From That Other Site Clear AI Bias Issue

Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same

Tech Pitch: “The glasses from They Live, but inverted so as to embed more advertising and behavioral manipulation.”

The Apocalypse is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed.

We were in a 30+ day delinquent trend up since 2020 and 90+ day delinquent trend reversal, both being lead by VA. The dodgy cuts could well trigger a 2008 all over again.

It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.

“Move quietly and plant things" ~ Andrew Dana Hudson

Even something as basic as SENTIMENT is impacted by your priors, tribal affiliation, and flawed cognition. You see what your brain wants/expects you to see, not what is actually there. Partisanship as an investor is an expensive hobby... U.Mich Data via Jim Reid Deutsche Bank

It is happening here. #ICE #Detroit

The zombie is the archetype of our age: the mindless consumer destroying brains out of a mindless hunger. Look around. *THIS* is the zombie apocalypse.

I find myself thinking a great deal about Back to the Future Part II lately. Growing up, Parts I and III were the fun ones, but now I think Part II might actually be studied for decades or centuries to come. There is more about the world of 2015 and beyond in its depiction of 1985 than I realized.

The new few weeks, months, years, will likely not be pretty. Get this guide to surveillance self-defense to your communities. It has printable PDFs as well as tailored reccomendations for certain activities, types of people, etc. ssd.eff.org

someone on tiktok said, “we’ve got 7 lex luthors and no superman,” and i can’t stop thinking about it

The #TikTokBan is a bigger issue than you think. @bsky.app and #RedNote may replace some of it, but something was building there that was unique. Keep your ears open.

We're trapped in a game of Monopoly where oligarchs own all the property and the rest of us are simply making our way around the board trying to avoid financial ruin. They've also bought the bank and the government, so they can change the rules to their liking. It's game over or time for a reset.

Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Whoa, we’re halfway there Zeno’s Karaoke

Go local. Find 10 to 60 people that pass both the vibe check and the safety check and build real community and mutual support. Live, play, survive, and thrive. Help is not coming. It will be up to us.

44,000 screenshots and memes is a normal amount right?

When your kids watch Bluey: “Skibidi dunny Ohio!”

Wishing you good fortune in 2025! The good fortune:

It’s gonna be a year isn’t it?

So about a quarter century into this century, will the year just be said: “25” or will we still say it: “20 25.”

Medicare for All Regardless of Income or Occupation

Good therapy helps us change how we feel, behave, and relate. Great therapy helps us to know and experience who we are and what we are experiencing. Greater therapy helps us change what we thought we were and previously misidentified as. The greatest therapy does all of these at once here-and-now.

📟 BEEP!

Anyone else wondering if President Musk is going to out Trump Trump? Or will social media tech bro Trump out Musk Musk?

Sometimes it can be much better to know that you are a perfectly typical zebra rather than an unusually broken horse.

Some of y’all think Tom Morello was in a band called “Politely Dissent Against the Machine” and they were singing about sternly-worded letters to the ombudsman about traffic flow. It shows.

Wishing you good fortune in 2025! The good fortune:

Sure, words like “oligarchy,” “fascism,” and and “kakistocracy” get thrown around a lot these days, but where are our bold lexicographers coining or discovering new words for “rule by subreddit” or “fealty to algorithm” or “prosecution by the guilty?”

Some random 2024.

Your subscription to social, emotional, and cognitive development has been canceled by tech bros due to finance bros might be the most American story of all time. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...

In 1890, the X and Y chromosomes were discovered. It was found that the men who were tested had 46 chromosomes, including an X and a Y, while women who were tested also had 46 chromosomes, including 2 X chromosomes. So obviously the conclusion was that the Y chromosome defined masculinity.

Remember Stockholm syndrome is thicker than water.

Frodo is now older than Aragorn was at the start of the journey. I feel like many of us can relate.

You're gonna hear this word a lot more: Impoundment. Or: How Trump could seize the power of the purse from Congress — and spark a constitutional showdown. An important story from @mtredden.bsky.social - don't miss it: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

You can say “no” for ANY reason at all, or NO reason at all. Assume you are defaulted to opt out, not opt in.

Some good news — “After years of rises in overdose deaths, For 7 straight months drug fatalities have been declining… NARCAN distribution, harm reduction programs, Expanded treatment, prevention and education efforts, changes in the drug supply…” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/h...

We are getting to the Centimillionaires simping for Centibillionaires in order to convince Social Security and Medicare recipients to accept “collective sacrifice” and to “get by with less” part of the Fall of America rather quickly.

Broke: Happy Holidays! Woke: Io Saturnalia! Bespoke: May Your Fantasies Not Remain Skeletonized!

Wishing you good fortune in 2025! The good fortune:

Okay, what are your predictions for the next cabinet picks?

We're all going to die in a relatively short amount of time so I had this weird idea, and tell me if it's stupid, but maybe we could all be kind to each other until then??