The Army’s top general will be retiring immediately, according to the Defense Department, an unusual departure amid the ongoing war with Iran.
The Pentagon announced Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George’s exit on Thursday
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly demanded George’s resignation.
I wonder how many of our military have and will die because of #tweedledee and #tweedledumb as our military leaders.
@Cyclist ok, but why do we elect them? Oh, wait, it's because those richest people buy the two biggest political parties, both of which consequently have wealth-friendly policies, and then persuade us that we have to vote for one in order to keep the other out.
Microsoft has nothing to lose. It's spent billions on #Bing, a search-engine no one voluntarily uses. Might as well try something so stupid it might just work. But why is Google, a monopolist who has a 90+% share of search worldwide, jumping off the same bridge as Microsoft?
There's a delightful #Mastodon thread about this, written by @danhon, where he compares the chatbot-#enshittified front ends to Bing and Google to #Tweedledee and #Tweedledum:
https://mamot.fr/@[email protected].com/109832788458972865
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At the front of the house, Alice found two curious characters, both search engines. "I am Googl-E," said the one plastered in advertisements. "And I am Bingle-Dum," said the other, who was the smaller of the two, and sported a pout, as to having fewer visitors and opportunity for conversation than the other.
"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."
#TweedleDee, 'Through the Looking Glass', by Lewis Carroll.
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