your thoughts, please use this link (buff.ly/fnANR1x). ACM leadership will take your feedback into account while we develop and implement our AI content strategy over the coming months.
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This is a perfect illustration of why I have no faith in US mainstream journalism to protect us from anything.🤷🏿♂️ This is their idea of holding some people accountable: going to their banquets and causing fleeting, awkward moments, seconds before accepting an award from them and shaking their hand.
Wolf Blitzer just presented the Wall Street Journal an award for uncovering Trump's ties to Epstein and reveals Trump doxxed the journalist's home address in his lawsuit causing her to move. Trump is sitting humiliated on stage as Karoline Leavitt comforts him.
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BREAKING: An Idaho House Committee passed HB 822. This dangerous and unconstitutional bill would require trusted adults, such as teachers and counselors, to monitor children for signs that they are not conforming to gender stereotypes. Learn more about the bill: buff.ly/7kw0CXu
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Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
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Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social
They killed someone on Friday:
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Replying to @nanjala.bsky.social
But when it comes to cutting aid budgets no one says “let’s spend less money on Israeli or Egyptian military capacity”. Instead you want to start by taking healthcare and education away from people who have been made vulnerable by the structural injustices you create and benefit from.
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Freezing rain + Sunday scaries are nothing in the face of @schumer.senate.gov’s weakness as Minority Leader — he needs to take *several* pages out of McConnell’s playbook 📖 It’s a coup, where are YOU?! Fight or Resign, Chuck. @indivisible.org @ezralevin.bsky.social @leahgreenberg.bsky.social
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The Process is the Product (A review of the book "Co-Intelligence" and some thoughts on #Ethics and #AI) rdcu.be/d3Oyt #artificialintelligence #llm
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I spoke with immigration organizer Silky Shah about how organizers are preparing to defend immigrant communities, and what actions we can take to prepare and respond. If you want to get more involved, be sure to check the resources in the show notes.
But you know, fining and imprisoning people will magically also allow them to get a job and enough money to afford rent.
A staggering statistic: Every $100 increase in median rent is associated with a *9 percent* increase in the estimated homelessness rate, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The math of our housing crisis is brutally clear.
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To my millions of followers: if you are a high school CS teacher in Minnesota, get your kids to the adventofcode.com ! Send me your school's leaderboard and I'll add it to the mncomputerclub.com/wcc/leaderboard
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One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election. Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
A 30-year-old article that still holds water... "I am disturbed by the way we have created a social environment in which so much emphasis is laid on competition – on forging ahead while trampling on others...." www.kingsreview.co.uk/essays/co-op...
Not a lot of solutions, but crystallizes a lot of the problems. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Thoughtful article on the stakes of what's going on at OpenAI. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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