Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2026: $827.2 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2026: $222.7 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2026: $204.2 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2026: $7.25
Three words: tax the rich.
No, I don’t want an AI assisted experience
I want clean air, forests, and a future for the next generation
Humans have a super weird relationship with the concept of consciousness. The term doesn't even a proper definition, yet it is something many obsess over.
The thing is, no other species will ever be conscious according to humans. There is a long history of moving the goalposts farther and farther.
Every time some other species displays a trait that humans use to define the concept, like recognising own image in a mirror or forming friendships with others, humans immediately move the goalpost. Instead of recognising that other species have this trait, they instead refuse to admit it because it makes humanity seem less special. And they would have to start taking other species into account.
It's much easier to think of others as biological machines, since for them it justifies treating those lifeforms horribly.
AI makes this even weirder. It's just a text prediction algorithm, yet some are trying to argue that it is conscious.
I was shocked that there was not a single book by Emma Goldman in my local public library.
So I looked her up, and came across this 1919 work I hadn't seen before.
DEPORTATION - Its Meaning and Menace
It seems deportation without due process to gulags overseas is as American as apple pie.
On #StarWarsDay pause to remember Grant Imahara- Engineer, Lucasfilm ILM model maker, Baby Yoda designer, R2D2 tech and puppeteer, Mythbuster and really lovely person. Grant passed away in July 2020 of a brain aneurysm.
In his lifetime, Grant mentored high school students in robotics and associated fields. The Grant Imahara STEAM foundation continues his legacy by providing grants for education. https://www.grantimaharafoundation.org/
Andrea Junker 
Greenpeace International
Lilith, Mother of Darkness
Vee
None Hitwonder
Simple Sabotage Field Manual
mau 🏳️🌈#EndFossilFuels
Comrade Weez
JA Westenberg