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SF born & raised, now on the peninsula, community college researcher, supporter of local journalism. Team Tapatio. I like funny.
@TimbreFarm never mind solar time, today we are on fog time
Yet another land grab
To describe a protestor's act of SELF-immolation as "hate and incitement TOWARD Israel" (emphases mine) is to play a victim's card ad absurdum. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/world/middleeast/protester-fire-israeli-consulate-atlanta.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
A protester self-immolates outside the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta.

A security guard tried to intervene but was unsuccessful, officials said.

The New York Times
"Control over the infrastructure that produces AI — the cloud, the data, the operating systems, the semiconductors — allows tech giants to shape 'the entire downstream ecosystem to serve their own short-term private interests in ways that will in many instances prevent other companies and individuals from using AI to sole (sic) urgent challenges and improve people’s lives.'" https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/11/21/world/openai-implosion/
Profit, not progress, animates the tech world

Reliable sources said Altman's firing came amid difference in views about the speed at which OpenAI should push its artificial intelligence.

The Japan Times
The rules-based international order is collapsing in Gaza

After decades of missed opportunities, the war in Gaza is testing regional and global actors' commitment to an international rules-based order.

The Japan Times
Oh, it's tomorrow! I just have the day off. Cool, cool
Happy Veterans Day to my dad #KoreanWarVet
Crookedmedia on TikTok

President Obama on the violence in Gaza.

TikTok
@ipstenu Oh no, I never saw this and now it's no good. Thank you anyway, you're very kind. I'm so sorry to have wasted it!
The Washington Post continues to undermine all its stated principles in the most shameful way by platforming Thiessen - whose sole purpose is to launder rightwing ideas and talking points for a mainstream audience. In this case: The disgusting bloodlust for war with Iran. 1/