Secretary of War said they're not going to tie their hands with rules of engagement and are going to be vicious killers, and the president said they're going to fight a war from within and practice on American cities. Pretty cut and dry stuff.
Yesterday, Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.
Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressional mandated. They've saved millions of lives. 🧵
I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results. I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm. I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card. I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.
I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.
Here to report a theft. I spent three decades of my life to write my books. The Al large language models did not "ingest" or "scrape"
"data." Al companies stole my work, time, and creativity. They stole my stories. They stole a part of me.
I’m 45 today. I have some sort of carpal tunnel thumb problem that I’m pretty sure comes from falling asleep while holding a book. I love being middle aged.
Total mic drop moment in this case:
McRae: “The concept of an angry mother just killing her children is not an easy one to get your head around, is it?”
https://t.co/mJiYLNwe6b via @tickaroo