We used to be a real country.

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“When the defendants’ lawyer attempted to oppose the sanctions proposed for including fake citations, he ended up submitting twice as many nonexistent or incorrect citations as before, including seven quotations that do not exist in the cited cases” Jfc.

"The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion for sanctions"

Welcome to the Anslopocene

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"a test"? you mean...a violation?

This part! I like tea also, but it’s not a coffee substitute. Yes I’ll be more likely to drink coffee that I make at home, but I am unlikely to stop buying it altogether.

I'm sure he views Egypt's crackdowns on free expression as aspirational.

If the media is going to keep pushing their crime & inefficiency narrative on public transit then agencies should fight back.

Car dominance is personally and societally unpleasant, transit is by-and-large convenient, affordable, and socially beneficial. No more needless concessions to big auto.

This is Manolo. His family invited strangers to spend time with him on his last day. His mom said, "This was such a perfect way to celebrate the life of a dog who truly loved spending time with people and their dogs. Run free and fast forever, Manolo. I will never stop missing you." 14/10 for all

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

Yeah it’s not a great prop, but the reasons it exists are worse and that’s what sold me ultimately. That plus the immediate cavalcade of Charles Munger anti-prop 50 mailers that I started getting the day after the prop was announced.

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England Marriages, 1538–1973 #kinky

This week’s main story is about Paramount’s decision to name Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS News, the future of U.S. journalism, and why we think she shouldn’t describe her endeavors as “punk.” Bari, look at us: You are not punk. Joe Strummer would’ve hated your fancy Substack, Bari!

Honest question. Even before offshoring wasn't the US garment industry since industrialization dominated by immigrants?

gavin newsom keeps sending me these emails asking for money and i get it prop 50 is important but all i can think is: care not cash dude

You guys need to fuck all the way off into the goddamn gulf of america and keep walking

Holy fucking shit

Mmmhmmm. I keep telling people that there’s a reason why China leads on textile production and it’s not because of cheap labor.

I have been watching the devastating videos from friends and colleagues. Some folks are still missing in cold waters. The few news and info sources for locals are also the same ones being cut by federal funding. People should know this is happening

this is sort of an extraneous point but after some gentle pushing from a number of folks on here, the Zohran account no longer posts without alt text.

that means something. it says something.

Seeing a lot of "No Kings" protests groups using AI images lately

You aren't resisting fascism by using their tools

Be better than that

In this day & age, if you have a large account on here that is verified with a huge number of followers & you're reporting on something newsworthy, you need to post a source! This is how you get people reposting all sorts of unverified nonsense, bc the people who should know better post that way too

You can just not use gen AI. Just don't. You've lived your entire life without it, it is in fact incredibly easy to keep not using it.

SB 63 has been signed into law by @gavinnewsom.bsky.social! Thank you Governor for allowing the Bay Area the opportunity to fund save public transit by defining a new financial support structure.

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Also: writing is a skill not a magic power. It’s furniture building, not communing with the muses. Settle down and just do the work, enjoy it, and stop trying to pretend it’s some deep magical power. It’s a craft. A fun challenging one! But a craft. Relax.

Yay, SB63 signed into law, authorizing a regional transit funding measure for the SF Bay Area, essential to save and improve service for BART, Muni, AC Transit, Caltrain! Bill allows a signature-gathering effort that would passage with 50%+1 of the vote. www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...