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đŚ Host, Theory of Change podcast â¨
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đŚ Posts about politics, science, religion, media, and technology with occasional memesâŠ
New book: "What Republicans Know"
https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/what-republicans-know
Signal: matthewsheffield.01
Regardless of what you think about AI, what Trump did to Anthropic was monumentally wrong.
Pete Hegseth wanted to change a contract he'd already signed which included policies to promote public safety he disliked. Trump declared a citizen-run company to be terrorists.
Thankfully, the ruling has been voided. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/hegseth-trump-had-no-authority-to-order-anthropic-to-be-blacklisted-judge-says/
Discourse about space aliens can be fun and exciting, but it can also teach us about human science and communication.
Particle physicist
@danielwhiteson joins
@mattsheffield to discuss his new book, âDo Aliens Speak Physics?â
https://plus.flux.community/p/what-imagining-aliens-can-teach-us
Particle physicist Daniel Whiteson on his new book, âDo Aliens Speak Physics?â
Wow I just got a text from Mormons in my area. I've not been contacted by them in like 20 years. Seems like they'd have realized that I'm not interested after all this time!
Stuff like this is why your reputation has problems, guys.
RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116296006874800429
I can see two lunatics with access to nuclear weapons.
âWendy McMahon Left CBS. She's Not Done Making News
In her first in-depth interview since stepping down, the former CBS News President gets candid about her exit, Bari Weiss and the future of news.â
âThe company and I didnât agree on the path forward. That is the reality. As a leader, as a CEO within an organization, when you sense misalignment, when you believe your vision and your values are at odds with how the business is movingâthatâs your cue, right?â
https://www.marieclaire.com/career-advice/wendy-mcmahon-cbs-newsexit-interview/
All valid epistemologies are similar, while each faulty epistemology is incorrect in its own way.
It's so unfortunate that many Democrats do not understand the difference between helping the party be more effective at advocating for itself versus nihilist leftism that doesn't believe voting ever works.
There's a massive difference between demanding that Democrats reach out to the public and actually pay for advocacy media and "all parties are the same" BS.
Dobbs v. Jackson was just the beginning of the reactionary assault on women
Reproductive rights journalist Susan Rinkunas joins "Theory of Change" to discuss the right's sprawling effort to eliminate birth control, abortion pills, and womenâs rights as a whole https://plus.flux.community/p/dobbs-v-jackson-was-just-the-beginning
Susan Rinkunas discusses the sprawling effort to eliminate birth control, abortion pills, and womenâs rights as a whole
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