ICYMI: Immigration Takes Center Stage: Can Congress Avoid Shutdown in 2024? https://www.natlawreview.com/article/immigration-takes-center-stage-can-congress-avoid-shutdown-2024?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
I ended my time on Duolingo in the #NewYear, after finding out they sacked a bunch of translators and are now relying on AI to generate sentences for learning. Essentially, they are just generating the content via AI and having a limited number of translators "check the work" before putting it up into their programs.
I also noticed that, the longer I went on in my Duolingo program, the quality of the learning seemed to decrease dramatically, and after learning about the AI thing, it started to dawn on me that this could be part of the reason for that. But even if it isn't related, the fact that they are making this move toward AI only means in the future, the learning WILL decrease in quality whether we like it or not, and that's no fun at all.
So No Thanks, #Duolingo. So long, and thanks for all the fish.
#language #learning #linguistics #NewYear2024 #ArtificialIntelligence #Sacked #Fired #Jobs #Creators #Translators
It's probably a good thing to stop now anyway, after I got this lovely message in my inbox before the New Year:
Aileen Cannon refusing Jack Smith request in Donald Trump case sparks fury
#Newsweek #AileenCannon #JackSmith #DonaldTrump #refusingrequest #sparksfury #Politics #News
I say this as someone who was once a 17-yr-old girl with filthy men making comments as I just walked down the street or just standing at a bus stop. :(
I didn’t think the “leopards eating people’s faces” would ever eat my face. 🤦♂️
https://news.yahoo.com/bill-o-reilly-furious-own-181240858.html
AFAIK there's no media access at Vandy for Starlink launches, but NASASpaceflight.com is planning some kind of coverage. I won't be online for it.
SpaceX - Starlink Group 7-10
F9 B1061.18 from VSFB SLC-4E
NASASpaceflight.com webcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Wmd_YLlBg
Your Holocaust guilt should not condone Netanyahu announcing he will not respect the Genocide Convention even if the Hague attempts to make him. #ICJ
Far-Right grifters such as Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA, disgraced Tucker Carlson writer Blake Neff, and Jack "Pizzagate" Posobiec are preparing a campaign around attacking Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Act.
Echoing decades of propaganda by neo-Nazis and white supremacists, Turning Point USA is now claiming that Americans have been fed a “fake history" of MLK.
As the GOP doubles down on pushing the white nationalist conspiracy theory of the "Great Replacement," racist trolls like Kirk and Posobiec are going to continue to spoon feed misinformation to their base in an effort to mainstream outright white supremacy.
Read the article in Wired here: https://www.wired.com/story/charlie-kirk-tpusa-mlk-civil-rights-act/
Republican says the quiet part out loud
HuffPost: GOP Congressman Stands By Accusation Some Fellow Members Have Been Compromised
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tim-burchett-stands-by-allegation-members-blackmailed_n_65a1bd3fe4b06444b222dee3
A prankster from the "Good Liars" tried to give🔹 Ron DeSantis🔹 a
🤣participation trophy🤣 at an Iowa town hall event on Saturday where potential caucusgoers were significantly outnumbered by members of the media
https://www.goodliars.com/
Tesla and Volvo to pause (EV) production in Europe after Red Sea attacks
L: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/world/middleeast/tesla-volvo-europe-red-sea.html
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38985883
posted on 2024.01.13 at 18:41:29 (c=0, p=3)
What’s the highest civilian honour bestowed in the US, because Jack Smith and team should get that when Trump is finished with in public life forever. #trump
NTSB investigates two Brightline train crashes in same week https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/01/13/melbourne-train-wreck-brightline/9571705188187/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.