#vintage

Polluted Stream of Consciousness

[smokeydabear420422]

[mousegirlheart]

ah fuck it was 10:30 a minute ago

[abra-macabre]

And now the sun is coming up. FUUCK

[mindblowingscience]

A branch of the flu family tree has died and won't be included in future US vaccines

Advisers to the FDA say a type of flu virus known as the "Yamagata lineage" can be dropped from next year's vaccines.

A type of flu virus that used to sicken people every year hasn't been spotted anywhere on Earth since March 2020. As such, experts have advised that the apparently extinct viruses be removed from next year's flu vaccines. The now-extinct viruses were a branch of the influenza B family tree known as the Yamagata lineage. Scientists first reported the apparent disappearance of Yamagata viruses in 2021. At that time, experts speculated that precautions taken to stop the spread of COVID-19 — such as masking and social distancing — had not only driven the overall number of flu cases to historic lows but may have completely snuffed out this type of flu virus. 

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[bobcatmoran]

Absolutely wild how COVID precautions might've led to the die-out of an entire flu branch in humans. Anyhoo, if you wanna read the actual paper that led to this conclusion, it can be found [here]

[killowave]

[killowave]

[abra-macabre]

[dappermouth]

No one ever talks about that house up on the hill.

[abra-macabre]

Why is this so unsettling...

[everyday-cutephoto]

[ailithnight]

This is a worm? Or perhaps some sort of slug?

[marlynnofmany]

And it's gonna getcha

[abra-macabre]

One way

Or another

[cosmonaut775]

Hey do y’all remember when Boeing fucking killed a guy last year. And we all said “huh I guess Boeing fucking killed a guy” and then went on with our lives. And everybody knew that Boeing had fully just fucking executed a guy and nothing came of it. Like there was no police investigation no justice no nothing. Like literally EVERYBODY knew that Boeing had full on murdered a guy to silence him and there wasn’t any consequences for them. Kinda crazy.

[flamie87]

and there was even less talk when openai did the exact same thing more recently

[flamie87]

So for those who are, very understandably uninitiated on this story:

On 23 October last year (2024) the New York Times published an interview with former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji who worked on organising and gathering data for OpenAI until 2022 when he begun thinking about the morality of it. He eventually came to the conclusion that what OpenAI is doing blatantly violates copyright law and decided to leave the company altogether in August 2024.

After he came out with this accusation he was set to appear in court to testify against OpenAI’s data-gathering practices, something which had the potential of being a complete disaster for the company and the generative AI industry as a whole.

That was until 26 November, just days before he was due to appear in court, when he suddenly and mysteriously was found dead inside his own apartment. Investigators concluded that the death was self-inflicted, something which his family has disputed.

There was also “sign of struggle in the bathroom and looks like someone hit him in the bathroom based on blood spots”, and his apartment showed signs of having been ransacked for evidence: “The pin drive is missing. His computer was messed up.”.

Overall it feels pretty clear-cut what happened, that is to say that OpenAI had him killed because he was a legitimate threat to their business, indicating that they are fully aware that the way they’re gathering data is completely illegal.

Sources:

Alys Davies, 14.12.2024, OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment. BBC News

Barney Davis, 16.1.2025, Suchir Balaji’s family demand outside investigation into OpenAI whistleblower’s death. The Independent

Cade Metz, 23.11.2024, Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law. The New York Times

[narcoleptic-insomniac-tgirl-dea]

im sorry what?

[abra-macabre]

This was two years ago?

[thememedaddy]

[abra-macabre]

If he had his own car why would he have needed to call you n make a big thing out of it? Everyone texts these days anyways so the call seems unnecessary and unrealistic. I know parents have code words w their kids but this particular anecdote took bits and pieces from other posts n made it seem like an original story when its not at all.

[lithnin]

[abra-macabre]

How does this make it seem more realistic? I could make ten of these talking about how i rode dragons to work. And I just mean this isn't some original ground breaking idea this man invented.

[morguesupplier]

[busty-shackleford]

choose abortion

Life kills!

[were--ralph]

[X]

we live in the worst times

[greater-than-the-sword]

My exact thoughts. Couldn't leave this in the tags.

[cesarescabinet]

To send a message, write a complaint and boycott the company behind Burger King and the other franchises it owns.

This includes Popeyes and Tim Hortons.

[hale-my-nathan]

Trump Weird News - "Trumpstein Files"

[my-dailydreams]

[abra-macabre]

I think everyone in high-school or college should be made to work in the service industry for minimum wage for at least several months. I also think that we should get all of these oligarchy greedy wealth hoarders and force them to live off of the min wage paycheck for a month or two. Anyone who says the homeless are just lazy and that they should just get a job should be made to live on the streets and see how they fare. Stupidity, deliberate ignorance and entitlemen.

[my-dailydreams]

[abra-macabre]

Yeah thats pretty much what they told me about my endometriosis only instead of food it was having my period lol

[mysharona1987]

[abra-macabre]

Terrifying. Being imprisoned in a foreign country for something you didnt even do is one of my biggest fears.

[jemsjumpers]

And this is why we call her the queen of uppies 👑

Everybody meet Cheeto. She recently moulted and is super proud of herself 🥹 We reckon her chels will lighten in the next few days so will try to keep you updated on that! We believe she's now mature, so will check for an epigynum in the new week or so!

Will you give her a hi-5? Don't leave her hanging 😉

[abra-macabre]

They are so cute! One of the boys i babysit for has one and its the cutest little thing. He seems to enjoy electronic type music w heavy bass. Prob likes the vibrations :)

[famouspainterwombat]

[dinovelvet]

[abra-macabre]

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