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Kai Thaler
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Global Studies prof at UC Santa Barbara, views own. Proud Mainer. Conflict, violence, statebuilding, protest, democracy & authoritarianism. COYS. kaithaler.com
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The end of his life comes after he escalated criticisms of Daniel & his vice president & wife, Rosario Murillo, & was detained, despite suffering from health problems. The regime has a track record of inadequate medical care for political prisoners, but hard to know if that was an issue here. QEPD

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He bears some responsibility for human rights violations in the 1980s, but late in life began criticizing Daniel's growing authoritarianism, though until the last couple years, never as stridently as many Nicaraguan opposition members would have liked, given Humberto's prestige in the military

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Humberto was a military & strategic leader in the FSLN revolutionary struggle & in the 1980s Contra war, then kept leading the military during Nicaragua's transition to democracy, against Daniel's wishes

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As we approach Oct 7, this is a good read: ā€œAnother person could come here and say this is the reason to kill Palestinians,ā€ Yonatan said. ā€œI stand here and say this is the reason to fight for peace. So this wonā€™t happen again.ā€ www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/m...

His Mother Was Killed by Hamas. Her Death Transformed His Life.
His Mother Was Killed by Hamas. Her Death Transformed His Life.

The son of a peace activist brutally killed on Oct. 7 is determined to make sure that her dream for Israel does not die with her.

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As attacks on Lebanon continue, you can donate to the Lebanese Red Cross here to help fund critical medical, rescue, and crisis response work donate.redcrossredcrescent.org/lb/supportLR...

With $95, you can help our ambulance teams to respond to an emergency

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The Reuters co-credit makes it a little less clear, but maybe they were the wire distributor? Not sure how long it takes for Coast Guard images to get up on DVIDS

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Yeah, note the Coast Guard credit on the photo

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Scaling up and shaping up large language models increased their tendency to provide sensible yet incorrect answers at difficulty levels humans cannot supervise, highlighting the need for a shift in AI design towards reliability, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4eCAnis šŸ§Ŗ

This is figure 1, which shows key indicators for several models in GPT (OpenAI), LLaMA (Meta) and BLOOM (BigScience) families.
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As attacks on Lebanon continue, you can donate to the Lebanese Red Cross here to help fund critical medical, rescue, and crisis response work donate.redcrossredcrescent.org/lb/supportLR...

With $95, you can help our ambulance teams to respond to an emergency

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Kai Thaler
@kaimthaler.bsky.social
Global Studies prof at UC Santa Barbara, views own. Proud Mainer. Conflict, violence, statebuilding, protest, democracy & authoritarianism. COYS. kaithaler.com
948 followers1k following410 posts