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#poison

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The #AdversarialNoise attack

Jeff Jordan (The Flashbulb) is not the only #artist fed up with #generativeai companies stealing his music and packaging it up in services for money.

Since attempts to legislate #AI companies to pay for their training data has proven a vain task, let's #poison AI together!

Now, to stop them stealing your style, you could stop releasing completely? Or then you can fight.

Poison the music you release.

youtube.com/watch?v=xMYm2d9bmE
#music #copyright #harmonycloak

Did you know the plant from #WhiteLotus has some disturbing #history?

The "Suicide Tree" is Cerbera odollam (dogbane family). It contains cerberin which causes heart attacks.

During the 16th - late 19th c., #Madagascar used this #poison for trial by ordeal.

The seed was taken with 3 pieces of chicken skin, & only if the accused vomited up all pieces (& didn't die) was she free. In 1838, the death rate from this comprised 20% of Malagasies.

Spoiler: the nut isn't as potent when fresh...

Jet

One of my first OCs from the Pokémon universe.

Jet is a cheerful trainer who travels with Gulpin across various regions. Both frequently feel sleepy because they love to nap. In battles, they forget their moves and sometimes win by accident. They enjoy picnics and sharing sandwiches!

Jet specializes in Poison-type Pokémon, with a secondary interest in Flying and Water types.

"Nervous about Trump, international tourists scrap their U.S. travel plans. The Trump administration’s hard stance on tariffs and other international policies has some travelers rethinking where they vacation": washingtonpost.com/business/20 #MakeAmericaLonelyAgain #Trump = #poison #politics

The Washington Post · Nervous about Trump, international tourists scrap their U.S. travel plansBy Abha Bhattarai

Convicted felon Donald Trump’s environmental “regulators” are pushing a proposal to block states from warnings about herbicides and other agricultural poisons in food, according to documents reviewed by The Lever. Among the substances that could now go undisclosed is a widely used chemical that  studies have linked to cancer and that Trump’s own health secretary has called a “poison.”

levernews.com/the-plan-to-make

The Lever · The Plan To Make America Hazardous AgainTrump’s EPA could stop states from warning people about potentially dangerous chemicals sprayed on their food.