Very little business indeed… Most of our medical records are stored on servers in India where the citizens of India code and train medical AI.
Serenity. Courage. Wisdom… and Tacos. Feral AF. Don’t set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm.
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Very little business indeed… Most of our medical records are stored on servers in India where the citizens of India code and train medical AI.
Massive #LaborDay parade in Detroit! #WorkersDeserve
You guys see where this is going? Right?
All of us are reliving high school because a bunch of assholes didn’t get it the first time.
Speaking as someone who used to spend time in their chats, SO much of US contemporary fascism is a function of men assuming that the way adulthood worked was, you got a job and in exchange you got a woman to be your mom plus your sex toy. They are ENRAGED that they have a job but no sex mommy.
My position on the "doomsday" risk of superhuman AGI is that if IQ offered you a decisive advantage, the world would be run by nerds. I think it's essentially a geek power fantasy. The returns on puzzle-solving skills rapidly diminish past some modest threshold.
Your life "sucks because you keep mistaking comfort for freedom and cruelty for strength." www.tiktok.com/@alysonwelbo...
There’s always the 25th if things get too hairy. Particularly as world events escalate. His usefulness is quickly fading.
this site is bad! it's going to fail! its user base has plateaued! it's not making any money! nobody here is smart except for me! everybody here is stupid! nobody is having any good discussions! i don't like being here! ok that's it for now. be back in 90 minutes
The phenomenon of Indiana having Republican political control despite a significant number of Democratic voters is primarily explained by partisan gerrymandering and the strategic "packing" of districts. 🤬 The Republican party has drawn maps to erase Black & Brown voters! We must fight back!
I miss the old brand #CDC
Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
We talk about whether AI is capable of self-awareness and true intelligence a lot, but one thing we don't talk about is that corporation is arguably a conscious, self-aware entity with agency, whose values and decision making are utterly alien to those of an individual human being.
One of the more important actions we can take in the year ahead is to help other people keep from losing their minds in an environment of weaponized unreality and falling into despair as a result. Here’s Soul II Soul with “Keep on Movin’” from their 1989 album by the same name. Enjoy 😊
At a profound level, MAGA's immigration policies are simply a way to transfer taxpayer dollars to private contractors whose job is to terrorize the American people. Fundamentally, leaders are using our own money to destroy our democracy.
I just tried to schedule my COVID vax and all they asked was if I had a condition, not a specific condition. Of course, my area is out of the vax anyway which gets us to the actual point that’s being missed: Vax makers use FDA guidelines to determine production quantities. 🤔
It's important to know what we're dealing with. Though some in the media still try to horse-race, both sides this, we're faced with psychopaths at the helm of our nation's public health, scientific and healthcare efforts. They want to inflict pain and suffering. It's a goal, not a by-product. 6/
If “people are the problem”, but the guns aren’t, then why do Republicans want to keep giving the problem, guns?
Government secrecy thrives in news deserts. A new study by @brechnerfoi.bsky.social shows that states with more newspapers are more likely to respond to records requests, and states with fewer papers are more likely to ignore them. Read the report here:
I threw my back out just thinking about the mental gymnastics of this.
They identify as ammosexuals.
god. damn.
💯 all of this. I simply say, “elections have consequences”.
"I don't want to be influenced: I want to be informed." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/intermission
Secret online influence campaigns funded by secret donors shouldn’t be legal in a democracy — no matter what politician, campaign, party, SuperPAC, or nonprofit funds them. Congress should empower the FEC to mandate disclosures & disclaimers, as the FTC does commercial activity. cc @wyden.senate.gov
an appropriate response to your product killing a child after months of psychological manipulation and torture is to take the product off the market before it kills again and the fact that this isn’t universally accepted right now is incredibly frightening
When you consider that businesses are run by dictators—that a firm is not a democracy—it makes sense why a series of rich guys at the top of the capitalist world think government can be run without following any laws.
America's founding fathers knew the value of a free and independent press. I'm excited for Next to showcase a 12-part, locally-produced project delivering short, approachable conversations about the First Amendment. Details from @coreyhutchins.bsky.social: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/pro-journa...
The only reason they’re doing this is to try and get AI embedded in public policy so when the bubble bursts the companies get bailed out with our tax money. I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if there’s massive bribes happening behind the scenes right now.
No cheating. Your last saved celebrity photo is your therapist.
Hard to convince younger generations, but for decades, Republicans went on and on about how two of the worst things imaginable were (1) state intervention in the market and (2) DC using federal troops against US states; both so bad the people should be ready for armed rebellion in case it happens.
Can we stop pretending that he wrote this or even has the capacity to understand this??
Author Alisa Valdés-Rodríguez @mizalisa.bsky.social: Many of us wonder why no one is “doing something” about the nightmare engulfing us all in the United States right now. I think I know why. Let me explain. It’ll take a minute. Grab some tea. Get cozy. 1/
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
Hoosier calls out Micah Beckwith for being a narcissistic abuser and tells him to start doing his job. Indiana 🔥🇺🇸 This was before the woman was tackled. #HoosierSky
I don’t think they’re afraid of him. They’re patiently running out the clock. He is very clearly not long for this world.
if a democratic president decided to unilaterally threaten to put every high net worth exurb with disproportionate rates of DUI and domestic violence complaints under federal occupation at gunpoint, i don't think the press would have anywhere near as difficult a time calling it what it is
Well now the Democratic single issue is democracy itself. Tell any Dem that can’t get behind that issue that they must be voting from a place of great privilege to have any other issue be more important. 😈
In Trump America, Kennedy assassinates YOU.
This is gonna be a Shitshow for everyone’s timeline… on a Monday to boot! I’m gonna have to demand extra cat pics to keep things clean around here or some of us might have to get the Led out.
“I’m so scared!”
Maybe it’s time to stop referring to them as Democrats🤷🏻♀️ I don’t care what you call them. It’s long past time to shed the dead weight.
Snoop AARP reaches full Get Off My Lawn level status.
Surprised that Detroit isn’t in the crosshairs. Probably saving that one for something special like an invasion of Canada combo Muslim attack episode for next season.
Your local elections matters!!!! Do not miss any election. City Council & county board of supervisors & corporation commission.....these are not things to ignore, they have a larger impact on your daily life than national seats do. #Arizona #Tucson #CityCouncil
Clever & humorous way to expose the ludicrousness of Cuban's proposal.
Words/phrases Democrats should never use: * bipartisan * my Republican friends * real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans) * yea (when voting on Republican bills) * distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did) * woke (in derogatory sense)
Just a few weeks ago the citizens of Tucson AZ successfully pushed their city council to unanimously deny one of these data centers in our community. It was a local community effort that succeeded. ALL politics is local. Watch. Your. Locals.
Exactly. A central component of present-day American Christianity is a backlash to the kindness, tolerance, and pluralism taught by Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. Nothing worse than helping a stranger in need or having Black neighbors who you treat as people.
DM from a random stranger: “Trump isn’t the problem. Black men not raising their kids is. Do better.” I get DMs like this from people who don’t know me, don’t know what kind of father I am, and don’t care. They see a Black man speaking out about Trump or racial issues… 🧵
Hey if people who love cracker barrel like it because of the mom and pop feel how about checking out real mom and pop places in their state that serve actual home cooked meals. help small businesses not a giant corporation
yup.
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
The sex part isn’t the scandal. It’s a fact. It’s the money part. That money is tied to others. He’s not just protecting himself. He’s protecting others. I agree with @wyden.senate.gov ‘s approach to shine a much bigger spotlight on the money.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
I wrote earlier this year the way forward on this is to hold the line but build it into a muscular platform of equal rights, leave nobody behind, etc.
From THEY KNEW: "A modern writer on politics is supposed to wait to tell the public what they know until it no longer matters. You are supposed to participate in a pantomime of feigned shock and delayed recognition. Your job is to help the powerful run out the clock."
John Bolton refused to testify at Trump's impeachment, preferring to sacrifice national security to make money with his book. He could have helped bring accountability and erode the mafia state, enduring that Trump and his cohort could not return. He did not, so now the mafia state comes for him.
If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it: Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
I’ve been begging for a cover of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised since 2011.
Thiel and Musk microdose too much and sit around smelling their own farts. That’s my impression after reading this Douthat interview with Thiel. Worth reading to see the extent to which Thiel goes to rationalize harming humanity in the name of saving it—but really to gain more wealth for himself.
This is EXACTLY what I was thinking! The GOP is just rebooting previous flops.
🤣 I thought Bed Bath and Beyond went out of business years ago! They closed the stores in my red state! Their stores are so big no one could lease those spaces until finally DSW relocated down the block because the parking lot was in better shape😢 Welcome to the #StoreWars
First, there’s no legal basis for this. Second, a “Real ID” is sufficient for air travel because it requires extra documentation to obtain. Third and again, there’s no legal basis for this. Fourth and most important, this is the “papers please” stage of fascism and the biggest possible red flag.
“I’m not writing this as a Democrat or Republican, I’m writing this as a man watching families like mine wear themselves thin.” 🇺🇸
In conversation with @radleybalko.bsky.social last week, he said something that was clarifying about this central attitude of Trumpism: To mediocre guys who only attained success and power because the system was stacked in in their favor, a move to meritocracy feels like discrimination against them.
Filed under: Duh!😒
"I don't want to hurt you, stop fighting back, you're hurting yourself" is literally the language of an abuser. One of the most banally horrifying things about this administration is that there is no subtext, no dog whistles, no need for interpretive work. It's all just explicit racism and cruelty.
My all-purpose AI reform is banning computers from pretending they are human. Having names, saying "I," pretending to have feelings, representing what they emit as "advice," etc. That's where much of the mischief starts.
EXCELLENT piece by @jennbudd.bsky.social on escalation tactics being used by CBP/ICE! Don’t let people look away from what their hard-earned tax dollars have been spent on in the name of security.
PSA. It's no longer informative to describe a given Republican candidate or appointee as "far-right." It's redundant. There isn't any other kind at this point, not anyone who's relevant at least. Better to just tell me which bigotry they emphasize most. Racism? Sexism? Homophobia? Xenophobia?
You think you know stress? When I grew up, if you missed a TV show you just missed it. Forever.
The authoritarian shit is bad on its own, but let's not lose sight of the fact that this Texas law enforcement officer couldn't keep up with a 61-year-old out for her morning walk. Like the Nazis, these people are evil and pathetic at the same time. Don't miss any chance to mock them as losers.
Media...start asking about re-enlistment rates. Not how many are signing up initially. Make Hegseth and National Guard leaders tell you how many service members are staying in. That's the indicator of a force that is tired of being abused and you have never seen Hegseth talk about it.
Frankly who is surprised that the refusal is coming from a Black woman? No one.
WILD situation in Texas right now: The House Speaker has required Dems, who just returned from their out-of-state quorum break, to have police escorts once they leave the chamber. One Dem is refusing to leave the House floor with escort, and GOP leaders have blocked press access to the chamber.
two things are true: 1. making it so you have to crawl over broken glass to vote may backfire for the side whose voting coalition is now low info, because it’s the other side that’s actually willing to crawl over broken glass 2. nobody should have to crawl over broken glass to vote
Anyone who has spent time with an elderly person experiencing mental decline knows exactly what we're looking at, and it's terrifying realizing the power he has in the condition he's in. This is what 25A was intended to protect against.
I know rural America because I live here. I know rural inside and out and I speak on it often because almost no one else does. I have the market on rural politics cornered because not many think it’s worth cornering. But it is. jesspiper.substack.com/p/they-cant-...
🧵 I have always been a history buff. WWII, the Europe war, was big for me bc both my grandfathers served. I read The Rise & Fall of the Third Reicht while in high school. It was my father’s copy. Yet I have always had the feeling that if facsism ever came here, the military would be involved.
There’s a BIG difference between being surprised (unexpected) and being outraged. I expect (not surprised) this in Indiana because it’s been normalized there. It was normalized before I got there. That has nothing to do with outrage.
You can be outraged but reality is that this IS normal there. I was shocked… 35 years ago when I moved there. I’m not sure what you think the community can/should do that they aren’t already doing. You’re welcome to move there and “fix” it. Let us all know how that works for you.
Have you been to Indiana??? Because this just sounds elitist and uninformed about the local scene. Hit me up when you’ve put some time in as a blue in Indiana.
Exactly. If you don’t live there, you don’t understand how uphill the battle is in the local and state government.
You have the privilege of shock because you haven’t been living it. For the residents of Indianapolis… it’s Saturday. No, we aren’t “shocked”.
My Dude… we are talking about a state that literally passed a bill to prohibit light rail in its most populous cities… BECAUSE THEY CAN. We talk a lot about Texas and Florida. But Indiana has been the blueprint for autocratic rule in the US since Unigov way back in the 80s.
I am merely pointing out that in this community it is not surprising but already normalized. Maybe some empathy for those who can’t get out of those communities is appropriate here? Maybe some acknowledgement that some of these red states have already conceded power over DECADES?
I appreciate the Blue Privilege of being shocked by this. This is not unusual for Indianapolis or Indiana. This IS the culture there. So, no, it’s not surprising to those of us living in these laboratories of autocracy. It’s was normalized decades ago. No one listened to us.
For years people said it was a gross exaggeration to label Nazism and its associated viewpoints within the modern conservative movement and especially online. Now Nazis are openly thriving and their rhetoric is impossible to avoid and many of the people who downplayed it are saying nothing at all
Cool! Take a look at the last 40+ years of Indiana government. It’s been nothing but centralizing power.
I'm here to once again say that convenings and gatherings are going to be extremely important for people to organize in the coming years. If that's part of your skill-set, put those skills to use.
Okay🙄 Have the day you deserve.
We clearly had different experiences living in Indianapolis. I said it’s normal because it happens so frequently. And has happened frequently over decades. You seem to be struggling with denial that this is a prevalent culture there. I’d suggest meds but… Indiana 🤷🏻♀️
Also… “This is not normal” and “this happens all the time”??? You wanna rethink that contradiction?
Lived there for 35 years. Your experience may be different but I would suggest you may not have been paying attention. I went to HS in a wealthy suburb of Indianapolis with boys that had swastika tattoos. Most of those boys are now in places of power in the state. It’s the culture.
I saw it on Reddit shortly after it happened.
I’m not. Grew up in Indianapolis. This. Is. Normal. For. Indianapolis . It happens so frequently it’s no longer even acknowledged. We can’t even joke about needing meds to live there because access to mental healthcare is non-existent in the city where Eli Lilly has its headquarters.
