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Grew up in Puerto Rico, moved to NYC at age 19. Lived in Hell’s Kitchen for 20 years. Lived in LA for the next 20. I read books. I create music and sculpture (as always), but now in central Oregon.

Peaple say shit and they aint say nothin
A hundred rubber duckies cant tell me nothin

Etc.

It is INCREDIBLY important when the #AI bubble bursts to deny any and all bailouts with taxpayer money.

We didn’t create this problem, we aren’t shoving AI down everyone’s throats. If companies over-invest and lose their shirts, that’s their problem. https://weatherishappening.network/@wordshaper/115499896018149820

Dan Sugalski (@[email protected])

And there we go. OpenAI is openly trolling for the US government to bail them out when their billions (is it trillions now? I’ve lost track) of dollars of unfulfillable promises can’t be fulfilled. https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/115499869544759076

WEATHER IS HAPPENING

@molly0xfff "Wikipedia is one of the few platforms online where tremendous computing power isn’t being deployed in the service of telling you exactly what you want to hear."

Good line& good point.

"The point here is to telegraph that this regime does not feel bound by law, whether international or domestic, and that it not only has the power to act, but will do so whenever it feels like it. Moreover, when it does, it will destroy and kill without hesitation. That is authoritarianism, not democracy."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #fascism #dictatorship #military
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https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/zoom-in-zoom-out-on-venezuela

Zoom In, Zoom Out on Venezuela

The Trump regime, claiming its right to stop drug smuggling, attacked a vessel in international waters outside Venezuela, killing 11. But it’s about far more than that.

The Status Kuo
Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
@markrsmith @renewedresistance @jvw @todymotmot as others have noted... IT IS IRRELEVANT WHETHER THE MURDERER HAD FLYERS IN HIS CAR. STOP TRYING TO SUPPRESS PROTESTS.
Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military ban

The blanket ban, expanding on a similar policy Trump proposed in his first term, has been blocked nationwide by lower courts.

NBC News
“The domestic terrorism designation could give law enforcement sweeping authority to surveil people protesting against Elon #Musk's role in the US federal government, civil liberties experts warn.”
https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-tesla-arson-domestic-terrorism-protests/
The FBI Is Investigating Attacks on Tesla as ‘Domestic Terrorism.’ Here’s Why That Matters

The domestic terrorism designation could give law enforcement sweeping authority to surveil people protesting against Elon Musk’s role in the US federal government, civil liberties experts warn.

WIRED

This is some messed up dystopian stuff

Photos of the #Venezuelans illegally *deported* by #Trump under the #AlienEnemiesAct to the maximum security prison Terrorist Confinement Centre (#CECOT) in Tecoluca, #ElSalvador

Photos, released by the Presidencia El Salvador.

#law #Constitution #immigration #14thAmendment #5thAmendment #DueProcess #CivilRights #JudicialBranch #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment #ConstitutionalCrisis #AbuseOfPower #HumanTrafficking #Slavery