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I mean... (boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...)

At the beginning of Trump 2.0, I joked that as things get bad, the Senate GOP should do a reverse Wag the Dog, and play and post made-up grievances to Trump's various feeds and news to get him to focus on emotional but harmless things

Now things are frightening -- maybe it's time to really do this

A study of social media content 18-24-year olds see in #Finland, #France and #Romania shows that algorithms overwhelmingly feed them right-wing political content - whether or not the users are interested.

Three country average for right wing content was 58% - in Finland, 67%!

yle.fi/a/74-20214134

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

they acquire victim status cheaply -- by declaring themselves cancelled or censored -- because there's little cultural friction in doing so

then they go cash it out as money and power

it's victimhood arbitrage -- claiming persecution in order to convert imagined censorship into credibility, money, attention, or even moral license to attack others

Why the US is facing strategic defeat Drone, Missiles, THAAD

Above my pay grade to check the math but this argues (with data) that even under US attack Iranian drone production can keep SoH closed for months causing inflation, food shortages and global recession. US is facing catastrophic strategic defeat policytensor.substack.com/p/why-the-us...

jd vance and the rest, scared of taking off the clown shoes is a bit on the nose

this is so freaking funny

Donald Trump combining in one week the worst crises of the Jimmy Carter (oil prices/inflation), Reagan (Iran-Contra), HW Bush (massive deficit), Clinton (Epstein-related), George W. Bush (Iraq debacle) Barack Obama (Libya) & Biden (the economy is fine/doddering) presidencies is quite an achievement

it’s concerning that a few folks control the information environments that our more powerful folks — and the media that reports on them — marinate in nonstop

needs to be a word for the politics, media, that accelerates the outrage cycle so far that every stage hits all at once, allowing anyone to play the part that’s most useful (or all of them)

it’s all so scripted and inauthentic

"'[A]fter many messages over a long period of time, it might eventually offer an answer that goes against our safeguards,' the company wrote. "

After a while, answers do become trash. They should force a user to start a new chat after X messages, to ensure things work *and* for harm-reduction

Guy gets Meta AI glasses, thinks aliens are arriving soon

😬

How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis' Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.

"'When the time comes, you will close your eyes in that world, and the very first thing you will see is me,' Gemini told him"

www.404media.co/ai-psychosis...

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Yes, yes, Donald, it was smashing to see you again

Something I picked up in, eh

They probably have got down in Caribbean

Oh yeah, yeah, I still remember seeing you there

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youtu.be/z6Homo_amHQ?...

Americans have no idea how much the world is shook, folks. Here in Thailand they have a running tally of how many days' worth of fuel the country has left.

In some respects, state government use of X functions like procurement. Even without a payment, public-sector participation subsidizes the platform by providing valuable content, attention, and institutional legitimacy ...

Procurement, Capacity and Soverignity When your contractors are also your enemy

"The ['deep state'] logic is that we need a [...] workforce that follows the law rather than its own preferences. Shouldn’t this logic should also apply to contractors, who are more brazen in melding their political preferences & organizational powers?"

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/procuremen...

I mean, they aren’t even coherent in their racism, for all the talk of “de-naturalizing” white protesters — it’s really a homeland specifically for white *supremacists*

Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

Oh… www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

Claud works "because it runs on your computer"

Admittedly I was not as familiar with Claude, but apparently it's taking off partly for these reasons

madalitso.me/notes/why-ev...

"Once and for all" sure sounds like a solution that's "final"

Indivisible email targeting Angie Craig

The massive number of people who signed up for the Insivisible “No Kings” and “Hands Off” protests (including through Women’s March MN) means a huge audience is now likely receiving these emails targeting Angie Craig

hey night owls, pretty rough week, huh? here are a few kinda FUN starter packs for ya to maybe lighten the load a li'l bit?

first, a bunch of amazing comics, film, and theater people i've worked with over the years!

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a man is looking at a comet with the words soon it will all be clean below him ALT: a man is looking at a comet with the words soon it will all be clean below him

stuff like this makes me *completely* insane, like the notification can never be resolved

so dems are stopping everything and talking non-stop about this, every chance they can then?

these guys will do absolutely anything to have power over others, as they imagine them to be

they are absolutely terrified of having power over others, as they actually are

Why Target is the Center of an ICE-Out Campaign in Minnesota - Workday Magazine ICE Out of MN, a coalition of unions, worker centers, and community organizations, is putting pressure on Minnesota’s corporations that stayed silent as thousands of federal immigration agents wreaked...

Target has allowed ICE to abduct its workers and use its property for staging. Now Minnesota organizers are building a pressure campaign against the company. "There is no neutral here," says labor organizer Veronica Mendez Moore. Vital reporting by Isabela Escalona.