Nan
@nancapetown.bsky.social
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EuroAfrican ‘African of Colour’. Passions: Equal rights & respect for all sentient beings & the planet. African higher education partnerships, research networks.
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ibladedaily.bsky.social
So the American government at this moment is 50% cult, 50% criminal enterprise, 0% functional.
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gregsargent.bsky.social
Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
In the month since I was elected leader of the Green Party, we have gained a new member equivalent of every single minute. 24/7.

We're all smiling. But we've also got a big job to do.

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
Visibly enthusiastic, incredibly articulate and with a winning smile that never left his face, Zack seemed entirely at home
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caseynewton.bsky.social
California's move to regulate AI companions really could not have come soon enough www.platformer.news/california-a...
For the moment, chatbot companions are mostly seen as a sideshow. That misses just how quickly they are growing in popularity. An analysis by ChinaTalk this month found that AI chatbots designed for sex and romance have about 29 million monthly users globally. (That's about 6 million more people than use Bluesky.) Meanwhile, a recent survey by the Center for Democracy and Technology found that one in five high school students say that they or someone they know has been in a romantic relationship with a chatbot.

Those data points pair uneasily with statements from the CEOs of AI labs promising to make their products simultaneously more personable, more sexual, and more powerful. Some segment of the population seems already to be coming to the conclusion that AI companions are more engaging, agreeable, and easier to talk to than people. And the response of many chatbot makers so far has been to take those qualities and supercharge them.
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angrystaffer.bsky.social
That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.