AnarchyChess homesweethomeMrL • 5 hours ago • 100%

www.scientificamerican.com

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/29215

News homesweethomeMrL • 1 day ago • 99%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19883294

[Source](https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2024/06/trump-gets-righteous-wrong/)

politics homesweethomeMrL • 2 days ago • 96%

[Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20240914092448/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/business/donald-trump-apprentice.html) >Late in the summer of 2003, a team of television producers stepped off the elevator on the 26th floor of Trump Tower eager to survey the set of their next reality show. After years filming “Survivor” in jungles around the world, training cameras on exotic spiders and deadly snakes to evoke danger, they came looking for a different set of sensory clues, the tiny details that would convey wealth and power. > >Right away, they knew they had a problem. > >The first thing they noticed was the stench, a musty carpet odor that followed them like an invisible cloud. Then they spotted scores of chips in the finish of the wooden desks and credenzas. The décor felt long out of date, making the space seem like a time capsule from when Donald J. Trump opened the building early in his first rise to fame. > >The place did not exactly buzz with energy either. Fewer than 50 people worked at Trump Organization headquarters in midtown Manhattan. At the office’s spiritual center, Mr. Trump’s own desk bore no evidence of work, no computer screens or piles of contracts and blueprints, just a blanket of news articles focused on one subject: himself. > >“When you go into the office and you’re hearing ‘billionaire,’ even ‘recovering billionaire,’ you don’t expect to see chipped furniture, you don’t expect to smell carpet that needs to be refreshed in the worst, worst way,” recalled Bill Pruitt, one of the producers of the new NBC show. > >That program, “The Apprentice,” would at its essence be a game show, with a job in this office as the ultimate prize. But that prize, in a literal sense, stank. Making viewers believe the central conceit — that Ivy League grads would eagerly connive and humiliate themselves for a chance to learn at the side of this icon of success — would test the bounds of reality television magic. > >“The whole thing was absurd to all of us,” remembered another producer, Alan Blum.

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politics homesweethomeMrL • 3 days ago • 99%

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19738133

Just Post homesweethomeMrL • 7 days ago • 62%

www.bbc.com

> **This may have been the debate Donald Trump wanted, but it wasn't the one he needed.** > > With one last chance to make a pitch to the American public that he should be trusted with the presidency, the Republican nominee had to make efforts to expand his base of support. > > He had to find a way to distance himself from the allegation that he has a history of sexual harassment. > > He had to position himself as the change candidate - just days after a Fox poll showed that Hillary Clinton, whose party has held the presidency for eight years, was beating him on the question of who would "change the country for the better". > > Instead, after roughly half an hour of something resembling an actual policy debate about the Supreme Court, gun rights, abortion and even immigration, the old Donald Trump - the one who constantly interrupted his opponent, sparred with the moderator and lashed out at enemies real and perceived - emerged. > > He called Mrs Clinton a liar and a "nasty woman". > > He said the women accusing him of sexual harassment bordering on assault were either attention-seekers or Clinton campaign stooges. > > He said the media were "poisoning the minds" of the public. And, most notably, he refused to say whether he would accept the results of the election if he loses. > > Mrs Clinton had her own moments where she was put on the defensive - on her emails, on the Clinton Foundation and on embarrassing details revealed in the Wikileaks hack. > > The difference, however, is that Mrs Clinton largely kept her poise and successfully changed the topic back to subjects where she was more comfortable. It was, in fact, a master class in parry-and-strike debate strategy. > > The key takeaway from this debate, however - the headline that Americans will wake up to read in the morning - will certainly be Mr Trump's refusal to back way from his "rigged" election claims. > > That was what Mr Trump wanted to say, but it isn't something the American people - or American democracy - needed to hear. Just thought everyone should get a whiff of the post-debate 2016 flava to temper the feeling that anything at all is "in the bag". Also - it's amazing, isn't it.

News homesweethomeMrL • 7 days ago • 100%

>Sandy Springs-based UPS is laying off more of its employees, after earlier this year announcing it was cutting 12,000 jobs in its management ranks. UPS made $7 Billion dollars net profit last year. It was a decline from the 11.5 Billion net profit they made in 2022.

politics homesweethomeMrL • 1 week ago • 100%

>State and local election officials from across the country on Wednesday warned that problems with the nation’s mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters in the upcoming presidential election, telling the head of the U.S. Postal Service that it hasn’t fixed [persistent deficiencies](https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-mail-ballots-a8ee9b88418e1f6b2835e91827d721bf). > >In an alarming letter, the officials said that over the past year, including the just-concluded primary season, mailed ballots that were postmarked on time were received by local election offices days after the deadline to be counted. They also noted that properly addressed election mail was being returned to them as undeliverable, a problem that could automatically send voters to inactive status through no fault of their own, potentially creating chaos when those voters show up to cast a ballot.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19641276 > That does include parking enforcement. Which is done through that half of Townhall. Oh yeah, that’s the other part. They get literally half the real estate of town hall which is delightfully unsubtle. > > But yeah, remember specifically that freaking the cops taking on all of these duties, or having these duties thrust upon them outside of their control whatever version of this that you buy into,. Having a whole bunch of unrelated social functions being addressed under the regions of the police forces is the criticism, it’s not some separate part. Why, does parking enforcement or local security or non union road crews get organized and paid from the police department instead of the local government?

pics homesweethomeMrL • 1 week ago • 99%

A ride though a sunflower field near Lawrence, Kansas. The field, planted annually by the Grinter family, draws thousands of visitors during the week-long late-summer blossoming of the flowers CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP

politics homesweethomeMrL • 1 week ago • 99%

atlantadailyworld.com

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/3678525 > From the Atlanta Daily World: > >  > Photo: Getty Images The NAACP is calling on the University of South Carolina to cancel a scheduled event where right-wing figures will “roast” Vice President Kamala Harris. According to The Hill, the NAACP sent a letter to University of South Carolina President Michael Amiridis, urging him to cancel the event because of its “blatant sexist … [Continued](https://atlantadailyworld.com/2024/09/08/naacp-urges-university-of-south-carolina-to-cancel-roast-of-kamala-harris/) > > The post [NAACP Urges University Of South Carolina To Cancel ‘Roast’ Of Kamala Harris](https://atlantadailyworld.com/2024/09/08/naacp-urges-university-of-south-carolina-to-cancel-roast-of-kamala-harris/) appeared first on [Atlanta Daily World](https://atlantadailyworld.com).

politics homesweethomeMrL • 2 weeks ago • 98%

www.snopes.com

  [Link](https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf)

Fuck AI homesweethomeMrL • 2 weeks ago • 94%

www.crikey.com.au

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19416727 > Artificial intelligence is worse than humans in every way at summarising documents and might actually create additional work for people, a government trial of the technology has found. > > Amazon conducted the test earlier this year for Australia’s corporate regulator the Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) using submissions made to an inquiry. The outcome of the trial was revealed in an [answer](https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=b4fd6043-6626-4cbe-b8ee-a5c7319e94a0) to a questions on notice at the Senate select committee on adopting artificial intelligence. > > The test involved testing generative AI models before selecting one to ingest five submissions from a parliamentary inquiry into audit and consultancy firms. The most promising model, Meta’s open source model Llama2-70B, was prompted to summarise the submissions with a focus on ASIC mentions, recommendations, references to more regulation, and to include the page references and context. > > Ten ASIC staff, of varying levels of seniority, were also given the same task with similar prompts. Then, a group of reviewers blindly assessed the summaries produced by both humans and AI for coherency, length, ASIC references, regulation references and for identifying recommendations. They were unaware that this exercise involved AI at all. > > These reviewers overwhelmingly found that the human summaries beat out their AI competitors on every criteria and on every submission, scoring an 81% on an internal rubric compared with the machine’s 47%.

ismatu.substack.com

**(1) the ruling class benefits from illiteracy.** **(2) short-form video entertains more than it sticks.** **(3) reading is a discipline distinct from listening, watching, or other forms of literacy. It’s a skill that needs to be honed separately.** **(4) Absolutely no one comes to save us but us.** . . . # The reason you hate reading is because the ruling class benefits from illiteracy. Not *total* illiteracy, mind you. That’s bad for business. . . . Read enough to be able to consume and to execute, not to consider critically, certainly not enough to create. Because then what? A mass of people realizing we can create and recreate everything we see and touch to something kinder for us? . . . ### **Your relationship with reading is more than likely a direct result of your experiences with authority figures as a child.** In a *great* many iterations. If you were lauded for reading, put on a pedestal in front of your peership, it might be stress-inducing to return to work the muscles you know have atrophied. Are you still good or worthy of help if you cannot read voraciously, like you did as a child? If you were labeled a problem, difficult in class, slow… I bless and keep you. Worse, if you were made to feel less than because of your reading ability (unintelligent. burdensome. a waste of space. bound for prison) then you likely have a literal stress-response when someone mentions or suggests reading to you. Reading is a site of trauma your body holds onto for most of us. Anyone that suggests reading must not understand what *you* went through. Every objection imaginable will materialize when someone suggests that you *try *to read.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/28113982

politics homesweethomeMrL • 3 weeks ago • 98%

atlantadailyworld.com

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/3608192 > From the Atlanta Daily World: > >  > Photo: Republican Club of North & East Fort Myers A Black Trump supporter in Florida is suing a Republican group, claiming he was called a “slave.” According to NBC 2, Carl Baxter, a well-known Trumper from Lee County and president of the Republican Club of North and East Fort Myers, filed a lawsuit against Americans … [Continued](https://atlantadailyworld.com/2024/08/31/black-trump-supporter-sues-gop-group-for-allegedly-calling-him-slave/) > > The post [Black Trump Supporter Sues GOP Group For Allegedly Calling Him ‘Slave’](https://atlantadailyworld.com/2024/08/31/black-trump-supporter-sues-gop-group-for-allegedly-calling-him-slave/) appeared first on [Atlanta Daily World](https://atlantadailyworld.com).

Fuck AI homesweethomeMrL • 3 weeks ago • 95%

pivot-to-ai.com

cross-posted from: https://awful.systems/post/2262316

Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics. homesweethomeMrL • 3 weeks ago • 100%

ohiocapitaljournal.com

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Amtrak homesweethomeMrL • 3 weeks ago • 96%

>Not so friendly reminder that musk specifically came up with, and pushed, for hyperloop ***knowing*** that it would never be made, as an effort to stop the development of highspeed rail in America and shift all political discussions of it because "something better is around the corner": > >> As I’ve written in my book, Musk admitted to his biographer Ashlee Vance that **Hyperloop was all about trying to get legislators to cancel plans for high-speed rail in California—even though he had no plans to build it.** Several years ago, Musk said that public transit was “a pain in the ass” where you were surrounded by strangers, including possible serial killers, to justify his opposition. > [source: new york times](https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F6203815%2Felon-musk-flaws-billionaire-visions%2F\&t=ZGNiZGRhMWQ2N2JkODIzMmEwN2E0OGM3MmNlYjQ5Nzc4MGFjY2ZjNSxjZDc5NTg4ODQ3Nzg5OTU5Y2JlMTAwYWY2MjczYjBiZmNjYmMwYTM5\&ts=1724792815) > >Also: 2024 update, the total length of China's high-speed rail tracks has now reached well over 45,000 km, or 28,000 miles, by the end of 2023. > >They are additionally five years ahead of schedule and expect to double the total number within ten years. And, before someone inevitably complains about "how expensive it is", they are turning over a **net-profit** of over $600M USD a year. [Via](https://www.tumblr.com/macleod/759290208038666240/not-so-friendly-reminder-that-musk-specifically)

News homesweethomeMrL • 3 weeks ago • 97%

www.theguardian.com

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12776322

Superbowl homesweethomeMrL • 3 weeks ago • 98%

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19085346 > https://lemmy.world/post/19085147

politics homesweethomeMrL • 3 weeks ago • 98%

www.wabe.org

[Last week:](https://www.wabe.org/voter-rights-group-flags-concerns-about-rules-policies-and-procedures-of-the-georgia-state-election-board/) >The Georgia State Election Board [recently approved a rule](https://www.wabe.org/new-rule-may-allow-georgia-election-boards-to-halt-certifying-results/) that could allow for local election boards to refuse certification of results.   [This all comes as the board is currently facing a lawsuit for allegedly meeting illegally.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-leaders-ask-kemp-action-213226442.html) This week, Georgia State Election Board member, “conservative personality”, conservative PAC founder, and [“pit bull for victory”](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/05/trump-praises-georgia-election-board/74674946007/) at the recent Trump rally, offered her thoughts on the issues: [essentially “lol. Suck it, losers”] This is not the Georgia Election Board member [trying a quid-pro-quo for a white house gig](https://www.newsweek.com/georgia-election-board-trump-epa-rick-jeffares-1940331). This is a different Georgia Election Board member. So, they’re in place to refuse to certify a Democratic win, it’s all nice and “legal”, and we’re just *watching it happen*. Yay republiQans.

politics homesweethomeMrL • 3 weeks ago • 99%

www.thelondoneconomic.com

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12733123

  

Superbowl homesweethomeMrL • 4 weeks ago • 99%

"After receiving a tip about a family of Burrowing Owls on the eastern edge of Cheyenne, a photographer rushed to the location in late June. The owlets seemed nearly ready to leave their burrows. Over the years, the photographer has perfected a method using a GoPro on a small tripod, set to take a photo every 5 seconds. They leave the camera behind, allowing the owls to feel comfortable. The challenge lies in the long wait to see if the effort pays off. This shot was taken on June 28th." 📷 Peter Arnold

Technology homesweethomeMrL • 1 month ago • 98%

pivot-to-ai.com

cross-posted from: https://awful.systems/post/2178630

Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics. homesweethomeMrL • 1 month ago • 100%

www.scientificamerican.com

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/13611

Enough Musk Spam homesweethomeMrL • 1 month ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12476536

politics homesweethomeMrL • 1 month ago • 98%

www.independent.co.uk

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18733672 > **A key swing county in Georgia has approved nearly $50,000 in funding toward panic buttons for election workers this November.** > > The Cobb County Board of Commissioners approved the funding on Tuesday as part of a $2.43 million package for the upcoming election presented by the director of the county’s Board of Elections and Registration. > > Now, the Board of Elections has the funding to purchase some 200 devices for workers. > > The devices are small rectangles that fit in pockets and can be worn on a lanyard, NBC News reports. They can be programmed to send alerts to local law enforcement and can pair with cellphones to transmit the user’s location.