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Biden indirectly rebukes Trump at West Point commencement
In his 22-minute commencement address, Biden did not mention Trump by name,
but he made clear that he was referring to his Republican opponent by pointing to a letter that was a clear reprimand of Trump’s leadership.
The open letter, signed by more than 1,000 West Point alumni, was addressed to the graduating class of 2020 before Trump delivered the commencement address here.
It came just days after military…

Biden indirectly rebukes Trump at West Point commencement
The president spoke to graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at a time of numerous foreign policy challenges for the nation and the world.

👉 3 simple rules for creating #OpenScience Policies 👈
1. Develop output policies first and combine them into an Open Science policy later.
2. Policies are about the "what" and "why". The "how" belongs elsewhere (e.g. guidelines).
3. Don't start with the policy, start with the guidelines.
Read more in this week's newsletter post!

3 simple rues for creating Open Science Policies

In AI ethics, medium matters. Exploitation for example is far more worrisome for generating images than code. Direct reuse is more accepted among programmers than artists, and releasing a family-friendly image generator means subjecting testers to emotionally harmful content
Artists have launched more AI lawsuits than programmers; indeed, the one prominent case of the latter focuses on violating open source licenses

After 11 months of being here, I decided to do a very small reflection.
When I first arrived, I didn't have any expectations or goals I'd like to achieve. Matter of fact, the main reason I left Twitter is because of all the bots that followed me and how I almost never got any real interaction.
Over time, things got a little rocky here and it seemed as though, personally, I wasn't going to be enjoying it any further at that time and contemplating shutting the instance down completely and just "disappearing".
However, several months on from that, I'm VERY glad I didn't. I like it here and I like having my "own little space" where nobody can tell me what I can and cannot discuss nor what I can and cannot see.
Something I've just recently realized though, is how important a good bit of you have become to me, personally and my Fedi experience would be very lacking without some of you here. What I didn't expect, was getting that same sentiment back when I discussed it with those few of you. I really appreciate knowing that for some of you, I have been consistently a "good" addition to your timelines and everyday online life.
Those types of comments and feelings they give me, keep me here and sane on those wilder days. To each and every one of you that have followed me for so long, through all the craziness, slight drama, wild opinions, and more, THANK YOU.
If I hadn't been almost universally accepted with such open arms and returned the same energy I try to put out, then I doubt I would still be here to this day.
I'm 11 months in and I think I'm ready to "give back" to those few folks that I consider friends and am on the cusps of creating something new and hopefully something good for Fedi as a whole.
I'm going to keep it very limited for specific reasons I'll lay out later. But, this is new ground for me and I have to figure some things out and hopefully not make too many missteps and learn some things along the way.
Thank you Fedi. I wouldn't be who I am right now, without you.

Last chance. If you want to have your signature on the real life letter that goes to Canada's House of Commons Speaker and others, you must tell me before 9AM PDT (about 40 minutes).
You do not have to be Canadian to sign.
Signatures received after 9AM will be on the web version.
I've made some updates to the letter including more supporting links and sources.
#Fediverse

Wieviele Wissenschaftler*innen sind nötig, damit Politiker*innen ihre Meinung ändern?
http://csa-scientist-open-letter.org
#Chatkontrolle

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott on lack of contract talks: 'I don't fear' playing with another team after 2024 https://www.nfl.com/news/cowboys-qb-dak-prescott-on-lack-of-contract-talks-i-don-t-fear-playing…

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott on lack of contract talks: 'I don't fear' playing with another team after 2024
After opening the offseason with a tone of optimism regarding continuing his career in Dallas past this season, six weeks later, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott seems much more open to the possibility of taking his talents elsewhere after 2024.

What do our Pro-Democracy Election Coverage Guidelines ask of newsrooms?
1) Cover elections like they matter more than sports scores.
2) Make threats to democracy clear.
3) Protect Americans from disinformation.
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I like when news sites are like, "you've hit your limit of free articles. sign up for more!" when in reality I tried to read one article, got busy halfway through, left the browser tab open to read later (and the tab is unloaded to save memory), and I accidentally load the tab a few times while looking for something else. Then when I finally have time to read the article, "you've hit your limit".

What do our Pro-Democracy Election Coverage Guidelines ask of newsrooms?
1) Cover elections like they matter more than sports scores.
2) Make threats to democracy clear.
3) Protect Americans from disinformation.
Sign our open letter to news execs here:
https://www.mediaan…

Add Your Name: Pro-Democracy 2024 Election Coverage
Sign our open letter to media executives and publishers demanding they adopt guidelines for 2024 election coverage that emphasize pro-truth, pro-voting, and pro-democracy practices.