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According to Justice Department’s own account, 15 arrested by federal government in Minneapolis this week are responsible for denting gov F-150 (by kicking), & tipping tailer (owned by accused). That’s it.
Why hasn’t potus nuked Minneapolis from space? /s
Attack on Americans & 1st Amendment makes me think we’re not free country I thought we were & realize perhaps never were, I was “lucky” not to notice before.

Federal prosecutors charge 15 people with impeding agents during immigration surge
Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding federal agents during a massive immigration surge in Minnesota earlier this year. The defendants allegedly used tactics like stalking agents and using ice blocks to slow convoys. Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the operation targeted Minneapolis-based antifa groups. President Trump had previously directed authorities to target antifa, which he labeled a domestic terror group. The charges follow "Operation Metro Surge," which …

I keep seeing the "cars replaced horses" thing related to "AI."
People keep comparing "AI" to cars (positively) without thinking about the fact that cars were forced on people (AAA bought up and destroyed tram lines, there were massive protests, etc), and are the primary driver of climate change that is currently on track to make complex human society impossible. Meanwhile, cities that weren't destroyed for cars, or that have reversed most of the damage, are some of the most desirable places to live.
Maybe we could take the car analogy as a warning. Maybe it could be a reminder to think about how forcing technology on people against their will can reshape society in a profoundly negative way.
The answer for cities has been to right-size transit. Eliminate cars wherever possible, maintain emergency vehicles and mobility aids, and find more efficient alternatives (bikes, trams, metros, and trains) where possible. I feel as though we can extrapolate from the metaphor.
We do not have to repeat the mistake of reshaping society around a single, oversimplified, solution in order to benefit a tiny minority. Perhaps we can actually choose the right technologies based on use cases, rather than hype or dogma.
Cars didn't replace horses. Cars replaced walkable cities, tram lines and mass transit, and children playing in the streets.
"Cars replaced horses" to the benefit of a small group of elite men, at tremendous cost to literally everyone else. When people say, "AI is the new 'cars replacing horses'" they are saying something very specific about their privilege and intentions.

The Crab Nebula sits some 6,500 light years from us in Taurus.
It’s what remains after a massive star exploded as a supernova in 1054 CE
— an event people on Earth actually saw and recorded.
Today, it’s known as a pulsar wind nebula, driven by the powerful winds of a fast-spinning pulsar at its center.
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Nereide (@drnereide.bsky.social)
1/8 This JWST’s NIRCam and MIRI stunning image reveals different structural details of the Crab Nebula (NGC 1952). Image Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, T. Temim (Princeton University) https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/investigating-the-origins-of-the-crab-nebula-with-nasas-webb/ #galactic #universe #astronomy 🔭🧪⚛️

I already objected to the “AI summaries” ACM forced on authors, and I don’t want them anywhere else. ACM should encourage people to go to the source, to read the actual papers, rather than “summaries” that aren’t guaranteed to reflect the actual content.

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I already objected to the “AI summaries” ACM forced on authors, and I don’t want them anywhere else. ACM should encourage people to go to the source, to read the actual papers, rather than “summaries” that aren’t guaranteed to reflect the actual content.

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RE: https://mastodon.scot/@simon_jf/116943250837558872
This gets across better what I meant whenI wrote “ACM should encourage people to go to the source, to read the actual papers, rather than “summaries” that aren’t guaranteed to reflect the actual content…

MSP folks: If you are free to show up and show support, the NLG is encouraging people to show up for the first court appearances of those arrested. Observers let the courts and the feds know that people are watching.
Appearances scheduled 1:30 and after, at the US Federal Courthouse: 316 N. Robert Street, St. Paul, MN.
#msp #minneapolis #minnesota

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@simon_jf/116943250837558872
This gets across better what I meant whenI wrote “ACM should encourage people to go to the source, to read the actual papers, rather than “summaries” that aren’t guaranteed to reflect the actual content…

There is growing concern Donald Trump’s massive $10bn lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service may soon be settled by his own administration
– an unprecedented, self-dealing maneuver for a US president,
in which billions of taxpayer dollars could be transferred to the president or his allies.
Trump may agree to drop his lawsuit in exchange for the launch of a $1.7bn fund to compensate people he says were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration,
according t…

Well, what I’m wondering is, what are these people who “work very closely with Claude” gonna do when they or their institutions have to pay the full price for access to the chatbots?
Go back to writing mediocre articles themselves?
[EDIT: removed the link, because things may not have been quite the way they were presented. More generally, and not wrt. to a specific individual, the question posed above is still valid, though.]