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streamer and political organizer socialist transgender former: game informer, extra life, xbox mag she/her business email: jack@penslingers.org

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ICE is still acting like ICE. Abolish ICE.

12.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Again, this is a feature of Tomahawk route planning. Tomahawk doesn’t know where it is unless it makes a number of unique terrain matches over an ingress route that must extend for several hundred kilometers. In 2003 routes over Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran were used during strikes on Iraq.

12.03.2026 00:15 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
"Macrohard or Digital Optimus is a joint xAI-Tesla project, coming as part of Tesla’s investment agreement with xAI. 

Grok is the master conductor/navigator with deep understanding of the world to direct digital Optimus, which is processing and actioning the past 5 secs of real-time computer screen video and keyboard/mouse actions. Grok is like a much more advanced and sophisticated version of turn-by-turn navigation software. 

You can think of it as Digital Optimus AI being System 1 (instinctive part of the mind) and Grok being System 2. (thinking part of the mind). 

This will run very competitively on the super low cost Tesla AI4 ($650) paired with relatively frugal use of the much more expensive xAI Nvidia hardware. And it will be the only real-time smart AI system. This is a big deal. 

In principle, it is capable of emulating the function of entire companies. That is why the program is called MACROHARD, a funny reference to Microsoft. 

No other company can yet do this."

"Macrohard or Digital Optimus is a joint xAI-Tesla project, coming as part of Tesla’s investment agreement with xAI. Grok is the master conductor/navigator with deep understanding of the world to direct digital Optimus, which is processing and actioning the past 5 secs of real-time computer screen video and keyboard/mouse actions. Grok is like a much more advanced and sophisticated version of turn-by-turn navigation software. You can think of it as Digital Optimus AI being System 1 (instinctive part of the mind) and Grok being System 2. (thinking part of the mind). This will run very competitively on the super low cost Tesla AI4 ($650) paired with relatively frugal use of the much more expensive xAI Nvidia hardware. And it will be the only real-time smart AI system. This is a big deal. In principle, it is capable of emulating the function of entire companies. That is why the program is called MACROHARD, a funny reference to Microsoft. No other company can yet do this."

as Tesla unravels Elon Musk will be forced to be increasingly incoherent with his vaporware hype slop until he's just left screaming incoherent strings of non sequiturs about GLORMS and interdimensional portals

11.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 736 πŸ” 152 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 49

"Hopefully the world economy can just spin up again in a few weeks"

12.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is why it's infuriating to see Frey held up on the national stage as some powerful resistance figure. He's also just obfuscation the truth here, which is that COVID 19 eviction moratoriums improved health and reduced evictions.

This cowardice never would have happened under Omar Fateh.

11.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rock fire department turns down $250K Google donation At the end of Highway 97 you'll find Charley Pearson taking care of his cattle in the peace and quiet of the Rock community."That’s what all the people out here

An Oklahoma fire department turned down $250,000 from Google because they didn't want to betray public trust as Google tries to build a data center in their community.

The Rock Volunteer Fire Department chief got a standing ovation for speaking out against the data center.

ktul.com/news/local/r...

11.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 742 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 10
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Pentagon Report: U.S. Military Fired Missile at Elementary School in Iran A U.S. military β€œtargeting error” triggered the killing of at least 175 at a school in Iran, the highest civilian death toll in Trump’s war.

Despite attempts by Trump to claim otherwise, the U.S. military was responsible for killing at least 175 in a strike on a school in Iran.

11.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

you can tell Wired has been doing good journalism lately because there's been increased whining by the extraction class about how Wired mysteriously changed in the decade since tech titans fully revealed themselves as sociopaths

from this recent Dorsey interview:

11.03.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 1553 πŸ” 380 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 19

Hello, I am looking for freelance writing gigs quite urgently due to being a victim - now twice - of theft. Any help is appreciated. I have written widely on games, TV shows and film for a variety of outlets - IGN, The Verge, Slate. If you have or know anything, plz DM me ASAP.

11.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œIn my 15 years in the Senate, I have never left a briefing this angry. We are heading down a path toward sending U.S. troops to Iran as ground forces,” β€” Sen. Richard Blumenthal

11.03.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 2153 πŸ” 893 πŸ’¬ 121 πŸ“Œ 56
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Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

10.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 23234 πŸ” 6261 πŸ’¬ 203 πŸ“Œ 381
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We are LIVE to talk about the mining of the Strait of Hormuz and sundry other catastrophes.

GWT IN THE BOAT!! Twitch, YouTube, and Riverboat.gg

11.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tbh, Roberts needs to be held accountable for this lawlessness.

11.03.2026 02:40 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JUST IN: Democrats flip a seat in the New Hampshire state House.

Dem Bobbi Boudman has won today’s special election, NHJournal reports.

(Boudman was the Dem nominee in 2024 & lost by 14%; Trump won here by 9%.)

This is Dems’ third legislative flip so far this year, after Texas and Arkansas.

11.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 4500 πŸ” 974 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 59
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A Cybertruck owner in Texas is suing Tesla for $1,000,000 in damages for β€œ grossly negligent conduct” following an accident on a Houston highway that involved the vehicle’s self-driving feature. Here's the dashcam video.

@mjgault.bsky.social has the story: www.404media.co/cybertruck-t...

10.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 622 πŸ” 197 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 44
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β€˜I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

10.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 755 πŸ” 300 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 24

Please help me share the post below. I don’t have a huge following, but this nomination is a bit under the radar and deserves more attention. His committee vote is this Thursday.

10.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 265 πŸ” 257 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6

Sun Tzu (D-NY) - β€œWhen your enemy is making a mistake, fix it for him at great cost to yourself.”

11.03.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 10845 πŸ” 2719 πŸ’¬ 177 πŸ“Œ 50

They fired forest rangers making $50k

11.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 393 πŸ” 148 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

I do have to wonder if this is a sign alongside Noem's canning that Miller's influence is waning. At the very least it is the recognition that this is deeply unpopular on top of the least popular war America has ever been involved in and the GOP is about to have a reckoning.

10.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything is so creepy all the time

10.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Famously soldiers don't need to be paid during wars.

10.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I spoke with an attorney who has been representing Epstein's survivors for decades: β€œTheir focus instead appears to be on the important people β€” powerful people that are contained within these files and protecting them instead of protecting who needs the protection."
theintercept.com/2026/02/13/e...

10.03.2026 20:37 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

all these clinical decision support systems sold as ways to "make healthcare more accessible" by scaffolding it with an automated agent are always also vehicles for redirecting/deferring patients away from actual human doctors and medical resources. they're actuarial tools designed to titrate access

10.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
10.03.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 13605 πŸ” 3962 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 6

This is absolutely unconscionable.

10.03.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Any claim that the US is "almost done" in Iran is just a lie. Things are continuing to escalate.

10.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

By analyzing records obtained by @deportationdata.org, I found that the total number of people who have experienced ICE detention in the first 9 months of the Trump admin amounts to the population of a mid-sized city.

09.03.2026 13:59 πŸ‘ 239 πŸ” 170 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
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Know Your Rights: Protest Rights and Safety Practices (for all No Kings Attendees) Β· No Kings In this ACLU-led training, participants will learn about the Constitutional right to peacefully protest and about best practices for reducing risks when attending protests like the upcoming No Kings m...

Before No Kings Day on March 28, we highly recommend joining the @aclu.org’s know your rights training. You will learn about your constitutional right to peacefully protest and best practices for reducing risks while taking to the streets.

10.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3