“My perpetual motion machine will soon produce unlimited free energy!! I just need to make it a •little• more efficient. That’s where your investment money comes in….”Re this from @eniko: https://peoplemaking.games/@eniko/113423710310139573

@nazokiyoubinbou @AwksNazo, I think you misunderstood the post you’re replying to.In particular, please reread this sentence more carefully [emph added]:“It is a measure of the ••risks incurred•• with AI that corporations can't progress this tech without ••finding a way out of taking liability•• for errors.”

ADDENDUM:Watch this animation from @LilahTovMoon.“Hope is a commitment to search for possibilities.”“When we fight, sometimes we win.” https://tech.lgbt/@LilahTovMoon/113420277646084460

A hit dog will holler.https://podcastindex.social/@rgblack316/113419510271954773

@kzeta Heaven willing.

“Celebrate the Selzer poll for 90 seconds and get back to work. We have an election to win.”Heard and understood.But I am really, really going to enjoy those 90 seconds.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/02/harris-unexpected-lead-over-trump-iowa-selzer-poll

The arc of the moral universe bends toward justice if and only if •we• bend it.From @tzimmer_history: https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/113413291363633063

@laguiriIt truly is.

@inthehands She was also a republican pro-life btw, they aren’t immune from the consequences of what the party has done to healthcare for women

@deirdresm @arclight @DoesntExistOver and over, hearing members of marginalized groups speak clearly and frankly about their lived experience has been an •essential• part of my own learning. The experience of marginalization and oppression becomes invisible to every one of us when we’re the one in the position of privilege.Those stories are invaluable. Sharing them takes enormous strength. I am deeply, deeply grateful to those who do that work.

As somebody who’s been an American man his whole life, let me tell you: not being hideous is one HELL of an uphill battle.It’s possible. It truly is. But you have to change •all• of the default settings on •everything•. And some people are vicious, absolutely vicious to you when you try to do that. https://mastodon.social/@DoesntExist/113410768450417537

@inthehands I'm fine with being behind my POC sisters for that apology, they've been waiting for a couple hundred years already. But as a middle-aged white man who believes in democracy and equality, Imma need an apology of my own before I have any interest in listening to (certainly paying FOR) the LA Times, WaPo, WSJ, etc.FWIW - Biden has been WAY more progressive than Obama in fighting for citizens rights over monopolies. But I'll take 8 more years and some SCOTUS appointments with glee.

I’ve heard similar from so many Black folks on Mastodon. It makes me sad and angry.My understanding is that the “worst of the worst” actors are a relatively small pool of people, and I’m angry that so few can do so much harm.But I’m also angry at the underlying community + architecture + social norms that •allow• so much harm go unchecked. Mastodon’s approach to inclusion & moderation just isn’t cutting it, despite extraordinary effort from instances.From @kstewart: https://hachyderm.io/@kstewart/113408295987182209

@evanwon Isn’t he currently promoting a sequel that is billed as an update to / improvement on the original? That does sort of negate the last sentence of your post.

@ketanjoshi.co @dgoldsmithYes! I am a strong believer that writers and communicators of all stripes ought to take picture books far more seriously. The clarity and discipline of a really, really good one set a gold standard few other media can meet.

@ShadSterling“Nauseously optimistic” is a good description of where I’m at.

❝There are too many points of pressure. Bezos is simply too financially compromised to be the owner of one of the most important news outlets in America, especially one operating in the nation’s capital.❞https://j12t.social/@j12t/113399190450896637

Those hotlines are operated by https://protectthevote.net/Source: https://protectthevote.net/what-to-share-with-your-community/

@mcc @adrienne Yeah, def missed a beat in my 2nd post! Tried to edit to correct since only that post and no the correction is doing numbers.

Spot on from @jalefkowit.I guess “Democracy dies in darkness” was not a warning so much as a strategy.https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/113388409735660792