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Laurence Ballard
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Don't like bullies, busybodies, name-takers, list-makers, or self-selected moral scolds. Despise Russia-loving Republican Quislings. “Den sterkeste mannen I verden er den som står mest alene.” - En folkefiende, H. Ibsen https://bio.site/LaurenceBallard
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Laurence Ballard @laurenceballard.bsky.social · Nov 24
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Laurence Ballard @laurenceballard.bsky.social · 2h
Everything old, etc.
They *have* to find some existential, yet wholly non-existent, adversary.
From 37 years ago:
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Candidate George H.W. Bush Attacks Dukakis as “Card-Carrying” ACLU...
Early in the 1988 presidential election campaign, Republican Party candidate George H. W. Bush attacked his Democratic Party opponent Michael Dukakis as a “card-carrying” member of the ACLU. Bush equa...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h
We got $20 billion for Argentina though.
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Laurence Ballard @laurenceballard.bsky.social · 6h
www.joemygod.com/2025/10/eric... ‘Never conceit; merely perfection’, eh?
Eric Trump: My Father Is Definitely Going To Heaven Because "We're Saving Christianity, We're Saving God" - Joe.My.God.
The Independent reports: President Trump’s son Eric has provoked confusion and anger online from critics with comments on Tuesday painting his father’s movement as responsible for saving Christianity ...
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Laurence Ballard @laurenceballard.bsky.social · 14h
futurism.com/artificial-i... “These findings follow previous research which concluded that the more people learn about how #AI works, the less they trust it. The opposite was also true — AI’s biggest fanboys tended to be those who understood the least about the tech.”

Color everyone surprised…
The More Scientists Work With AI, the Less They Trust It
A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d
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futurism.com/future-socie... ‘Damn the children; full steam ahead for AI Smut and Porn’
OpenAI Says It Will Move to Allow Smut
Eight months after relaxing its policy guidelines around naughty content, ChatGPT is finally loosening its guidelines.
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Laurence Ballard @laurenceballard.bsky.social · 1d
futurism.com/future-socie... “When LLMs compete for social media likes, they start making things up. When they compete for votes, they turn inflammatory/populist.”

“Competition-induced misaligned behaviors emerge even when models are explicitly instructed to remain truthful and grounded.” #AI #LLM
New Paper Finds That When You Reward AI for Success on Social Media, It Becomes Increasingly Sociopathic
Stanford scientists unleashed AI bots in different environments, including social media, and they started behaving unethically.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d
The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.
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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d
🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2
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Laurence Ballard @laurenceballard.bsky.social · 2d
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Coral reefs become first environmental system on Earth to pass climate "tipping point," report says
Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic underwater landscapes lose their colors and wither during repeated mass bleac...
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d
Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 3d
"The U.S. is two economies. There's an enormous AI boom going on, huge investments, particularly in data centers. If you took that out of the numbers and you just looked at the non-AI parts of the economy, it's basically flatlining. We're on the cusp of a non-AI recession."
-- Me
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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d
Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d
This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 3d
Rep. Jason Crow is a former Army Ranger who served three combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the 82nd Airborne Division and the elite 75th Ranger Regiment.
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Laurence Ballard @laurenceballard.bsky.social · 3d
www.joemygod.com/2025/10/maga... Russian-paid stooge sez wot?

And uncannily consistent into the bargain: every accusation a confession. Every. Single.Time.
State Legislators, Churches, Jan 6—even pet dogs—Republican shooters; Republican violence.
MAGA Host: "Godless" Dems Are Inherently Violent - Joe.My.God.
“This is a party that is spiraling. And I think they’ve lost the debate, Kayleigh, and because they’ve loss the debate they are going to resort to violence. And it’s awful to see. It’s something that ...
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STAT @statnews.com · 4d
Almost the entire staff of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, known as the “voice of the CDC,” has been laid off, former publication editor-in-chief Charlotte Kent told STAT Saturday.
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Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health
CDC staff behind the agency’s flagship publication have been fired amid drastic cuts to the HHS promised by the White House due to the government shutdown, according to five people familiar with the s...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 4d
Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.
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Laurence Ballard @laurenceballard.bsky.social · 4d
You’ve captured Miller’s style.

Such are the times.
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Laurence Ballard @laurenceballard.bsky.social · 4d
www.advocate.com/voices/trump... “…to top it off, his wealthy billionaire cronies are set to make a bundle off the investment.”

Of course they are.
During Trump’s shutdown, Argentina gets $20 billion while our service members get ... $0
Opinion: Donald Trump is willing to write big checks to foreign banks that benefit U.S. billionaires, but not to our soldiers or government workers, writes John Casey.
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Laurence Ballard @laurenceballard.bsky.social · 4d
You could top off the Strategic Oil Reserves with the shine on that face.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 5d
One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/
Two beetles on a stick. One beetle says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform" Zoom out to reveal that they are in a glass case with two scientists studying them. One scientist says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform" Zoom out into space. Abouard a spaceship, two aliens watch the scientists on a screen. One alien says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform" The aliens turn to look out at the reader. Text below the cartoon reads: From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld. Preorder it at www.tomgauld.
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toonerman @dptoon.bsky.social · 5d
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Political Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 5d
Martin Rowson on the #Gaza ceasefire coming into effect #Trump #Blair #Netanyahu #IsraelGaza #Ceasefire - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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Political Cartoon Gallery @politicalcartoon.bsky.social · 5d
Dave Brown @DaveBrownToons @Independent on #Trump #NobelPeacePrize #NobelPeacePrize2025 #IsraelGaza #Ceasefire #SevenWars - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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