Loren King

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

Is there a term for Microsoft's thing where they never actually kill any products or services they just quietly stop fixing its problems and leave you hanging? "Abandonware" already means something else. "Neglectware"? "Pseudodeprecated"?

In the age of LLMs, deciding to write more strongly in my own voice feels both liberating and like an act of resistance. I've decided I don't care if Reviewer 2 inevitably hates the style, I'm going to write for me.

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How does a congressman get Chotinered? Landsman’s staff are either useless or hate him lol

Too bad there's no opposition party that could run a 48 hour Youtube telethon program with 48 elected officials each programming one hour to point out the awfulness of the war on Iran. That would definitely not get any media or other attention.

'those movies where people watch a video because it's supposed to make you die in a week are unrealistic' I say as I watch another person take a Chotiner phone call

this one fucked me up so much. guy turns his life around after a drug conviction, becomes a happy, beloved, pet rescuing houseboat dad who undersells his mechanic services so poor folks can afford them. ICE grabs him one day out of the hospital for heart problems which then kill him. horrifying

Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07] YouTube video by Not Just Bikes

WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible.

I’ve sent it to a LOT of politicians.

Great to speak with @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social community about politics, climate and making change. So much amazing energy in the room & commitment to making change!

Thanks @lorenking.org and Debora VanNijanatten! #RunLikeAGirl🏃🏼‍♀️

A really great conversation with our @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social community - thanks everyone, and thanks especially to our students who took the time out from busy spring term schedules to meet and chat with @cathmckenna.bsky.social 🙏✊ #GlobalClimateFutures #PathwaysForCanada #RunLikeAGirl

#RunLikeAGirl at @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social today!
Joining @lorenking.org to talk leadership, resilience & pushing for change—let’s get started!

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amazing how many people's principle actually turned out to be 'but the Nazi bar makes me feel cool and important'

This is one of my pettier impulses but I want the record to reflect just how often this motherfucker said that Kamala Harris was the pro-war candidate in 2024.

Yes!! And yet another opportunity to stump for Proust and the Squid! Critical but hopetul.

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If this is airstrikes only, who are they supposed to surrender to, and who are the 'forces of liberation'?

Vegetarians have ‘substantially lower risk’ of five types of cancer Study shows lower risk for multiple myeloma as well as pancreatic, prostate, breast and kidney cancers

There are so many reasons not to eat animals. Here’s another, but it doesn’t even matter if it’s true.

CNN will soon be controlled by David Ellison. If democracy is to survive, a vibrant independent media ecosystem is critical.

My ask: cancel your Paramount/Warner subscriptions and sign up for as many pro-democracy outlets as you are able.

You can start with Democracy Docket: bit.ly/4qmEiFz

Secretary Hegseth announced this afternoon that DOD will cease ALL graduate study by military personnel at universities including MIT, all the Ivies, Stanford, etc because such schools teach "the enemy's wicked ideology" to officers.

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Strange case of ‘Einstein AI’ spotlights chatbot concerns New tool promising to watch lectures and complete assignments for students abruptly taken down amid concerns about cheating and data protection

'A new artificial intelligence chatbot that promised to watch lectures on behalf of students and complete their assignments for them has been taken offline days after launching – but critics say it was emblematic of how such tools are changing higher education.'

Einstein bites the dust. 1/3

A 3D-styled pie chart illustrating the distribution of Research and Development (R&D) resources based on the NSF NCSES National Patterns of R&D Resources: 2022-23 Update. The chart is divided into six segments, listed here in descending order of their financial contribution: Federal Govt: The largest segment, shown in dark blue, accounts for 51% of the total, valued at $39.5 B. Higher Ed. – Institutional: A light coral segment accounting for 23%, valued at $18.2 B. Non-profit at Research Institutes: A dark red segment accounting for 8%, valued at $6.1 B. Higher Ed. – Direct Philanthropy: A bright red segment accounting for 7%, valued at $5.8 B. Business: A grey segment accounting for 7%, valued at $5.2 B. Non-Federal Govt: The smallest segment, shown in light blue, accounting for 4%, valued at $3.2 B.

Here's a chart showing who funds basic research in the US. It's easy to tell that private funding cannot make up for significant cuts to government funding.

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I feel bad for everyone who says "I asked ChatGPT for advice" instead of just adding "reddit" to whatever what was their search term or topic

It's often said for people outside of Rome, the Fall of the Roman Empire was first experienced as "one day a bridge collapsed & nobody came to fix it".

The #HamOnt bus route planner collapsed & nobody came to fix it. @ward1wilson.bsky.social @mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social is managed decline it?

OpenAI did not mention Tumbler Ridge shooter’s posts in meeting with B.C. officials day after mass shooting: province Company handed over evidence that shooter had been banned from using its ChatGPT chatbot

Oh. It gets worse.

“The Globe…asked the company for clarity on why it took two days to relay its evidence to the RCMP. The company did not immediately respond.”

Probably busy trying to find something big enough to cover their asses.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Thread. Important. Read.

Even in the face of a mass shooting the federal government won't act with urgency to regulate this dangerous technology. How can we expect them to put up much-needed guardrails in all the other contexts, from IP theft to disinformation to child sex abuse material etc. etc. etc.?

Border Patrol released Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56 yo man, nearly blind with serious medical conditions, at "an old address & his family had since moved" in Buffalo, NY in the winter. "His family was not initially notified." He was found dead. @news4buffalo.bsky.social

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This is such important reporting, and so crucial for everyone -- including, but especially politics reporters -- to understand. Big follower number X accounts called things like "Johnny MAGA" (pullll-ease) are not actual independent people or activists who spontaneously amassed 300,000 followers