Siobhan

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Pam Bondi testifying before congress with a folder including handwritten notes, one liners and a printout of a social post by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. One of the bullet points reads: "You are a total hypocrite", and is underlined.

"You rail against dark money, but you work with dark money groups," another point reads.

A caramel and white colored basset hound pitbull mix whose mouth has no relation to gravity, musculature or common sense runs next to a lake. A small edge of eye peeks out from behind the gravity defying mouth, checking to see if you are truly appreciating her in all her glory.

Sign held up at a protest. Sign reads: "Know Your Parasites" underneath, three images, each labeled. First is an image of a tick and it's labeled "Deer Tick." Second is a different kind of tick and it's labelled "Dog Tick." Third is an image of #47 and it is labeled "Luna Tick"

Two signs held up at a protest. American flag hanging on building behind.

First sign reads "Gut social security = Mother in Law as a Roommate"

Second sign reads "Columbia failed its own history test"

Sign held up under a one-way street sign at a protest reading "My grandpa defeated fascism. Guess it's my turn now"

One sign with a 3-d Space-X rocket ship with Elon Musk riding like a horse. Sign is surrounded by fake money and reads "Send Must BACK to Mars Now!"

Second sign has an image of an orange haired man with starred out eyes and red tie and black suit on. Writing says "Elect a clown, expect a circus"

A sign held up at a protest that says "OMG G.O.P. WTF"

"The most important thing is for women to learn to help each other. So we developed the pork chop theory. One pork chop in the pan goes dry. Two or more, the fat from one feeds the other. We need to find a way to elevate two or more women at a time. I just want those women to be able to have their place in the sun." quote from Nathalie Dupree

Shop owner painting the front window of his shop with the words "Thank You Dr. Salk"

$SCREENSHOT OF PARAGRAPHS IN VERGE ARTICLE reading: In April, Google DeepMind released a paper intended to be “the first systematic treatment of the ethical and societal questions presented by advanced AI assistants.” The authors foresee a future where language-using AI agents function as our counselors, tutors, companions, and chiefs of staff, profoundly reshaping our personal and professional lives. This future is coming so fast, they write, that if we wait to see how things play out, “it will likely be too late to intervene effectively – let alone to ask more fundamental questions about what ought to be built or what it means for this technology to be good.” Running nearly 300 pages and featuring contributions from over 50 authors, the document is a testament to the fractal dilemmas posed by the technology. What duties do developers have to users who become emotionally dependent on their products? If users are relying on AI agents for mental health, how can they be prevented from providing dangerously “off” responses during moments of crisis? What’s to stop companies from using the power of anthropomorphism to manipulate users, for example, by enticing them into revealing private information or guilting them into maintaining their subscriptions?$