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1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

Twice in my youth (once in high school and once in college) I was in situations where I was asking someone out and I could tell they were calculating in their heads the risks of rejecting me, and both times I said, out loud, "you can say no, I wouldn't have asked if I wasn't prepared for either answer." And then they said no. This wasn't some spark of special wisdom I had - I knew to do it because feminist conversations among my age group brought it up regularly. This isn't happening nearly enough anymore.

More recently, I was really glad when we got to "rejection sensitive dysphoria" in my IOP program and it was one of those symptoms where the therapists really emphasized how it affects others. Because it does.

I don't know how my girlfriend is so easily able to shrug off my ignorance with "it's not your fault; no one knows everything" and see something good in me. I don't know how she managed to be so open-minded despite Hamas' attempts at antisemitic brainwashing. Truly, her goodness humbles me. What I do know is that I love her and I want to marry her someday - and I'm terrified that doing so might make the Hamasniks who call themselves "pro Palestine" come after her. My love for her is a liability for her in the current climate.

Sometimes I feel like she would've had a better life if we hadn't fallen in love. I wish I were rich and could buy us a cottage somewhere in the countryside and we could run away from this hateful world together.

How much snuff they produce is anyone's guess. There's a lot of that with cut audio, which makes identifying origin harder. It's not not being produced, but the volume is unknown.

Hamas are not your blorbos. They're not freedom fighters. They are monsters and their first victims are Palestinians.

One of those victims was six weeks old. Without getting graphic, I would be absolutely astonished if she survived what was done to her, particularly given the internal bleeding being visibly free-flowing in the video and the lack of medical care in Palestine. And the man who did it, the men who filmed it, the ones uploading it and profiting off of it? These are the people "Pro-Palestine" people are defending. These are the people they are willing to let be killed by Hamas because this is what "by any means necessary" looks like so Hamas can make enough money to fund their good lives while their people starve and die.

Six weeks old. I want that burned into the mind of every "Pro-Palestinian" protestor.

This post is about that fact that a lot of people who claim to be "Pro-Palestine" (mostly in the West) support Hamas and repeat Hamas talking points despite the fact that this is inconsistent with the goal of actually helping Palestinian people and the fact that Hamas is an evil terrorist organization that hurts many people - especially Palestinian people. These so-called activists, under the guise of being “pro Palestine” support Hamas, allow Hamas supporters into their movement, and talk over people from the region who contradict them.

You like the Anne Rice Catholic/Xtian aesthetic, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, all the revamped 90s goth? Old World church aesthetic without the guilt and fear of eternal torment? Maybe you already got that part and now it's kinky, idk, you do you.

I can't resolve all that.

But I CAN resolve your need for cool Aesthetic books you will probably glance through and turn into art or something. Plus, Euro vampires have a big thing with catholicism. Your room can, too.

This early 1900s "Story of the Bible" is not in great shape but a lot of the pages are nice, not falling out, are filled with illustrations, and the cover looks cool.

Direct link to this book

I have a couple lots going up. This is an individual book, but most others will be in lots. Antiques will likely be individual.

Thank you so much for saying that! It means a lot to me to hear that. I was also able to immediately figure out my list as soon as I saw this question today, so I am excited to share! In no particular order:

The Bone People

Keri Hulme

This book really moved me in it's depictions of restorative justice, queer chosen family, asexual identity, and spirals are now a part of my own spiritual practice because of this book.

Beyond the Pale

Elana Dykewomon

The best queer historical fiction that I have ever read. It has an earthy and intense understanding of queer history that most books can't comprehend.

Dear Senthuran

Akwaeke Emezi

This book understood something about me that I still have yet to comprehend. Cannot sing its' praises enough.

Also I know no one asked, but as a bonus, my favourite non-queer book that I have ever read:

Right Story, Wrong Story

Tyson Yunkaporta

This book challenged my understandings of truth and storytelling. I would recommend it to anyone who prioritizes stories and storytelling in their own lives.

Over fifty years of data show a peak in PFAS (also known as "forever chemicals") content in seabird eggs in the 90s, followed by a decrease as regulations went into effect. The most recent findings show a 70% decrease of most common PFAS.

We are making genuine progress! Producers are dramatically altering how much they use PFAS and how much gets released in effluent, but also there's a lot better understanding of how to remove PFAS from the environment!

in aotearoa, june isn’t our pride, it’s theirs. marsha p johnson and sylvia rivera are their historical figures, not ours. the phrase that “you owe your rights to Black trans women” is true there, but here we owe our rights to (mostly) Māori historical figures. i have the freedoms i do because of the legacy of an entirely different set of people operating in an entirely different context at entirely different times.

But because of american cultural imperialism, most queer people in Aotearoa don’t even know our own queer history. Carmen Rupe, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, the Dorian Society, Gillian Laundon, Georgina Beyer, and the Wolfenden Association are some of our queer history. We should know their names! we should know what they did for us! but because of the power of the american imperial machine, we don’t.

our national pride month should be july, the month that the Homosexual Law Reform Act passed in 1986. our two largest cities hold their pride festivals in february and march, respectively. american queer history has very little (or nothing, depending on who you ask) to do with our queer history. anecdotally, from my own queries, queer youth in aotearoa know more about american queer history than our own.