That last sentence opens up a lot more questions than it answers.

If I didn't despise Bezos already, this would have done it.

A drug dealer telling their customer "You're meth habit is fine. Actually you should be using more, it's so good for you."

Meta proving why US tech firms cannot be used for public digital infrastructure.

For Finnish voters

Is this "hyvä hallitusohjelma"?

Jos ikinä halutaan saavuttaa digitaalinen itsenäisyys tai saada suomalaisesta softasta kansainvälistä menestystä, se tulee vaatimaan avointa lähdekoodia Meillä ei yksinkertaisesti riitä väki kilpailemaan suljetuilla ratkaisuilla Sakkouhka ylläpitäjille on yksi tän hallituksen tyhmimmistä ideoista

Walz is such a disappointment. At one point I thought he understood the stakes and who the republicans are. Obviously not.

Flock seemed bad to me as a concept, but it's way worse than I thought because of incompetence. youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...

A good overview of how it's going with our current right-wing government here in Finland. This, of course, is just the tip of the shitberg.

While correct, this misses one important aspect. The fabric made with the machines was of inferior quality compared to the product made by craftsmen/women. Consequently, customers had to buy new clothes much more often. Working the machines would've felt shameful to anyone with pride in their work.

Nyt on kova: www.apu.fi/artikkelit/o...

A hero we need

Dang, Tucker makes a good point actually

Such a perfect example of a conservative. Things only matter when they hit close to home. Think of all the other things Trump has said, but this is where the line is drawn. Probably also has something to do with Trump cratering in the polls.

Pretty stark.

Discuss.

Equalising creativity indeed.

Erinomainen minuutti.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

There are people, often men, who believe themselves to be very smart, but to keep that belief they also have to start believing many extremely simplistic and stupid things to avoid dealing with the complexity of the world that might reveal their cognitive limitations. "The crime genes" indeed.

This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth. theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...

Can we read this as proof that no one loves him enough to tell him?

Good thread that has value beyond a critique of Yarvin.

How did I end up in a timeline where the whole US stock exchange is currently propped up by lies from this idiot? I want a better timeline.

I'm afraid this might paint an unrealistically rosy picture of the state of financial regulation in these times.

Fucking Insane Clown Posse got past this... this insane clown posse of an administration apparently can't.

Not sure if this is a new low for NYT, but in any sane world it would be.

EU on valmis uhraamaan GDPR:n ja yksityisyydensuojan tekoälypöhinän altarilla. Lakiluonnos antaisi tekoäly-yrityksille luvan käsitellä mm. uskonnolliseen ja poliittiseen vakaumukseen, etniseen taustaan ja terveyteen liittyvää henkilödataa. Höllennyksen luvataan tuovan talouskasvua. 🛷 #AIkamoista

I don't think Gates is going to be able to overtake Musk in the evil cunt race, but at least he's willing to go out fighting (for a worse world).

Oh shit. Who's going to tell them that it's not the bottom layer yet if the rocks are pretty?

Apparently Schumer doesn't believe in "Vote blue no matter who".

So good for therapy. No notes.

Kun Suomen marjanpoimintabisnes on ollut niin epäeettistä, että ulkomaisia marjanpoimijoita on vaikea saada tarpeeksi, niin korjataan ne vaikka sitten kotimaisella lapsityövoimalla. Suomi nousuun ja kohti 1800-lukua.

On se niin arvokasta, että Stubbilla on erityissuhde Trumpiin. Ei pidä sanoa tai tehdä mitään, mikä vaarantaisi sen.

I'm sure this won't have any effects on their reliability. Just look at Grok... Fuck.

Good stuff.

"okay"

I'm sure we'll have those robotaxis any day now. Tesla valuation alone should be enough to disprove the efficient market hypothesis.

The profit motive really fucks people up. Read the thread for some more developed points on salt iodization.

Again, @ft.com reporters or whoever else needs to hear this: "Hallucinations" are not the result of "flaws," they are literally inherent in & inextricable from what LLM systems do & are. Whether an "AI" tells you something that matches reality or something that doesn't, *it is working as designed*

The Kleptocrats!

Land of the free indeed.

It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

As disappointing as many of our public figures are, there are still some who know where things stand.

Student: Teacher, why do we learn? Socrates: For life! Freire: For liberation! Dewey: For democracy! Neoliberal EduWonks: To mitigate overhead costs for employers and increase future projections of GDP!

This was my hope when Trump won. US might be fucked, but Trump might drag the global right down with them. We should tie right wing projects that take their cues from US to them as tightly as we can.

That's right.

The kid ain't convinced.