ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

CNN: Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn #Election2020 results in #Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump’s legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/13/politics/coffee-county-georgia-voting-system-breach-trump/index.html

Why wait?

#dkgreen #dkpol

I think Chuck Tingle is one of the most dangerous writers we have and we're lucky he was written off as a joke. A neurodivergent writer writing unabashedly queer stories and who is unapologetic about who he is published an horrifically true story about the realities of the dangers of conservative doctrine right when the US is crumbling under their thumb. We should be protecting Chuck Tingle as a national treasure.

Hey anyone who uses #etsy, they are changing their terms and conditions so you cannot participate in class action lawsuits against them. You can opt out using these steps, but you have to do it before 23rd August 2023.

It applies if you have a profile there, whether you sell or not!

Letting language models devs scrape my info so the model turns anarchist ​​

This article on is an excellent deep dive on known AI harms, via profiles of women who should have been listened to long before everyone started talking about ChatGPT. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/women-warnings-ai-danger-risk-before-chatgpt-1234804367/

Sunday Palate Cleanser https://mockpaperscissors.com/2023/08/13/sunday-palate-cleanser-167/

I run many accounts and sites to encourage people onto the Fediverse:

@feditips & https://fedi.tips
@FediFollows & https://fedi.directory
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Thank you!

From @sherman_news, the editor-in-chief of the Kansas Reflector:

"New story on the police raid of newspaper office:

1. Police point to loophole in federal law protecting journalists from searches.

2. Free press groups say police are wrong and must be held accountable.

3. Newspaper says it will file lawsuit

4. The publisher's mother has died from the stress of the raid.

5. Restaurant owner says someone used DL number and DOB to look up her driver's license history"

https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/12/police-defend-raid-on-kansas-newspaper-amid-backlash-over-brazen-violation-of-press-freedom/

My main personal computer run

#Garfield #music #RockYouLikeaHurricane
#bot #lyrics

I forgot what I came here for as soon as I was born.

This week's comic: Makeover for a Takeover

#media #fascism #racism #journalism

judge: the court is in recess

me: *starting to run* I get the big swing!

bailiff: *chasing me* hey, no fair!

the Jorts population is self-controlling in that when there are too many users it slows down until some of them get fed up and leave, then returns to normal speed

Virginia argues teacher is not entitled to extra compensation after being shot because the shooting was a "hazard of the job." The school board's attorney says it's an "unfortunate reality" that teaching is "not without its dangers." #ACAB #DefundThePolice https://denverpost.com/2023/05/03/educators-outraged-teacher-shot-in-school-workplace-injury/

I think the Japanese beetles have been here
#photography

Why an Unremarkable Racist Enjoyed the Backing of Billionaires https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/12/opinion/richard-hanania-eugenics-billionaires.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

What should I dream about? I will abide by the results of this poll.

#StableDiffusion #AIArt #AIGenerated #AI #GenerativeAI #GenerativeArt