It's not trans people, immigrants, scientists, student activists who are causing our economic woes....

So, lets see if I got this right.

Saturn V, 13 launches, 100% success rate.
SpaceX Starship, 9 launches, 0% success rate.

Seems to me that Nazi rocket engineers are not what they used to be...

2 Million Civilians to Be Concentrated in Three Zones
2 Million Civilians to Be Concentrated

*Concentrated*
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They are ANNOUNCING concentration camps

archive.is/Q7klW

If you load this page it contacts 82 IP addresses executing 256 separate HTTP transactions to download 18MB of data writing 64 cookies to your device to tell you “no”

If demanding an industry respects human rights and respects the laws would kill this industry, this industry should have never been created to begin with.

It's okay to let unruly human-rights-destroying industries die.

Innovation at all cost is no innovation at all.

#NoAI

Seems fair.

So…about AI’s energy use…

“…to create a five-second video, a newer AI model uses ‘about 3.4 million joules, more than 700 times the energy required to generate a high-quality image’. That's the equivalent of running a microwave for over an hour.”

https://mashable.com/article/energy-ai-worse-than-we-thought

Further evidence that we no longer live in anything resembling a democracy. The US is dead. I don’t know what to call this new “thing”. Trumpistan I suppose. https://med-mastodon.com/@cbarbermd/114554681948392916

Audit flags oversight gaps in APD license plate reader pilot
https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2025/05/audit-flags-oversight-gaps-in-apd-license-plate-reader-pilot/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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I have been a casual birder since last year, every now and then busting out Merlin Bird ID on my phone to add a new bird I would randomly hear or see. But in the last several days I have really stepped up my birding game! I discovered #eBird and now I'm really hooked. Seeing my stats is fun, and the data I collect is actually beneficial for science.

#birding #hobby #outdoors

I’m a big Neal Stephenson fan. He posted his remarks on AI from a recent conference. You should read the whole thing, but this was particularly concerning. It aligns with what I hear from the students I speak to. https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/remarks-on-ai-from-nz

Austin's housing inventory went up and sales fell in April, per report
https://austin.culturemap.com/news/real-estate/housing-inventory-sales-may-2025/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Because today you really needed to see a corgi skateboarding. Just trust me on this ...

"Yet, rather than invest in ways to help people leave their cars at home, America’s typical response to congestion has been to build more lanes and highways. In a nation where cars are king, it’s no surprise that more freeways are often portrayed as the only way."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/opinion/europe-train-travel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IU8.kaiV.mLRkx2ERWRQ1&smid=url-share

LLMs exist to crush labour. That's not even my surmise, the people paying billions of dollars to fund this stuff are extremely open and explicit that this is their goal.

There are no ethical use cases for LLMs at this point in time. Maybe when the bubble has popped thoroughly. Not before.

EDIT: I should have expected this post would attract the deliberately obtuse shills, but my goodness

Musk touted $2T, brought down to $1T, and quit - saying he could only find $150B. Nothing actually audited, now reporting only $13B. Meanwhile thousands of hard-working, critical government employees lost jobs. And oversight orgs of Musk and Trump activities are closed. As well as seriously important programs to American standing in the world, as well as protecting the economy and citizen well-being. Tornadoes hit as recently as today without support. https://ohai.social/@tangledwing/114525612659844619

A study just came out showing the majority of Americans can’t afford a minimal quality of life/basic cost of living.

The majority.

The richest country in the world is failing to provide for most of its citizens while the billionaires get richer.

Remember this the next time they talk about making America healthy again.

People need universal health care and basic income. Access to clean air and water. An end to food deserts and inequality.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of-living-income-quality-of-life/

@Cliftographer Great pic!

The future is here...

#AI