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Smarine777
Smarine777
@neighborlee.bsky.social
Artist, lgbtq+, musician, nonprofit non-violent game developer using unreal engine 5.5, wheel thrown pottery expert, pianist, Gardner, writer, humanitarian, independent journalist and Vegan. Oops just got growled @- also border Collie parent ☺️
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🙂 YES, IT'S TRUE: Both of these amazing women are my friends! Allison interviews Gillian on The Daily Beans 🫘 @muellershewrote.com & @gillianbrockell.com
open.spotify.com/episode/5gFg...
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“They have dragged people from their houses, and prevented the media from getting into the district to cover up what is happening. “Netanyahu and his gang are using Palestinian land to displace Palestinian people, closing the city, closing the mosque, to achieve their political goals.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... ‘It’s collective punishment’: nearly 2,000 Palestinians in Hebron displaced as Israeli forces take over homes
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"In order to change someone’s mind, you have to change their life. You have to change their network of friends and connections. You need to change the experiences they’ve had in the world," says @sarahsteinlubrano.bsky.social.
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There's nuance here about "how do we use platforms owned by the fascists". You *have to understand the political purpose of the platforms* in order to use them to subvert authoritarians. For the most part, Americans simply do not. Centrists (including DNC consultants) do not. Major media does not.
Key lessons from Brazil Amplify our people. Ignore the opposition. Use the tools owned by fascists to defeat the fascists? Meet the people where they are. May need to reconsider my staunch position of boycotting Meta for the reason. Thoughts?
Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers share.google/ZAe1u04yE5AB... " , part of the peaceful transition of power.” Cigna argued that its pledge only applied to “those who incited violence ...
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Rarely has there been such a transformative technology with such a shallow moat. The instructions for how to do it are all on arxiv, and if you don’t want to read all those papers you can just ask Claude. All it costs is money.
The world needs a high-quality, truly open language model. I wrote about why it’s necessary and why it’s easier to build than you might think.
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During a campaign rally in Sioux City, Iowa, this week, viewers pointed out that Trump's complexion looked strange. Some speculated that he had changed the makeup he uses, and noted that he looked "greasy" and "washed out." twitter.com/i/status/211...
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Nothing is a more convincing admission that you know your entire administration is corrupt than giving criminal pardons to EVERYONE.
Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...
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www.threads.com/share/BASlmg... What we are seeing is a 100% lack of humanity.
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