Wrote about the ridiculous new Trump visa rules that will stop those who worked in trust & safety from getting visas at the same time MAGA folks are demanding more trust & safety work. RE:

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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)

Your Job Was Stopping CSAM? Trump Says No Visa For You! You want to see actual government censorship in action? And have it done by people claimi...

There are annoying bits in the DSA that I don't like. There are even annoying bits of the EU's ruling against Elon. But he's crying wolf here when there is no wolf. RE:

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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)

Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship Elon Musk is now calling for the dissolution of the European Un...

Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis. RE:

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Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social)

The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the...

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My goodness. The chuds are fighting over whether or not the publisher of *Quillette* is a woke leftist because she suggested cheering on public hangings might come back to bite the MAGA tech bros. Incredible. RE:

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Sharon (@sharonk.bsky.social)

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Last week, kid misheard my wife refer to "carrot muffins" and thought she said "taro pie." (If you say it fast enough you can kinda hear why). So... wife decided to make a taro pie (yes, with fresh taro). It's quite good (which is what happens when you add enough sugar to anything). https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreiaucbsmmcivy3uhyuz2y3jp7ot7dyuwume2nucojh54aqjh2ualha https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreichom2skhvfnuv3srbgxestqs6iel44tfx3v5joy4ppormqasmzci

Definitely worth reading. RE:

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Simon Willison (@simonwillison.net)

I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of t...

Lots of people have been passing around this somewhat concerning Alex Karp video, but it reminds me that two years ago the NYTimes published a piece he wrote about how AI was going to create weapons based on... the dumbest correlation ever. Nuclear tests over time compared to parameters used in ML RE:

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Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com)

Holy smokes! If you acted like Palantir CEO Alex Karp in a corporate meeting, they would report you to HR. Just saying.

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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar. RE:

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David Brody (@dbrody.bsky.social)

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Wanted to go for a hike today, but the air quality sucked. Checking Purple Air we saw that AQ was better up on Skyline, so drove up there and... this is the view looking at Silicon Valley. Bit foggy down there. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifhp6ptzladn4ooldkjnourwrncf2hcu365vmgaohgj5okhdsgzki

Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU. You can leave X. It's really not that difficult. RE:

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Jon Worth (@jonworth.eu)

So what's the outcome? 2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week 2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Al...