Just more of that commensurate retribution and collateral damage those pesky Israelis seem to think is their divine right to inflict.
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Israeli strikes on Iran have hit a hospital in the city of Kermanshah. It’s the latest attack on civilian infrastructure. Iranian officials say 224 people have been killed since Israel launched attacks of Friday.Al Jazeera
Regarding the last couple boosts: among other downsides, LLMs encourage people to take long-term risks for perceived, but not always actual, short-term gains. They bet the long-term value of their education on a chance at short-term grade inflation, or they bet the long-term security and maintainability of their software codebase on a chance at short-term productivity gains. My read is that more and more data is suggesting that these are bad bets for most people.
In that respect they're very much like gambling. The messianic fantasies some ChatGPT users have been experiencing fits this picture as well.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #tech #dev #ChatGPT #GPT #Gemini #GamblingAddiction #nihilism
UN warns of starvation in ‘hunger hotspots’
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Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.Al Jazeera
"Yesterday’s split screen was striking: millions of peaceful high-energy protestors on one side and Trump’s listless North Korean-style self-celebration on the other. ...
On a Fox broadcast, someone was heard asking, 'Where are the people?' as the camera panned over a scanty crowd along the route. Even the president himself seemed uninterested and perhaps somnolent at times."
~ Norman Eisen
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“No Kings” Succeeds, Trump’s Birthday Bombs: Publisher’s Roundup, 22Norman Eisen (The Contrarian)
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko paid his 15th visit to China, June 2-4. On the morning of June 4, President Xi Jinping met with Lukashenko at Zhongnanhai, the compound in central Beijing where the top Chinese leadership live and work.Friends of Socialist China
#Yellowknife comes out on this global day of action to #MarchtoGaza. cabinradio.ca/243405/news/poli…
#FreePalestine #StoptheGenocide #ArmsEmbargo #CeasefireNow #cdnpoli
Funny, no one ever asked if the Nazis had the right to defend themselves.
#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza #WestBank
They did fabricate a casus belli, in faking hostile Polish activity (the Gleiwitz incident among others) and using “the Polish assault” as the justification. You know, we are compelled to invade Poland, they attaxxed us.
The rhyming of history. We must bomb schools, hospitals, journalists, humaid workers, shoot people queueing up for puny handouts as we’r starving over two million, cause you know, self defence. (Edit: sarcasm here.)
The Trump-branded T1 Phone will apparently be made in America.Dominic Preston (The Verge)
This remote archipelago in Papua, Indonesia, lies at the heart of Coral Triangle, home to richest marine biodiversity on Earth. Over 1,500 fish species, three-quarters of all known coral species, and countless fragile ecosystems thrive here. Indigenous Papuans rely on waters and forests for food, identity, and survival.
This ecological and cultural sanctuary is now under siege — from the very industry that claims to be building a cleaner, greener future: nickel mining.
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Youth protests in Jakarta spotlight the destruction of Raja Ampat, a biodiversity hotspot and Indigenous Papuan homeland, driven by nickel mining for EVs.Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat (Fair Observer)
"by acknowledging its intentions, Israel has forced the world to confront a moral and legal emergency that can no longer be obscured by euphemism or diplomatic evasion. Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza has exposed not only the brutality of its military doctrine, but also the fragility of the international legal order — largely established in the wake of the Holocaust — meant to prevent such atrocities."
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#Palestine #israel #gaza #warcrimes
Since Trump's return, Israel has dropped all pretenses of self-defense. But even as it evades accountability, it has cemented its legacy as a global pariah.Amos Brison (+972 Magazine)
What the actual fuck!!!!?? Is Nethanayu threatening the indiscriminate bombardment of an entire city of more than 9 million people?
“We are telling the citizens of Tehran: ‘Evacuate’, and we are taking action.”
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Up to eight reportedly killed and more than 90 injured in Israel as strike damages hospital in the west of IranKate Lamb (The Guardian)
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Press Statement by Director of Institute for Japan Studies under DPRK Foreign Ministry Pyongyang, June 16 (KCNA) — The director of the Institute for Japan Studies under the DPRK Foreign Ministry on Sunday issued the following press statement titled “…Dermot Hudson (KFAUK.com)
Tens of thousands of people dressed in red marched through the streets of The Hague Sunday to demand more action from the Dutch government against what they termed a "genocide" in Gaza.France 24 (FRANCE 24)
In the linked essay, I mention Nancy Mace's standard TERF question, asked most recently to Tim Walz: "What is a woman?"
My answer is simple. A woman is not a *what.* A woman is a *who.*
I want to expand a bit from the essay on why I think this matters.
Mace’s question seems like a non sequitur, since the topic was immigration. It’s actually part of a unified supremacist frame of domination.
The question invites us into a frame where a woman can and must be defined. It's very important to refuse the invitation by rejecting the frame.
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'Although the tide may be turning, MAGA isn’t simply going to roll over and slink away. On the contrary, the administration’s power grabs will become even more aggressive and desperate, with growing efforts to intimidate, prosecute and even physically harm political opponents, as well as widespread efforts to suppress dissent with force.'
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Right now, images largely determine the outcomePaul Krugman
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New study on the effects of LLM use (in this case on essay writing):
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"LLM users also struggled to accurately quote their own work. While LLMs offer immediate convenience, our findings highlight potential cognitive costs. Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning."
The interesting thing is: People who used search engines (to find sources etc) did not show similar issues. This is an important antidote against the belief that LLM-based tools are just like search engines. Which they are not. They are massively degrading their users' mental abilities and development. Which is why these systems have absolutely no place even _near_ any school or university.
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This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed three sessions under the same condition.arXiv.org
If It's To Be War With Iran, Let It Be The War That Nobody Comes To
C. #Johnstone
Let’s make this clear: if the #US bombs #Iran, Iran will kill US military personnel in response. If this happens, it will not be Iran’s fault that those military personnel died. It will be Trump’s fault. It will be the fault of everyone whose decisions led to the attack which resulted in their deaths.
And they will have died for nothing.
Anyone who dies in a war with Iran will have died for nothing.
They will not have died fighting for anyone’s freedom. They will not have died protecting their country.
The warmongers and propagandists will try to spin their deaths in this way, but they will be lying.
The bereaved parents and partners of those who died will also try to frame their deaths in this way, but they will only be fooling themselves, because the truth will be too painful to bear.
And the truth is that everyone who dies in such a war will have died because a few powerful people made some extremely evil decisions out of their own self-interest. And for no other reason.
Do NOT join the US military. Do NOT join the militaries of any nation which normally participates in America’s wars. If you are in those militaries, you should get out by any means necessary, as quickly as possible. If further on down the track there is a draft for a war with Iran, you should dodge the draft. Because otherwise you will be throwing yourself into a war with one of the world’s most formidable militaries, for nothing.
If you fight in such a war, you will be fighting for nothing.
If you die in such a war, you will die for nothing.
If you lose your limbs in such a war, you will lose your limbs for nothing.
If you suffer permanent brain damage in such a war, you will lose your mind for nothing.
Even if you manage to survive such a war with your body and brain intact, you will live the rest of your life with the knowledge that you killed human beings for nothing.
There’s a stanza from Carl Sandburg’s “The People, Yes” which has been bubbling around in my consciousness a lot lately:
The little girl saw her first troop parade and asked,
‘What are those?’
‘Soldiers.’
‘What are soldiers?’
‘They are for war. They fight and each tries to kill as many of the other side as he can.’
The girl held still and studied.
‘Do you know . . . I know something?’
‘Yes, what is it you know?’
‘Sometime they’ll give a war and nobody will come.’
If the US directly attacks Iran — and it’s looking increasingly likely that it will — Iran can be expected to kill many US soldiers with powerful attacks on the US military bases that are within striking range of its missiles. If that happens, the US can be expected to launch a full-scale regime change war on Iran.
If that’s to be, then let this be the war that nobody comes to. Because the alternative is to fight and die in a stupid war waged by evil people, for nothing.
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Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):Caitlin Johnstone (Caitlin’s Newsletter)
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@jazzilla on Israel is the exact beef I need while we wait for the #FaggotTourney quarter-finals.
Hey, I did it for the entertainment value:
SRK is going to be sperging out for the rest of the month for all to see.
No one outside of nas knows who Adam is, he'd never beat csb.
Sie inszenieren sich als Opfer. Das könnte lustig sein, wenn‘s nicht so tragisch wäre. Gedanken zu einer medialen Schmierenkomödie.Johannes Franzen (Übermedien)
The headline is awful and misleading, but as usual Nesrine Malik nails it.
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Losing credibility Netanyahu has acted to diminish Iran while he still can, and in doing so regain support from his allies, says Guardian columnist Nesrine MalikNesrine Malik (The Guardian)
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"The only path to the final defeat of imperialism and the building of socialism is revolutionary war."
-- Bill Ayers
(1944- ) founder of the self-described communist revolutionary group, the Weather Underground, professor of education at University of Illinois at Chicago, personal friend and financial supporter of Barrack Hussein Obama
"The only path to the final defeat of imperialism and the building of socialism is revolutionary war." ~ Bill AyersLibertyQuotes
Putin states that global liberalism has turned into totalitarianism Rossa Primavera News from RussiaAvis Krane (Rossa Primavera International News)
Is Gravity Just Entropy Rising? Long-Shot Idea Gets Another Look
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A new argument explores how the growth of disorder could cause massive objects to move toward one another. Physicists are both interested and skeptical.George Musser (Quanta Magazine)
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“The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.”
~ Francois Pierre Guizot
(1787-1874) Premier of France
Speech, 29 December 1930
"The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty." ~ Francois Pierre GuizotLibertyQuotes
@NotImpressed@mas.to @palestine@a.gup.pe I encourage ANYBODY that has an open mind to watch #ItchyBoots' (#NoralySchoemaker) travels through #Iran. She's been to Iran twice over the past 6 years traveling as a single woman through the Middle East on her motorbike. Wake up people. We. Are. Being. Fed. A. Lie. We are being actively #gaslit by our Governments! youtube.com/channel/UCEIs9nkve… youtube.com/@ItchyBoots/search… @israel@a.gup.pe @gaza@a.gup.pe @iran@a.gup.pe
#Iran
#IsraeliLies
@palestine"The lies about Iran are just getting started. There will be more. Don’t buy into any part of this scam"
"“These are people who chant ‘Death to America.’ They’ve tried to assassinate President Trump twice,” said the prime minister"
"If you weren’t around for the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq, this is what it was like. Brazen lies with a fully complicit media, with the most frenetic war propaganda circulated by the Murdoch press"caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/0…
Fox News Just Helped Netanyahu Spread The Lie That Iran Tried To Assassinate Trump
The lies about Iran are just getting started. There will be more. Don’t buy into any part of this scam.Caitlin Johnstone
"Let every knee bend before Thee, O greatness of my God, so supremely humbled in the Sacred Host. May every heart love Thee, every spirit adore Thee and every will be subject to Thee!"
— St. Margaret Mary
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Communist Rules for Revolution: 1. Corrupt the young; get them away from religion. Get them interested in sex. Make them superficial; destroy their ruggedness. 2. By specious argument cause the breakdown of old moral virtues; honesty, sobriety, continence, faith in the pledged word, ruggedness. 3. Encourage civil disorders and foster a lenient and soft attitude on the part of government toward such disorders. 4. Divide the people into hostile groups by constantly…
"Communist Rules for Revolution..." ~ Communist Rules for RevolutionLibertyQuotes
The Ansarallah movement in Yemen fired a missile toward Israel on Saturday, coinciding with a broader Iranian missile and drone attack.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
Le démantèlement du sionisme dans l’opinion 🇺🇸 est aussi impressionnant que rapide !
Qui aurait pensé que les ultras conservateurs les + fidèles de Trump, libertariens et les + célèbres podcasters s’uniraient dans une charge aussi violente contre 🇮🇱? !
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European leaders must act decisively to expedite a ceasefire and humanitarian aid for Gaza.Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International
Wer Israels Angriffe nun mit der Hoffnung auf einen Regime-Change von außen feiert, hat aus den vergangenen Jahrzehnten nichts gelernt.Daniela Sepehri (taz)
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He was arrested on state murder and attempted murder charges. The Trump administration is considering charges, as well.V. Saxena (The Western Journal)
@magicalthinking @DrFell
"They’ve figured out how to crack those old wallets prolly."
that's literally impossible, because even quantum computers require a public-key to calculate the private key. nakamoto never spend his bitcoin..
a utxo (unspent transaction output) in bitcoin does not publish its public key before it is spent. upon creation it's locked by a locking script, which contains a hash of the recipient's public key (the address), not the public key itself.
@DrFell
if you're smart, you're saving in bitcoin and pay your bills with fiat debt..like jack maller.
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Attached: 1 video december 2024 jack maller 00:05:41 "I get my paycheck direct deposit 100% converted into Bitcoin[..]I spend on credit cards[..]great product for me because I get to spend the thing that only goes down without having to own it[..Mastodon
Sergey Ryabkov sought to clarify Russia’s approach towards BRICS, which is still grossly misunderstood by the Mainstream Media and the Alt-Media Community alike.Andrew Korybko (Andrew Korybko's Newsletter)
Ask any pot grower and they could have told you the same
Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds
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From a quarter to half of Earth’s vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of atmospheric carbonKarl B. Hille (NASA)
"i object! there is no proof!"
sounds like your typical ai when you ask them questions about Leslie Wexner's involvement in epstein child rape ring.
I was so young when I had my babies. I knew only enough to keep them diapered and fed and loved. I knew there was something deeper still in the act of loving them, but I didn’t know how to get ther…Cece Writes
I think you do the best you can if you are legitimately trying.
And kids need to hear "I'm sorry" from their parents once in awhile, even when younger.
It'll help them when they're older with their kids, they'll understand your frustrations, sacrifices and efforts.
@Lori
Yes. I have always had an "I'm sorry" policy with my kids.
It keeps the communication lines clear and open. 👍
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I’d say lemmings off a cliff but it’s unfair to lemmings who don’t actually commit suicide by jumping off cliffs, much less by first building the cliff themselves. mastodon.social/@bruces/114691…
*Fossil-fueled AI, deep in the heart of Texasdesmog.com/2025/06/12/texas-ai…
In Texas, AI Gold Rush Helps Spur Demand for Over 100 New Gas Plants - DeSmog
State may be “rubber stamping” some air pollution permits, according to new report on the boom.Joe Fassler (DeSmog)
at this point I trust a lemming committing suicide more than I trust whatever Texas's government says (except inasmuch as I can negate it and get something more accurate). they probably have reasons. and if they DIDN'T and were in a lemming cult, they don't make it other people's problem, unlike maga.
although if they DID build those cliffs to be honest I'd give them even more respect. their cult does constructive stuff (literally I guess).
In summary, MAGA is worse than a lemming cult.
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*Fossil-fueled AI, deep in the heart of Texas
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State may be “rubber stamping” some air pollution permits, according to new report on the boom.Joe Fassler (DeSmog)
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