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This is what I've been up to Stanford University where I'm a @JSKstanford fellow and on leave from my job as a photojournalist @stltoday jskfellows.stanford.edu/seeing-is-no-l…

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and helps them develop better facial recognition algorithms because they can see how you aged and changed over time.

Just to be clear, Meta uses all the images you post as training data. Meta has a tidal wave of modern pictures people post everyday but they lack images and new training data from the days of film. When people post photos from the 1990 it gives them new training data

Public service announcement...The "What did I look like in the 90's" trend on social media is a ploy by Meta to get you to post photos for them to use as AI training data.

Max Dowman has played for Arsenal since he was eight years old. This was the scene as he became the youngest goalscorer in Premier League history at 16 years, 73 days old with a goal in the 97th minute in front of the Arsenal crowd.

McGurk's #STL

US and Israeli attacks on Iran this week have triggered retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, sparking the spread of misinformation around the world. Here are some of the claims that our global team has debunked so far 🧵

First Day: Iran's Retaliation Larger Than Expected, but Israel Maintains Firepower The US, lacking the range for carrier-based air strikes, limited itself to launching Tomahawk missiles. Based on just two different videos, both showing more than 20 Tomahawks launched, I estimate the US expended 10–15% of its Tomahawk inventory on the first day, hitting dozens of targets in Iran. The Israeli attacks were even more aggressive, with two major waves on the first day striking over 200 targets on Iranian territory. However, all strikes were launched from Iraqi airspace, indicating some continued Israeli caution regarding Iran's air defenses. Iran is seeking to eliminate the American AN/TPY-2 radars, but these structures are highly mobile, with US crews able to relocate more than once a day. To locate them, Iran would need Chinese assistance and considerable agility. Both Israel and the US heavily invested in drone operations for terrain monitoring to hunt for Iranian missile launchers, at least two large-scale launchers were identified and destroyed. There are still no reports of naval combat, which also suggests that Iran's navy (with over 30 warships) remains largely intact, as does the entire US fleet, which is staying well back in the Arabian Sea. On this first day, several strikes targeted mountain base exits to obstruct and delay the movement of Iranian launchers. Iranian radars were also hit, though in limited numbers. Iran has improved its guerrilla tactics for radars, which may be helping. Israel likely also worked to obstruct known silo coordinates. I see Israel repeating tactics from the last 12-day war. On the Iranian side, the focus was on US bases in Gulf countries. At least 6–8 bases are under heavy bombardment, what I calculate as damage already in the billions of dollars, given that the Qatar base alone cost $10 billion. Air defenses at these bases were largely exhausted on the first day, with few Patriot batteries still operational and showing low efficiency, as some footage demonstrates. Iran also destroyed an AN/FPS-132 radar in Qatar and a radome in Bahrain, which probably housed a high-altitude radar or SATCOM system, both high-value assets. Overnight, Iran is expected to maintain the missile pace, focusing on Israel and additional US bases. I believe Iran will launch around 100 long-range missiles during this period. This is a protracted conflict. On the first day, the Strait of Hormuz was already closed, as we had predicted here, and it has strong potential to drag in other Gulf countries. On this first day, everything has unfolded as we anticipated over the last 15 days.

CENTCOM Update TAMPA, Fla. – As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury. Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty. Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing. The situation is fluid, so out of respect for the families, we will withhold additional information, including the identities of our fallen warriors, until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.

There were at least two other demonstrations today in St. Louis. None of the gatherings was large but all had passionate people out expressing their feelings. #tracking-source=home-top-story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">stltoday.com/news/local/art… @stltoday #STL

Iranians in St. Louis are dancing and celebrating the military action in Iran.. They were chanting "USA thank you" "bye-bye Islamic Republic"

I will start two separate threads today on the conflict between Iran, Israel and the US. One thread will contain all the videos I have confirmed as authentic, and the other will be a list of misleading or false videos going viral. Keep an eye on both throughout the day.

Now that Obama’s poll numbers are in tailspin – watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate.

First daffodil of the year popped into bloom today in my yard. #stlwx

@fishfriendzz @ksdknews Police are packing up their equipment and leaving the scene #tracking-source=home-top-story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">stltoday.com/news/local/cri…

@ksdknews can you please find out what is happening with the armed intruder on Wash U’s Danforth campus!

Thrilled to see my friends and heroes @mollycrabapple and @jerrysaltz seizing the @CBSNews @60Minutes bullhorn to call out the empty villainy of generative AI

In 2017, I stepped onto the Facebook campus in Menlo Park. They took us to the Oculus VR lab first. A geeky engineer gave us a demo of the VR features and ended on the haptic gloves that let you "feel" virtual objects without touching anything real. Then he paused, voice almost reverent: “Imagine connecting anyone in the world… real social interaction… without ever leaving home.” The demo was amazing but I walked out with a strange feeling. This guy is "solving for humanity" and is excited about a world no longer needs physical human connection We passed a long hall of developers. One guy—Black, friendly—leaned over his monitors and asked where the group of us (mostly Africans) was from. We chatted. His desk had big screens, half-eaten snacks, the faint smell of takeout lingering. His neighbor, paler watched curiously but, too timid to join. The desks were comfortable, the food smell everywhere, as it was available in every corner. It all felt… contained. Like this campus was its own sealed ecosystem, where the world outside was just data to optimize. Fast-forward to 2020. I work at Andela, where we placed remote engineers with Silicon Valley teams. Some companies flew their leads over to meet the "remote" teammates in person. When they visited the Kigali campus I went to dinner with them. They were 5. Of this dinner I vividly remember 2 conversations. One guy launched into how "all humans are actually lactose intolerant after infancy… we're the only species that keeps drinking milk." They all nodded, confessed their own intolerances like it was a quirky universal truth. Then came the photos: a dog's birthday party. Balloons, cake, friends invited. The owner beamed like it was his kid's party. I love dogs. But something twisted in my chest. These are the people shaping the tools billions use every day—yet their version of care, connection, family… felt redirected, abstracted. Now it's 2026, and Sam Altman says training an AI costs less than "raising a human"—because it takes "20 years of life and all the food you eat during that time before you get smart." He compared childhood—first steps, heartbreaks, scraped knees, bedtime stories, learning trust—to server racks and electricity bills. I think back to that VR promise of connection without leaving home… to offices smelling of food and isolation… to dogs celebrated like children while real human messiness gets optimized away

This tracks 🤣

The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class