Jennifer Slack

@JenniferSlack
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Emerita Professor 
Cultural Studies, Technology, AI, Environment
Pro-Democracy Anti-MAGA
Pastel painter 
Rural Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA

When it's your turn to walk the dragon and you are not into it:

#Dragon

@GottaLaff

Video is here, for anyone who hasn't seen it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q6j3CN1EdZM

Republicans choke on defense of Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters. Could it be shame?

YouTube
Canada Readies Tariffs on $105 Billion of US Products If Trump Hits First

Canada has drawn up an initial list of C$150 billion ($105 billion) of US-manufactured items that it would hit with tariffs if President-elect Donald Trump decides to levy tariffs against Canadian goods, according to an official familiar with the matter.

Bloomberg
@GottaLaff Warren was spot on amazing. All the women Dems were amazing.
I’ve never been so alarmed for the US. Ever. The Christo-fascism, the blatant racism and bigotry of #Hegseth hearing is beyond anything I can even express here. Sickening. Despicable. And this is only the beginning.
@GottaLaff Duckworth absolutely roasted Hegseth!
@GottaLaff that was almost unbelievably juvenile. Especially given the women with military expertise on the committee challenging Hegseth.
A little light reading. The Jack Smith Report. You can down load it here. https://bsky.app/profile/whodat35.bsky.social/post/3lfolnjy4gc2f
Lee West (@whodat35.bsky.social)

#JackSmith's report on the election case against Trump has been released. The 174-page .pdf can be downloaded here: https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/76c2c1e8fe2e5ae7/d2d77a9c-full.pdf

Bluesky Social

They've drunk the techbros' koolaid. Instead of investing in people, they're going to sink billions into energy & water guzzling AI, thereby ramping up global warming.

Gullible fools.

"The government plan features a potentially controversial scheme to unlock public data to help fuel the growth of AI businesses. This includes anonymised NHS data, which will be available for “researchers and innovators” to train their AI models"

#AI #NHS #UKPolitics #Labour

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/12/mainlined-into-uks-veins-labour-announces-huge-public-rollout-of-ai?CMP=firstedition_email

‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI

Plans to make UK world leader in AI sector include opening access to NHS and other public data

The Guardian

Elon Musk's interventions in U.K. politics has made an impression on the U.K. public, just not in the way he would like to think.

The more we hear about Elon Musk, the less we like him.

Musk's net favourability is now at -51 in the U.K.