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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13h

Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory

An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 40m

It's good financially. It's good morally. It's just good to feed people.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 47m

“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”

“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”

~Center for Budget and Policy

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 4h

dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience

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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 14h

A reminder

Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 1d

"Thirteen people were shot dead on Bloody Sunday in January 1972 at a civil rights demonstration in the Bogside area of Derry.

A public inquiry, which concluded in 2010, found that none of the people who were killed posed any threat to the army."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...

Bloody Sunday: Soldier F found not guilty of all charges in Bloody Sunday murder trial

Soldier F - who cannot be named - was accused of murdering two people in Londonderry in 1972, plus five counts of attempted murder.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

Mike Johnson doesn't know sh*t

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 18h

I know, I know. In-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, and out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 1d

The media treated Biden's poll numbers, which were better than Trump's, as a major storyline that merited constant coverage and analysis.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."

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Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social · 1d

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

he's knocking down the literal white house and illegally murdering people by dropping bombs on international boats and the government has been shut down for weeks and it's just like....yep

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

The crime of the century is happening before our very eyes:

“Were Trump to direct his DOJ to open the doors of the U.S. Treasury for him, the precedent set would open up new frontiers in corruption—even for an administration that is already the acknowledged all-time leader in the field.”

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest most brazen heist of the week did not take place at the Louvre. It happened in the ruins of the White House. And if successful, it promises much bigger hauls to come in the future...all out of your pocket. My latest. www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dayli...

Trump’s Daylight Robbery Makes the Louvre Jewelry Heist Look Like Chump Change

Why stop at a few chokers and tiaras when you can just empty out Fort Knox?

www.thedailybeast.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?

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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 1d

It is the fate of the Tower to fall.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1d

people seriously underplay the strength of elected leaders, influential people and the like just saying a thing.

just... like... say a thing and repeat it. its the core of politics and communications. you say a thing and say it over and over and it becomes the story. it works.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has now murdered 34 people in international waters.

No one has any idea if any were criminals, and of course it doesn't matter, because it was a war crime to kill even a single one of them.

Drug trafficking is a felony, but it's not a violent crime and isn't punishable by summary execution.

Trump administration announces another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, in the Pacific Ocean

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in a social media post the U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel

www.independent.co.uk

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 1d

A live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

Aozora @aozorasf.bsky.social · 3d

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 2d

Still going! @merkley.senate.gov protesting Trump's threats to democracy. There's a lot to protest.

Senator Jeff Merkley @merkley.senate.gov · 2d

TUNE IN: I’m STILL on the Senate floor exposing Trump’s attempts to trample on the Constitution.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...

Merkley STILL Holding the Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy

YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley

www.youtube.com

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 2d

To be crystal clear: trump is talking about taxpayers paying him millions of dollars as some sort of restitution because he was investigated for sending a mob to the US capitol on Jan 6th to overthrow the 2020 election. That might just be he most f*cked up thing he’s done since Jan 6th…

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "It's awfully strange to make a decision where I'm paying myself. But I was damaged very greatly and any money I would get I would give to charity."

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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 3d

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

So we’re now paying federal taxes so Donald Trump can withdraw them from the Treasury like it’s his own personal bank account? Really?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

> @newyorker.com

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

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Jessa Slade @jessaslade.bsky.social · 2d

A good reminder that we will not always see a path through the storm, but we also have our noses, our paws, our friends, and with tentative steps together we might still find our way.

Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · Aug 12

A story from a few years back, when the team got caught in a whiteout blizzard. Hari is very old now, but he's still the sweetest gentleman I know.