hot take: i think the move in the direction of a more explicitly extortion based international order is bad actually. I also do not especially relish the idea of re-boning up on mercantilism

I am still thinking about this movie. I'm amazed I haven't heard more discussion about it - although I have heard that it's good. It feels like a movie about *what's going on right now* in all sorts of ways, including internet psychosis and the possibilities of AI psychosis.

Time To End The Oligarchs, For Good

I think this is true, and part of the Everything is Gender theory. We are governed by that section of the populace that believes that Father having violent tantrums until everyone else cowers, even as his life falls apart around him, was an aspirational display of power and mastery.

Like Grok and Attie, more and more social media platforms now integrate AI directly in online conversations.

But how do these AI bots actually impact political discourse?

We ran a series of experiments to find out.

(Spoiler: the news are not altogether great.)

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American initial objectives were regime change + denuclearization, and eventually extended to eliminating their ballistic missile program and preventing Iran from threatening the strait.

Which of these was accomplished

Shawn Harris ran a fearless campaign in the reddest district in all of Georgia, delivering a double-digit overperformance.

Make no mistake: Enthusiasm for Democrats is growing everywhere.

We’re closing the gap and Republicans are absolutely terrified.

The Strait of Hormuz is an intermittent energy source. It cannot deliver the baseload we need!

Oil prices plunge and shares jump on US-Iran ceasefire plan Crude prices tumbled by as much as 15% on the conditional pause but is higher than before the war.

The sun doesn't always shine, and the wind blow, but at least we can predict the weather. These crazy authoritarians? Nobody knows

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8r40y3rv75o

(over a list of hundreds of towns and cities that have hosted No Kings protests) WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE NOKINGS.ORG (NO KINGS LOGO)

Host a local organizing meeting to gather newly activated people in your community and plan for what’s next after No Kings. We put together a toolkit with everything you need: docs.google.com/document/d/1FiB6mAXLloLn...

Municipal climate emissions continue to decline briskly due to the clean-up of the energy sector According to the Finnish Environment Institute, municipal greenhouse gas emissions have declined by around 9 per cent last year compared to 2022. The positive development is mainly due to cleaning up…

”Regional emission reductions were accelerated by the clean-up of production in the energy sector, and particularly the reduction in emissions from electricity production.”

Why not highlight local success when ’top-down’ fails?

#ClimateAction

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Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽

Retired general says US may need ‘Nuremberg’ like trials for Trump’s action in Iran President has vowed ‘a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again’ if Iran does not agree to a ceasefire deal

Retired Army general says US may need ‘Nuremberg’ like trials for Trump’s ‘illegal orders’ in Iran war

Why I went to Moscow

1/ This Yanis Varoufakis screed made me so angry the only way I can salvage my day is to go through it line by line as catharsis.

You are welcome to come on the journey toward my aneurism with me.

An angry h/t to @sianushka.bsky.social for bringing this into my life.

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TRADE OFFER i receive: sovreignty over the straight of hormuz you receive: first-ever ayatollah's peace prize award

Sam Altman Says It'll Take Another Year Before ChatGPT Can Start a Timer An $852 billion company, ladies and gentlemen.

Putting aside Sam Altman just continuing to emit huge lies constantly, this is an amazing example of what I mean when I talk about how GenAI is replacing *extremely low energy* digital tasks with *WAY WAY HIGHER ENERGY* replacements that *do not even work*

Why TF is anyone using ChatGPT as a timer!

Caring, sharing Toronto is no more Canada's welfare state was once held up as a shining example. The influence of ultra-conservatives i

Written same year I left Toronto & ON for good. I grew up, was born to parents who thrived in Tommy Douglas' universal healthcare Canadian reality. This eroding baseline is why I can see how libertarians*/conservatives monetize the act of being alive.
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The new VERY hagriographic Michael Jackson biopic starring MJ's nephew is out at the end of the month. But back in 2004 an unauthorised and EQUALLY flattering biopic was made in Canada. Here is a clip and I promise you have NO idea where it's going. I haven't done a single edit here.

Bellingcat is pleased to announce our work has received six Emmy award nominations. The winners will be announced in May. Here's a short thread on the work that we're proud to say has been highlighted 🧵

Mapping Fascism A Research Consortium on the Illicit Network Undermining Democracy Across the World

"Think tanks, foundations and corporate donors form an extensive international infrastructure supporting free-market fundamentalism and nationalist politics."

Hungary and Russia struck 12-point plan for closer ties, documents show The cooperation agreement sheds more light on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s ties to the Kremlin ahead of Sunday’s general election.

Russia has horrible demographics and doesn't produce anything that the world needs in the future, such as clean technology. Europeans know this.

The only thing Russia can offer its compliant neighbours is subjugation, through energy deals and security arrangements.

www.politico.eu/article/hung...

Kanye West ‘Should Never Have Been Invited,’ Starmer Says After Barring Rapper From UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government blocked the artist formerly known as Kanye West from entering Britain for the three-day Wireless Festival in July.

The British government on Tuesday blocked Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, from entering Britain to headline a music festival in July. In a statement on social media, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that “Kanye West should never have been invited to headline Wireless.”

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Surely the Strait of Hormuz will remain the only toolbooth in global shipping and navigation around the world, no way it becomes a model for countries seeking independence and treasure

Screenshot of a Bluesky post that has been hidden behind a warning banner. The banner reads "LLM Text Poster"

God this labeller is amazing

Not the main point of this but holy christ Facebook is fucking UNUSABLE, it is painful to use, it is full of garbage and slop, it is slow as shit.

I am making a real sacrifice for the cause here lol, I would NOT be posting there if not for being the only place I know any actual MAGA people to sway

I don't really know but I've just realized your pfp is anti fascist Orko so I'm henceforth going to assume everything you say is correct.

Toronto police search for suspect accused of following a 13-year-old girl Toronto police have released a photo of a suspect who allegedly followed a 13-year-old girl while she was walking home in the city’s east end on Monday.

Man wanted after allegedly following a 13-year-old girl walking home in Toronto’s east end

Trump went from making insane genocidal threats this morning to hyping the “golden age” of Iran hours later, and he received no concessions in between. He’s an absolute basket case who needs to be removed from power before he follows through on one of his mass murder fantasies.

The lady putting on the headphones in back is sending me; either she's putting on a translator, which means she didn't bother wearing it for Vance & is just getting ready for Trump's call, or it's actually headphones which means she was listening to Vance but wants to tune out Trump. Incredible lol