True story: So the place where a certain bad actor met his demise may or may not be very very very very very close to the work place. It's actually UNDER the expanse of 301 (under the median to be exact) but the sign is on the perimeter. Every few years some chucklefuck steals the sign, throws in a few loot holes, and or tries to put up a monument to the Great Man (that is generally what it reads, though they have not tried that one for a good 5 years now).
The sign is actually not /at/ the specific location, but up the road a ways from it, to prevent looting of said site. There used to be busloads of tourists out of DC who would come down and get out, on the side of the road, onto a military reservation, and were always so shocked when told this is not that kind of public land jesus fuck
Boss man once went and dumped a load of bricks he salvaged from his own chimney project to throw the looters off, so if you ever meet someone who claims they got a brick from the Garret farm, they actually have a brick from a mid century modern
With all the Fox personalities now in government, will our other press admit the mother fuckers were just propaganda and not news and apologize to Bamz for their hissy fit?
Interesting... as per Census Bureau data, southern states are attracting more residents than anywhere else. Texas and Florida lead the list. I can't think of two more governmental dysfunctional places I'd rather NOT live.
Hard to believe and it wasn't for a lack of trying, but yes, that is correct. Homicides were way down. And all we heard about was the "sky-high murder rates in Dem cities". Of course, the other team would never follow it's lead and lie (much). But even the MAGA here would say the sky-high part when it was reported often that it wasn't.
Two possible explanations: You're a murderer, or you're so incredibly frustrating to be around that you drive people to murder random passers by. I choose to believe option 2.
People move to places that are warmer, and have lower income tax. Many of them move back after a few years when they realize just how bad a plan that was. But there's always a new crop ready to make that mistake, so the census data looks like this.
edit: mind, the owners and runners of said firms have stayed put in elite coastal California of course. They ain't moving to where they are forcing their staff to.
That's what you get for naming a ginger kitty after a fire breathing dragon. Just be glad that he doesn't demand a dozen ponies for dinner, with a dwarf for dessert.
He really is. He may be the only animal in the house who has possession of the braincell (there is one, they used to take turns using is) but I suspect it has been damaged by rolling around on its own inside that cavernous skull of his.
They've never seen a foreigner, so of course they are scared of them. I wonder who has been telling them what foreigners are and what exactly they've been saying about foreigners. Could it be ragebait? I think it is the result of ragebait.
Mmmm, Rhineland-Palatinate (Pfalz) is about as far west as you can get and still be in Germany, and AfD had one of its best showings there in the old West Germany.
With the people bankrolling right wing propaganda, discovering that 20% of a population (or at least, of those who vote) are susceptible to it isn't really surprising. Probably drew some of them in with anti-Communist rhetoric, pretending there would be any functional difference between an AfD government and the old East Germany.
That's what I was thinking. Kinda like here where the propaganda went after rural communities with They're after yer guns and freedoms those damn snotty city people always looking down on you and at the same time being a bunch of thugs.
Works too. Playing on fear and hate of the other works. Wish it did not, but it does.
I forget who said it, Jamelle Bowie or Brian Beutler, but whoever it was says Nate needs to think Elon is a genius because he wants to believe there is some special class of geniuses and that he -- Nate -- is a member of it.
Oh the word list had words like "woman" and "female" and "racism" and even "black" among a lot of other things.
Income inequality? That's a DEI. Poor children starving? That's a DEI. Poor city children who are black doing better on tests if they get breakfast? That's a double DEI
When I was an undergrad, I dated a girl who had a poster with the CIA seal superimposed over Fidel's face and a caption reading "Proudly Overthrowing Castro Since 1959."
Got an e-mail here from Patty Murray. I like Patty. She seems nice. She wants me to get involved and help her stand up to Trump. She's asking me to share the story of some High Angle Rescue guy who got fired. I like High Angle Rescue guys.
But . . .
I think she overestimates my usefulness in publicizing this matter. I'd like to help, but in contrast to Patty, nobody at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer or the Spokesmans Review HAS MY FUCKING PHONE NUMBER ON THEIR SPEED DIAL. The booking people at KING 5 and KXLY don't even know my name.
I've been pretty forbearing in evaluating congressional Dems' prospects for controlling Trump. Some here would no doubt say I am too quick to make excuses for Dem leadership. Patty is pissing me off. I'm out here doing shit, volunteering my time to help the people Trump is trying to send to goddamned concentration camps. I'm doing that shit in addition to my full time job. and now she wants me to pitch in and do her job, too? Oh, and not for nothing, but I pretty reliably give some of the money I earn from MY job to her and her colleagues so they can keep THEIR jobs. These motherfuckers.
Gee, and I thought that I was so special getting those begging emails. I delete them, but I need to answer them with a message something like "Get out and lead this fight against fascism, and I may donate to your campaign. For now, you ain't doing jack shit that I can see, fighting for our country and the Constitution. Until you do, don't email or text me."
I get money begs from DNC in the mail. I wrote a letter a few weeks (feels like years) ago essentially listing what they need to do to start fighting and until then they'd get no money from me. I attached it to their donation form and mailed it back. I sent copies to my reps. I just received another money beg so I'll be tweaking that and/or printing off Ali's columns (credited) to send to them.
You are right about that, but I still feel the need to respond with a message like the one above. Another thing about these emails - the subject line is some variation of "All is lost" or something equally depressing. BTW, if all is lost, why bother? How about "What I am doing fighting for you, the country, and the Constitution"?
Here's some non-dipshit reading ... this is some crazy stuff ...
𝗔 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 “𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀”, 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁-𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆'𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗲 — A handful of gifted young tech people set out to save the world. For years, WIRED has been tracking each twist ...
Your Monday morning question ... who has the thinner skin? Donnie or Lonnie the Free Speech Absolutist?
𝘅𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗸 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 “𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸/𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰-𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 — The system prompt for Musk's chatbot was changed by an employee to block the results.
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I think I got this in before Tabs...
lol. Saw a fun poster in the way to the metro-VA state seal. Sic Semper Tyranis. With the personification of VA stepping on Trump.
Virginia does have a pretty bad-ass state seal.
Shame about that one actor, though.
True story: So the place where a certain bad actor met his demise may or may not be very very very very very close to the work place. It's actually UNDER the expanse of 301 (under the median to be exact) but the sign is on the perimeter. Every few years some chucklefuck steals the sign, throws in a few loot holes, and or tries to put up a monument to the Great Man (that is generally what it reads, though they have not tried that one for a good 5 years now).
The sign is actually not /at/ the specific location, but up the road a ways from it, to prevent looting of said site. There used to be busloads of tourists out of DC who would come down and get out, on the side of the road, onto a military reservation, and were always so shocked when told this is not that kind of public land jesus fuck
Boss man once went and dumped a load of bricks he salvaged from his own chimney project to throw the looters off, so if you ever meet someone who claims they got a brick from the Garret farm, they actually have a brick from a mid century modern
That's great.
I wonder if that sign gets stolen more or less often than SR 666.
Rush Limbaugh’s unsuccessful replacement talk radio host as FBI deputy director? Sure, why not. We’re a joke anyways.
With all the Fox personalities now in government, will our other press admit the mother fuckers were just propaganda and not news and apologize to Bamz for their hissy fit?
lol I made myself snork
WE hAD tO stAnD uP fOr foX OR eLse WE COUlD bE nExT!
Survey says ...NO
It's funny, how they are certainly not standing up for the AP the same way.
Innit?
During the prior Donny maladministration, wasn’t CNN blocked access until they replaced Acosta? Fox News replayed the solidarity, right?
At least the rest of the MSM made mouth noises at the time.
This time they are all oh look, bunnies
GOP favors only women's labor.
In the obstetrics ward, correct?
Interesting... as per Census Bureau data, southern states are attracting more residents than anywhere else. Texas and Florida lead the list. I can't think of two more governmental dysfunctional places I'd rather NOT live.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/realestate/americans-moving-relocation.html
No, you don't need to click it because I already know you hate the NYT, I'm simply providing attribution.
"Democrat controlled City" Boston had 24 homicides in all of 2024.
Hard to believe and it wasn't for a lack of trying, but yes, that is correct. Homicides were way down. And all we heard about was the "sky-high murder rates in Dem cities". Of course, the other team would never follow it's lead and lie (much). But even the MAGA here would say the sky-high part when it was reported often that it wasn't.
Well, the year I moved out those number went way down. Probably just coincidence. Probably.
Two possible explanations: You're a murderer, or you're so incredibly frustrating to be around that you drive people to murder random passers by. I choose to believe option 2.
Hmmmm.
you're really Angela Lansbury. Knew it
Police investigate string of disappearances in France.
Where they *really* should investigate is Belgium. I mean, um, I don't know anything about what's going on in neighboring countries.
Texas predicted to be the most populous state by 2045.
*eyes that water situation* that will end well
Golden. When I move North, there will be plenty of room.
People move to places that are warmer, and have lower income tax. Many of them move back after a few years when they realize just how bad a plan that was. But there's always a new crop ready to make that mistake, so the census data looks like this.
Heat prostration will kill ya just as well as freezing to death.
Do they mention how the big tech firms moved their offices to said states forcing their staff to relocate or go without a job?
Cause if not, it's just click bait.
Here, here you go as per the rationale for the moves:
https://www.storagecafe.com/blog/us-interstate-migration-trends/
ohhhhhh
So less and less americans are moving at ALL but the ones who are moving sort of thing
edit: mind, the owners and runners of said firms have stayed put in elite coastal California of course. They ain't moving to where they are forcing their staff to.
Goddess ... please get these ignorant people away from us! (This is a load of bollocks ... think of these things as "digital border control")
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵
Digital services taxes, network build levies, touted as violations of US sovereignty
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/trump_administration_dst_countertariffs/
Chalk up another win for blatant, unconcealed bribery. Way to go Zuck!
A government by the bros, of the bros and bought by the bros
I am trying to study. Smaug has something to say about that.
https://substack.com/@cakeswelike/note/c-95792521
That's what you get for naming a ginger kitty after a fire breathing dragon. Just be glad that he doesn't demand a dozen ponies for dinner, with a dwarf for dessert.
He definitely thinks he's in charge of everyone in the house.
well, cat
Dragon.
Dragons are just big flying scaly cats.
Very true.
A fluffy ginger weirdo!
He really is. He may be the only animal in the house who has possession of the braincell (there is one, they used to take turns using is) but I suspect it has been damaged by rolling around on its own inside that cavernous skull of his.
This morning I obeyed the Law, paying my property tax on line. Obeying the Law seems so quaint these days. I'm just a sucker, I guess.
WTAF, East Germany?
They've never seen a foreigner, so of course they are scared of them. I wonder who has been telling them what foreigners are and what exactly they've been saying about foreigners. Could it be ragebait? I think it is the result of ragebait.
Mmmm, Rhineland-Palatinate (Pfalz) is about as far west as you can get and still be in Germany, and AfD had one of its best showings there in the old West Germany.
Shit's fucked up, man.
“Economically anxious” white people vote for Nazis. Film at 11.
Furiously googling "why did East Germany exist?" and coming up with nothing.
Mighta been that wall thingie?
I was thinking maybe some Austrian corporal set it in motion.
Two different time periods, driven by two different but equally shitty world views.
Has Germany divided into two countries again?
If you look at a map of the election results, it pretty much reads that way.
I haven't seen that. You are right - WTAF, East Germany?
No. But the new Nazi party got most of its votes from what used to be East Germany.
That’s been the case. The Leon-endorsed “don’t mention the war” team won their first statewide election in one of those states south of Berlin.
JFC! Depressing that there are so many stupid people.
With the people bankrolling right wing propaganda, discovering that 20% of a population (or at least, of those who vote) are susceptible to it isn't really surprising. Probably drew some of them in with anti-Communist rhetoric, pretending there would be any functional difference between an AfD government and the old East Germany.
That's what I was thinking. Kinda like here where the propaganda went after rural communities with They're after yer guns and freedoms those damn snotty city people always looking down on you and at the same time being a bunch of thugs.
Works too. Playing on fear and hate of the other works. Wish it did not, but it does.
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Well, at least when asked, you knew the neighbors.
I always get the neighbors.
I think the idea is to guess the country first…
Couldn’t help but chuckle at Harry Lime’s export. I guess money hiding is an import
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Christ almighty. Now Elon is claiming that there are dead people on the government payroll.
Meanwhile, Nate Silver is out there defending him as a genius.
Does he mean widow pensions?
Cause it sounds like he means widow pensions
No. They're claiming 150-200 year old people are still collecting benefits, decades after their death.
Hard to blame dead people... not that the Trump people won't.
This is a new thing. He's claiming people are fraudulently collecting US government paychecks for dead people employed by the US government.
Not really new, is it? The right has been claiming that for food stamps for decades now, or longer. Certainly heard it my entire life.
And voting too if I recollect correctly.
No. He actually tweeted that people are fraudulently collecting paychecks for no-show and deceased government employees.
Ah. Yeah that is certainly a thing that happens. No, wait.
Mentally? Morally?
I'd expect nothing less of Nate. He's another one that the media happily pretended actually knew something until it all fell apart.
I forget who said it, Jamelle Bowie or Brian Beutler, but whoever it was says Nate needs to think Elon is a genius because he wants to believe there is some special class of geniuses and that he -- Nate -- is a member of it.
𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚙 -𝚒 "𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎" *
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, “𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘋𝘌𝘐) 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘰-𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦.” 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵, 𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 32,000 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 699 𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝗜𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗘𝗜 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲
Senate Republicans flagged thousands of grants as “woke DEI” research. What does that really mean?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/in-war-against-dei-in-science-researchers-see-collateral-damage/
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It means anything for POC people, queer people, and women.
That is what it means.
Imagine searching for "diverse" in scientific literature ... that term would come up in so many contexts.
Yeah, a lot of biology texts got caught.
Oh the word list had words like "woman" and "female" and "racism" and even "black" among a lot of other things.
Income inequality? That's a DEI. Poor children starving? That's a DEI. Poor city children who are black doing better on tests if they get breakfast? That's a double DEI
Today . . . in history:
1803: The US Supreme Court hands down the Marbury v Madison decision, establishing judicial review.
1917: The US Ambassador to the UK is handed the decrypted Zimmerman Telegram. It goes over like a dung-bomb, as you'd expect.
2008: Fidel Castro Ruz retires after 32 years as President of Cuba and outlasting ten US presidents.
When I was an undergrad, I dated a girl who had a poster with the CIA seal superimposed over Fidel's face and a caption reading "Proudly Overthrowing Castro Since 1959."
LMAO
So ... if the SCOTUS can ignore precedent in their decisions, so can we? The citizens and their attorneys can just ignore judicial review? Hmmmmm ...
Got an e-mail here from Patty Murray. I like Patty. She seems nice. She wants me to get involved and help her stand up to Trump. She's asking me to share the story of some High Angle Rescue guy who got fired. I like High Angle Rescue guys.
But . . .
I think she overestimates my usefulness in publicizing this matter. I'd like to help, but in contrast to Patty, nobody at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer or the Spokesmans Review HAS MY FUCKING PHONE NUMBER ON THEIR SPEED DIAL. The booking people at KING 5 and KXLY don't even know my name.
I've been pretty forbearing in evaluating congressional Dems' prospects for controlling Trump. Some here would no doubt say I am too quick to make excuses for Dem leadership. Patty is pissing me off. I'm out here doing shit, volunteering my time to help the people Trump is trying to send to goddamned concentration camps. I'm doing that shit in addition to my full time job. and now she wants me to pitch in and do her job, too? Oh, and not for nothing, but I pretty reliably give some of the money I earn from MY job to her and her colleagues so they can keep THEIR jobs. These motherfuckers.
And she wants money… “Just Click the Donate Button”
Yes, we have a voice, and appearing in numbers draws attention, but THEY must lead. That’s their job. Vote “No”, and hold pressers.
Yes! Seems all they want is money, but without doing the hard work of leading the fight against trump.
I've started getting begging emails.
Gee, and I thought that I was so special getting those begging emails. I delete them, but I need to answer them with a message something like "Get out and lead this fight against fascism, and I may donate to your campaign. For now, you ain't doing jack shit that I can see, fighting for our country and the Constitution. Until you do, don't email or text me."
I get money begs from DNC in the mail. I wrote a letter a few weeks (feels like years) ago essentially listing what they need to do to start fighting and until then they'd get no money from me. I attached it to their donation form and mailed it back. I sent copies to my reps. I just received another money beg so I'll be tweaking that and/or printing off Ali's columns (credited) to send to them.
ACLU. Mega-beg.
God love them but they should try not to beg for 20% of my (retired) income.
This is how you drive people away from your party.
It's all bot-generated, I know, otherwise I'd respond, "DO SOMETHING first, and THEN I'll support you."
You are right about that, but I still feel the need to respond with a message like the one above. Another thing about these emails - the subject line is some variation of "All is lost" or something equally depressing. BTW, if all is lost, why bother? How about "What I am doing fighting for you, the country, and the Constitution"?
And honestly, not even putting in the time to beg me for money in person makes it all the more insulting.
Here's some non-dipshit reading ... this is some crazy stuff ...
𝗔 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 “𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗭𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀”, 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁-𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆'𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗲 — A handful of gifted young tech people set out to save the world. For years, WIRED has been tracking each twist ...
https://www.wired.com/story/delirious-violent-impossible-true-story-zizians/
Dang it, it's paywalled!
Non-paywalled: https://archive.ph/Y1G2u
Thanks!
Your Monday morning question ... who has the thinner skin? Donnie or Lonnie the Free Speech Absolutist?
𝘅𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗸 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 “𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸/𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰-𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 — The system prompt for Musk's chatbot was changed by an employee to block the results.
https://www.theverge.com/news/618109/grok-blocked-elon-musk-trump-misinformation
(Ed: Grok is Elno's AI LLM model and the one, I suspect, that will be used as the base for all the data his nazi scrubs in DOGE are hoovering up)
"Grok" was coined by Heinlein in "Stranger in a Strange Land," in 1961. A lot of us know that. Fuck Copilot.
There's no pop culture ref that elon won't glom onto to pretend he is the cool and the with it
Does a membrane count as skin?
They're both insane in t!
I'd say honors even.