ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

Crow's claim about buying it for a museum can't be squared with Thomas's mother still living in it after the purchase, the improvements made to the home, nor with Thomas breaking the law to keep it secret.

From @ProPublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus

What I love about #Mastodon is I can be vaguely in the orbit of a thread of current noted SF authors discussing the pros and cons of past noted SF authors and nobody has wanted to kill me yet.
I can't see any other social network dragging me away from that.

Authors, if you'd like to sign a letter to the division at Scholastic behind this decision, please join us:

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A bunch of tech executives using the murder of a tech executive as an excuse to defame the poor and unhoused only to discover that the murderer is a tech executive feels like a metaphor for modern politics.

If I were in a position to routinely encounter Clarence Thomas, I'd just live for the day when he got grumpy with me so I could say, "Man, who put a pubic hair on _your_ Coke?"

Evening is nigh

"We find that Hate Speech rose dramatically upon Musk purchasing #Twitter and the prevalence of most types of bots increased"

https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.04129

. @molly0xfff and @emilymbender led me to an excellent analysis of the Bing/NY Times/“I love you” chat: https://incidentdatabase.ai/blog/improv-ai/

@molly0xfff @emilymbender and there’s a blog! https://incidentdatabase.ai/blog/

for those who've been asking for a "Web3 is Going Just Great but for AI", i've just learned of the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai) via @emilymbender via Tech Won't Save Us

For me, the first sign of spring is when I’m walking around and start seeing thin filaments everywhere — the little threads of silk left behind by traveling spiders. This year the first delicate threads spotted were on campus, draped over the metal signposts around the parking lots. They’re all webbed with criss-crossing strands!

I didn’t see the spiders there, not yet, just these traces. From past experience, those signs are often populated by Theridion, so I’ll keep my open for the first appearance of the little guys.

@lzg my threshold for using a service is pretty simple:
- will I see content from people who hate me based on an engagement algorithm
- will people who hate me be able to seek out my content, or be actively shown it based on an engagement algorithm
- will people be allowed to express hate towards me without being banned or suspended

If the answers to any of those questions is "yes" then congratulations, I am not using your platform. Enjoy your nazi problem.

Issued this week—D983,436, for a design for a “Lighting Fixture”: https://design-law.tumblr.com/post/714519971908255744/issued-this-weekd983436-for-a-design-for-a #DesignPatents #NewDesignPatents

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Issued this week—D983,301, for a design for an “Inflatable Swimming Pool”: https://design-law.tumblr.com/post/714519894773972992/issued-this-weekd983301-for-a-design-for-an #DesignPatents #NewDesignPatents

Hey don't forget! We're having a *book release party* for PROMISES STRONGER THAN DARKNESS tomorrow at 7 PM at Green Apple Books on the Park, featuring the wondrous Isaac Fellman. Please come — the fate of the galaxy is at stake! I will probably have stickers to give away. <3

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There is a certain element of classic Greek Tragedy that I love about entrepreneurs that hit it big - that ultimately, many of them discount the role that luck and help from strangers played in their success, and come to believe they are special people blessed with great powers - and then, ultimately bet huge on another risky venture and lose it all.

I love those stories

#3goodthings @3goodthings
1. Sunny day.
2. Fluffy dog enjoyed her trip to town, coped with the traffic (she is not keen on cars).
3. A very chocolatey, oat milk hot chocolate.

A write-along stream!

Alone, in a wasteland, we try to grow flowers and write letters for no one.

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