My avatar was inspired by the original version of The Manchurian Candidate. My handle was inspired by the emergence of US political leaders with violent, fascistic tendencies. Both were conjured pre-Trump.
Yesterday, Joe Biden may or may not have worn a hard hat backwards while posing for a photo.
Yesterday, Donald Trump was found to have defamed the women he sexually assaulted and was ordered to pay her $83 million.
Guess which the law-and-order, family-values, make-America-great-again crowd cares more about.
#VoteBlue because all those other people will be sure to be casting their votes.
Trader Joe’s Attorney Argues National Labor Relations Board Is ‘Unconstitutional’. | A lawyer for the union says the company is aligning itself with right-wing ideologues who want to destroy the regulatory state.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trader-joes-attorney-nlrb-unconstitutional_n_65b41e7ae4b014b873b11cc2
#TraderJoesAttorney #NationalLaborRelationsBoard #Unconstitutional #RegulatoryState #RightWingIdeologues #UnionLawyer #Politics #News
The Post put this in the "Shhh! Don't tell anyone!" section on page 8.
So uh... is YouTube really gonna start tagging videos that use AI so I can block 'em all somehow? The experience of seeing a video on an obscure topic that I care about then two sentences in realizing it's a computer voice reading GPT garble-warble is getting old.
Much like with art... part of what I'm interested in isn't just the content, it's the person who cared about it enough to make a video. I want to hear their voice and see how they see the topic. That's the whole point.
One year ago today November 18, 2022 was the Twitter Lockout, and in one amazing day a quarter million new users flocked to Mastodon. Not everyone stayed, but a great many did. We have continued to confront disruptive growth, while striving to hold onto ideals of community, kindness and respect for each other. Is Mastodon perfect? No, but today, one year later, the state of our platform is strong. Open social media is thriving.
Anderson Cooper had on a former Israeli intel chief who said, "The noncombatant population in the Gaza strip is really a nonexistent term because all of the Gazans voted for Hamas, and...most of the population in the Gaza strip are Hamas."
Cooper didn't push back.
Again, #Hamas won an election with 44.5% of the vote 17 years ago, before around half of the population of #Gaza were born, and then seized complete power in a bloody civil war with Fatah.
#israel #media
So if I’ve understood correctly, a Colorado district court found that Trump engaged in insurrection and that the First Amendment did not protect his inciting speech at the Ellipse on January 6. But he can still be on the ballot in the state because (checks notes) the Presidency is not an “office of the United States” and that the president is not an “officer.” That is certainly an odd thing to conclude. If the President is not an officer, who the hell is?!
Y'all, she's 53 inches tall.
4 feet, 5 inches.
And still not tall enough to "be seen."
It’s important to keep reminding ourselves that so-called #AI #LargeLanguageModels are nothing more than very fancy bullshit generators. They know nothing about truth. They just know the patterns of how humans use language.
So every time you hear a story about them being used (successfully) for class assignments, grant applications, legal briefs, newspaper articles, writing emails, etc, it really just means all these venues are places where we’ve come to expect and accept bullshit.
I hesitate to making declarative statements because I realize the world is complex and circumstances nuanced, but here I go.
If you plead guilty to or are convicted of using the system of justice to undermine democracy you should lose your license to practice law.
Chevron deference requires courts to defer to govt agencies' reasonable interpretations of laws.
Koch backed groups are now calling on SCOTUS to overturn it — which would spell chaos for our environment.
Remember who secretly attended Koch donor retreats?
Clarence Thomas...
And last weekend, Polish voters showed up to the polls in a massive wave, with record-high turnout, kicking out the Government and giving a mandate to opposition parties, who are now expected to form the next government.
While the ruling PiS had clashed with Ukraine over the issue of Ukrainian grain exports, Tusk has been an ardent supporter of Ukraine.
"The victory of #Ukraine is in the national interests of #Poland," Tusk said before the vote.
According to Australian multibillionaire Anthony Pratt, Trump shared a lot with him, such as information about U.S. bombings in Iraq before they were publicly reported. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/secret-tapes-trump-australian-billionaire-anthony-pratt-1234859957/
In a secret ballot of House Republicans, #Jordan lost a majority of the vote.
A majority (!) of the conference voted against him while hidden in the dark.
Cowards.
And we're supposed to feel good that there are some "moderate" Republicans left?
#House #speaker #GymJordan
#fascism #Insurrection #PartyofPutin
A Congressman is inspiring death threats against other Congress people.
200 House Republicans voted for this man on Monday.
GOP support for a active insurrectionist is an appalling assault on democracy, integrity and basic decency.
So we can expect a guilty plea then, Donald?
