Tom George

[Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources @waDNR]

(deep sigh) All six wildfires in the Pacific Cascade Region this weekend were caused by fireworks.

[Robert Kneschke @robertkneschke]

OpenAI CEO threatening to leave EU if they force companies to disclose copyrighted training material feels like a declaration of bancrupty.

If they are not able to operate without violating copyrights they might just not have a sound business model.

#ai #chatgpt #OpenAI

[Nate 🐝🌹🇵🇸 @natemaklocklin]

Texas is 77% Christian. It has had 17 mass shootings in the last 10 years.

Japan is 1% Christian. It has had 0 mass shootings in the last 10 years.

Texas has 29.5 million citizens. Japan has 125.7 million citizens.

It’s the guns. Don’t bring Jesus into this.

[Sarah Taber @SarahTaber_bww]

random factoid about the good old days: North Carolina's teen pregnancy rate was already close to 50% in 1986, and peaked in 1990 : /

https://t.co/2yswruKp9A

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

The late great Douglas Adams tells one of the all-time greatest stories

[Smarter Every Day @smartereveryday]

My buddy Dianna @thephysicsgirl isn’t well. Please watch this very important update from @SimoneGiertz. https://t.co/tA6wbVG9sh

Dianna’s Patreon page is here:
https://t.co/Vz57bx4LjZ

[Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates]

when women demanded the vote, when minorities demand to be treated equitably, it will seem like "social contagion" to those who imagine themselves doling out permission for others to live as freely & without risk as they do.

[Tom George @heytomgeorge]

Ask a Genie returns, answering questions about regret, farts, and the uncertainty of life.

[Tom George @heytomgeorge]

New Sunday Casual-Observer out this morning! https://t.co/bpXBWZwxF7

[Tom George @heytomgeorge]

New Sunday Casual-Observer out this morning! https://t.co/bpXBWZwxF7

[The Onion @TheOnion]

It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible https://t.co/e8aZ5CSrhi

[Tom George @heytomgeorge]

@ChloeDeng8 Oh, wow! A hard story, and a marvelous story. Thank you for writing this!!

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Trails often look more flat on the map. ⁣

[Jon Ostrower @jonostrower]

Not everything should be or needs to be automated. Technology can do amazing things for safety and/or scale, but societal cost matters if you eviscerate an entire category of livelihood in the process. The only reason to automate pizza is because you hate people.

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

4. After tracking these donations for two years, https://t.co/Gl6evXRDcZ has identified 44 COMPANIES that kept their word from January 2021 to November 2022.

These companies, according to FEC data, did not directly or indirectly support GOP objectors

[Tom George @heytomgeorge]

@ChrisG_NSF It would go ten seasons, and I'd watch every episode.

[Tom George @heytomgeorge]

And people say AI doesn't have a sense of humor.

[Tom George @heytomgeorge]

Actual news: People are getting booted off Twitter for posting Elon's rockets, because Twitter thinks Elon's rockets are dildoes.

[Tom George @heytomgeorge]

In which I'm obliged to explain the Sunday Casual-Observer's business relationship with the Crocs company.

[Tom George @heytomgeorge]

Presenting awards for my Best Unread Email of 2022! https://t.co/EaQP0WDjAe

[Tom George @heytomgeorge]

Presenting awards for my Best Unread Email of 2022! https://t.co/EaQP0WDjAe