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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 31

    emptywheel Retweeted Tom Simonite

    These are the best robots DOD could draw with $700B?https://twitter.com/tsimonite/status/1001878375844069376 …

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    Tom SimoniteVerified account @tsimonite
    The seal for the Pentagon's Project Maven AI effort. Googlers are protesting their employer having a tiny piece of the project, which scored $100 million extra funding this year and is starting to expand. https://www.wired.com/story/googles-contentious-pentagon-project-is-likely-to-expand/ … pic.twitter.com/hyaP9FCuG5
    10:56 AM - 31 May 2018
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    • Scott Abromowitz Dr. Jonathan Schroden ShannonOakes Sharskee random observer RJR2112 IBrake ForAnts trailer trash zach braff Alan Burdick
    16 replies 14 retweets 49 likes
      1. KatherineHawkins‏ @Krhawkins5 May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Well they successfully avoided the uncanny valley

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      1. Justin‏ @706b30 May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        It's not their fault, they were only allotted $5 million for this design.

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      1. Buffy's Blog (already scary, duh)‏ @BuffyBlogs May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        But they're CUTE robots! Friendly! Not at all designed to rip you apart with .50cal machine guns and A2G missiles!

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      1. Pete Toemmes‏ @ptoemmes May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Id have done it for free. No contest. I give you Bender Bending Rodríguez. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender_(Futurama) …

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      1. Rebelicon‏ @Rebelicon May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Actually, Melania designed the logo in her spare time.

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      1. Sarasota Mermaid‏ @SarasotaMermaid May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        To be fair Defense Secretary James Mattis lamented how his department lags the capabilities of tech companies he visited, such as Amazon & Google. So, he knows there's a problem

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      1. Sally Duval‏ @SallyDuval May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Well, it’s probably better not to scare folks with their real plan.pic.twitter.com/t0GLi8FdX6

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      1. Bill Garber‏ @BillGarber_ May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I mean, it was for the Under Secretary for Intelligence after all.

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      1. 3ReV‏ @3REV May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel @jerryiannelli

        That’s because the NRO has all the good designers on lockpic.twitter.com/GQKOSmwFVr

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      1. Negrita ng Shangri-La‏ @QtrWaterClassic May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel @HaughtybyNature

        Yes. And I bet they are raving about them in the DOD too

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      1. Petty Henderson‏ @MR_FJG_SON May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        They really made the new seal look like a Netflix kid's show that'll be coming this fall.

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      1. Sharp Reminder‏ @rhdaly May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I met a designer taking a class at RISD who worked for the DHS under 43. Her work portfolio was this sort of tragic. Her class work was better than anything I've ever done. The client's money can't fix the client's taste.

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      1. Naveen Kabir‏ @NaveenKabirEsq May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        FUTURAMA REJECTSpic.twitter.com/nvk4Q0d9iz

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      1. Derek Leo‏ @derekmke May 31
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        Derek Leo Retweeted FBI

        https://twitter.com/fbi/status/812643007203659776?s=21 …

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        Happy holidays from the #FBI pic.twitter.com/l9VoIbQXnx
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      1. Justin Parisi‏ @NFSDudeAbides May 31
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        pic.twitter.com/4WGWwPuuzW

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      1. rosalind‏ @laRosalind May 31
        Replying to @emptywheel

        aw, cute & cuddly robots! what harm could they do?

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