Rob
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Birder. Music fan. He/him.
Around the beltway
Joined January 2014
@Shayan86 Definitely noticed a massive spike in both the amount of AI photos and videos I was analyzing, and the "stature" of those falling for it. I've said for awhile now that we are past the point of the average person being able to analyze the current AI models out there - But I'm
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MAHA to MEHA, generative AI for surgery patients, and other health news from Morning Rounds
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MAHA to MEHA, generative AI for surgery patients, and other health news from Morning Rounds
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๐จ๐จ The markup on the "Kids Safety" package that includes KOSA & other age verification bills is THIS THURSDAY. BLOW UP THOSE PHONES UNTIL THEN!!! 202-224-3121 Heres a list of all the members on that committee. TELL THEM NO AGE VERIFICATION!! https://t.co/lRvN9K0p3Z
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The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing...
NEW for everyone who has been asking me: The E&C markup will be Thursday morning! The centerpiece is a package combining a dozen bills including the latest KOSA Then App Store age verification and more as standalone bills
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We're listening to a very noisy piece by John Zorn on a college radio station right now, and it goes very well with this video!
3/3/26 Listen to Squirrel Friend sound the alarm when she saw a hawk . Then Astoria saw it too and boy, did she try to go after it . I saw it high up on a tree and saw the hawk swoop down in the playground and caught a rat ! #birdcpp ๐ฟ๏ธโค๏ธ๐ฆ
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A Maryland man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his actions during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is back in custody after an arrest by Metro police.
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A Maryland man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his actions during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is back in custody after an arrest by Metro police.
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Ornithologist, peering into museum drawer: "Ah shit, what am I gonna name this yellow bird with the long bill?"
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California passed a dumb law requiring every OS, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, to collect your age at setup and broadcast it to every app developer through a real-time API. Permanently, on every device you own.
California Law Forces Age-Tracking Into Every Operating System by 2027 https://t.co/qYKibYVuua
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To all the ppl who got gaslit into thinking the internet can't ever be different/privacy is 'dead' etc etc As a software designer I am telling you - we CAN architect systems on independent infrastructure that do NOT collect or trade in your personal data I know because I do it
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The most glorious wing flap in The Battery. ๐ฆโจ Astoria the Wild Turkey went full wingspan and let the crowd gasp appropriately. Casual stroll? No โ royal appearance. ๐๐ #birdcpp, #Astoria, #wildturkey, #urbanwildlife
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MP Arizonaโ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐๐ต๐๐โ๐ฆบ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐ปโ๏ธ๐
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Friendly reminder: It took South Koreans 6 hours to stop an insurrection attempt, 10 days to impeach, and 3 weeks to arrest their President. He was sentenced to life in prison a week ago.
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What we have here is an apostrophe catastrophe.
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For @newlinesmag I wrote about Khamenei's death, the start of US & Israeli airstrikes in Iran, and the lead up to this moment. Along with a brief check in from a source in Tehran: "The murderer of our dreams died. The murderer of our youth died." https://t.co/nlZZuLw6jv
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The series of strikes began in broad daylight just before 10 a.m. in Iran. Videos posted to social media showed that the Ministry of Intelligence building in Tehran was hit, along with a potential...
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NEW Within minutes of Trump announcing the launch of Operation Epic Fury, X was flooded with disinformation. Almost all of the accounts sharing fake videos of the attack on Iran featured blue checkmarks, meaning X is profiting from this. https://t.co/o8zXnH3J4G
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WIRED has reviewed hundreds of posts on X that promote misleading claims about the locations and scale of the attack.
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This is how you know itโs about the CONTENT and not the โdesigns of the platformsโ or โaddictive featuresโ as proponents of these bans claim. Immediately after OSA passed they began openly targeting and censoring specific content
The UK cracks down even more... adding more regulation to household streaming services. โข R18 content will be restricted by age. โข Content that cannot be classified will be removed. โข Individuals under 18 will be blocked from accessing restricted material. โข Age verification
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Governments forcing ID verification on every social media platform and recently even on operating systems is the most INSANE thing I have ever seen. It is not like showing your ID at a bar. It is like having a police officer standing at your door 24/7 keeping notes on when you
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Refuse Apple's new UK age verification prompt and you can't download apps or make in-app purchases. The UK's Online Safety Act just forced Apple to demand age verification from iPhone users. Decline the prompt and you can't download apps or make purchases. Britain's PM thinks the
Apple Rolls Out Age Verification to UK iPhone Users Under Online Safety Act https://t.co/SBL9poJdw0
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@bfdia6ispeak Dear god no it is not!! Please stop promoting this nonsense and educate yourself on why we need privacy laws not more data harvesting
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Universal age verification for all users of the internet would shred the First Amendment, destroy privacy, and create major security issues.
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Just a note. When I was 14 I started networking with elected officials and political staffers on Facebook and started my career. When I was 17 I found out I had fibromyalgia - not from 25+ doctors, most of whom dismissed me - but from a social media site. I went to a
JUST IN: ๐บ๐ธ California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to ban teens under the age of 16 from social media.
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