#Jason Lefkowitz

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[Image description: A series of posts from Jason Lefkowitz @[email protected] dated Dec 08, 2022, 04:33, reading:

It's good that our finest minds have focused on automating writing and making art, two things human beings do simply because it brings them joy. Meanwhile tens of thousands of people risk their lives every day breaking down ships, a task that nobody is in a particular hurry to automate because those lives are considered cheap https://www.dw.com/en/shipbreaking-recycling-a-ship-is-always-dangerous/a-18155491 (Headline: 'Recycling a ship is always dangerous.' on Deutsche Welle) A world where computers write and make art while human beings break their backs cleaning up toxic messes is the exact opposite of the world I thought I was signing up for when I got into programming

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[sztupy]

[nando161mando]

"Burning Man is an excellent illustration of the corrupting power of money. It took less than 40 years for money to warp an event built around the explicit rejection of conspicuous consumption into a giant neon-lit orgy for rich people

And the real tell is, the people who ran Burning Man never once put up a fight over it. They didn't just accept the perversion of their cause, they defended it. They insisted that stopping it would be contrary to their own founding principles!

That's what money does, even just through simple proximity. It poisons your brain"

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[thoughtportal]

#toots #toot #mastodon #automation #AI #art

[feotakahari]

Is it just me, or are the people who’re against AI art starting to talk about pro-AI art conspiracies in the same writing style, and with the same word choices, that some people talk about conspiracies funded by George Soros? Like, some of the replies to that Jason Lefkowitz tweet use the kind of language I would expect from people who use triple parentheses.

[pietrasgreeklitblog]

Week 5 Blog

This week, I read pages 163–190 of the book “Greek Gods, Human Lives” by Mary Lefkowitz.

The most important quote can be found on page 177: “She does not know whether to let Jason die, to help him, or to kill herself.” Here’s why. This part of the story is crucial because it shows inner turmoil and the decision-making process of Madea. She's super torn about Jason, wondering if she should let him die, help him out, or just end it all herself. It reveals the complex dynamics of love, betrayal, and internal conflict. The involvement of Hera, a goddess, adds a mystical twist to her decision-making. The drug "Promethean" mentioned in the chapter, made from Prometheus' liver, brings in a mythical element, hinting at something major that might happen soon in Jason's quest. When Medea heads to Hecate's temple, the comparison to Artemis creates a more sinister tone, especially with the whimpering beasts contributing to this ominous atmosphere. The description of Jason as an alluring figure, surpassing even the sons of gods, suggests the heightened tension and significance of the moment as he approaches the temple.

This chapter introduced me to the poem "Argonautica”, where it talks about Jason and the Argonauts journey to get the Golden Fleece to claim his rightful place as the heir to the throne of Iolchus. The quest is not only a physical journey but also a test of Jason's leadership and the resilience of his team. In my opinion, I believe this story was a good way to show heroism, mythology, and the forces that shape the fate of its characters. I really enjoy the dynamic between Jason and Medea, which adds a heartfelt human touch to the story, such as love, magic, and a bit of tragedy thrown in. It's like a mix of adventure, drama, and a crash course in mythology all rolled into one. Some parts were a bit confusing, and the number of stories I’ve read so far makes it seem a little repetitive at this point with the points each epic tries to make.

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[feelingbluepolitics]

"On Sunday, at a Santa Monica rally ahead of Monday's mask mandate vote by the Los Angeles City Council, anti-vaccine activist Jason Lefkowitz shared the home addresses of councilmembers with his crowd, vowing to track down any who vote for the measure — and saying that there will be a 'civil war' if the measure passes."

Sharing home addresses is enough to bring this over the line and subject him to criminal charges for threats. Clearly, though, we are way past due for domestic terrorism laws, and we should also be modernizing laws covering sedition, incitement, and treason, to meet the moment.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

August 30, 2021

Heather Cox Richardson

At 3:29 ET on August 30, 2021—early on the morning of August 31 in Afghanistan—the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan ended. It was the longest war in American history.

Among the last to come home were the 13 Americans killed in an ISIS-K attack last Thursday. They arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Sunday morning from Germany. President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, and 8 aides attended the dignified transfer between the plane and a waiting vehicle.

In the last 17 days in Afghanistan, U.S. troops evacuated more than 120,000 people, making up the largest airlift in our history. For comparison, as Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post pointed out, the U.S. evacuated no Americans from the civil war in Yemen in 2015, and only about 167 from Libya in 2011.

While critics have suggested that America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan will hurt American credibility abroad, President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have called for combatting terrorism through financial sanctions, bombing, and drone strikes like the one they used to retaliate against ISIS-K for the attack on the Kabul airport that killed more than 160 Afghans and 13 Americans last Friday, and by strengthening democracy at home.

There is plenty of work to do on that last front.

Last week, Peter Wehner, who served in the Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush administrations, pointed out in The Atlantic that the right wing has moved to such extremism that former president Trump, whose behavior seemed so shocking in 2015 and 2016, is now being sidelined by lawmakers and pundits who are even more extreme.

Yesterday, in an event hosted by the Macon County Republican Party, Representative Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) insisted that the January 6 rioters are “political hostages” and said he wanted to “bust them out.” When someone in the audience asked “When are you going to call us to Washington again?” he said, “We are actively working on that one…. We have a few plans in motion that I can’t make public right now.” He called for removing Biden from office under the 25th Amendment and added, “when Kamala Harris inevitably screws up, we will take them down, one at a time.” He concluded by saying: “The Second Amendment was not written so that we can go hunting or we can shoot sporting clays…. The Second Amendment was written so that we can fight against tyranny.”

Increasingly, right-wing agitators are calling for violent overthrow of the government.

Today in Pennsylvania, Steve Lynch, a candidate for Northampton County executive, said: “Forget going into these school boards with freaking data. You go into these school boards to remove them. I’m going in with 20 strong men and I’m gonna give them an option—they can leave or they can be removed.”

At a protest in Santa Monica yesterday before a vote on a mask mandate, a man held a sign with the names and home addresses of each Los Angeles City Council member and said protesters would go to the homes of anyone who voted for the mandate and, if it passed, “Civil War is coming! Get your guns!”

This sort of street-level violence is known for radicalizing individuals as they get swept up in it and then later embrace the larger political arguments behind it. It also forces more reasonable individuals out of government positions as they conclude that their position on a school board, for example,  is not worth threats against their families and their lives.

Far from trying to tamp down this violence, right-wing leaders are egging it on. Tonight, on the Fox News Channel, personality Tucker Carlson told his audience that no leader had apologized for “these terrible decisions” in Afghanistan. “This can’t go on,” he said. “When leaders refuse to hold themselves accountable, over time, people revolt…. We need to change course immediately… or else the consequences will be awful.”

The images on the screen behind Carlson were of President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, Defense Secretary Austin, and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Milley. Carlson often tries to undermine the current leadership of the military, suggesting that he would welcome its replacement by officers he finds less objectionable.  

Republican offense may be an attempt at defense.

Today, Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, announced that the committee has demanded that 35 major communications companies preserve their records from April 1, 2020, to January 31, 2021, for people involved in the January 5 and January 6 rallies in Washington, D.C., or “potentially involved with discussions” about stopping the electoral vote count on January 6 or otherwise  “potentially involved with discussions" in planning the January 6 insurrection. According to CNN, the companies affected include cell phone giants Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and Sprint. Social media companies covered under the request include Apple, Google, Facebook, Signal, Slack, YouTube, Twitch, and Twitter.

CNN reports that members of the committee have requested preservation of the records of representatives Cawthorn, Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Jody Hice (R-GA), and Scott Perry (R-PA). They have also asked the companies to preserve the records of former president Trump; those of his children Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump; and those of his daughter-in-law Lara Trump and Don Jr.’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, who worked on the campaign.

Those determined to regain control of the country from the Democrats also have to contend with continuing good news from Biden’s policies. A new study from the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University shows that the first child tax credit payment kept 3 million children from falling below the poverty line and that the child poverty rate dropped from 15.8% in June to 11.9% in July. Coronavirus relief measures kept another 3 million children from poverty. Families are using the money to buy food and pay off debt.

The administration is also coordinating aid to the states hit hard by Hurricane Ida, which brought up to 15 inches of rain to parts of Louisiana and knocked out the state’s power grid. The administration deployed more than 3,600 employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, who prepared more than 3.4 million meals, millions of liters of water, more than 35,700 tarps, and roughly 200 generators in the region before the storm hit. They have moved ambulances and search and rescue teams into the area and have opened shelters. The Army Corps of Engineers has mobilized personnel to remove debris and to provide temporary roofing and housing.

The administration is shifting its focus from unilateral military might to multilateral alliances to deal with common problems. Tomorrow, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will leave for Asia, where he will meet with leaders from Japan and then China to bolster international cooperation on climate change before the meeting of the 2021 U.N Climate Change Conference in early November.

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Notes:

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1CENTCOM's Gen. McKenzie: In total, 123,000 civilians were evacuated from Afghanistan over the last 18 days.

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August 30th 2021

Aaron Fritschner @FritschnerAt Macon County GOP event yesterday, Madison Cawthorn called January 6 rioters “political hostages,” and spoke of trying to “bust them out.” Then- Attendee: “When are you gonna call us to Washington again?" Cawthorn: “We are actively working on that one.”

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August 30th 2021

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cawthorn-calls-jan-6-defendants-political-hostages-muses-about-trying-to-bust-them-out

Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNewsALERT:  House Select Jan 6th Committee asks 35 major communications companies (including major cell service providers, Twitter, Parler, etc) to preserve records  for "individuals  potentially involved with discussions" in planning Jan 6 Sweeping request (more)

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August 30th 2021

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/30/statement-by-president-joe-biden/

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/30/politics/fact-check-biden-dover-afghanistan-kabul/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/28/world/asia/kabul-airport-attack-isis-us-strike.html

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/30/politics/january-6-phone-records-members-of-congress/index.html

Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowskiAt protest in Santa Monica today before the vote on mask-mandate, Jason Lefkowitz has the home addresses of each LA City Council member on his sign. He says they are going to the homes of whoever votes for it, and if it passes, it’s “civil war, get your guns.” From @chadloder

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August 30th 2021

Andrew Lawrence @ndrew_lawrencethe most watched cable news host in america justifies a coming "revolt" unless we "change course immediately"

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August 31st 2021

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/01/american-civilians-yemen-left-behind

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/30/1032615984/house-panel-investigating-the-capitol-attack-orders-35-companies-to-preserve-rec

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/30/how-evacuation-americans-is-going/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/radicalism-post-trump-gop/619891/

https://www.povertycenter.columbia.edu/news-internal/monthly-poverty-july-2021

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/30/readout-of-president-bidens-briefing-with-gulf-coast-elected-officials-on-hurricane-ida/

https://www.businessinsider.com/child-tax-credit-expansion-reduce-child-poverty-rate-research-2021-8

https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-louisiana-new-orleans-c43c2c68946ceb6100c2239534c6c290

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

#extreme right wing #corrupt GOP #criminal GOP #January 6 2021 #January 6 Commission #Letters From An American #Heather Cox Richardson

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

Remake: Cocoon (1985)

Since Hollywood is crazy about the remakes these days, I decided to join and do a remake myself. So I remaking Cocoon (1985).

Summary: A group of senior citizens finds themselves revitalized after sneaking onto private property and swimming in a pool where visiting aliens have stored mysterious cocoons that they retrieved from the bottom of the ocean.

Walter, leader of the quartet of aliens known as Antareans. Original portrayed by Brian Dennehy. Now by Gary Basaraba

The four male human leads.

Bernie Lefkowitz, a crusty individualist who refuses to tamper with nature. Original portrayed by Jack Gilford. Now by Peter Gerety

Joe Finley, one of a trio of friends. Original portrayed by Hume Cronyn. Now by Len Cariou

Art Selwyn, one of a trio of friends. Original portrayed by Don Ameche. Now by Peter Jason

Casting Richard Riehle in the final lead role would be perfect, but that’ll be to easy. So I’m going a different route, but Richard will still be on the table if I couldn’t get the next guy. 

Ben Luckett, one of a trio of friends. Original portrayed by Wilford Brimley. Now by Jack McGee

And every one will be filmed with the least amount of clothes and a sex or nude scene. What? I'm writing and directing so all of that is going to be in there. 

So what do think of my casting choices?

#Wilford Brimley #Jack McGee #Richard Riehle #Don Ameche #Peter Gerety #Peter Jason #Hume Cronyn #Len Cariou #Jack Gilford #Brian Dennehy #Gary Basaraba #Cocoon #movie #remake

[rjzimmerman]

Male greater prairie chickens demonstrate a "flutter jumping" behavior when females are near, part of their elaborate courtship dance. "It's like 'Hey, notice me!' says wildlife biologist Bob Gillespie. E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune

A male greater prairie chicken (back) tries to entice a hen at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area. E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune

Excerpt from this Chicago Tribune story:

An otherworldly sound floats up from the darkened meadow, the lyrical “booming” springtime chorus of the male prairie chicken flock. Gillespie has heard the mating song hundreds of times, and yet, the moment still resonates with a sort of primeval wonder — a flicker of what it means to be alive in the natural world.

“This is just a phenomenon of nature,” says [Bob Gillespie, a wildlife biologist at Prairie Ridge State Natural Area near Newton, Illinois]. “This spring courtship is like nothing else, and it really represents the true prairie. If you think about it, it’s a really important element of biodiversity for our state.”

Yet, in spite of decades of conservation efforts, this unique species remains imperiled. This week, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services released a groundbreaking scientific study on biodiversity, which found that 1 million species worldwide are facing extinction. The loss of species, the report noted, is a threat to biodiversity that has direct implications for water quality, food security and, ultimately, human survival. “The numbers are so big,” says Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, chief program officer of the Natural Resources Defense Council, “that they sound a call for action throughout the world.” That, she says, includes our state’s 200-odd remaining prairie chickens.

“The story of the greater prairie chicken is the story of so many species,” says Casey-Lefkowitz. “Their decline mirrors the decline of the prairie, and all the species that depend on it. There’s an interconnectedness to the greater prairie chicken story.”

#Illinois #greater prairie chicken #prairies #extinction

[alaturkanews]

Anti-Masker Threatens "Civil War" Over Mandates

Anti-Masker Threatens “Civil War” Over Mandates

A California man threatened local city council members who support COVID safety mandates, going so far as to give out the home addresses of politicians. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live Read more HERE:  https://www.rawstory.com/anti-vaccine-activist-jason-lefkowitz/ "On Sunday, at a Santa Monica rally…

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[pietrasgreeklitblog]

“She does not know whether to let Jason die or to help him or to kill herself.”

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[larkinhealth]

Hematology and Medical Oncology Fellowship program at South Miami Campus achieves ACGME Accreditation! Thanks to the leadership of our program director, Dr Carlos Dominguez; our Faculty, Dr. Amin Harsh, Dr. Beatriz Beatriz E Amendola, Dr. Scott Bourne, Dr. Alberto Burgos-Tiburcio, Dr. Shatha Farhan, Dr. Edward Peres, Dr. G. Dastgir Qureshi, Dr. Carlos Ricart, Dr. Maryam Sharifian, Dr. Jason Tache, Dr. Matthew Taub and Dr. Hadi Yazjii; our Chief Resident Chief Dr. Ian Qureshi, our Fellows Dr. Maher Dakroub, Dr. Patrick Dreyer, Dr. Kelly Carver, Dr. Nicholas Nick Shuler and Dr. Muhammad Hussain, and our GME Department, Sanford Lefkowitz, Lizbeth Juan, and Lauren Medina. This is the 11th ACGME accredited program at our South Miami Campus. (at Larkin Community Hospital) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxIaB7kHIIh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18exgmi86hhbr