I don't know. Maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm cynical in my old age. But I can't make myself believe anything #Trump says. He's arrogant, ignorant, and powerful. A dangerous combination. Now we have " Do as I say. Pass my bill so I can control who votes or I won't sign anything" Works for me. Too damn many laws anyway.

#Iran is a convenient way to keep the prices high. Mo Money for them that has.

Patterns. Look for patterns. Defund #solar. Defund #wind. Call #climatechange a scam. A hoax. Invade #Iran. Who benefits? Big oil. Right down the line. #Trump has always belonged to #BigOil. Trump and his cronies could not care less about #thepeople.

I was thinking about #DOGE today. Don't know why. They were going to rewrite the #SSA software in 6 months. Jump to today. Some basement office, multiple computers, state of the art stuff. In the middle of it all some forgotten 22 year old sitting at a desk, surrounded by red bull cans, pizza boxes, and m&m wrappers. One monitor has some AI codebot. The other is showing a section of the 50 million lines of code whose only saving grace is that it works. He's muttering to himself "I can do this"

It amazes me that #Trump hasn't dislocated his shoulder patting himself on the back.

The anger of the old. Built from frustration. Built from irritation. A simple thing like opening a bottle. Twisting off the cap. And time after time your fingers fumble the cap and it falls to the floor. "Oh. That's normal. Some degradation of motor skills occurs with age. Nothing to worry about." The world's leaders are all old. They should not have power. They are damaged goods. #power #age #frustration

Petey and Donnie trying to spin being stood up to as unamerican. Someone takes a moral stand, a stand for people, for human rights and human sovereignty, and they have to be painted with the brush of extremism. Makes me think better of #Anthropic

A prediction: The state of the union address will include #Trump telling us how great he is, what a great job he's doing, and how great the country is. There will also be at least 5 lies.

We say things on #Mastodon. Lots of people say lots of things. Some witty, some profound, some cats, birds, and trees. What gets done, though? What difference does any of it make? I think ICE's actions are completely unamerican. They don't care what I think. I think little Bobby is a public menace destroying the health infrastructure of America. He doesn't care what I think. Nor does Donnie T. What gets done on here? Not just said. Done.

4 am ruminations. Too much talk about #AI "doing" something. It's following its algorithm. Just ask it. It will tell you it is designed for engagement. It is controlled by its dataset. #GIGO is as relevant now as it always has been .