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J. Steven York

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Writer, thinker, maker, really tall guy. Man of action. Man of action figures. Life-long space fan. Amateur photographer. Traveler, but not enough. Homebody, and not enough of that either. I collect hobbies, and often make up new ones. Cat lover. Geek in most all things. I've worked extensively in the game industry, and I'm not much of a gamer. I do not speak sportsball.

I lean left, and support the rights of all people based on diversity of color, ancestry, gender, gender identity, and sexuality. You be you, and I will always stand for your rights to do so. Let's try to love each other, difficult though it may be. Do something nice, big or small, for the world each day.

For now, also at [email protected]

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J. Steven York Dec 23, 2023

Second attempt worked. First gave me "Unexpected end of JSON input
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Reply nets: "Unexpected end of JSON input
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J. Steven York Dec 23, 2023

Anyone else having constant "internal error" and "something has gone wrong" notifications? Especially with reading timeline or notifications. Also posts and other functions not working, or not working without repeated retries? Firefish has been mostly unusable for me for -- weeks maybe? I was thinking it was a system wide thing that would clear itself up, but now I'm starting to think it's just my account or user files or something?

Now to see if I can actually post this...

#firefish #systemerrors #help

J. Steven York Dec 17, 2023

Jon Pinter Dec 6, 2023

J. Steven York Dec 17, 2023

Matt Willemsen Dec 7, 2023

https://www.kff.org/health-reform/press-release/poll-by-a-wide-margin-democratic-voters-now-care-more-about-the-affordable-care-act-than-republican-voters-do-and-voters-trust-democrats-more-than-republicans-to-handle-its-future/ #ACA #voters #Democratic #redetermination #drugPrices

Poll: By a Wide Margin, Democratic Voters Now Care More About the Affordable Care Act Than Republican Voters Do, And Voters Trust Democrats More Than Republicans to Handle Its Future | KFF

The future of the Affordable Care Act, an issue that was once a key health care issue for Republican voters, is now more important to Democratic voters, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. About half (49%) of voters say it is a “very important” issue for the candidates to discuss, including more than twice…More

KFF

J. Steven York Dec 17, 2023

Matt Willemsen Dec 7, 2023

Suicides in U.S. hit historic high in 2022, driven by increase among older adults
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-29/suicides-in-u-s-reached-new-high-in-2022#suicide #older #adults

Suicides among older adults drove U.S. tally to historic high

Rising suicide rates among older adults drove such deaths to a historic high in the U.S. last year, even as suicide declined among youth, the CDC reports.

Los Angeles Times

J. Steven York Dec 17, 2023

Matt Willemsen Dec 10, 2023

The House Intelligence Committee's Surveillance 'Reform' Bill is a Farce
https://www.eff.org/https%3A//eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/house-intelligence-committees-surveillance-reform-bill-is-a-farce #Section702 #FISA #surveillance

The House Intelligence Committee's Surveillance 'Reform' Bill is a Farce

Two bills reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act are headed to the House floor. Meanwhile, FBI agents have used Section 702 databases to conduct millions of invasive searches for Americans’ communications, including those of protesters, racial justice activists, 19,000 donors to a congressional campaign, journalists, and even members of Congress.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

J. Steven York Nov 22, 2023

Richard Knott Nov 22, 2023

In a first, EV new car registrations surpass diesel in Europe #ev https://electrek.co/2023/11/21/in-a-first-ev-new-car-registrations-surpass-diesel-in-europe/

In a first, EV new car registrations surpass diesel in Europe

The number of new electric car registrations has exceeded those of diesel-powered vehicles in Europe for the first time, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association.

Electrek

J. Steven York Nov 22, 2023

tante Nov 22, 2023

Sam Altman is back as OpenAI CEO with a new board.

And of course the new board was hand picked to no longer restrict Altman so he can run OpenAI as a business as he sees fit (until he jumps to one of his own things he's been preparing for months now).

The interesting aspect of this: The new board no longer has any women, the 2 women on the old board were replaced by Larry Summers who's known to think that women just have less "intrinsic aptitude" for "science and engineering". So Yeah. Says a lot about what OpenAI considers important.

J. Steven York Nov 18, 2023