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Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Raskin: "Elon Musk, you may have illegally seized power over the financial payments systems of the Treasury, but you don't control the money of the American people. The US Congress does that under Article 1 of the Constitution ... we don't have a fourth branch of government called 'Elon Musk'"
We could have had 4 more years of a status quo at the very least but instead we get a constitutional crisis. Great job America
February 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We could have had 4 more years of a status quo at the very least but instead we get a constitutional crisis. Great job America
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they're openly defying the order. either haul musk and his goons into court and hold them in contempt or don't bother. this series of slow escalations isn't up to the task
JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted.
Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.
February 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
they're openly defying the order. either haul musk and his goons into court and hold them in contempt or don't bother. this series of slow escalations isn't up to the task
February 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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No, it can’t be. This is illegal and also unworkable. Stop acting like it’s a legitimate idea to be entertained
Can the U.S. government be downsized just like Twitter? An experiment is underway to find out... cnn.it/3EfJVTK
January 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
No, it can’t be. This is illegal and also unworkable. Stop acting like it’s a legitimate idea to be entertained
January 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools." Hannah Arendt
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Pete Hegseth Is Sworn In as Defense Secretary After Being Confirmed by Slim Margin
Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring his “warrior” ethos to the Pentagon. Democrats had assailed him as unfit for the job, and his confirmation came down to Vice President JD Vance serving as tiebreaker.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools." Hannah Arendt
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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WA state is growing about as fast as TX, FL, and UT (as reported in the piece below). It's also the only state that didn't "move right" in the 2024 election, v. 2020. Maybe look at what they're doing and see what might work elsewhere. www.theurbanist.org/2024/07/01/s....
Seattle’s Population Nears 800,000 in Latest State Tally - The Urbanist
# Seattle grew by 18,500 residents in one year to a total of 797,700, according to recently released state figures. Meanwhile, Tacoma surpassed 225,000, Redmond crossed 80,000, and Bellevue hit 155,00...
www.theurbanist.org
January 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
WA state is growing about as fast as TX, FL, and UT (as reported in the piece below). It's also the only state that didn't "move right" in the 2024 election, v. 2020. Maybe look at what they're doing and see what might work elsewhere. www.theurbanist.org/2024/07/01/s....
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the Laken Riley Act is a destructive, anti-immigrant bill, fueled by and fueling xenophobia, along with grotesque fictions about defending white womanhood. it's also legal chaos. my piece:
The Laken Riley Act Spells Chaos for the Immigration System
The U.S. immigration system isn't ready for the havoc and expense this bill could unleash. But the real pain will be felt by the immigrants the bill targets.
newrepublic.com
January 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the Laken Riley Act is a destructive, anti-immigrant bill, fueled by and fueling xenophobia, along with grotesque fictions about defending white womanhood. it's also legal chaos. my piece:
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any sound you make that is audible in the theater during a good movie is a crime. america you have been sentenced to the fucking electric chair you god damned hogs
January 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
any sound you make that is audible in the theater during a good movie is a crime. america you have been sentenced to the fucking electric chair you god damned hogs
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we are simply far too good at creating predatory algorithms for sports gambling to be legal
it seems obvious on its face that the damage to society vastly outweighs any possible theoretical argument about freedom or whatever other disingenuous bullshit these companies push
it seems obvious on its face that the damage to society vastly outweighs any possible theoretical argument about freedom or whatever other disingenuous bullshit these companies push
DraftKings has launched a new $20 a month subscription service that “will give members increased odds on the types of bets that are most profitable for the company”
DraftKings Users Can Now Buy Better Odds Via Subscription
DraftKings' new Sportsbook+ subscription service will increase member odds for the biggest, longest parlays, which are best for company margins.
www.sportico.com
January 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
we are simply far too good at creating predatory algorithms for sports gambling to be legal
it seems obvious on its face that the damage to society vastly outweighs any possible theoretical argument about freedom or whatever other disingenuous bullshit these companies push
it seems obvious on its face that the damage to society vastly outweighs any possible theoretical argument about freedom or whatever other disingenuous bullshit these companies push
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The Brutalist is stunning but going forward I’ll be googling “how many handjobs does this movie have?” before choosing to watch with my parents.
December 29, 2024 at 8:30 PM
The Brutalist is stunning but going forward I’ll be googling “how many handjobs does this movie have?” before choosing to watch with my parents.
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December 27, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Making an opposing product to nail polish called nail grit
December 24, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Making an opposing product to nail polish called nail grit
December 24, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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The mission of DOGE isn’t to “cut unnecessary spending”!!! It’s to gut the liberal state and attack Labor and racialized and gendered sectors of the public sector! Musk wants every federal worker pissing in basic bottles and using his chatbot software no one cares about “waste” you greasy idiot!
December 20, 2024 at 1:28 PM
The mission of DOGE isn’t to “cut unnecessary spending”!!! It’s to gut the liberal state and attack Labor and racialized and gendered sectors of the public sector! Musk wants every federal worker pissing in basic bottles and using his chatbot software no one cares about “waste” you greasy idiot!
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You still have people saying, "I don't see any evidence that Musk is a neo-Nazi." And it's like, I can't know what's in his heart, but he follows them on Twitter, retweets them, promotes their conspiracy theories, parrots their rhetoric, and now recommends their party for Germany. But who knows?
December 20, 2024 at 1:53 PM
You still have people saying, "I don't see any evidence that Musk is a neo-Nazi." And it's like, I can't know what's in his heart, but he follows them on Twitter, retweets them, promotes their conspiracy theories, parrots their rhetoric, and now recommends their party for Germany. But who knows?
December 20, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Thank you Elon for advocating to furlough me throughout yesterday and getting Trump to say the same, thereby ruining a normal bipartisan CR! I love my oligarchs
December 19, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Thank you Elon for advocating to furlough me throughout yesterday and getting Trump to say the same, thereby ruining a normal bipartisan CR! I love my oligarchs
December 18, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Either you believe in copyrights and that LLMs should not exist unless they paid properly for all material they scraped, or you don't think copyrights should exist in current form and so LLMs are fine. I don't understand how modern copyright and LLMs (especially for profit models) can coexist
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Either you believe in copyrights and that LLMs should not exist unless they paid properly for all material they scraped, or you don't think copyrights should exist in current form and so LLMs are fine. I don't understand how modern copyright and LLMs (especially for profit models) can coexist