A vital topic, too invisible. Modern day sweatshops operating under the radar, changing locales. AI hype implies bots teach themselves. Far from it! They are hand fed by armies of faceless humans and conditions range from incredibly boring to brutal. Please read!
Not much had been written about the millions of human annotators behind current #AI models, getting paid as little as $1/hr, until this eye-opening investigative reporting by @joshdzieza@NYMag and @verge
https://t.co/XXKoejJJiq
The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawken
https://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd
Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming all turned down President Biden's supplemental Summer food assistance for children.
That's who Republicans are.
So glad to have just heard Katie Phang & Molly Jong Fast unequivocally & forcefully say that the media must NOT both-sides the 2024 election & treat Donald Trump like business as usual on MSNBC. Thank you. This is the truth & I wish everyone in the media would say & do this.
As in 2022, polls are not all pointing in the same direction right now. There are plenty of polls showing Biden w/modest leads both nationally and in battleground states.
Analysts/commentators need to be as open to these good Biden polls as they are to those showing Trump up.
Oil and natural gas companies for the first time would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a rule proposed Friday by the Biden administration. https://t.co/z1RHR4ZzFv
Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, explains the devastating effect of the war in Ukraine on the organization’s ability to feed people. @cindymccain@WFPChief@WFP@WalterIsaacson
BREAKING: Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin goes for Donald Trump’s jugular and demands that he return the $7.8 million his companies corruptly received from foreign governments while he was president.
This is perfect…
Taking the gloves off, Raskin sent a letter demanding the money be returned after a bombshell report from the House Oversight and Accountability Committee revealed that Trump used the White House to enrich his companies.
Twenty different foreign countries funneled money into Trump businesses — including China and Saudi Arabia, a blatant violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.
"Your acceptance of foreign emoluments while in office was a stunning violation of the U.S. Constitution — and a profound betrayal of the interests of the United States and the trust of the American people," wrote Raskin.
Crucially, Raskin pointed out that the $7.8 million is just the tip of the iceberg because Republicans scuttled the investigation before it could uncover the full extent of the corruption.
"Critically, the report was unable to provide a full accounting of the total amount of foreign emoluments you accepted as President, and thus, was unable to determine precisely what you owe to the American people," Raskin wrote. "You spent years litigating against the Committee to prevent us from obtaining any documents regarding the foreign emoluments you received while in office."
Raskin put the problem in simple terms: these countries gave money to Trump's companies because they wanted "favors and specific policy outcomes from" Trump and his administration, many of which they obtained.
Returning the money is a good start, but justice will not be served until Trump is prosecuted for turning the White House into a personal moneymaking scam.
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U.S. Navy Veteran and Democrat Don Scott has just been sworn in as the first Black Speaker of the House in the 405 year history of Virginia's House of Delegates. It’s about damn time. 💙🇺🇸
"DeSantis’ war on woke has no room for the exercise of freedom from people who have not signed on as soldiers in the governor’s crusade."
Read the story by @ljstprof: https://t.co/Vl21kmHYZ4
This is one of most destructive acts in human history against ocean life
Norway will not only destroy marine life in last untouched place on Earth but also disturb a critical carbon sink in deep sea ocean and fuel even more warming
Boycott #Norway - do not holiday or buy
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on our student debt relief plan, we're pursuing a different path to deliver relief to as many borrowers as possible.
I won’t back down from using every tool at my disposal to get student loan borrowers the relief they need.
Starting next month, borrowers enrolled in SAVE who took out less than $12,000 in loans and have been in repayment for 10 years will get their remaining student debt canceled immediately.
It’s part of our ongoing efforts to act quickly to give more borrowers breathing room.
Poor little things in Australia
No air conditioning for them
Birds brains fried as they drop dead from trees from heat as temperatures soar to 45C in Marble Bar
Humans have shelter but wildlife have no escape
Its real not a #climatescam
https://t.co/SAeCazGRAx