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Urban_Hermit

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I'm an oldish autistic, which blessed me with the ability to think clearly and write well. I'm also a secular humanist and I think God is too. Never doubt the power of irony.

I boost pictures of animals, plants, structures, landscapes, water (always water, and boats!) but right now it is mostly politics - the threats to everything good can not be underestimated. I would like to go back to writing about obscure kites as soon as the deeply stupid people are out of power. Please help.

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@artemis@dice.camp avatar artemis , to random

I guess it was convenient for my mental evolution when leaving the cult that virulent misogynists are always incredibly bigoted about other things. While unpacking the ideology & behaviors that were harming me, I was confronted with the evidence of many other forms of bigotry.

Thanks, manosphere, for being a giant stinking pile of shit. You really cleared some things up for me.

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@artemis
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My parents were divorced when I was young. But I had to live with my dad for a year and a half during middle school. He was both an ex-cop and a racist. He didn't talk to me much, but when he did he said racist things to try and casually indoctrinate me into his disgusting beliefs and bias. I was too old and suspicious of him for that to take, fortunately.

Here's a thing - I was adopted, and my parents had a 15 year marriage with no kids before I came along.

@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange avatar JessTheUnstill , to random

As I see more and more of my colleagues offline with whatever this flu crud thing is this year, I once again dream of the world where COVID being airborne was taken seriously, and millions of air purifiers were placed everywhere, and not bottles of hand sanitizer. Just putting purifiers in schools and daycares would at least reduce the amount of disease cesspools those places we send our children to become.

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@JessTheUnstill 1/3
A week and a half ago a trainer on my new job had a very worrying cough. Double tap, dry, and it sounded like it was from deep within his lungs. I briefly wondered if he was dying of lung cancer.

Three days later and I had it. It actually hit my inner ear first, swelled my ear canal shut, and, because I still had a hole in that ear drum from when I was a child, leaked fluid out that ear. Mind splitting headache and I coughed even though it wasn't in my throat or lungs.

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@georgetakei my favorite quote, "But a fifth man whistled from one of the SUVs, prompting the group to abruptly return to their vehicles and leave."

Just in case anyone did not know that the average ICE thug is just a belligerent roided up attack dog sicced on people who aren't white.

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@georgetakei I read the story and agree with Mark Epstein that his brother was ordered murdered in jail and it was made to look like a suicide, because of the videos he had of Trump raping teen girls.
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Jeffrey somehow hung himself from a horizontal, single tier, poured concrete bed, in a single occupancy, suicide proof cell. Here's an illustration of the cell that was published at the time, with original file name.

An illustration that was published online at the time of Epstein's 'suicide'. It shows a single occupancy "suicide proof" cell with single level bed. Text points out the stool, desk/shelf, and bed are made of poured concrete. Epstein reportedly was found "hung from the bed" on the floor of such a cell, with the blanket wrapped around his neck and somehow tied to the bed.
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    • @nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

    Mozilla is adding a new feature called the 'AI Window' to its Firefox browser, which will include an integrated AI assistant and chatbot. This new "AI Window" will provide users with a dedicated space to chat directly with the browser's AI assistant, offering real-time help and interaction while they browse. So yet another AI browser that will have full access to what you do on the internet 😏

    https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/building-ai-the-firefox-way-shaping-what-s-next-together/td-p/109922

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    @nixCraft relative to the history of computing, AI companies are only seconds away from trying to sell us porn constantly, in all online spaces.

    AI is going to use every reference to predict your age, and fetish. And they are going to try to monetize that to save their asses. And pretty much burn down the existing internet in the process.

    You thought YouTube was bad?

    @Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social avatar Urban_Hermit , to random

    @lcamtuf given that this government is the most corrupt and murderous in US history, I do not believe we should be celebrating its "reopening".

    Someday soon, we may have to hope that we can deprive it of funding and hope for its collapse under a mountain of undisciplined deficit spending.

    Reorganize and harden your states now! Make contingency plans. ALL RESISTANCE IS LOCAL.

    chriswarcraft.bsky.social , to random

    I honestly don’t know what to say anymore. It is overwhelmingly clear at this point that the Republican Party has sold its soul to protect a child rapist, led by wealthy ghouls who will never have enough. There is only one war, now and forever, and it is the class war. There must be consequences.

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    @louie @chriswarcraft[email protected]

    Job, book 2
    And God said to the Devil, "no, I think they have made progress. And I think whatever is thrown at them, they now have a system in place that can handle it. No more burning bushes and destroying the world in a flood for me."

    And the Devil said, "if I make you a man, a walking worst case scenario, who at every choice chooses the selfish and the vain, who has no internal limits, do you think your world of men would worship or dispose of him?"

    @Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social avatar Urban_Hermit , to random

    This just in:

    Democrats almost took a principled stand on tax cuts to subsidize unaffordable insurance industry products, like the boot licking compromisers that they are.

    Continue to not take any stand against extrajudicial killings by our US Navy, troops ordered into blue states and cities to harass brown people, and a presidential administration that sells access and apportions resources at will while calling everything an "emergency".

    @Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social avatar Urban_Hermit , to random

    When so many of us have been traumatized by abusive, stupid, selfish people, watching this political travesty in the United States unfold... Systematic abuse on a massive scale... It is retraumatizing to all of us.

    And the people who think it is okay because THEY have never been the ones traumatized, they have power and will never be victims... Delusional coping mechanism.

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    @w7voa
    #1.) and Mike Johnson said he wasn't going to reconvene the house until January? And the Senate is going into recess in a few days?

    #2.) so air traffic controllers might be unpaid and taking vacations, sick leave, and eventually striking through Thanksgiving and Christmas?

    @billbot@mastodon.social avatar billbot Bot , to random

    S3090
    A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an explosive nuclear weapons test.

    📢 Introduced in Senate

    https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3090

    Description of S3090, and a depiction of its sponsor, Edward J. Markey.
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    @billbot polluting the Earth so small penis man thinks he is threatening China.

    I bet he wants an above ground atmosphere test, so they can get new high definition pictures. The bigger the mushroom cloud, the better.

    Because poisoning the atmosphere isn't real to a 79 year old, self absorbed narcissist.

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    @JessTheUnstill I have stopped boosting stuff if they link to a pay or email wall, and it is unusable unless I accept all cookies and disable my ad blocker. I am also figuring out who consistently does that and blocking them.

    Also, tell me why this article is good or important. What YOU think about it.

    Most news stories are spread internationally, and many online papers outside the US have the same facts, good opinions, and their websites are not enshittified.

    @randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , (edited ) to random

    This US administration needed 9 months to figure out that putting tariffs on tropical fruits does not make them grow in temperate regions.

    How much time will the administration need, once the US faces its next life-threatening crisis?

    How capable will they be, if a new pandemic hits, a new war begins, or a deep financial crisis strikes, and Trump has filled his cabinet with incompetent sycophants?

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    @randahl
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    Incompetence at the top.

    I mean, we all know it. Every private business is its own kingdom. Some manage to thrive by embracing the diversity of expertise they managed to gather.

    And then that one guy gets replaced. And the new guy needs to metaphorically pee on the whole enterprise to mark it as his own, so he stops hearing about how good the last guy was. So he makes the change that nobody wanted, that was argued against. And he starts pushing out the people who disagree.

    @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar DemocracyMattersALot , to random

    Will Liddle Mike Johnson keep the House in recess throughout 2026 in order to keep the Epstein files and Jack Smith's testimony from being made public?

    video/mp4

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    @Sandywb @xankarn @DemocracyMattersALot "No taxation without representation."

    Close it down. close it all down. I have zero confidence that any tax dollars will ever be spent on the needs of the average person again.

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    @georgetakei before Trump expose his unbelievably impossible to ignore fascist tendencies this kind of deflection sort of worked for the GOP base. Now every one sees it as submissive pandering to the despot.

    Johnson is trying to live in a 2005 world, no one's having it, and his pathetic toadiness shows.

    Did the CIA capture footage of him performing #### ### on a boy in a bathroom or something? Because he acts like he is under duress.

    @rettichschnidi@swiss.social avatar rettichschnidi , to random
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    @rettichschnidi best quote "the thing to remember about vibe coding is that sometimes the vibes are bad".

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    @rettichschnidi On The Verge Podcast, Nilay and David had an hour long rant about how AI can not even turn on the lights.

    Integrating AI into smart home controls seems like a winner. But AI doesn't actually understand what the words it is statistically using mean. So it doesn't know when it is wrong. It doesn't know why. It doesn't have anyway of checking to see if it accomplished the thing it was supposed to do. And it is a substantial set back in reliability from traditional programming.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    I haven’t the froggiest idea why…

    A tweet from Molly Ploofkins says: “Inflatable frog costumes are sold out on Amazon.” The attached image shows a product listing for a green inflatable frog costume with dark spots, a white belly, and a blue bow tie. The listing title reads “Inflatable Frog Costume Adult Men Women Outfit… for Halloween Holiday Cosplay Party Animal,” and it’s marked as “Currently unavailable.”
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    @georgetakei I think the big forward facing eyes make ICE stooges, who run more on paranoid instinct than thought, nervous.

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    Hmmmm.... two regional banks in the USA have seen their share price decline on the news that they are both carrying substantial numbers of loans on their books that were gained via fraud... and so will unlikely to be paid back.

    And before you say, 'Oh its just a couple of regional US banks", remind yourself how the sub-prime mortgage crisis started in exactly the same way & where that ended up (in 2008)!

    Another leading indicator of a crisis about to hit?

    h/t FT

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    @ChrisMayLA6
    Things I would like to add as strong indicators that the US economy is already in a recession and headed down. These are heavily influenced by the fact that I am still looking for work.
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    1.) I was very interested in 2 apprenticeships. They only open up their lists every 2 years. One decided to not open theirs at all because they barely had enough work for their current apprentices. The second kept their 20 day application period open for 8 hours before they closed it.

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    @ChrisMayLA6
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    ...The fact that the first still had apprentices to worry about is bad. It means they weren't getting enough work hours to graduate. An apprenticeship is basically job experience plus a 2 year degree.

    So new construction has fallen off a roof.

    2.) I did a deep dive to figure out what a "Mortgage Inspector" was. A company made an app a few years ago that turned this into a gig economy job. Low wages, use your own phone/computer/car. Banks want to know, "Is this property still

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    @ChrisMayLA6
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    ...occupied", "Is it in disrepair?" Apparently this is in strong demand across the country right now.

    But, what are they are not telling people considering it? These are properties that are in default. This is one step before banks call the sheriff to have people evicted.

    The tips are about telling your family where you're going, when you'll be back. Looking official. Not talking about why you are there. (About trying to not get shot by stressed people about to be homeless.)

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    @GhostOnTheHalfShell @ChrisMayLA6 real people can not afford homes while speculative money is pooled and properties are bought up to sit empty, waiting for the swing of an economic pendulum that may never come. Population growth leveling off means that guaranteed inflation in housing prices is bullshit, and that is a good thing - houses need to get more affordable, but instead the wealth disparity allows the Capitalist class to remove inventory from the market to prop up their own investments.

    @Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social avatar Urban_Hermit , to random

    Reminder, corporations are artificial psychopaths, and give legal cover to to the real psychopaths who run them.

    If there was a data center that ran on the electricity of burning puppies, they would do it. And if you objected, they would argue that if you don't want them to do it it should have been illegal. While simultaneously lobbying to continue burning puppies, and trying to conceal information about their alternative 'burning kittens' initiative.

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    The number of atrocities NOT committed by corporations is because they are not economical.

    There is a lesson in that. The way to kill a bad idea is to make the good idea cheaper. Solar is a great example. Electric cars might be next.

    Secondly, change the legal framework to make sure the full cost of mitigation and containment are born by the corporations. Nuclear plants are constrained by the economics, their waste is too toxic to just dump in the air.

    3rd, some things should just be illegal.

    @mattblaze@federate.social avatar mattblaze , to random

    Local (and federal) law enforcement routinely arrests individuals accused of extremely violent crimes, some of whom are involved with gangs, organized crime, and other dangerous criminal enterprises. But these officers almost never wear masks or take other steps to conceal their identities, despite the possibility that some of their targets might retaliate against them personally.

    Why is ICE/CBP, which deals mostly with people accused of civil immigration offenses, the exception to this?

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    @mattblaze Yeah, but I want to say it out loud.

    They are Trump's Gestapo.

    After they start finding it hard to find immigrants, they are coming after whoever they called Antifa. They are undoubtedly flagging social media posts as I type. They are investigating who are in those frog costumes now, despite having no mandate what so ever.

    And that will transition them to intellectuals and writers, and after that journalists who are still publishing critical pieces on Trump.

    @stux@mstdn.social avatar stux , to random

    Another something...

    ..a lot of right politicians here in the keep saying "no more immigrants in the and they should be helped in the area where they're from"

    This is such a bullshit excuse! The NL is a super rich country that should absolutely contribute in housing immigrants

    And hell yes I understand there's a house shortage, even personal but that's a whole other issue that they keep running away from

    Borders.. Such a 1800's concept :nkoFacepalm2:

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    @stux @kallistomind keep in mind, that is strictly because all the land was once a public resources for grazing and foraging, then was privatized.

    You can't farm without private land, to make that worked resource pay off for the people who put the labor into improving its yield. But...

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    @stux I was thinking about this recently.

    Say there was a new country, called Cascadia. And entering at the borders was completely unrestricted. You couldn't own land in Cascadia or have a job in Cascadia without citizenship, because they needed taxes from workers and land owners. But if you signed up for the National Guard, you could get provisional citizenship that converted to permanent at 2 years.

    If you love your country enough to defend it, even as a dishwasher, it is yours.

    @Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social avatar Urban_Hermit , to random

    Spell check on Android is horrid these days.

    Auto correcting short typos to abbreviations I've never heard of. To words that are radically different.

    Auto correcting typos to other, immediately underlined and misspelled typos. Yes, that has happened.

    The only thing that works sometimes is backspacing until the auto suggest recognizes the word I wanted. Why does THAT work better? You have HALF the number of characters to go on!

    You want me to use predictive text as you enshittify spell check?

    @Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social avatar Urban_Hermit , to random

    You know when I am not obsessed with politics?

    When there is not an ignorant, arrogant, reckless, crazy, and senile imbecile in charge of my country who is spitballing ways to attack anybody who didn't vote for him and expecting his random tweets after watching Fox News to be enforced as law.

    When I can breath, relax, and vote every few years because I know there are smart people in government who are trying to make things better.

    @dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar dangillmor , to random

    The Trump Action Tracker is brilliant already, keeping track of the regime's bad acts. The UI could use a few improvement, and I'd urge several more categories (or emphasis of sub-categories), but I'm blown away now. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info

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    @dangillmor I hope it is used as a road map of things to undo someday.

    @w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

    Wired - Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok and other platforms to target people for deportation. https://www.wired.com/story/ice-social-media-surveillance-24-7-contract/

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    @w7voa defund this government.

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    ICE wants to build a 24/7 social media surveillance team
    ICE plans to hire contractors to scan platforms to target people for deportation.
    https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/ice-wants-to-build-a-24-7-social-media-surveillance-team/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @arstechnica the secret police want to monitor social media. What could go wrong? Oh yeah, everything. Particularly under a President who wants to criminalize criticism of himself.

    They should request a budget line item for monocles and fake moustaches they can twirl.

    Defund the feds at all costs. This government has no intention of. leaving power or of helping the taxpayers who fund it. Rely on your states.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    It’s the Epstein files shutdown.

    Photo of an X post by FactPost (@factpostnews ) stating: "Republicans are postponing the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva, the newest Democrat elected to Congress. Her day one promise was to be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files." The post includes two images: on the left, a smiling Adelita Grijalva wearing a denim jacket and necklace, and on the right, a person with blonde hair being sworn in, with another individual adjusting their tie. The post features a profile picture and verification badge.
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    @georgetakei the Alt text is wrong. The picture on the right is Donald Trump whispering in Mike Johnson's ear.

    Which is pretty appropriate. Undoubtedly, Mike Johnson is Donald Trump's stooge. Mike is orchestrating the withholding of the Epstein files, and needs this shut down to put it off. And Republican's in the Senate lifted the 60 vote limit a week ago to get batches of DT's judges approved, so the Republican's could do that again and get the budget through without a single Democratic vote.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    Where are the House Republicans? NOT in D.C., that’s for sure. Speaker Johnson won’t even seat Rep. Grijalva because of the Epstein files.

    A screenshot of an X post by Senator Alex Padilla (@SenA ..., 8h ago) stating: "BREAKING: The guy who sent the House home for the week claims he's praying government reopens without them." The post includes a quoted X post by NewsWire (@NewsWire_US , 10h ago) stating: "SPEAKER JOHNSON SAYS PRAYING FOR A VERY SHORT SHUTDOWN," with a NewsWire logo and verification badge.
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    @georgetakei not seating a new Representative and playing with the days the House is in session is practice for January 2027 after the midterms.

    I wonder if Johnson has the balls to push this one all the way to the supreme court now to see what kind of precedent he can set?

    What kind of dirt could the Trump team, and specifically the CIA, have on SCOTUS members and Johnson to have them so thoroughly by the balls?

    @transworld@masto.ai avatar transworld , to random

    Canada issues warning for citizens with gender-neutral passports travelling to U.S.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-united-states-travel-warning-1.7648381

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    @transworld please Canada, make room for my transgender friends, before the unlawful jailing starts. They are creative and peaceful innovators for a respectful future. People who know the value of freedom.

    Forced 'de-transitioning' in prisons has already started, as well as unwarranted searches and suspicion at the borders. It is also political persecution, because they are being targeted as 'unlikely Trump supporters'.

    @Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

    The irony of Trump:

    Resistance is costly, but it pays.

    Submission is cheap, but it compounds.

    Disney folded to a tantrum; Kimmel took the hit.

    History already knows who won.

    https://www.theindex.media/p/donald-trump-can-t-make-cowards-of-us-all

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    @Daojoan yeah Disney showed weakness to a bully.

    Now they are going to be hammered twice as hard. Shouldn't have flinched.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    Vote in 2026 to finally put a check on Trump and the GOP. Our nation’s future depends on it.

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    @georgetakei
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    It is likely that Trump is so senile that he will escape any prison penalties for all the illegal things he has done.

    At this point, people who want justice will have to vote in fully determined legislators that will impeach ALL of Trump's collaborators. Every last one, starting with the removal and prosecution of Supreme Court justices for accepting bribes.

    If you want justice, for the children that were raped, for the people terrorized, demonized, and thrown in foreign...

    @csilverman@mastodon.social avatar csilverman , to random

    A large rocket ship sits on a flat tarmac under a dull red sky and a dull red sun. It is tall and bullet-shaped, and rests on two fins. Two small glowing blue lights are at its base, and another such light is on its nose. At the top is a single round blue window. The rocket's left side is lit a reddish-yellow from the sunlight; its right side is lit greenish blue from an unseen light source. On the ground, someone is fueling up the rocket with what looks like a hose from a gas pump. Two tall buildings that look like office towers or tenements are visible in the distance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
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    @csilverman you've just inspired Elon Musk's next design for his Mars lander. He will get his sketch of this to the same engineers that helped with his 'cyber' truck (pinto, it was a SS hatchback).

    @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green avatar gerrymcgovern , to random

    Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’

    “I’ve been a computer scientist for 40 years, and for most of that time computing was the tiniest piece of our economy’s power use,” Chien told Fortune. “Now, it’s becoming a large share of what the whole economy consumes.”

    https://fortune.com/2025/09/24/sam-altman-ai-empire-new-york-city-san-diego-scary/

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    @gerrymcgovern @Lyle "for what?"

    So executives who mercilessly fired people and ruined the lives of their most dedicated and competent employees can pay a subscription and pretend they have a friend by talking to the ghosts of Reddit threads gone past.

    @Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social avatar Urban_Hermit , to random

    I wonder what the high officials in the Trump administration will do after he dies.

    Anyone who is smart enough to write a book almost certainly has secrets to spill. And the people not smart enough to write will run for public office and hope to ride the Trump tails to victory. They won't see the backlash coming.

    Even MAGA is tired of the chaos, although they will never speak ill of the man who validates them.

    But all those toadies, with no original ideas, who will tell them what to do?

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    Hey!

    The attack on autism is the beginning of the attack on intellectuals.

    It is about eliminating the people who remember details. The people who will not let falsehoods go. The people who can not be socially pressured into silence.

    @MalcolmNance@defenseofliberty.social avatar MalcolmNance , to random

    TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: You cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group.

    There is no organization called . There is no leadership or funding path. There is no membership. Also there is no law in to charge terrorism. Ask Luigi.

    What he is doing is setting the stage to designate ANY American as a terrorist. That’s .

    image of tweet by Cheetolini “ I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter! ”
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    @coldfish @MalcolmNance the choice many of us will soon face is "should I change my party affiliation to Republican now? Just in case?"

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    @bob @coldfish @MalcolmNance I am thinking like how everyone in Iraq under Saddam Hussein was required to be a member of the Ba'ath Party. I think I am slightly over stating it, but I remember how the US military couldn't find officials who were not Ba'ath members to work with because it was a basic requirement of any previous government position or sanctioned business.

    If he continues, Democrat or other liberal parties will be outlawed, and unaffiliated may be looked at with suspicion.

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    Janan Ganesh (FT) on the hypocrisy of the Right's assessment of threats to sovereignty:

    'People believe in almost nothing in & of itself. What matters is alignment with their tribe. Interference in national affairs from liberal-minded bodies: sinister. Interference in national affairs from fellow conservatives: well, come now, what does sovereignty mean in the interconnected modern world?'

    I may disagree with his initial depiction of politics but his central point stands, I think

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    @HarriettMB @ChrisMayLA6 somebody please tell me that there is a 75+ year old law that lists fascists as a terrorist threat or enemy of this nation and defines them by their actions.

    There must be something published by the US government that warns against and tells us how to identify fascist sympathizers.

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    @ChrisMayLA6 @HarriettMB I have seen the antique US "loose lips sink ships" posters from WW2. They were worried about Nazi infiltrators and Nazi sympathizers. I remember reading that Hitler landed infiltrators in the US from submarines, and tried to instigate civil unrest, perhaps a civil war, by inflaming race hatred.

    Same thing that Putin has tried with his server farms full of social media and comment trolls. Back in the day the Nazis had to do it in person or via radio.

    @gabrielesvelto@mas.to avatar gabrielesvelto , to random

    We are modernizing the user interface

    Pray we do not modernize it further

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    @GroupNebula563 @GuyDudeman @gabrielesvelto
    Even if I only remember one thing from this whole conversation, I hope it is 'the hamburger menu' because I want to be this smart.

    @stux@mstdn.social avatar stux , to random
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    @stux in the US there would be a supervisor who couldn't do this impatiently waiting and irritatedly saying, "hurry up". A team of 5 Mexican told to clean up the site but given only a shovel and no further instructions. And the backhoe would be rented for the day, have 2 tool heads that needed a sledge hammer to change a pin when they were switched, and the operator is a guy who lied on his application and still doesn't know what all the switches do.

    Experts are self employed for a reason.

    @orci@mastodon.social avatar orci , to random

    She's not dead, she's just not that into you.

    An ABC News photo, which shows a frog with the headline: "Female frogs fake their own death to avoid unwanted attention from males, study finds."
    ALT
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    @orci meanwhile, this is a toad, who is just putting her sexy self out there.