Laughia
@laughia.bsky.social
Teacher &Player of Violin & Piano. Reader & collector of books you hold in your hand. Collector of rocks, art, antique kitchen gadgets, & other lovely things.
Fuck Elon Musk. He’s the only Narcissistic Sociopath who might be worse than Trump. I’m done here. All these social media sites do is reinforce insecurity and the propensity for narcissism. Will close account when at least 1 person has seen this.
October 8, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Fuck Elon Musk. He’s the only Narcissistic Sociopath who might be worse than Trump. I’m done here. All these social media sites do is reinforce insecurity and the propensity for narcissism. Will close account when at least 1 person has seen this.
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let me make this clear: not voting is a vote for trump. voting for a third party is also a vote for trump. you might think voting for biden is safe but no sorry those votes go to trump too. votes for trump himself however get stored in an unused walk in freezer at mar a lago and count toward 2028.
July 3, 2024 at 11:06 PM
let me make this clear: not voting is a vote for trump. voting for a third party is also a vote for trump. you might think voting for biden is safe but no sorry those votes go to trump too. votes for trump himself however get stored in an unused walk in freezer at mar a lago and count toward 2028.
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Same poll, but this one's not amusing.
"Just 34% of Republicans think a man who forces his wife to have sex against her will should definitely be prosecuted"
"Just 34% of Republicans think a man who forces his wife to have sex against her will should definitely be prosecuted"
June 25, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Same poll, but this one's not amusing.
"Just 34% of Republicans think a man who forces his wife to have sex against her will should definitely be prosecuted"
"Just 34% of Republicans think a man who forces his wife to have sex against her will should definitely be prosecuted"
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Brontësaurus.
Ink & gouache on Strathmore grey toned paper, 151 x 147mm, 2014.
Because this seems to be doing the rounds again elsewhere. Perhaps the only piece of mine to have gone mildly viral, shunted uncredited like an orphan from workhouse to workhouse across the Internet over the years. 🤓
Ink & gouache on Strathmore grey toned paper, 151 x 147mm, 2014.
Because this seems to be doing the rounds again elsewhere. Perhaps the only piece of mine to have gone mildly viral, shunted uncredited like an orphan from workhouse to workhouse across the Internet over the years. 🤓
June 15, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Brontësaurus.
Ink & gouache on Strathmore grey toned paper, 151 x 147mm, 2014.
Because this seems to be doing the rounds again elsewhere. Perhaps the only piece of mine to have gone mildly viral, shunted uncredited like an orphan from workhouse to workhouse across the Internet over the years. 🤓
Ink & gouache on Strathmore grey toned paper, 151 x 147mm, 2014.
Because this seems to be doing the rounds again elsewhere. Perhaps the only piece of mine to have gone mildly viral, shunted uncredited like an orphan from workhouse to workhouse across the Internet over the years. 🤓
BTW, I'm MATA*
* Make America Trumpless Again
* Make America Trumpless Again
June 2, 2024 at 3:41 PM
BTW, I'm MATA*
* Make America Trumpless Again
* Make America Trumpless Again
Proof AI wants us to die:
I texted storage* manager I wanted to change payment method for autopay. Hit send just as I noticed “autopay” had changed to “autopsy.” Apparently, I'm pre-paying my own autopsy.
* 6,000 books
I texted storage* manager I wanted to change payment method for autopay. Hit send just as I noticed “autopay” had changed to “autopsy.” Apparently, I'm pre-paying my own autopsy.
* 6,000 books
June 2, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Proof AI wants us to die:
I texted storage* manager I wanted to change payment method for autopay. Hit send just as I noticed “autopay” had changed to “autopsy.” Apparently, I'm pre-paying my own autopsy.
* 6,000 books
I texted storage* manager I wanted to change payment method for autopay. Hit send just as I noticed “autopay” had changed to “autopsy.” Apparently, I'm pre-paying my own autopsy.
* 6,000 books
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Elijah Hogan, a New Orleans teenager who became homeless over a year ago, was named valedictorian of his high school’s graduating class
www.cnn.com/2024/06/01/u...
www.cnn.com/2024/06/01/u...
June 1, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Elijah Hogan, a New Orleans teenager who became homeless over a year ago, was named valedictorian of his high school’s graduating class
www.cnn.com/2024/06/01/u...
www.cnn.com/2024/06/01/u...
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Turns out that sometimes schadenfreude is just as good the next morning
May 31, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Turns out that sometimes schadenfreude is just as good the next morning
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A Black high school student in Texas who had been suspended because of how he wears his hair was removed from his school on Wednesday and transferred to a disciplinary school program, a letter from the school district shared by the student’s family said.
Black Student Suspended Over Hair Length Is Sent to Disciplinary School
Darryl George, 18, had previously been suspended by Barbers Hill High School in Texas because officials said the length of his locs violated the district’s dress code.
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2023 at 2:39 PM
A Black high school student in Texas who had been suspended because of how he wears his hair was removed from his school on Wednesday and transferred to a disciplinary school program, a letter from the school district shared by the student’s family said.
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A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after reading an illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth-grade class chron.com/news/houston...
chron.com
September 19, 2023 at 8:18 PM
A Texas middle school teacher has been fired after reading an illustrated version of Anne Frank's Diary to her eighth-grade class chron.com/news/houston...
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imagine spending $44B on a platform worth less than half that just to nuke it to the point that a valu-rite competitor with no dm’s or videos could shamble along and post this
September 12, 2023 at 11:33 PM
imagine spending $44B on a platform worth less than half that just to nuke it to the point that a valu-rite competitor with no dm’s or videos could shamble along and post this
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70% of republicans in california think slavery has had no impact on the current social position of black people...
September 12, 2023 at 4:36 PM
70% of republicans in california think slavery has had no impact on the current social position of black people...
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Another recent view on #AGI “doom” is proffered by Dr. Paul Christiano, PhD Comp Sci from UC Berkeley. former OpenAI researcher recently concluded there's a 50% chance AI development could end in 'doom' maybe a 10-20% chance of AI takeover. lesswrong.com/posts/xWMqsvHapP…
May 20, 2023 at 9:07 PM
Another recent view on #AGI “doom” is proffered by Dr. Paul Christiano, PhD Comp Sci from UC Berkeley. former OpenAI researcher recently concluded there's a 50% chance AI development could end in 'doom' maybe a 10-20% chance of AI takeover. lesswrong.com/posts/xWMqsvHapP…
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New DO episode with Daniel Schmachtenberger, Gregory Landua, and myself where we discuss tech and nature, multipolar traps / x-risk, eco-credits, local resilience, and more
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doomer-optimism/episodes/DO-140---Gregory-Landua-and-Daniel-Schmachtenberger-e23shhi
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doomer-optimism/episodes/DO-140---Gregory-Landua-and-Daniel-Schmachtenberger-e23shhi
May 11, 2023 at 3:03 PM
New DO episode with Daniel Schmachtenberger, Gregory Landua, and myself where we discuss tech and nature, multipolar traps / x-risk, eco-credits, local resilience, and more
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doomer-optimism/episodes/DO-140---Gregory-Landua-and-Daniel-Schmachtenberger-e23shhi
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doomer-optimism/episodes/DO-140---Gregory-Landua-and-Daniel-Schmachtenberger-e23shhi
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Nate Hagens has posted an extremely long and intellectually deep podcast going down several rabbit holes with Daniel Schmachtenberger on the coming risks of Artificial Intelligence on humanity. This is a “must listen to”podcast. youtu.be/_P8PLHvZygo #climatechange #existentialcrisis
Daniel Schmachtenberger: \
On this episode, Daniel Schmachtenberger returns to discuss a surprisingly overlooked risk to our global systems and planetary stability: artificial intelligence. Through a systems perspective, Daniel and Nate piece together the biophysical history that has led humans to this point, heading towards (and beyond) numerous planetary boundaries and facing geopolitical risks all with existential consequences. How does artificial intelligence, not only add to these risks, but accelerate the entire dynamic of the metacrisis? What is the role of intelligence vs wisdom on our current global pathway, and can we change course? Does artificial intelligence have a role to play in creating a more stable system or will it be the tipping point that drives our current one out of control?
About Daniel Schmachtenberger:
Daniel Schmachtenberger is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue.
The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a virtuous relationship between the two as a goal.
Towards these ends, he’s had particular interest in the topics of catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay and collapse as well as progress, collective action problems, social organization theories, and the relevant domains in philosophy and science.
For Show Notes and to Learn More: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/71-daniel-schmachtenberger
Daniel's recommended content for further AI learning:
Eliezer Yudkowsky on Bankless - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA1sNLL6yg4
David Bohm \u0026 Krishnamurti Conversations - https://kfoundation.org/krishnamurti-and-david-bohm-4-audio-and-video-conversations/
Iain McGilchrist: The Master and His Emissary - https://channelmcgilchrist.com/master-and-his-emissary/
Robert Miles Videos on AI - https://www.youtube.com/@RobertMilesAI
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May 18, 2023 at 5:10 PM
Nate Hagens has posted an extremely long and intellectually deep podcast going down several rabbit holes with Daniel Schmachtenberger on the coming risks of Artificial Intelligence on humanity. This is a “must listen to”podcast. youtu.be/_P8PLHvZygo #climatechange #existentialcrisis
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In 2021 we chose to invest in families by expanding the child tax credit, drastically reducing childhood poverty. We let it expire & now have the biggest one-year increase in childhood poverty on record.
Poverty is a policy choice. We must choose differently.
Poverty is a policy choice. We must choose differently.
September 12, 2023 at 3:16 PM
In 2021 we chose to invest in families by expanding the child tax credit, drastically reducing childhood poverty. We let it expire & now have the biggest one-year increase in childhood poverty on record.
Poverty is a policy choice. We must choose differently.
Poverty is a policy choice. We must choose differently.
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As someone who was doing college radio at the time and had friends who worked in commercial radio, this was the first time I (and a lot of folks my age) witnessed the scale of corporate censoring power possible when the right wanted to build support for war and silence any criticism.
September 12, 2023 at 1:38 PM
As someone who was doing college radio at the time and had friends who worked in commercial radio, this was the first time I (and a lot of folks my age) witnessed the scale of corporate censoring power possible when the right wanted to build support for war and silence any criticism.
"Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels--men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1890-1969)
34th U.S. President
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1890-1969)
34th U.S. President
September 12, 2023 at 3:16 PM
"Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels--men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1890-1969)
34th U.S. President
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower, (1890-1969)
34th U.S. President
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North Carolina republicans are trying to remove the only Black woman on the state's Supreme Court after she spoke out about racial bias in her courtroom
State Republicans Try to Remove Top Jurist for Mentioning the Existence of Racial Bias
Earls, the only Black woman on North Carolina’s high court, spoke out about racial bias in her courtroom.
slate.com
September 1, 2023 at 2:37 PM
North Carolina republicans are trying to remove the only Black woman on the state's Supreme Court after she spoke out about racial bias in her courtroom
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NEW: Every time Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, or Elon Musk take a trip on their private jet, you’re subsidizing it.
Private jets make up one in six flights. But they contribute just 2% of the taxes to fund airports—while we pay 70%.
It’s time to end that billionaire tax break.
Private jets make up one in six flights. But they contribute just 2% of the taxes to fund airports—while we pay 70%.
It’s time to end that billionaire tax break.
You're Paying for Kim Kardashian's Private Jet Travel. Here's How.
Every time Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, or Elon Musk take a trip on their private jet, you’re subsidizing it. Private jets make up one in six flights. But t...
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August 31, 2023 at 8:35 PM
NEW: Every time Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, or Elon Musk take a trip on their private jet, you’re subsidizing it.
Private jets make up one in six flights. But they contribute just 2% of the taxes to fund airports—while we pay 70%.
It’s time to end that billionaire tax break.
Private jets make up one in six flights. But they contribute just 2% of the taxes to fund airports—while we pay 70%.
It’s time to end that billionaire tax break.