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Just as I was starting to fundraise to continue my fight for a street use permit for a City March in Santa Fe for No Kings, this message from Santa Fe City Manager arrived. Victory!

@WuMargaret it's got to swing not sway-

Earworm successful!

@tante This is why I hate talk about "good" uses of #LLM / #GenAI technology.

Those tools are rooted in harm, whether it's theft of creative works, exploitation of developing world labour, or abuse of scarce resources. You can't use them without being complicit in that harm, no matter how noble your cause.

RE: https://mstdn.party/@naominovik/116224292515690172

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@courtney yeah, expensive. I definitely paid the stupid tax. Mine used 17% of its power in 3 hours, so it's probably good for 2 nights.

@courtney I am not educated enough to understand it. A year ago I bought a Jackery back up battery that I can just plug my CPAP into and go back to sleep.

Last night was the first real world test. The power went out a little after 3 am. It was easy.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/116160637051672728

the question you should be asking yourself is not “what's the best way to verify the age of every single computer user on earth”

but rather “why the fuck are we trying to verify the age of every single computer user on earth????”

and the answer to that is: fascism
stop. complying.

@aleen Thanks for the reminder. I was gifted with a great sticker, and now it's on my car.
Tax the Rich? Oregon Voters Could Weigh In on First-of-its-Kind Wealth Tax

What could Oregon do with an additional $2.7 billion in revenue each year? That’s about how much Portlander Jonathan Tasini says would be generated with a 2 percent wealth tax imposed on Oregon taxpayers with assets at or above $30 million. Now, as the state faces a fiscal crisis affecting everything from public schools to transportation safety programs, Tasini is hoping to get that wealth tax on the Oregon ballot—and win. Tasini, a longtime labor...

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