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i am watching 'rebirth of mothra' (1992) for the first time and i am so excited. you can tell it's going to be good- look at all these sparkles.

your regularly scheduled reminder that social media companies and news outlets are for profit companies with political agendas

Just to recap: after initially calling our story inaccurate, (and internally calling it “false”), Facebook has now confirmed most, if not all of our reporting. They just waited until eve of Thanksgiving when they thought as few as possible people would be reading. https://twitter.com/nyt…
https://twitter.com/sheeraf/status/1065988154308538368

hey everyone writing code: you can't get around this. code does not exist in a noble mathematical void which absolves you of accountability. any system which people touch is tied into the fabric of society, and should be scrutinized for potential to do harm.

How to make a racist AI without really trying http://blog.conceptnet.io/posts/2017/how-to-make-a-racist-ai-without-really-trying/

"... the sentiment is generally more positive for…
https://twitter.com/Abebab/status/1042395951560880128

i made a cute program which generates descriptions of abandoned space stations