Here is what some existing medical research has to say about how to stay safe, one body part at a time.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-protect-yourself-during-protests/
A preview of Monday’s post in case you need a distraction from the state of the world.
https://varnelis.net/works_and_projects/the-generative-turn-on-ais-as-stochastic-parrots-and-art/
The Generative Turn: On AIs as Stochastic Parrots and Art - varnelis.net
Kazys Varnelis, Stochastic Parrots, 2025.Large Language Model (LLM)-based Artificial Intelligences have been derided for hallucinating—a topic that I addressed in my last essay, “The New Surrealism. On AI and Hallucinations,”—and labeled “stochastic parrots,” supposedly incapable of generating authentic meaning beyond remixed texts. Coined by researcher Emily Bender and her colleagues, the term “stochastic parrots” describes ... @anildash@me.dm
2025-06-12 12:57:43
»L.A. Protests Live Updates: Senator Padilla Forcibly Removed After Confronting Noem«
The US has fallen and the Trump dictatorship hierarchy is final!
📰 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/12/us/la-protests-trump-marines-ice
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You could always 3D print a whistle...
➡️ https://www.printables.com/model/969146-antifascist-loud-protest-whistle
Analysis: Private-Label Products Are Driving Plant-Based Retail Sales Growth in Four European Countries https://vegconomist.com/market-and-trends/private-label-products-driving-plant-based-retail-sales-growth-four-eu…
2025 CFL picks, betting odds, predictions: Proven expert reveals predictions for every game on Week 2 schedule
https://www.cbssports.com/b…
Gezien de profielschets bij deze vacature (‘Je bent besluitvaardig en daadkrachtig’) sluiten ze bij NSC in ieder geval een terugkeer van Omtzigt als lijsttrekker uit.
https://partijnieuwsociaalcontract.nl/vacatures/lijsttrekker-nsc-tweede-kamer
Pushback grows against nickel mining in Indonesian marine paradise of Raja Ampat https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/pushback-grows-against-nickel-mining-in-indonesian-marine-paradise-of-raja-ampat/
The Trump regime's coordinated repression did not come from nowhere.
In 2024, TheNew York Times reported that the Trump transition team was already planning to use emergency powers, such as the one Trump invoked on June 7,
to confront political opponents who protest the administration.
While the Trump administration planned this move for about a year,
the deployment of troops in Los Angeles is the brutal culmination of a yearslong campaign to systematically erod…