Whole-known-network
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> Don’t we all kind of feel that way about Bing too, though?</p>
<p>Quora was really a pioneering force in the field of low-quality facts. it made the transition to LLMs kind of seamless.</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://esq.social/@D_J_Nathanson" class="u-url mention">@<span>D_J_Nathanson</span></a></span> would it fly in court if someone just shoots down an ICE agent and claims self-defense while being threatened by a masked individual? We already know about robbery being made by a masked person claiming to be an officer. I mean, isn't that what badges are for?</p>
<p>Do you have a passport you want to update, but you're afraid the Trump administration will deny it because they don't like your gender marker (OR it already has)?</p><p>- A court HAS ruled the Trump administration has to correct your passport, in a window while a lawsuit proceeds</p><p>- The Trump administration IS NOT honoring this and the ACLU doesn't recommend trying RN. They'll post more Monday</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3ls2zwlrp2c2z" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/erininthemorn</span><span class="invisible">ing.com/post/3ls2zwlrp2c2z</span></a></p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mcc" class="u-url mention">@<span>mcc</span></a></span> humanity is the only thinking organ of the universe we're aware of and i think we really should act like it more often</p>
<p>I'm not sharing this post with Bluesky, they're not ready for it</p>
<p>I imagine a sort of cyber-gnosticism. The Internet is the real world, because it is the world of ideas; physical reality is an isolated special case, a tiny winnowing of what is possible. But ideas can encompass anything and my mind lives in the world of ideas, my mind reaches across the sea of ideas to touch the other minds in the bigger world, the true world the Internet is a tiny beachhead into—</p><p>"But the world of ideas isn't real?"</p><p>Correct, but neither am I; each day this meat imagines me</p>
<p>So, California folks, support the No Secret Police Act! </p><p>Everyone else, get your state electeds to file similar legislation!</p><p>All US-ians, contact your reps and ask them to support the Police not ICE Act of 2025!</p><p>As with every <a href="https://esq.social/tags/STFUfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>STFUfriday</span></a> post, I'm a lawyer in the USA. These comments are based on law in the USA. (And they apply to all people in the USA, whether or not they are citizens.) Some US states provide more protections than this. </p><p>/end</p>
<p>Is there anything we can do about ICE not identifying themselves? Yes! </p><p>There are at least two important legislative initiatives pending.</p><p>1. California state senators Wiener & Arreguin have filed a “No Secret Police Act” requiring police to be identifiable and banning police masking (w/exceptions)<br /><a href="https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senators-wiener-arreguin-announce-legislation-prohibit-local-state-federal-law-enforcement" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senato</span><span class="invisible">rs-wiener-arreguin-announce-legislation-prohibit-local-state-federal-law-enforcement</span></a></p><p>2. Federal Reps Thompson and Velasquez have a bill to prohibit ICE from using the misleading word “police” on their clothing. <br /><a href="https://mikethompson.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/thompson-velazquez-seek-block-immigration-feds-identifying-local-police" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mikethompson.house.gov/newsroo</span><span class="invisible">m/press-releases/thompson-velazquez-seek-block-immigration-feds-identifying-local-police</span></a></p><p>/3</p>