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Lina Khan on AI: "These are individuals that have become used to a certain level of impunity, elite impunity that I think we've talked about in the past as being a broader cultural, social phenomena that results when we're not holding the rich and the powerful to the same rules and the same standards that we do to everybody else.
I think there are a lot of magazine profiles and other assessments looking at what these individuals as a personal matter and their character. I think to me, some of that is a little bit less interesting than this basic question of: Who is deciding in the first instance what trajectory these technologies take?
And whenever you have a tiny number of elites getting to call the shots around this potentially transformational technology, that is gonna be dangerous even if you have the most benevolent, well-meaning people in the driver's seat. It really comes down to the concentration of power."
From our people's town hall with @AINowInstitute
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Washington has discovered a brilliant financial strategy. Cut benefits for people who need them, cut taxes for people who don't, and borrow the difference from people who aren't old enough to vote.
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Look forward to joining this terrific event tonight to discuss how we should govern AI.
Livestream at 7pm: youtube.com/live/ttrrVouMbXM
TONIGHT (10/19): The People’s AI Assembly! Together with @MorePerfectUS, we're bringing together organizers, policymakers, labor leaders, journalists & artists who are charting an alternate trajectory for the future of AI.
Watch the livestream at 7pm ET: youtube.com/live/ttrrVouMbXM
ALT Image description: Maroon background with white text that reads: The People’s AI Assembly. October 19, 2026, 7pm. Webster Hall. Zohran Mamdani. Ilana Glazer. Samuel Black. Grandell “Bird” Hallett Logan, KeShaun Pearson, Matthew Rodriguez. Anand Giridharadas. Lina Khan. Bhairavi Desai. Veena Dubal. Lorena Gonzalez. Noam Scheiber. Jasmine Sun. Karen Hao. Naomi Klein. Arundhati Roy. Musical Performance by KOTA the Friend. Co-hosted by AI Now and More Perfect Union.
ALT Image description: Maroon background with white text that reads: The People’s AI Assembly. October 19, 2026, 7pm. Webster Hall. Zohran Mamdani. Ilana Glazer. Samuel Black. Grandell “Bird” Hallett Logan, KeShaun Pearson, Matthew Rodriguez. Anand Giridharadas. Lina Khan. Bhairavi Desai. Veena Dubal. Lorena Gonzalez. Noam Scheiber. Jasmine Sun. Karen Hao. Naomi Klein. Arundhati Roy. KOTA the Friend. Headshots for each included. Co-hosted by AI Now and More Perfect Union.
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A brief review of recent technical “errors” at Meta:
1. Restricting the Facebook pages of Brazilian president Lula who is in a runoff election against a Trump-favored candidate
2. Shutting down the pages of Albanians protesting Jared Kushner’s plans to build a luxury resort in the country
3. Rejecting ads for a documentary critical of Elon Musk
4. Shutting down the No Kings instagram page in the middle of a major anti-Trump protest
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Brad Bradford doesn't want you to know firearm discharges and shootings are the lowest they have been since 2016. He preys on your insecurity and stokes fear. This is irresponsible leadership.
thestar.com/news/gta/toronto…
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NEW: FOI'd records show a paper trail from Mr. X to David Piccini's office to a key staffer in the Greenbelt controversy before the land in question was selected for removal.
thetrillium.ca/news/the-tril…
by @CharliePinkerto and me
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Go vote. Option 1 and no to the nine. Don't give some of the worst people in our province the leverage they want. They aren't looking for it in order to benefit you.
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You reduce crime by eliminating poverty. The reason so called nice neighborhoods have lower crime rates is because people’s basic needs are being met. It is not because of police, alarm systems, or neighborhood associations. Poverty creates crime.
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Sibling studies show no causal effect of childhood family income on violent crime after accounting for shared family factors. US violent crime declined during the 2008-09 recession despite rising poverty, and more police officers reduce homicides.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25147371/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34050646/
fbi.gov/news/stories/2…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37009208/
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Nunca hubo tanta información accesible para conocer la verdad y nunca hubo tanta gente negándose a verla.
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"Not everything can be resolved through kindness, which is why angels carry swords, not flowers."
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My coworker's mother passed away last November.
She left her modest $190,000 house to him clear and free, no mortgage, completely paid off after thirty years of factory work.
He moved into the home in January to finally settle the estate.
Two weeks ago, a letter arrived from the state Medicaid estate recovery office.
Because his mother spent four months in a rehabilitation facility before she passed, the state quietly slapped a retroactive $114,000 lien against the property title.
He called the state health department, frantic, asking how a hospital stay could bankrupt an inherited home that had no mortgage balance.
The caseworker sighed and told him:
"Federal law requires state programs to claw back healthcare costs from deceased estates. The house cannot be sold or transferred until the balance is cleared in full."
He offered to pay a monthly settlement.
They said no. The full $114,000 is due in 60 days, or they foreclose on the property at a public auction.
A lifetime of working-class savings, wiped out overnight by a retroactive healthcare lien.
You don't own generational wealth.
You're just holding a property title until the state finds a legal mechanism to repossess it the moment you die.
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Because the house is worth $190,000 and the average house sale price is over$440,000, the house likely qualifies for the "modest value" exemption. (Check county values)
YOU MUST APPLY FOR THIS WITHIN 60 DAYS OF GETTING THE NOTICE!!!
kff.org/medicaid/what-…
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saw an AI video on Instagram of an elderly man peacefully sewing t-shirts on an old Singer machine, giving the impression that the company's products are thoughtfully made in this way. we are reaching new levels of phoniness with brands using "craft washing" to sell crappy goods
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Read this slowly, imagine the voice in a Russian accent.
Trump: "My decision on Russia is a very simple one. I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table. Great progress is being made, and that includes current hostage negotiations! Signing that document at this time will do that, and I can sign it later, or any time that I want! Perhaps more importantly, Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help the Islamic Republic of Iran, compared to what they could be doing, and I want to keep it that way, and will, unless stupid people get in the way. Lastly, Zelenskyy is using Diesel Refineries in Russia as a target, knowing that these attacks are seriously hurting the world diesel markets, including those in the United States. Farmers, ranchers, and businesses of all kinds are suffering greatly from this, but Russia is, nevertheless, sending, at a low price, millions of barrels of diesel to the World. Zelenskyy doesn’t care, and frankly, with all of the money that Europe is famously giving him, and that Crooked Joe Biden gave him in the past, he doesn’t want to end this war, and probably never did. He could have made a better deal two years ago than he can now. His country is in shambles, a large portion of his land is lost, his oceans and seas are gone, and his male population is low, wounded, and/or dead. I WANT THIS WAR END! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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YOU'RE NOT PAYING TAXES FOR THE PROPERTY, YOU'RE PAYING YOUR TOWN FOR THE SERVICES IT PROVIDES. THE ROADS, POLICE, SCHOOLS, FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIBRARY, SNOW PLOWS, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND SO MUCH MORE.
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?”
Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.
politico.com/news/magazine/2…
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Canada announces: Telesat, homegrown satellites, will be expanded and Starlink usage will soon be removed.
This is what every country on earth should do asap.
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Huge factory ships are taking the Krill in Antarctica that whales, penguins, seals and seabirds depend on to survive
Krill is used to feed farmed fish and for Omega-3 supplements and pet food
BAN KRILL PRODUCTS NOW and do not buy them please insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
