Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@social.cleverlibre.org

Neither the NY Times or the Washington Post reported Trump's statement that he would encourage Russia to attack NATO on the front page.

Both managed to find room for missives on Biden's age & memory.

And they're completely flummoxed as to why journalism is dying...

#Murfreesboro, #Tennessee "must pay $500,000 as part of a settlement with the [ACLU] and other groups over an ordinance designed to ban #drag performances from taking place on public property." The city had falsely claimed that a 2022 Pride parade resulted in "sexualization of kids," then denied subsequent permits to #LGBTQ parades and events.

Murfreesboro has agreed to pay $500K of its taxpayers' money, repeal the bigoted ordinance, and approve future parade permits.

https://www.wbbjtv.com/2024/02/08/tennessee-city-must-pay-500000-as-part-of-settlement-over-anti-drag-ordinance/

This is not a “reasonable”punishment, Texas.

While in couples counseling, 39 yo lawyer not happy to learn wife is pregnant. Drugs her water; she has it on video and in trash he put at the curb. Tests confirm. Daughter born 10 weeks early; she weighed 3 pounds. She is developmentally disabled.

Mason Herring pleaded guilty.

Sentence? 180 days in jail (not prison). Basically OK to poison your wife to force a miscarriage.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/husband-jailed-drugging-pregnant-wife-204253088.html

If you could pause body aging, what age would you have paused at, and why?

Adults should be allowed to introduce ourselves to strangers like 5-year-olds do.

"Hi, I'm Lana. I'm 46 and a half. Do you have any friends? I like coffee and late-19th century Parisian classical music. You are really bald."

A friend sent this to me and y'all might enjoy

I honestly wonder why anyone in Hollywood will ever want to work with Warner Bros ever again if you can put years into making a movie then they just delete it for the tax benefits.

Also if it’s financially better for your studio to delete movies than release them, shut it down.

https://www.thewrap.com/coyote-vs-acme-update-offers-warner-bros/

This is just naive: If AI models should be tested for "unsafe" uses, so perhaps should printing presses, microphones, and broadcast towers, and hammers.
In Big Tech’s backyard, California lawmaker unveils landmark AI bill https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/08/california-legislation-artificial-intelligence-regulation/

It's a linear extrapolation, Michael. How big could the error be? 10%?
https://xkcd.com/2892/

It's strange, but I feel the overarching lesson of Twitter was "how snarkily funny can I be" whereas on Mastodon it's "how kind and generous can I be" and good lord I am so here for this change, even if it results in less clickbait and "engagement"

While Elon Musk shut down Starlink, so Ukraine could not use the satellite internet system in certain areas, the Russian soldiers are now going online using Musk's satellite internet system.

I wonder what the Pentagon thinks of that development.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-starlink-ukraine-war-elon-musk-1868125