Corey

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author, "Live Work Work Work Die: A Journey Into the Savage Heart of Silicon Valley." writer at The Baffler magazine and other fine publications.
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CoreyJul 14, 2023
Schumer: "The American public has a right to learn about technologies of unknown origins, non-human intelligence, and unexplainable phenomena." https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4097653-senators-to-offer-amendment-to-require-government-to-make-ufo-records-public/
Senators to offer amendment to require government to make UFO records public

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is part of a bipartisan group of senators who have offered an amendment to the annual Defense authorization bill requiring the federal government to collect and make public records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act…

The Hill
CoreyJul 14, 2023
DeSantis militia going as well as expected https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/07/14/florida-state-guard-desantis-national-guard-training/
Veterans quit DeSantis’ Florida State Guard over militialike training

One retired Marine Corps officer called the police on instructors, alleging abuse.

Tampa Bay Times
CoreyJul 9, 2023
Julian OliverJul 9, 2023
Great overview of the personal data collected by Threads, Twitter, Bluesky, Spill, Hive Social, and, errm, Mastodon https://www.wired.com/story/meta-twitter-threads-bluesky-spill-hive-mastodon-privacy-comparison/
CoreyJul 1, 2023
BlueSky infrastructure is not handling this stress test well.
CoreyJul 1, 2023
When Elon blames the woke mob for Twitter's eventual bankruptcy, simply recall everything he personally did to tank the company, including making it impossible for people to read posts.
CoreyJun 4, 2023
ProPublicaJun 4, 2023

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A #Chicago cop got out of 44 tickets by saying over and over that his girlfriend stole his car.

And it worked.

All 44 times, his tickets were dismissed.

At hearings, Jeffrey Kriv often provided what he said were legitimate #police incident reports as evidence of the car thefts. He explained that he got the reports at police HQ.

Kriv did not let on that he, himself, was a cop.

(continues...)

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-chicago-cop-got-out-of-44-traffic-tickets?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=TwitterThread

This Cop Got Out of 44 Tickets by Saying Over and Over That His Girlfriend Stole His Car

Chicago police officer Jeffrey Kriv used the same alibi to contest dozens of traffic tickets over the years. A deeper look at his career sheds light on Chicago’s troubled history of police accountability.

ProPublica
CoreyMay 31, 2023
I was on Left Reckoning tonight talking about rich guys in space https://www.youtube.com/live/oejMjFOfzeg?feature=share
LR 120 - Rich People In Space & Diving Deep In Minnesota w/ Corey Pein & Isi Baehr-Breen

YouTube
CoreyApr 23, 2023
large animatronic dragon catches fire https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/large-animatronic-dragon-catches-fire-disneyland-fantasmic-show-rcna81028
Large animatronic dragon catches fire at Disneyland during 'Fantasmic!' show

A fire broke out in California's Disneyland on Saturday night when a large animatronic dragon became fully engulfed in flames during the popular "Fantasmic!" show, police said.

NBC News
CoreyApr 23, 2023
mysterious cattle mutilations https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/us/cattle-deaths-texas.html
Six Cattle Found Dead in Texas With Their Tongues Missing

There was no evidence of a struggle, footprints or tire tracks where the animals were found, and the grass around the carcasses was undisturbed, the authorities said.

The New York Times
CoreyApr 21, 2023
danApr 21, 2023
mastodon.social and a2mi.social are part of Google’s AI training dataset. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-chatbot-learning/
See the websites that make AI bots like ChatGPT sound so smart

An analysis of a chatbot data set by The Washington Post reveals the proprietary, personal, and often offensive websites that go into an AI’s training data.

The Washington Post