Jesse and the Purple Crayon … of Death!!

Jesse and the Purple Crayon … of Death!!

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~he/him • Boston area • comms stuff with DSA & IfNotNow • all takes my own formerly @misc on twitter / sometimes @misc@mastodon.social

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Yes, the point of the embargo and sanctions is to pressure Israelis to elect leaders who will adopt different policies. Unfortunately none of the potential prime ministerial candidates support adopting different policies.

Hen Mazzig@henmazzig.bsky.social

But I thought the point of the embargo and sanctions was to pressure Israelis to elect leaders who would adopt different policies? It sounds like Congresswoman Tlaib doesn't think Israel should exist at all.

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“The federal government went on tv and lied about Alex. They tried to slander his memory to cover up their crime. Not only was it wrong. It was shameful, unfair, and unacceptable. We want our sons killers brought to justice once and for all.”

daviss@daviss.org

Alex Pretti’s family holding their first news conference addressing the media this morning. It’s been 9 months since their son was disarmed before being shot to death by federal agents in Minneapolis. No one has been held responsible.

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“We tried to explain to them many times that we’re not putting this line in,” Matari said. “Say you had a Black author talking about slavery in the United States. You would never demand that they put in a clause stating that the slave rebellions were an act against international law.” 🎤

publishersweekly.comAuthors Withdraw Children’s Book on Palestinian History from Random House over Editorial DisputePalestinian American co-authors Jenan A. Matari and Alana Hadid have withdrawn their book 'Displacement and the Palestinian American Story,' originally scheduled for September 29, from Random House Ch...

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Alt text lol also do it lol I fucking dare u the people ARE yearning for a Best of Erin Fogg Unsolicited Email Newsletter That Explicitly Violates Multiple Federal Laws

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Replying to @indieyotez.gay

growing up you think Frankenstein is the monster, then you realize Frankenstein is the doctor, but when you grow up you find out Frankenstein is the monster

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the washington free beacon is trying to october surprise abdul by revealing his comms chief used to post bangers

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The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Just a reminder that there is no good data to support these uses in K12, we are just testing it live all on kids who won’t ever be these ages again and can’t get them back if we fuck it up.

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com

"AI can draft an essay for you, especially if you give it a high quality prompt." Really? This is what MIT thinks high schoolers should learn? MIT's "Day of AI" dayofai.org provides materials for K-12 teachers and claims to have reached over 5,000,000 students to date. 1/2

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Replying to @davekarpf.bsky.social

A lot of Musk lore is well-enough-known that you can read something into a writer’s choice of how they characterize it. Roose tells us that Musk helped launch OpenAI because he was concerned that Larry Page had radical beliefs about digital life replacing humanity. That’s Musk’s narrative. (…)

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My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

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Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.