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F. G.Dec 16, 2022

Hey I switched over to this server recently - is it normal for images to be this slow to load and/or in timeline only load as gradients despite not being CW? Or is this a regular thing when a bunch of new users come over that smooths out in a few days?

F. G.Dec 16, 2022

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F. G.Dec 16, 2022

Curbed did a fantastic multimedia (text/images/maps) piece on the Ilitch-Little Caesars Arena-District Detroit situation in 2019

Then the pandemic hit and we forgot about it briefly. Guys we gotta get back into the public advocacy groove. The *only change I've seen in District #Detroit area since 2019 is now parking structures are taking the place of parking lots. It's a mess.

https://detroit.curbed.com/maps/arena-district-detroit-construction-development-ilitch-olympia

Mapping the District Detroit

Taking a look at all the development—or lack thereof—at the Ilitch-owned properties near Little Caesars Arena.

Curbed Detroit

F. G.Dec 16, 2022

2014 - Initial #Ilitch District Detroit proposal -a mixed use area in midtown to accompany the new Little Caesars arena

Ilitch holdings got millions in land, public money, and tax breaks, and work can only be done by Ilitch's Olympia Development

2017- Arena opened

2022 - Ilitch letting historic structures rot to raze for more than *150* rarely used surface parking lots

Now Olympia has yet another plan for DD. So over it. Give #Detroit back its money. :(

https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/a-lot-of-taxpayer-money-is-district-detroit-is-worth-it

F. G.Dec 16, 2022

Jim Acosta Dec 16, 2022

Just signed up for Mastodon. Hope it doesn’t become a dumpster fire like twitter. This feels like that movie where the humans have to go find another planet suitable for life after messing things up on earth.

F. G.Dec 16, 2022

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bipolaron Dec 16, 2022

@dkiesow If journalists go back, they will be demonstrating that it's not a deal breaker to do this to their peers.

Journalists need to at least have solidarity with each other...

< Even if they don't have any with the people and organizations who have already been banned arbitrarily... >

Providing content for a dumpster fire that arbitrarily discriminates against peers? Can that be a line?

F. G.Dec 16, 2022

Tina

Dec 16, 2022

Now would be a good time for the journalists #Muckolini is banning to report on the bot op liking his bs but I have to keep repeating myself.

F. G.Dec 16, 2022

ChatGPT’s Fluent BS Is Compelling Because Everything Is Fluent BS: the AI chatbot was trained on text created by humans. Of course its writing is superficially impressive and lacking in substance.

Posting b/c the title is savage

https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-fluent-bs/#intcid=_wired-bottom-recirc_2dd5c345-3f23-41a8-8fd9-a5886310aec7_text2vec1-reranked-by-vidi

ChatGPT’s Fluent BS Is Compelling Because Everything Is Fluent BS

The AI chatbot was trained on text created by humans. Of course its writing is superficially impressive and lacking in substance.

WIRED

F. G.Dec 16, 2022

Hello I am stage 3B cancer survivor, and there needs to be more than 2 cosponsors of bill HR9565, because more of us are living, and there's nothing yet like this in place

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9565/cosponsors?r=2&s=3

F. G.Dec 16, 2022

LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH Dec 16, 2022

RT @NikkiMcR@twitter.com

The fuck is going on?

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1603545227578449920

nikki mccann ramírez on Twitter

“The fuck is going on?”

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