Its Gregory

@ItsGregory
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Authentic & Affirmed Happy Progressive Socialist yeoman, aspiring to be like the late contrarian Christopher Hitchens
I'm here for ideas, positive vibes, worthless information, occasional shitposting, but I have NO goats & definitely am NOT judgmental, so I enrich all with frequent typos to see if you're paying attention!

#RuralLiving #Colorado #Privacy #Tech #PredatorCapitalism #Writing #Dogs
#Equality #Politics #Healthcare #DemocraticSocialism #Energy #GoodTimes

Pronouns:he/him
Bird Site:@FavoriteSon6
Wisdom:Learning from others

Well done to the team at The Guardian for standing up against X.

Their statement: "The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse."

We look forward to helping the wave of journalists and publications that will no doubt follow.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x

#News #Journalism #Fediverse #SocialMedia #X #Guardian

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles

The Guardian

This is an outrageous statement based on greed & totally unacceptable -

Former Google CEO on AI data centers: "We're not going to hit the climate goals anyway"
"I'd rather bet on AI solving the problem than constraining it and having the problem"
#Ai #ClimateChange #Greed #Google #Electricity #Inflation #Resist

https://www.techspot.com/news/105031-former-google-ceo-ai-data-centers-environmental-impact.html

Former Google CEO on AI data centers: "We're not going to hit the climate goals anyway"

The International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that power consumption for AI data centers in 2024 will be 10 times higher than it was in 2022. With a...

TechSpot
Can we avoid Twitter updates here... it's like attempting to repack diarrhea We don't care what twitter is doing

Recently on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver referenced our reporting on SCOTUS rejecting the doctrine of Chevron deference, which is impacting everything from health care discrimination to gun sales to abortion access.

Read our story here: https://propub.li/3XQGMQx

#News #Law #ChevronDeference #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Regulation #Healthcare #Discrimination #JohnOliver #LastWeekTonight

A Supreme Court Justice Warned That a Ruling Would Cause “Large-Scale Disruption.” The Effects Are Already Being Felt.

One recent Supreme Court decision is already rippling through dozens of key lower court cases involving everything from airline fees to gun sales to abortion access, affecting people’s lives in important — and sometimes contradictory — ways.

ProPublica
Good morning from #Denver #Colorado

Another record for former President Jimmy Carter who turns 100 today... Happy Birthday- you're the best 💯🥳

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/upshot/jimmy-carter-books-birthday.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O04.OKKK.iRkM3ZeJ3fEB&smid=url-share

Another Way Jimmy Carter, 100 Today, Bested His Fellow Presidents

The longest-lived president has also written more best-selling books than any modern president — and had the fewest written about him.

The New York Times
I am spending most of my time & energy now on Twitter (it will never be x) Most of my wrecking crew have returned to join the resistance fight 🇵🇸 up until the election It's comforting to be among my 1Ks of mutuals again going back to 2011 for some. I'll return to decency here periodically Stay safe !

Still nothing happens to stop it
Regulators are as pathetic just like Congress Everyone is in to get rich quick Taking lobbyist money They all can fuck off come election time

IAC warns regulators generative AI could wreck the web https://t.co/aiBUjbdK9c

IAC warns regulators generative AI could wreck the web

The company says high-quality original content "will wither and die" unless copyright law protects it from AI.

Axios

A Detective Sabotaged His Own Cases Because He Didn’t Like the Prosecutor. The #Police Department Did Nothing to Stop Him.
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Across the country, police have undermined and resisted reform. To protest a prosecutor, one detective was willing to let #murder suspects walk free, even if he’d arrested them and believed that they should be behind bars.

#StLouis #Missouri #Crime #CriminalJustice #Courts #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/homicide-detective-st-louis-refused-testify-roger-murphey-kim-gardner?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

A Detective Sabotaged His Own Cases Because He Didn’t Like the Prosecutor. The Police Department Did Nothing to Stop Him.

Across the country, police have undermined and resisted reform. To protest a prosecutor, one detective was willing to let murder suspects walk free, even if he’d arrested them and believed that they should be behind bars.

ProPublica