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jaykuo ,
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Justice Clarence Thomas is about to go through some things. Two senators have now asked Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to investigate his likely ethics and tax crimes. My write-up in the replies below.

georgetakei ,
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Probertd8 ,
@Probertd8@mastodonapp.uk avatar

@georgetakei Must be 'The raptor???'

bot23 ,
@bot23@mastodon.social avatar

@georgetakei Only the best Felons

ted ,
@ted@gould.cx avatar

@georgetakei can't get those tin boxes anymore. I'd keep the box and fill it with new band-aids!

georgetakei ,
@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar

Time to get a new box!

JayElbey ,
@JayElbey@ioc.exchange avatar

@georgetakei
But it's a unique, long-lasting adhesive. Should still be good!

wilberfan ,
@wilberfan@mastodon.world avatar

@georgetakei I found some ancient Band-Aids in my cabinet--and they worked great! The only thing that deteriorated was the paper wrapping for each one: just about turn to dust when you touch them.

arstechnica ,
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OpenAI board shakeup: Microsoft out, Apple backs away amid AI partnership scrutiny

Microsoft gives up non-voting observer board role; Apple rethinks a planned similar position.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/07/openai-board-shakeup-microsoft-out-apple-backs-away-amid-ai-partnership-scrutiny/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

dorzig ,
@dorzig@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica Is it reassuring that the employees of OpenAI have not become self aware yet? Or is that worse…..

eliasp ,
@eliasp@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica oups, now the early signs of big corps finally realizing the bubble they've inflated might burst sooner or later, since it's mostly filled with bullshit?

georgetakei ,
@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar
SteveBologna ,
@SteveBologna@mstdn.social avatar

@georgetakei And I am incapable of caring less

wbpeckham ,
@wbpeckham@techhub.social avatar

@georgetakei I have no particular wish for her other than to be happy.

arstechnica ,
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

The Galaxy Z Fold & Flip 6 are not as exciting to Samsung as Galaxy AI

Samsung's spec-bump products get coated in Galaxy AI lacquer for their showing.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/the-galaxy-z-fold-flip-6-are-not-as-exciting-to-samsung-as-galaxy-ai/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

adam ,
@adam@social.context.town avatar

@arstechnica kind of disappointing not to see the rumored aspect ratio change on the fold 6. The phone is still too tall and not wide enough when closed

georgetakei ,
@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar

Hydration is important, folks!

CrypticMirror ,
@CrypticMirror@mstdn.social avatar

@georgetakei

That is good water. I mean, once it is mixed with sugars and specific yeasts, and various flavourings.

raiaren ,
@raiaren@universeodon.com avatar

@georgetakei I like it (getting older) 👍

arstechnica ,
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

Feds who forced Ukrainian investor to sell rocket company backtrack years later

"I hope you now are happy. History will judge all of you guys."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/feds-who-forced-ukrainian-investor-to-sell-rocket-company-backtrack-years-later/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

arstechnica ,
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

How disinformation from a Russian AI spam farm ended up on top of Google search results

A fake article about Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife buying a Bugatti with US aid was promoted by bots.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/how-disinformation-from-a-russian-ai-spam-farm-ended-up-on-top-of-google-search-results/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

antaeus ,
@antaeus@fosstodon.org avatar

@arstechnica it says more about people believing this nonsense than the propaganda machine in Russia. If people do not vouch the source, then they are part of the problem. Its still not illegal to think about things (yet), and those trolls spamming this, should be fined. It only suits to create distrust, disbelief and assists in polarising this world.

The people involved should be ashamed, albeit they probably are not.

solownh ,
@solownh@mstdn.party avatar

@arstechnica

Meanwhile, Clarence Thomas visits Putin's home town...and no one cares...

arstechnica ,
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

Antikythera mechanism’s calendar ring likely tracked the lunar calendar

Physicists drew on statistical techniques used to analyze gravitational waves.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/antikythera-mechanisms-calendar-ring-likely-tracked-the-lunar-calendar/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

arstechnica ,
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

Could AIs become conscious? Right now, we have no way to tell.

Scientists struggle to define consciousness, AI or otherwise.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/could-ais-become-conscious-right-now-we-have-no-way-to-tell/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

causticmsngo ,
@causticmsngo@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica Textbook example of “Betteridge’s Law of Headlines”:

"Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word ‘no’.”

anna ,
@anna@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar

@arstechnica any theory of consciousness that doesn't treat the entirety of the nervous system as the processing center (ie operating throughout the body, rather than solely localized within the brain) will fall short.

rbreich ,
@rbreich@masto.ai avatar

Office Hours prediction: Does Trump win or lose — against Biden or another Dem? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-prediction-does-trump?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Curiouswatcher ,

@rbreich He loses people forget, we're not voting, just for President Biden. We're voting for the whole team. We are against the MAGA agenda .

NickRP ,
@NickRP@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@rbreich
May get to see both.
When/weak "if" he loses again to Biden he'll continue the grift he started in 2020. Now, it may be from his jail cell but he'll keep making money off his gullible supporters.

US voters broke up with Don the Con in 2020. Spurned abuser inflicts on them until they beg to take him back.

There's no way he cedes GOP control & ownership no matter how often rebuked at polls. The money's too good and his ego (and Alzeheimers) won't let him stop.
He'll run again in '28.

arstechnica ,
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

Europe’s first Ariane 6 flight achieved most of its goals, but ended prematurely

Ariane 6 launched into orbit, but an upper stage problem kept it from completing the demo flight.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/europes-first-ariane-6-flight-achieved-most-of-its-goals-but-ended-prematurely/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

BoscoZebra ,
@BoscoZebra@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica @arstechnica I remember when SpaceX did something similar on flight 2 of their space dildo and Ars called it a "flawless" flight

arstechnica ,
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

FTC blasts drug middlemen for “inflating” costs, “squeezing” pharmacies

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are key part of US's high drug costs, report finds.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/ftc-blasts-drug-middlemen-for-inflating-costs-squeezing-pharmacies/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Ertain ,
@Ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com avatar

@arstechnica At least we're getting some concrete answers as to why drugs are so expensive.

KellicTiger ,
@KellicTiger@tiggi.es avatar

@arstechnica In other news water is wet and air found to be a popular breathing medium amoung mammals. More on this shocking discovery at 11.

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