silence7

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Thanks to gerrymandering, primaries are typically what decides who actually holds power. So make sure you can actually vote in them.

 

Thanks to gerrymandering, primaries are typically what decides who actually holds power. So make sure you can actually vote in them.

 

On Friday afternoon, Anthropic learned that the Pentagon still wanted to use the company’s AI to analyze bulk data collected from Americans. That could include information such as the questions you ask your favorite chatbot, your Google search history, your GPS-tracked movements, and your credit-card transactions, all of which could be cross-referenced with other details about your life. Anthropic’s leadership told Hegseth’s team that was a bridge too far, and the deal fell apart.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 hours ago

Problem is that even when guilt is crystal-clear, that's not enough to result in consequences

 

Primaries are really important

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

I don't think it's as simple as that — there is also bribe money from a bunch of the Arab petromonarchies, personal ego, and incompetent negotiation in the mix. There isn't a single reason, which means that the aftermath is going to be handled in a way that's incredibly detrimental to US interests.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, "small" quakes are a very big deal in areas where the construction isn't designed to handle them.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago

That's the least of it. The biggest group this affects is married women who changed their name. Since it no longer matches the birth certificate, they can't use that. Since the passport has a black and white photo, they can't use that either.

In the best case, they have to find three different documents, which they may not be able to easily obtain, and which require spending time and money for, in order to vote. Many won't.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah. Varies a lot by state.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

Headline isn't great, but they've started impersonating local police, which is something ICE has not done before. Locally, a big part of what rapid responders do is to verify that a local police action is not ICE or Border Patrol. If ICE is running around with fake local police badges, this becomes a lot harder.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

Turns out it had a view count limit that I didn't notice. Here's an archived copy; not a completely trustworthy archive, but they seem to be accurate on this one.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

Yes. Lots of people. Mostly the not-rich

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (4 children)

They tend to spread it onto other platforms though

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

A lot of local reporters think their job depends on staying on the good side of local police in order to retain access

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