The Solimans case is why Americans who love democracy should not stop at demanding due process. If that process is badly slanted, bending towards the racist and xenophobic, what good is it?
Our beef is better. American beef has been banned from 'straya for more than two decades because our gov’t doesn’t think the US has taken satisfactory steps to address the risk of mad cow disease.
First: assume he's a perfect sphere. Then, assume that he's both not real bright AND he's convinced himself that he's a super-genius. Then, assume that he's utterly drug-addled.
idk tho, there's plenty of centrists right now who are sure if we just cut away all the stuff (except what they are personally getting of course) we can surely win back those MAGA voters
I see Ukraine is one-uping our idiots, they are using manual operators WITH the A1.
"Ukrainian special services reportedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to direct drones during Operation Spider's Web. The SBU stated on June 4 that it used 'autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and manual operator intervention' to conduct the June 1 strikes against Russian air bases."
"Free State?" We haven't seceded - ah, it's about affordability.
And I find myself agreeing with the Herald's assessment; Jolly hasn't got a whelk's chance in a supernova of winning, but I'll vote for any Dem I see on the ballot.
While that would be nice, Jolly points out in this article a lot of ways he's always been more of a Democrat than he thought he was. If he still has enough built up good will in the state from the last time he held office, he might have the best chance of taking advantage of this moment. Whatever that chance might be.
I know a bunch of feds who were allegedly advised to maybe clean up their social media accounts for anything, you know, not trump friendly. Key word removal was the idea. So one of em, and god love the kid, went about changing the name Trump to Dump. He said it took two days to change them all XD
Not really. I'd say it makes sense for them that can't afford to be unceremoniously booted. Engineers and scientists and what not have pretty good job prospects outside the fed, but most of these guys are like laborers.
I just enjoyed his savvy in tricking the AI feed while still retaining his right to bash a president
Too bad everyone blames the "lack of education" as to why they pay you shit wages... sinking $50k+ for a degree that barely gets you more money isn't a better option.
Who's fault is that? I'd say wages haven't kept up at all with how fucking expensive everything is, but the people keep getting blamed instead of those with the real power to make changes.
For profit, yes FOR PROFIT, charter school system cutting services to students (i.e., not enough money was going into investor pockets):
Epic Charter Schools cuts staff, closes learning centers
BEN FENWICK
EDITOR
Epic Charter Schools, the state’s largest online education system, announced layoffs this week and the closing of “Learning Centers,” some of which have been in operation less than a year, according to the company.
Descr ibed by a company spokesperson as an “ongoing reorganization,” Epic did not renew the contracts of 357 employees, including 83 teachers and 274 administrative staff. This is more than 37 percent of such staff. Other media outlets report the cuts were principals.
The cuts also will phase out the “Learning Center” model, which had in-person classrooms located throughout the state to provide testing and other instruction.
One Epic location opened on Main Street in Norman in 2024. As of Wednesday, the door of the location has a sign saying the center will be closed through July 31st.
“I can confirm that no Norman location will be closing permanently,” said Epic spokesperson Rob Crissinger.
“As we phase out the Learning Center model, we’re excited to give our
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Closed sign on Epic’s location on Main Street in Norman. The school’s spokesperson said it would not close permanently.
Learning Center families priority in the Comet Academy model, which has a similar face-to-face structure,” Epic stated in its release. “This will help to serve more students and eliminate the waiting list at Epic’s largest facilities in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. This change will open up additional space for Epic teachers to book in-person meetings for one-on-one, Comet Academy and clubs,” adding, “We will no longer offer full-day in-person instruction Monday through Friday. Meal services for breakfast and lunch will no longer be provided.”
The cuts come after a period of ambitious growth and outreach. In September, Epic and the University of Oklahoma announced a partnership in a contract with Teladoc health services to provide telemedicine to students and their families. The partnership was to offer the service to all Epic students for sick visits, chronic disease management and some behavioral health conditions, regardless of their insurance status. Crissinger said he would have to verify if the service would remain.
The company said the cuts were “necessary to implement significant streamlining measures.”
“We are grateful to every member of the Epic team for the passion and care they bring to our community,” said Superintendent Bart Banfield. “This transition is about preserving and strengthening our ability to serve students for years to come. We are committed to supporting those impacted with compassion and transparency.”
Charters come and go. In too many states it's all too easy to set one up and siphon money from the state for a year or two, but the parents who send their kids to charters think they're supposed to get something for it, and delivering that is harder than most of these people think it is.
Yeah, they're all a scam to soak up public money it seems. Like opening a Mega church or running as a MAGAt, it's all about PR and theatricals with no actual meat
So, wasaaay back in 2013, then-governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal performed like a serious person in front of the Republican National Committee. “We must stop being the stupid party,” he rattled. “It’s time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults.”...
Flashback over, Louisiana House passes SB46, legislation to ban chemtrails... Because protecting their constituents from government agencies and 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 purposefully using aircraft at high altitudes to spray the public and/or the atmosphere with chemicals...
Meanwhile, at 7.14 deaths per 1,000 live births, Louisiana had the sixth highest infant mortality rate in the country, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The US as a whole isat 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births, ranking No. 33 of the 38 OECD countries (better than Chile, worse than the Slovak Republic)...
Two things: 1. The tide has turned because the investors have dumped billions into AI tech that shows no way to make back their money. Even though 9 out of 10 start ups fail, the investments are small. AI has sucked in multiple hundreds of billions for investment. 2. "Silent majority"? Bullshit. The libertarian OWNERS of those companies wanted to do military work, but the rank and file engineers (the real majority) don't. Follow the money, and the owners smell money iin defense tech.
𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝘁𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱” 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆'𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 — There's long existed a “silent majority” who wanted to pursue defense projects, Bosworth said during an interview
You know the investing community is in bad shape when they are going to private equity to cover some of the bills. Start ups aren't getting profitable fast enough (or going to IPO) and the AI investments are huge.
ya know, considering how much they sunk into all this AI nonsense, it now makes sense that the government they bought is trying to over protect the same
Reactions to Operation Spider’s Web / Операція «Павутина» / the June 1 drone operation by Ukraine significantly reducing Russian bomber and battlefield intel capacity seem to me to confirm a few things.
The main thing: it never occurred to the Putinist fascists—it’s really just one axis now—Putin, Drumpf, the wealthy backers, and the smaller online liars—that their assumptions might be wrong. They thought they were safe, thought they knew how this ended. They’ve been stuck in the same framework decades, certain where the power in the world was, certain how it works. They’ve had a smug we know what’s going on thing previously, even when temporarily on the back foot.
They are looking rather less certain since.
Disinformation agents the world over repeating the axis’ line are revealing the same. This three powers idea of Drumpf’s is something a lot of them just assume without really thinking about it. That the future might not be this way—that power might shift—this did not occur to them.
The US’ economic centrality, Russia’s military dominance, these were pillars for them. They were sold on this over decades. That both were putting themselves at risk from overplaying their hands, this they were not ready for.
Drumpf’s relative silence, the trolls’ noise, they both point to the same thing.
We’ve noted a few times Drumpf’s decaying cognition seems oddly stuck in the 80s.
I think the convicted felon is kinda quiet because he failed at his one job, to keep pootie informed off anything like Spider Web. His choke chain probably got yanked real good last phone call. so sad.
They have felt safe because the money has protected up until now. No longer. Small, cheap, and agile forces can reek havoc. I imagine the oligarchs, at least the smart ones, are rethinking their supposed "security"
The Solimans case is why Americans who love democracy should not stop at demanding due process. If that process is badly slanted, bending towards the racist and xenophobic, what good is it?
They mock us…
https://au.yahoo.com/news/thank-trump-womans-viral-video-200816832.html
Rightfully so.
Our beef is better. American beef has been banned from 'straya for more than two decades because our gov’t doesn’t think the US has taken satisfactory steps to address the risk of mad cow disease.
"Ah, but the deep-fried hot dogs, that's where I had them."
Has anyone cross-posted this to 'Truth' (anti-)Social?
Boston Globe:
𝐄𝐥𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦
𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑘’𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝’𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑒- 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑏𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔.
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aww, that's too bad...
/s
Time for a childish nickname!
I have been calling him 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘬, mostly because it just rolls off my tongue...
I've' been calling him "Elmo the Muskrat" because it sounds cartoonish. Jacket and hat, but no pants, like most cartoon characters.
I've been calling him Ellunge Musk because he looks like a fish.
Elon skunk
Little Elon
Poor Elon (though perhaps a bit too cerebral for Trump)
Pee-lon. 'Cause he smells like pee.
Ha! He broke his wang and his bladder control!
oooo that's a winner!
I'm very proud!
No one will ever like you again, Tweelon. You got in bed with the fascist and that stank will NEVER COME OFF.
Is he though? Or is he trying to do a PR move to make comfy centrists forget all about his fascist ways?
Cause I don't see how tweeting out a couple things is going to derail jack shit.
He can't be too tough if his preschooler/human shield can give him a black eye.
GOP:
https://imgflip.com/i/9wb9m7
Maybe Stephen fuckin' Miller will wait until Lonnie sinks a few more $billion into his space town, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 deport him.
First: assume he's a perfect sphere. Then, assume that he's both not real bright AND he's convinced himself that he's a super-genius. Then, assume that he's utterly drug-addled.
Still think we need to be checking his gun form for lying about drug use.
Ya know, to be fair and what not
You know what would be funny, he pisses asshole off enough that he sics the puppy killer on him.
Simultaneously funny AND terrifying.
He did some shady visa shit and what not originally
now THAT's comedy!
Complaining that this bill doesn't cut enough doesn't really seem like a play to centrists.
Doesn't cut enough XD
idk tho, there's plenty of centrists right now who are sure if we just cut away all the stuff (except what they are personally getting of course) we can surely win back those MAGA voters
Yeah, NOBODY'S IMPRESSED!
[insert wanking_motion.gif]
Today's assessment includes a summary of the damage to one leg of Russia's nuclear triad:
https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-4-2025
I see Ukraine is one-uping our idiots, they are using manual operators WITH the A1.
"Ukrainian special services reportedly used artificial intelligence (AI) to direct drones during Operation Spider's Web. The SBU stated on June 4 that it used 'autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and manual operator intervention' to conduct the June 1 strikes against Russian air bases."
Note the "manual operator intervention."
"No, you're headed for a hardware store; head in this direction. See the big plane-shaped thing? Yes? Hit that."
"No, not the one painted on the tarmac."
LOL
I still love the copium armor on the wings and fuselages. "We shall use old tires, and the drones will bounce off!"
Roosky: "Is protection hack!"
Ukrainian: "Is potato."
LOL
𝑃𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 "𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒" 𝑈𝑘𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 "𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟" 𝑖𝑠 "𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛."
Someone should look in the mirror.
One man's terrorist is another man's partisan.
How dare they attack me for the crime of invading their country!
I know, right?
Like, he literally invaded them. Pretty sure that makes it part of WAR and not part of TERRORISMS
Vlad is not having a good week.
𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 4.4𝘎𝘉 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘷'𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦́𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦́𝘴, 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥-𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘰𝘣𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘷'𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦," 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘹.
𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸
Drones are not enough
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/04/ukraine_hack_attack_russia/
The graphic they left behind is an Art. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5jbj2wzit57tfjmmwocupfs7/post/3lqrwyqwbe224?ref_src=embed&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.dailykos.com%252Fstories%252F2025%252F6%252F4%252F2325822%252F-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Another-large-prisoner-exchange-planned
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
(giggling)
STILL complete silence from that orange bag of shit, it's been so pleasant the past few days.
Maybe hamberder finally got him?
They're making a clonebot to replace him.
Jolly enters governor’s race as a Democrat: ‘The Free State of Florida is a lie’
Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article307803510.html#storylink=cpy
"Free State?" We haven't seceded - ah, it's about affordability.
And I find myself agreeing with the Herald's assessment; Jolly hasn't got a whelk's chance in a supernova of winning, but I'll vote for any Dem I see on the ballot.
The state dems need to find a street-fighter progressive to field.
I don't know if they see the need.
While that would be nice, Jolly points out in this article a lot of ways he's always been more of a Democrat than he thought he was. If he still has enough built up good will in the state from the last time he held office, he might have the best chance of taking advantage of this moment. Whatever that chance might be.
I think the state Dems have been beaten down and marginalized for so long that they're used to it.
I'm not a Jolly fan, but he's OK and he might be able to win... He can play hardball...
I have also noted that unlike Byron Edwards, he's White.
The suicide of America by incompetence.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 "𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘏𝘚, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘋𝘈, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘐𝘖𝘚𝘏 [𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩], 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘛 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 34 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘋𝘊'𝘴 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦: 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴."
𝗟𝗮𝘄𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁: 𝗗𝗢𝗚𝗘, 𝗛𝗛𝗦 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 “𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿-𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻” 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀
Firing spree allegedly based on incorrect employee scores and other basic errors.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/lawsuit-doge-hhs-used-hopelessly-error-ridden-data-to-fire-10000-workers/
More of DOGE's success legacy.
Time to find all those little snot-nosed nazis and fire them.
unfortunately
https://www.wired.com/story/big-balls-young-doge-converted-into-full-time-government-employees/
They can stay as long as they get kicks in the votebags until performance improves.
they actually fed stuff into an AI didn't they
"Hey, ChatGPT, who should I fire?"
Yes
I know a bunch of feds who were allegedly advised to maybe clean up their social media accounts for anything, you know, not trump friendly. Key word removal was the idea. So one of em, and god love the kid, went about changing the name Trump to Dump. He said it took two days to change them all XD
That's kind of obeying in advance, innit?
Not really. I'd say it makes sense for them that can't afford to be unceremoniously booted. Engineers and scientists and what not have pretty good job prospects outside the fed, but most of these guys are like laborers.
I just enjoyed his savvy in tricking the AI feed while still retaining his right to bash a president
ok ok OKAY I guess I'll go log in to work and get the overnight stupidity report..
It's a moral imperative.
Page Four of my tale of thrilling Cambrian adventure!
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/61124395/
Ediacaran proterozoans not welcome?
They're welcome, but I decided to settle on a Cambrian adventure.
Cliffhanger!
You can almost hear the minor-key violin trills!
Boston Globe:
𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑗𝑜𝑏 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 — 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 — 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑏𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑟’𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓𝑓.
IMHO, if you're going to college solely for the paycheck, you'll probably never be happy.
I have this discussion with engineering students often.
Too bad everyone blames the "lack of education" as to why they pay you shit wages... sinking $50k+ for a degree that barely gets you more money isn't a better option.
Who's fault is that? I'd say wages haven't kept up at all with how fucking expensive everything is, but the people keep getting blamed instead of those with the real power to make changes.
For profit, yes FOR PROFIT, charter school system cutting services to students (i.e., not enough money was going into investor pockets):
Epic Charter Schools cuts staff, closes learning centers
BEN FENWICK
EDITOR
Epic Charter Schools, the state’s largest online education system, announced layoffs this week and the closing of “Learning Centers,” some of which have been in operation less than a year, according to the company.
Descr ibed by a company spokesperson as an “ongoing reorganization,” Epic did not renew the contracts of 357 employees, including 83 teachers and 274 administrative staff. This is more than 37 percent of such staff. Other media outlets report the cuts were principals.
The cuts also will phase out the “Learning Center” model, which had in-person classrooms located throughout the state to provide testing and other instruction.
One Epic location opened on Main Street in Norman in 2024. As of Wednesday, the door of the location has a sign saying the center will be closed through July 31st.
“I can confirm that no Norman location will be closing permanently,” said Epic spokesperson Rob Crissinger.
“As we phase out the Learning Center model, we’re excited to give our
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Closed sign on Epic’s location on Main Street in Norman. The school’s spokesperson said it would not close permanently.
Learning Center families priority in the Comet Academy model, which has a similar face-to-face structure,” Epic stated in its release. “This will help to serve more students and eliminate the waiting list at Epic’s largest facilities in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. This change will open up additional space for Epic teachers to book in-person meetings for one-on-one, Comet Academy and clubs,” adding, “We will no longer offer full-day in-person instruction Monday through Friday. Meal services for breakfast and lunch will no longer be provided.”
The cuts come after a period of ambitious growth and outreach. In September, Epic and the University of Oklahoma announced a partnership in a contract with Teladoc health services to provide telemedicine to students and their families. The partnership was to offer the service to all Epic students for sick visits, chronic disease management and some behavioral health conditions, regardless of their insurance status. Crissinger said he would have to verify if the service would remain.
The company said the cuts were “necessary to implement significant streamlining measures.”
“We are grateful to every member of the Epic team for the passion and care they bring to our community,” said Superintendent Bart Banfield. “This transition is about preserving and strengthening our ability to serve students for years to come. We are committed to supporting those impacted with compassion and transparency.”
You cannot imagine how shocked I am.
Charters come and go. In too many states it's all too easy to set one up and siphon money from the state for a year or two, but the parents who send their kids to charters think they're supposed to get something for it, and delivering that is harder than most of these people think it is.
Especially when you are trying to keep profits up.
Yeah, they're all a scam to soak up public money it seems. Like opening a Mega church or running as a MAGAt, it's all about PR and theatricals with no actual meat
So, wasaaay back in 2013, then-governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal performed like a serious person in front of the Republican National Committee. “We must stop being the stupid party,” he rattled. “It’s time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults.”...
Flashback over, Louisiana House passes SB46, legislation to ban chemtrails... Because protecting their constituents from government agencies and 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 purposefully using aircraft at high altitudes to spray the public and/or the atmosphere with chemicals...
Meanwhile, at 7.14 deaths per 1,000 live births, Louisiana had the sixth highest infant mortality rate in the country, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The US as a whole isat 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births, ranking No. 33 of the 38 OECD countries (better than Chile, worse than the Slovak Republic)...
Priorities!
Is this not a joke? I can’t tell anymore.
No joke. Actual legislation
Ha ha, remember when Jindal was the Obama of the GQP!? LOLOLOLOL
I'd swear that the GOP suddenly lost interest in him right after he did that stupid SOTU rebuttal, and the GOP stans saw him for the first time.
Not saying they are all racist pieces of shit, but....
Make Louisiana health more like Haiti.
hell, at this point, Haiti's might be superior
Priorities of instilling hate and fear in their base to keep them compliant. Makes sense that they'd feed into the delusions to continue that.
Two things: 1. The tide has turned because the investors have dumped billions into AI tech that shows no way to make back their money. Even though 9 out of 10 start ups fail, the investments are small. AI has sucked in multiple hundreds of billions for investment. 2. "Silent majority"? Bullshit. The libertarian OWNERS of those companies wanted to do military work, but the rank and file engineers (the real majority) don't. Follow the money, and the owners smell money iin defense tech.
𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 “𝘁𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱” 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆, 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆'𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 — There's long existed a “silent majority” who wanted to pursue defense projects, Bosworth said during an interview
https://archive.ph/eKpp4 [Bloomberg]
"Silent majority"? shshsh be vewy vewy quiet
Oliver Warbucks is making a move...
lol. Silent majority who wants that sweet taxpayer funded teat
So very silent
That's bullshit.
There has long been a 'silent majority' that wants to play on someone else's dime.
You know the investing community is in bad shape when they are going to private equity to cover some of the bills. Start ups aren't getting profitable fast enough (or going to IPO) and the AI investments are huge.
ya know, considering how much they sunk into all this AI nonsense, it now makes sense that the government they bought is trying to over protect the same
I believe you're on to something there, Jen. Remember that "no state regulations of AI for 10 years" thing in the Big Bullshit Bill?
ayep
I thought that was a weird addition.
Now it makes sense
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Reactions to Operation Spider’s Web / Операція «Павутина» / the June 1 drone operation by Ukraine significantly reducing Russian bomber and battlefield intel capacity seem to me to confirm a few things.
The main thing: it never occurred to the Putinist fascists—it’s really just one axis now—Putin, Drumpf, the wealthy backers, and the smaller online liars—that their assumptions might be wrong. They thought they were safe, thought they knew how this ended. They’ve been stuck in the same framework decades, certain where the power in the world was, certain how it works. They’ve had a smug we know what’s going on thing previously, even when temporarily on the back foot.
They are looking rather less certain since.
Disinformation agents the world over repeating the axis’ line are revealing the same. This three powers idea of Drumpf’s is something a lot of them just assume without really thinking about it. That the future might not be this way—that power might shift—this did not occur to them.
The US’ economic centrality, Russia’s military dominance, these were pillars for them. They were sold on this over decades. That both were putting themselves at risk from overplaying their hands, this they were not ready for.
Drumpf’s relative silence, the trolls’ noise, they both point to the same thing.
We’ve noted a few times Drumpf’s decaying cognition seems oddly stuck in the 80s.
His wasn’t the only one.
I think the convicted felon is kinda quiet because he failed at his one job, to keep pootie informed off anything like Spider Web. His choke chain probably got yanked real good last phone call. so sad.
Tactics are at an edge, AI, drones, other electronic means...
I am imagining being a 20 year cavalry man just as the age of machine guns and mechanized warfare arrived
4000 Russian tanks lost. Fulda Gap closed for business.
Nearly ten thousand total armored vehicles (tanks and IFVs) destroyed, and the Russians are on track to losing 1 million casualties this month.
But the russians are still just wearing down Ukrainian personnel.
Yes, sheer weight of numbers, which the Ukrainians are trying to offset by asymmetric warfare and technology.
They have felt safe because the money has protected up until now. No longer. Small, cheap, and agile forces can reek havoc. I imagine the oligarchs, at least the smart ones, are rethinking their supposed "security"
Yep.
No longer does defense spending equal the most effective military.
Trump installing Russian-style incompetent yes-men in the military and intelligence brass isn't helping the US here, either..
Maybe that's the down side of having septuagenarian age dictators