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The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances. But in reality, many of the messages that may have swayed the powerful regulatory agency to scrap the plan were generated by a platform that is powered by artificial intelligence.

Public records requests reviewed by The Times and corroborated by staff members at the South Coast Air Quality Management District confirm that more than 20,000 public comments submitted in opposition to last year's proposal were generated by a Washington, D.C.-based company called CiviClick, which bills itself as "the first and best AI-powered grassroots advocacy platform."

A Southern California-based public affairs consultant, Matt Klink, has taken credit for using CiviClick to wage the opposition campaign, including in a sponsored article on the website Campaigns and Elections. The campaign "left the staff of the Southern California Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) reeling," the article says.

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Europe condemn Iran because of the unlawful zionist bombing (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 23 minutes ago by ReallyCoolDude@lemmy.ml to c/politics@lemmy.world

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This is insane. These guys are calling out Iran, which was at a negotiating table with the USA, almost signing a deal, to stop bombing USA bases. It is madness. Europe is another zionist megaphone.

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Jotchua tells you what you need to hear (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 hour ago by countrypunk@slrpnk.net to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

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Cmon, hear him out! (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 hours ago by Godric@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

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Brian Jopek (@BrianJopek@mastodon.world) (mastodon.world)

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Keith nails it. #USpol #EpsteinFiles

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Which wiki software to host (lemmy.nocturnal.garden)

submitted 57 minutes ago by tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nocturnal.garden/post/552459

For a hobby of mine, there's an outdated lore wiki on Fandom. I dislike Fandom and would like to host an alternative. It's supposed to be accessible to all kinds of people.

I started with mediawiki as that's what Fandom and Wikipedia are using, so people would be familiar with page structures at least and maybe the editor.

It turned out to be a bit of a pain though. It only has unofficial container images, the documentation is outdated and (what I consider as) core functionality like WYSIWYG editor or simple infoboxes has to be added by extensions or templates. I'm in the process of setting it all up and wondering if it's worth it (and if I want to maintain it). There's so many wiki projects it's hard to keep track, what are y'all using for stuff that's used by larger communities and simple to use with close-to-default settings?

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Those eyes (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 hours ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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