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That time of year again.

Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow

Minneapolis police identified a suspect who they believe helped initiate the riots and destruction in the city following the killing of George Floyd.

He is associated with the “Aryan Cowboys,” a White supremacist prison and street gang. cnn.com/2020/07/28/us/umbrella

HiClip mini 4K: Of Things Light and Dark

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine
I’m sure you’ve heard this a million times, Gort! Klaatu. Barata. Nikto!

@Drummingdanny3 Howzit going? Are you getting connected? Finding stuff you want around the place?

Lord Eshteross’ Maple Ginger Cookies with Turmeric from the Exquisite Exandria Critical Role cookbook! 1st batch out of the oven and smelling heavenly 🤤

I'm writing up a piece on various cultural celebrations & ceremonies around the Soltice. Does anyone have some good sources/articles to share?


Republicans have learned a few things from V. I. Lenin. Want to hear about a "dark marriage of convenience"? My latest column is here:
/nosanitize
maryjaneosa.substack.com/p/who

@Mj_Osa Thank you for the welcome, I'm planning eventually to move all my work here from other social media and ...especially one ;)

I got a and I get a ton of photos constantly, but photos like this are my favorite.
"I've been trying to reach you about you car's extended warranty."

The main thing to understand about AI technology is that it is not about programming computers to think like human beings.

It's about programming computers to fool human beings into thinking that the computers are thinking like human beings.

The former would be a step that would shake the solar system.

The latter is just a trick of stage magic that relies on human gullibility. It's amusing, but it doesn't have any very deep significance.

I’m sure Elmo isn’t at all worried about SEC and Euro regulators’ “inquiries”! See Marcy … (spoiler: this is mostly about the so-called “Twitter files.” Ok to skip if you’re tired of hearing about Matt Taibbi)
emptywheel.net/2022/12/11/elon

A lot of us are here because we value a social space where the prevailing norms affirm tolerance and support creativity. Where there are (group) norms, individuals don't have to work so hard to police their own social boundaries. I thought about this a lot and then wrote an essay. I would be interested in your feedback. /nosanitize
maryjaneosa.substack.com/p/nor

New research looks at the effects of repeated Covid infections and finds pretty much what you would expect: you not only do not get any kind of superimmunity, you increase your risk of long-term consequences, hospitalization and death.

The worse news is that this holds true regardless of vaccination status.

COVID IS NOT OVER

nature.com/articles/s41591-022

I was at an academic conference a while back and a very confident gentleman in the audience asked a question of the presenter. The presenter was a smallish woman, big glasses, she researched and wrote on sociology of science. I thought she was brilliant. The guy asked, very forcefully, "But what was your METHODOLOGY??" She responded, "Reading. And thinking."

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