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Since the mid-1950s, we have changed the thing that "AI" refers to every 5-10 years. The current thing we're calling "AI" is about a decade old, and all this label-switching leads to a lack of clarity as to what (this) "AI" is.
October 6, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Since the mid-1950s, we have changed the thing that "AI" refers to every 5-10 years. The current thing we're calling "AI" is about a decade old, and all this label-switching leads to a lack of clarity as to what (this) "AI" is.
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This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
October 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try
October 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
To the person noting there is not enough money in the world to license every piece of intellectual property stolen for "AI" training: you're sooooo close to the point, friend, keep going, you'll get there if you try
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WE ARE BACK BABY
I appreciate you being reasonable, Travis, despite our fundamental disagreements on fair use. But we will meet again.
youtu.be/zjPRAM0WDgw
I appreciate you being reasonable, Travis, despite our fundamental disagreements on fair use. But we will meet again.
youtu.be/zjPRAM0WDgw
I Tested Every Cruise Line to Find the Least Evil
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
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October 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
WE ARE BACK BABY
I appreciate you being reasonable, Travis, despite our fundamental disagreements on fair use. But we will meet again.
youtu.be/zjPRAM0WDgw
I appreciate you being reasonable, Travis, despite our fundamental disagreements on fair use. But we will meet again.
youtu.be/zjPRAM0WDgw
"Far from Larry Ellison's utopia of people on their 'best behavior,' this will be a world of inauthentic, stunted selves, a society of people who will never know the joy of finding out who we are and being those people."
Scrutinized @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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Scrutinized @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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Pluralistic: Scrutinized (05 Oct 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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October 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
"Far from Larry Ellison's utopia of people on their 'best behavior,' this will be a world of inauthentic, stunted selves, a society of people who will never know the joy of finding out who we are and being those people."
Scrutinized @doctorow.pluralistic.net
pluralistic.net/2026/10/05/p...
Scrutinized @doctorow.pluralistic.net
pluralistic.net/2026/10/05/p...
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Pedophile politician arrives in Hell, may he be the first of many to imminently follow
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sex Scandal, Dies (Gift Article)
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Pedophile politician arrives in Hell, may he be the first of many to imminently follow
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...
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Woman’s Career Dies In Childbirth https://theonion.com/womans-career-dies-in-childbirth/
October 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Woman’s Career Dies In Childbirth https://theonion.com/womans-career-dies-in-childbirth/
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
ITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri...
theonion.com
October 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
October 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Tim Snyder is correct: If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money and tackle our corrupt system.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
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The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019.
If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will.
Watch.
If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will.
Watch.
How to Actually Tax Extreme Wealth (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done.Baloney.Economist
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October 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The wealth of the richest 0.1 percent of Americans has more than doubled since 2019.
If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will.
Watch.
If that doesn't convince you we need a wealth tax, renowned economist Gabriel Zucman will.
Watch.
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as near as i can tell from watching the whole exchange, tucker's contention is that the UK becoming a conquered territory of the nazi reich would increase the possibility of hypothetical fascist vassal uk ruling india for longer & this is obviously preferable to hosting allied us troops
Tucker: “I never understood why 🇬🇧 fought World War 2?” 😕
Rees-Mogg: “It was good vs. evil…We did the right thing…”
Tucker: “Has 🇬🇧 benefitted?”
RM: “We defeated Hitler… We’d all be speaking German…”
Tucker: “Who cares?” 🤔
Rees-Mogg: “It was good vs. evil…We did the right thing…”
Tucker: “Has 🇬🇧 benefitted?”
RM: “We defeated Hitler… We’d all be speaking German…”
Tucker: “Who cares?” 🤔
October 4, 2026 at 5:15 AM
as near as i can tell from watching the whole exchange, tucker's contention is that the UK becoming a conquered territory of the nazi reich would increase the possibility of hypothetical fascist vassal uk ruling india for longer & this is obviously preferable to hosting allied us troops
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Turns out you can just build your own personal surveillance network and deploy it wherever you like (gift link)
Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner
Officials say they don’t know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used. Residents are unnerved.
wapo.st
October 1, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Turns out you can just build your own personal surveillance network and deploy it wherever you like (gift link)
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We’ve seen that American capitalism is one of the harshest forms of capitalism on the planet. How did it get so bad?
October 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
We’ve seen that American capitalism is one of the harshest forms of capitalism on the planet. How did it get so bad?
