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I’ve been having a conversation in my head with my friend Jac Mullen. One of his provocative ideas is that we’re better off dropping the term “artificial intelligence,” and instead calling these new technologies “artificial attention.”
#ai
#attention

Artificial Attention?
A letter to my friend Jac Mullen on AI and attention, looking at the 12th century history of reading with Ivan Illich's book In the Vineyard of the Text.

Starmer's Labour government complicity.
Fury as minister admits Britain is still training Israeli troops amid Gaza genocide | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fury-minister-admits-br…

Under Randy Clarke, WMATA has cut the end-to-end travel time on the Metro Red Line by 8 minutes. This is a 68 minute trip, so it's a gain in efficiency of over 10% on top of faster trips for riders.
This is a combination of automated train operation (with doors closing sooner), raising the speed limit back to the original design of 75 mph, and I imagine other fixes.

WMATA | Metro to launch Automatic Train Operation on the Blue, Orange, and Silver lines on June 15
Metro news and service information for the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia region.

Listings on Etsy
Listed some belt bags on Etsy as well as a vintage automotive vinyl tote bag, belts, a vintage automotive vinyl brief bag, and large vintage automotive vinyl front flap bag.
https://nakatsubyjna.com/2025/06/14/listings-on-etsy-2/

Listings on Etsy
Listed some belt bags on Etsy as well as a vintage automotive vinyl tote bag, belts, a vintage automotive vinyl brief bag, and large vintage automotive vinyl front flap bag.

Trump Organization Admits President Still Controls His Business
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/05/06/trump-organization-admits-president-still-controls-his-business-in-new-filing/

“attends ICE raid” https://ktla.com/news/local-news/dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-attends-ice-raid-at-home-of-pregnant-l-a-county-mother/amp/

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem attends ICE raid at home of pregnant L.A. County mother
A pregnant Huntington Park mother of four was shocked to see around a half-dozen vehicles carrying heavily armed, masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside her home Thursday mo…

It's #NoKings day!
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Be loud. Be heard. Be safe.
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EFF Protest Guide:
•⁠📱⁠https://mastodon.social/@eff/114678037068775207
Know Your Rights:
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Heute vor 67 Jahren: Am 14.06.1958 kam es bei Enewetak zum Atomtest Operation Hardtack I, "Walnut". Dieser Test war Teil einer Serie von 35 #Atomtests, die die USA im Sommer 1958 auf den #Marshallinseln im Pazifik durchführten.

Mark Zuckerberg has created the saddest place on the internet with Meta AI's public feed https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerber…

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI is one of the most depressing places online
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI app has become the saddest place on the internet with its public feed of personal overshares.

Heute vor 67 Jahren: Am 14.06.1958 kam es bei Enewetak zum Atomtest Operation Hardtack I, "Aspen". Dieser Test war Teil einer Serie von 35 #Atomtests, die die USA im Sommer 1958 auf den #Marshallinseln im Pazifik durchführten.