Jexter

Jexter

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The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

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Consolidation is killing our industry. The Gamergaters who make money off the rage game will have you think this is a victory. This is purely a loss. A loss of work and art and fun and expression in a space that desperately needs it. Massive fucking bummer.

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Add Tom Brady, Kevin Hart, Jamie Foxx, Derek Jeter, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Eli Manning, Timothée Chalamet, and Spike Lee, according to this LA Times story. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

latimes.comContributor: Celebrities who shill for sports betting are the modern Marlboro MenLeBron James, Kevin Hart, Sydney Sweeney and others present gambling as cool and exciting entertainment without a whiff of danger, an echo of the health claims for cigarettes decades ago.
Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

I wonder why wealthy celebrities who promote gambling think they'll live richer lives by making a lot of people poorer.

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A Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration “misappropriated” $10 million meant to provide health insurance for poor children. Part of a “sophisticated scheme to fund political activities,” the money was funneled through multiple organizations before reaching two PACs and the Florida GOP.

cbsnews.comGrand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope FloridaA Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes.

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Hatred and exclusion of Americans due to their religion is illegal, anti-American, and disgusting. We will not be silent.

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My books will be on my shelves where they belong. A few friends used to laugh at me for keeping what they called obsolete things like vinyl records and old books. They all agree it was a good idea now.

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AI company Anthropic secretly bought millions of rare and out-of-print books to train its Claude AI model. They used a hydraulic-powered cutting machine to remove the pages for scanning before destruction.

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Thomas Massie: “It’s ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we’re yelling ‘election fraud’? We won all the damn elections.”

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We should have learned that you can’t manage a public health crisis by ignoring it. Politicizing science and weakening disease surveillance doesn’t make threats disappear, it only makes us less prepared to respond.

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Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon)

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It’s important to take a beat & say it out loud. This is the president of the United States. How undignified. How diminishing of our country. You wouldn’t let your kids talk like this, so why are you willing to tolerate it from the leader of your country?

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"You’re going to get left behind if you don’t use AI.” Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long-form, and books without needing AI summaries.

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“We live in a homophobic society…if you think there are not more gay players in the NFL, Major League Baseball, and the NBA, you’re just stupid” - Charles Barkley saying the quiet part out loud. I fuckin cried. god bless him and Jason Collins.

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social

The relevant portion of the Jason Collins discussion

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Courtney Wild was 14 when Epstein started abusing her. While she waited for justice, the feds were negotiating a deal with Epstein's lawyers behind closed doors. She found out years later through a legal fight. The emails showed the government wasn't protecting victims. It was protecting Epstein.

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We have been Way Past that Point for a While Now…. At some point all this shit stops being a "political" issue and starts being an "are you a good person or not" issue.

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Replying to @apnews.com

Crazy how folks seem surprised the QB with the most TDs and total yards (and only 8 INTs), playing for the top offense, against one of the toughest schedules in the NFL, won MVP this year. I mean, that’s so completely unprecedented, right? 💙 💛