Tireak C. Tulloch

Brooklyn born & raised, OIF Marine Veteran, experienced network engineer living in Long Island that advocates for fellow veterans...

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

I was encouraged this week to see the leaders of the frontier labs agree on the need for them to slow down the pace of AI development. Given the stakes, it’s a good and necessary first step.

But I’m even more encouraged by the growing recognition that how this powerful new technology develops should be at the center of our public debate.

I’ve been watching the progress on AI for over a decade now, and one thing that’s clear to me is that the potential impact of this technology is not overhyped. It’s also moving at lightning speed – and even faster than those who are engineering it can keep up with.

I’m not an AI accelerationist who believes it will lead to some techno-utopia, and I’m not a doomer who thinks it will inevitably lead to humanity’s destruction.

But whether this technology results in amazing breakthroughs in medicine, energy and education or unleashes huge economic disruptions, greater inequality, and potential catastrophe will depend on the choices that we make right now – choices that should be made not just by the companies involved, but by all of us.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Sixty-three years ago today, Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were murdered in the bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church.

They were children. Their lives were stolen by racial hatred and terrorism.

Remember their names. Honor their lives. And continue the work of confronting the hatred and dehumanization that made their murders possible.

#16thStreetBaptistChurch #AddieMaeCollins #DeniseMcNair #CaroleRobertson #CynthiaWesley

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Ankle monitors. Electric shock gloves. What’s next?

We should be deeply concerned about where this is going.

Dehumanization does not begin with the worst act imaginable. It grows when we become comfortable with treating people as threats to be tracked, controlled, restrained, and subjected to pain.

Immigration status does not erase human dignity. Government power does not erase the responsibility to respect it.

We cannot build the Beloved Community while normalizing the dehumanization of our neighbors. And we should not wait to see what comes next before we say enough.

#Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity #HumanDignity #ImmigrationJustice

[U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. @SenBillCassidy]

I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes.

Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines DO NOT cause autism.

Breaking up vaccines will mean children have to get more shots to get the same protection, not fewer shots. It will increase hesitancy and make children less safe.

Parents should listen to their child’s pediatrician about vaccines rather than listening to an inaccurate executive order. This is so wrong.

https://t.co/OBrUdakEor

[Tireak C. Tulloch @tctulloch]

@JetBlue I'm stuck in another country for another 4 days. Who covers that cost?

[Tireak C. Tulloch @tctulloch]

It's so much fun to be in another country and have @jetblue go from roughly from a one hour delay, to three hour delay to a cancellation. Staff at the airport was helpless and kept repeating "due to weather". No assistance offerered except a rebooking 4 days later and good luck.

[VFW National HQ @VFWHQ]

Disability ratings are not supposed to be budgetary tools. They are part of the nation’s commitment to compensate veterans for injuries incurred in service to their country. When Congress alters ratings to fund other priorities, it transforms what should be an evidence-based medical determination into a political calculation. https://t.co/xTDaoSxbFj #VFW #Veterans #VeteranAdvocacy #HonorTheContract #VeteranBenefits

[Tireak C. Tulloch @tctulloch]

@RepNancyMace Who's the CIO of the VA? What you say they need falls under the IT department.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying. I’ll always be grateful to our fallen heroes and their families, whose sacrifice reminds us of what it means to live for something greater than ourselves.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

THE NEW YORK KNICKS ARE GOING TO THE FINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1999!!😭😭

LET'S GOOOOOO KNICKS!!!

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

We had this conversation in a public hearing a week ago and you said it would take “years” to replenish some of these stockpiles. That’s not classified, it’s a quote from you. This war is coming at a serious cost and you and the president still haven’t explained to the American people what the goal is.

[Tireak C. Tulloch @tctulloch]

@mmpadellan It shows how easy it is to fall for the hustle. You can't walk around demonizing everyone who disagrees with you and then claim victimhood.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

This program is based on the "white genocide" conspiracy that Black South Africans are planning to rise up and kill white property owners

It's impossible to explain how infuriating this story is without telling 1 of the greatest stories in all of Black history.

A thread

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Why did Black sitcoms in the '90s resonate so much with audiences?

"That was the last time we had a monoculture," PBS News' @GeoffRBennett said. "That was the time we shared reference points. Tens of millions of people would sit and watch these shows night after night."

"Now, everyone's sort of in their own silos. Everyone has a phone," he later added.

In the 1990s, there was a major boom of Black comedy shows on television, from the sketch comedy "In Living Color" to the sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."

Bennett, co-anchor of the PBS News Hour, explores the explosion of Black sitcoms during that decade in his new book, "Black Out Loud." He discusses his book with @IAmAmnaNawaz for a special episode of the PBS News podcast, "Settle In."

For the full episode: https://t.co/9yD2mN3Sji

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The day the Affordable Care Act passed was one of my proudest moments as president, because it meant that millions of Americans would have access to health care, some for the first time.

The ACA also prevented insurance companies from denying people with pre-existing conditions coverage, allowed young people under the age of 26 to remain on their parents’ plan, expanded Medicaid, and so much more.

But the ACA was always meant to be a first step. We still have to do more to expand access and make health care more affordable for everyone.

[Forbes @Forbes]

George Washington Carver pioneered agriculture with concepts of crop rotations. He taught farmers to plant nitrogen-fixing crops such as peanuts and soybeans.

However, he was making history years before when he became the first Black student at Iowa State University, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees. After, he became the first Black faculty member.

His contributions to agriculture planted him on the #Forbes250 list honoring historic innovators: https://t.co/YMzxi4ftVm
Photo: Heritage Images via Getty Images

[TaraBull @TaraBull]

Pepsi recruited Michael Jackson for a commercial but do you recognize the kid in the red jacket?

[Prof. Carl Sagan @ProfCarlSagan]

Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

- James Baldwin

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

My mother, Coretta Scott King, is Black history.

She was more than the wife of my father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She was the founder of The King Center, a global peacemaker, and a steadfast architect of justice. Her courage, discipline, and unwavering commitment to nonviolence helped carry the Movement forward and expand its reach around the world.

Black history is not only something we study. It is something we live, protect, and continue.

#CorettaScottKing #BlackHistoryMonth #MLK #BelovedCommunity #TheKingCenter

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Watching the @NBA All Star game and @TeamUSA at the Winter Olympics, it’s clear that sports — just like music and art — still has the power to bring us together, build community, and remind us of our common humanity.