Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

NYPD beating up workers in city-sponsored #violence interruption program. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/nyregion/nypd-violence-interrupters-sos.html?

TODAY: Biden announces major action on student debt relief.

What's in the news?

Trump's shifting abortion stance, Trump suing his judge, Trump's fundraising claims.

TOMORROW: Look for another story about how voters don't feel like Biden's done anything.

See how this works?

CA Lawmaker Proposes Bill Forbidding Employers From Calling Workers After Hours https://truthout.org/articles/ca-lawmaker-proposes-bill-forbidding-employers-from-calling-workers-after-hours/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

If you've got money, you can see lots of total solar eclipses -- just fly to them. The next one will be in a bit more than two years, visible in part of Greenland, northern Spain, and Iceland. Get in line now!

1 in 50 Children in Gaza Have Been Killed or Injured by Israel in Just 6 Months https://truthout.org/articles/1-in-50-children-in-gaza-have-been-killed-or-injured-by-israel-in-just-6-months/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"It was during the peak of the solar eclipse totality that the ship invisibly landed on Earth, unbeknownst to any of its primitive inhabitants, ready to activate its payload that would destroy all human life on the planet within seconds. Unfortunately for its crew and the plan, a small dog crushed the ship accidentally while running to catch a Frisbee."

Kudos to the staff at DFW airport, which handed out free eclipse glasses and Moon Pies at the plane nerd observation area.

TYPEWRITER ARTIST

You definitely didn’t know about such capabilities of a typewriter.

It turns out that with its help you can not only print text, but also create pictures . The main thing is to think everything through in advance and be patient.
#AureFreePress

@spaf
Great. AI is even plotting a takeover of Goatse.

Look, yall. I’m from Chicago, all I hear incessantly even from some people actually in the suburbs is how scary and dangerous the city is. Seems okay to bike around to me, and I travel lots of risky places solo, too.

I’m driving across Arkansas today. Did a lot of neat stuff, otherwise, but in transit I drove through this rural town. The first thing I see is a huge sign with a curfew prohibiting anyone from being outside after dark. The second sign is a suicide hotline billboard. The downtown is 3/4 abandoned and smashed other than a dollar store. Looks like a zombie movie.

My siblings in Dionysus…, I have indeed tried it in a small town. I left quickly.

If you receive a phone call telling you that the eclipse has been cancelled, please ignore it. Eclipse cancellation notices are only sent by official email.

'That bank has problems': New questions raised about Trump appeals bond insurer https://www.rawstory.com/trump-appeals-bond/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Police used DNA and probability software to invent a likely face for a subject and then put that fake face through face recognition software. This is policing done by pure chance and it's beyond dangerous. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/cops-running-dna-manufactured-faces-through-face-recognition-tornado-bad-ideas #facerecognition

Things you say in the 21st century: "Hey, the porch light bulb finally came back online!"

Melania Finally Agrees to Attend an Event…on Hitler’s Birthday — and Probably for a Hefty Fee https://www.politicalflare.com/2024/04/melania-finally-agrees-to-attend-an-eventon-hitlers-birthday-and-probably-for-a-hefty-fee/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Field trip!

@danb Traditional search engines have operated in a fairly straightforward model of a value exchange, primarily providing links back to the sites from which information has been gathered. Generative AI systems for all practical purposes are a Take Everything and Give Nothing Back model, either not offering by default useful links back to sources, or making users take extra steps (that they're unlikely to do) to see those links. There simply is no comparison, and in essence these firms have now violated the unwritten understanding which was the basis for their being permitted to access that data in the first place.