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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 32m

IMHO, LLMs will be an economic negative for years.

They'll do a worse job than humans,

but will still replace humans because they're cheaper for employers,

but really they're costlier, it's just that lots of costs get externalized to society by our horrible energy/tax policies.

Lose-lose-lose.

The Real AI Risk is ‘Meh’ Technology That Takes Jobs and Annoys Us All

While AI doomsday scenarios dwell on the risks posed by superintelligent robot overlords, one Nobel-Prize winning economist fears a more mundane possibility.

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Waitman Wade Beorn, PhD, FRHistS @waitmanwbeorn.com · 51m

There wasn't even a moment's hesitation about my Halloween costume.

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Puppet @greenjoel.bsky.social · 46m

Let me tell you a joke- Why we must prevail against MAGAs Kleptocracy and Kakistocracy and their assault on truth.

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The day the universe changed Episode 1. The way we are: It started with the Greeks. James Burke

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Angela St. Lawrence @literatrix-angela.bsky.social · 7h

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 11h

Live performance of "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield in 1967. The song was written in 1966 in response to the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles. It became an anthem for generational conflict, civil unrest, and later anti-war movements.

"The lyrics are still so relevant."

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Angela St. Lawrence @literatrix-angela.bsky.social · 9h

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 12h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 10h

The “Dual State” Theory Was Invented to Describe Nazis. The Supreme Court Could Take Us There. – Mother Jones

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10h

Might not be any way out of this except for more people to feel direct, personal pain from the regime, in particular people who voted for it and/or don’t pay attention.

So the way Trump, Vought, etc. are reacting to the shutdown by accelerating illegal abuses is, while awful, a longer-term good.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

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MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Angela St. Lawrence @literatrix-angela.bsky.social · 12h

Oh come on.

They insult the intelligence of the very people they are trying to convince.

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 1d

Pure propaganda.
But not even good propaganda.

At least Leni Riefenstahl had talent.
These people are just hacks.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 12h

Trump is trying to weaponize the DOJ & the military to punish his enemies

But the courts—and the Constitution—are fighting back

Democracy’s immune system is working

I break it down in my NEW @contrariannews.org Publisher’s Roundup 👇

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Donald Trump’s latest authoritarian moves signal weakness, not strength

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 14h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Puppet @greenjoel.bsky.social · 13h

a cylon garbage dumpster

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collin cornell @collincornell.bsky.social · 2d

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.”

RNS @rns.org · 3d

The pastors’ efforts are part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration as the president seeks to implement plans for mass deportation of immigrants.
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Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who…

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 18h

ICE is an armed gang, and they’re only going to get worse. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | The Chicago raids send a worrying signal about the ideal ICE agents in Trump's America

The agency is on a hiring spree. But we know what that kind of breakneck expansion of the workforce can result in because we’ve seen it before.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

The correct response to Republicans widely depicting the coming protests as terrorism is to go out and protest. Each person should get 10 more people to do so. If Republicans are going to hint at violent state responses to legitimate protest, the only answer is bigger numbers.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

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