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Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Apr 08, 2023 | ProPublica
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me that someone would do this,” says one former judge.
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We need to tell people ChatGPT will lie to them, not debate linguistics
Apr 07, 2023 | simonwillison.net
Donald Trump Probably Should Not Have Been Charged With (This) Felony
Apr 04, 2023 | Slate Magazine
It is said that if you go after the king, you should not miss.
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Chefs vs Cooks
Apr 03, 2023 | forfuturecontext.substack.com
A mindset switch that expands possibilities
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Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and other social media sites and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a 'perpetual police line-up'
Apr 03, 2023 | Business Insider
Law enforcement officers have used Clearview AI's facial recognition database nearly a million times, Hoan Ton-That, the company's CEO, told the BBC.
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Think of language models like ChatGPT as a "calculator for words"
Apr 03, 2023 | simonwillison.net
Lithium is becoming more crucial in a warming world, but Maine’s huge deposits may never be mined because of environmental concerns - The Boston Globe
Apr 02, 2023 | BostonGlobe.com
By some estimates, the lithium deposits near Newry may be the largest in the country — with the potential to become a critical domestic supply for automakers and so valuable that they could provide a needed boost to Maine’s economy. But there's more...
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Andor creator Tony Gilroy tells us why revolutions are always relevant
Apr 01, 2023 | Polygon
Also, what’s Kino Loy up to now?
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AI and the American Smile
Mar 30, 2023 | Medium
How AI misrepresents culture through a facial expression.
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Texas Observer will continue publishing after staff crowdfunds more than $300,000
Mar 30, 2023 | The Texas Tribune
The crusading liberal magazine had planned to lay off its staff and shut down. But the board has now reversed course.
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AI assisted learning: Learning Rust with ChatGPT, Copilot and Advent of Code
Mar 29, 2023 | simonwillison.net
I’m using this year’s Advent of Code to learn Rust—with the assistance of GitHub Copilot and OpenAI’s new ChatGPT. I think one of the most exciting applications of large language …
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Andor’s prison trilogy weaponizes the iconic parts of Star Wars
Mar 29, 2023 | Polygon
Andor went to prison a good show and came out a great one
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The swagged-out pope is an AI fake — and an early glimpse of a new reality
Mar 29, 2023 | The Verge
AI fakes are hyperreal — soon, they’ll just be real.
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Texas Observer, legendary crusading liberal magazine, is closing and laying off its staff
Mar 27, 2023 | The Texas Tribune
The 68-year-old progressive publication, which published Ronnie Dugger, Molly Ivins and Kaye Northcott, hit financial troubles and wasn’t able to broaden its audience, board members said.
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Good Practice = Problem Solving!
Mar 24, 2023 | Primal MKE - MMA Fitness BJJ Grappling kickboxing best milwaukee west allis
Why problem solving is the best way to learn martial arts (or any skill) When it comes to learning martial arts, there are many different approaches that can be taken. Some people focus on memorizing forms and techniques, while others prioritize...
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Hey, local news publishers: Give the people a calendar
Mar 22, 2023 | Nieman Lab
"It shouldn't be that difficult to keep an updated list of when and where and what the meetings are."
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iNaturalist observations: "locals" and "tourists"
Mar 22, 2023 | exclav.es
In 2010, cartographer Erica Fischer made some simple and spectacular maps of images added to Flickr. She classified photos as either from “locals” or “tourists”, based on how far their profile location was from the photo’s geotag. These maps revealed...
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Allergies hitting early? Climate change may be to blame, report says. - The Boston Globe
Mar 21, 2023 | BostonGlobe.com
Winters across much of the United States are getting shorter and springs longer, giving plants more time to grow, flower, and release pollen.
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The making of Andor’s horrifying Star Wars prison
Mar 21, 2023 | Polygon
A mini oral history reveals what went into "One Way Out"
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