Problems Clown, Esq.

@deltavelocity.bsky.social

24 | creator of the occasional banger tweet

This is from the editor of the "Economist," and with all due respect, I do not think this is a surprising conflict at all. It's just typical fascist reactionary modernism, going back to Marinetti and the Italian Futurists.

"But then the last part got a lot of attention. I think an important side of Elon is his political side — his role in the Trump administration but also his interventions into European politics.

I was, and am, genuinely baffled by the gap between the extraordinarily expansive view of humanity that he shows when he’s talking about the future, and interstellar travel, and being a multiplanetary civilization, and all that stuff and then the kind of tribalism cesspit of social media that he’s in. He says that the most important thing with AI is to ensure that it is truth seeking and curious. Then you look at the stuff that he propagates on X and it’s not truth seeking, a lot of it. It’s caricature. It’s dystopia."

this is probably cooked but if we're talking about COVID harms I think people hated Rise of Skywalker even more than the large amount it deserves because it was the last movie many of them saw in theaters for like two years

TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW: A watch indicates a greater than 15% hatched risk of severe Crashout potential in your area. If a Crashout occurs, move to central room in the lowest floor of your building, such as a basement or bathroom. NEVER stop posting. This is a potentially life threatening situation.

Ngl “the USG commits a new spectacular class of war crimes the same weekend everyone is talking about the classical myth movie with a major ‘committing war crimes will destroy your entire society and ruin the lives of everyone you care about’ theme” feels like pretty heavy handed symbolism

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Preventing some Iranian villagers from getting drinking water does nothing to prevent the IRGC from firing missiles and drones. Water is a red line. I know those of you who hate the US military and US foreign policy won’t care about the difference, but it’s significant, with very bad implications.

20 years ago today, I launched aboard Discovery on STS-121, the only shuttle mission ever to launch on July 4th. Pretty good way to spend Independence Day. Proud of everyone who made that mission happen and still proud of what this country can do when we invest in exploration.

Bild