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"once you have created a culture in which all expertise is denigrated and removed from the equation and considered nonessential, you create the circumstances in which AI can flourish.”
Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"once you have created a culture in which all expertise is denigrated and removed from the equation and considered nonessential, you create the circumstances in which AI can flourish.”
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according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Stephen Miller’s Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid
When ICE agents arrested over 300 Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant, a daily immigrant arrest quota was likely on their minds.
www.forbes.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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The media was eager to turn Kirk's murder into a story about left wing political violence but when that flopped they shifted seamlessly to the "what went wrong with this nice white boy?" angle they do every time a mass shooting or high profile killing occurs. Utterly shameless.
September 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The media was eager to turn Kirk's murder into a story about left wing political violence but when that flopped they shifted seamlessly to the "what went wrong with this nice white boy?" angle they do every time a mass shooting or high profile killing occurs. Utterly shameless.
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This is the biggest story in America right now.
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite
On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.
www.axios.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is the biggest story in America right now.
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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The combination of shitty AI and PragerU is going to obliterate our children's brains.
The heads of Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and Apple gathered at the White House to endorse a plan to help America’s children learn to use artificial intelligence, as the industry rushes to show support and curry favour with the administration on.ft.com/4nexysf
September 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The combination of shitty AI and PragerU is going to obliterate our children's brains.
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On the one hand, a patriot with decades of experience defending America. On the other hand, a conspiracy theorist who hates Americans and American institutions. Presented here as "two visions of America under Trump"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
A Fight Over a West Point Job Reveals Two Visions of America Under Trump
www.nytimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
On the one hand, a patriot with decades of experience defending America. On the other hand, a conspiracy theorist who hates Americans and American institutions. Presented here as "two visions of America under Trump"
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
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Every blue-haired they/them liberal arts grad living in NYC is tougher than this sad little bitch.
July 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Every blue-haired they/them liberal arts grad living in NYC is tougher than this sad little bitch.
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For years now the tech world has argued that morality is a hindrance to progress, that ethics and humanism are weakeners that are holding us back from some amorphous Potential. The things they invent are amoral, and will continue to be, as long as we cede control of our future to them.
“On Tuesday afternoon, ChatGPT encouraged me to cut my wrists.” @lilashroff.bsky.social reports on how the chatbot was easily prompted to offer instructions for murder, self-mutilation, and devil worship: https://theatln.tc/Up7Ycoli
July 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
For years now the tech world has argued that morality is a hindrance to progress, that ethics and humanism are weakeners that are holding us back from some amorphous Potential. The things they invent are amoral, and will continue to be, as long as we cede control of our future to them.
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Crimes per 1M mass transit trips...
* NYC: 1.3
* Miami: 2.6
* Dallas: 38.0
* NYC: 1.3
* Miami: 2.6
* Dallas: 38.0
Sean Duffy on Fox: "It's dangerous to ride the subway in New York ... it's just stupid liberals with stupid policies that impact the lives of New Yorkers"
July 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Crimes per 1M mass transit trips...
* NYC: 1.3
* Miami: 2.6
* Dallas: 38.0
* NYC: 1.3
* Miami: 2.6
* Dallas: 38.0
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"Robert, your son is a fucking idiot."
July 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"Robert, your son is a fucking idiot."
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Happy July 4th! A day when we remember what was in the Declaration of Independence.
The King, Jefferson wrote,
1. "has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures (what would he make of the billions that now to be spent on armed ICE officers?)
The King, Jefferson wrote,
1. "has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures (what would he make of the billions that now to be spent on armed ICE officers?)
July 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Happy July 4th! A day when we remember what was in the Declaration of Independence.
The King, Jefferson wrote,
1. "has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures (what would he make of the billions that now to be spent on armed ICE officers?)
The King, Jefferson wrote,
1. "has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures (what would he make of the billions that now to be spent on armed ICE officers?)
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
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New in PN: The Trump/Musk fight is why we say "No Kings"
"Musk's staggering wealth allowed him to shepherd a chosen candidate into office, install himself atop the government informally, and systematically destroy it from within. That’s not what America is supposed to be."
"Musk's staggering wealth allowed him to shepherd a chosen candidate into office, install himself atop the government informally, and systematically destroy it from within. That’s not what America is supposed to be."
The Trump/Musk fight is why we say "No Kings"
Today's protests are about reestablishing a government of laws, not unaccountable oligarchs.
www.publicnotice.co
June 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
New in PN: The Trump/Musk fight is why we say "No Kings"
"Musk's staggering wealth allowed him to shepherd a chosen candidate into office, install himself atop the government informally, and systematically destroy it from within. That’s not what America is supposed to be."
"Musk's staggering wealth allowed him to shepherd a chosen candidate into office, install himself atop the government informally, and systematically destroy it from within. That’s not what America is supposed to be."
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PEACEFUL all over USA. When Red state govs. panic and call up the guard, they show they are afraid of their own voters. The only violence comes from the horrible violence in Minn and Trump's out-of-control assault on LA. Fascism is always violent. In a democracy we settle differences peacefully.
The latest from reporters on the ground across the country today as crowds swell at No Kings demonstrations denouncing Trump's actions: www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/li...
LIVE FEED: 'No Kings' protests and Army anniversary parade | News From The States
www.newsfromthestates.com
June 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
PEACEFUL all over USA. When Red state govs. panic and call up the guard, they show they are afraid of their own voters. The only violence comes from the horrible violence in Minn and Trump's out-of-control assault on LA. Fascism is always violent. In a democracy we settle differences peacefully.
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Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
Bessent: "We want the US to be more like Florida and less like New York"
May 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1
Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7
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Make America Hallucinate Again
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Make America Hallucinate Again
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Look, if you didn’t want America’s health system run by a serial purveyor of misinformation in an administration that’s eagerly trying to roll out alpha version AI tools, maybe you shouldn’t have voted for a crypto-hawk fast food addict who lies about his own weight.
May 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Look, if you didn’t want America’s health system run by a serial purveyor of misinformation in an administration that’s eagerly trying to roll out alpha version AI tools, maybe you shouldn’t have voted for a crypto-hawk fast food addict who lies about his own weight.
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How to get yourself quoted in dozens of lawsuits.
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
How to get yourself quoted in dozens of lawsuits.
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If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
Research into quantum mechanics, volcanic eruptions and all sorts of other studies already underway canceled for no reason - a waste of resources, loss of innovation and undercutting expertise across multiple fields.
NEW: The National Science Foundation last week terminated 196 grants to Harvard amid the university's feud with Trump.
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
May 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
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Two news stories.
A black Congresswoman enters an ICE facility & is charged- no evidence of violence.
A white woman enters the Capitol and busts things up & is killed while trespassing. Her family gets $5 million.
This Administration is doing it in broad daylight.
#Racism
#Facism
#Resist
A black Congresswoman enters an ICE facility & is charged- no evidence of violence.
A white woman enters the Capitol and busts things up & is killed while trespassing. Her family gets $5 million.
This Administration is doing it in broad daylight.
#Racism
#Facism
#Resist
US to pay $5m to family of 6 January rioter Ashli Babbitt
It would settle a wrongful death suit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot by police while breaching the US Capitol.
www.bbc.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Republicans' scorched-earth budget sacrifices our public lands for billionaire tax cuts. Their efforts put at risk:
🏣 60,000+ good-paying clean energy jobs
🌳 13.5 million acres of public lands
🐆 Countless protections for endangered species
We MUST put a stop to this madness.
🏣 60,000+ good-paying clean energy jobs
🌳 13.5 million acres of public lands
🐆 Countless protections for endangered species
We MUST put a stop to this madness.
May 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Republicans' scorched-earth budget sacrifices our public lands for billionaire tax cuts. Their efforts put at risk:
🏣 60,000+ good-paying clean energy jobs
🌳 13.5 million acres of public lands
🐆 Countless protections for endangered species
We MUST put a stop to this madness.
🏣 60,000+ good-paying clean energy jobs
🌳 13.5 million acres of public lands
🐆 Countless protections for endangered species
We MUST put a stop to this madness.
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me: they think it should be illegal to have black people in positions of influence
savvy, sophisticated pundits: don't be hysterical
the trump administration:
savvy, sophisticated pundits: don't be hysterical
the trump administration:
““You ‘highlight(ed) the number of Black officials in (your) administration,’” Dhillon wrote, quoting Johnson.”
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/19/j...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/19/j...
Justice Department investigating Mayor Brandon Johnson for alleged racially motivated hiring
Mayor Brandon Johnson received a letter from an assistant attorney general saying there is “reasonable cause” to believe he “made hiring decisions solely on the basis of race.”
www.chicagotribune.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
me: they think it should be illegal to have black people in positions of influence
savvy, sophisticated pundits: don't be hysterical
the trump administration:
savvy, sophisticated pundits: don't be hysterical
the trump administration:
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Ashli Babbitt was a domestic terrorist who attempted to overthrow our government via a violent insurrection at our nation’s Capitol. The administration agreeing to pay her family $5 million of taxpayer money is disgraceful.
May 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Ashli Babbitt was a domestic terrorist who attempted to overthrow our government via a violent insurrection at our nation’s Capitol. The administration agreeing to pay her family $5 million of taxpayer money is disgraceful.