Earl

@earlalbright.bsky.social

Supporting unions, supporting social security, supporting democracy. Please vote. I try to follow everyone back, but I’m slow.

I’m very liberal. I voted for Bernie in the primaries when he ran for president. I would vote for AOC if she ran. However, do I think a very liberal candidate can win the general election, probably not. We need candidates who can actually win. I’m not sure what the solution is, but we can’t lose

I heard a pundit say that seniors need $2,000,000 in retirement savings to be able to retire now. 2 million $! The average American has about $150,000 he said. Social security averages $2000 a month. 2 million sounds high, but I get the point. We are screwed. Affordability is upside down

It costs billions of dollars to build Data Centers, then takes enormous amounts of energy and water to operate them. And there is a constant need to build more and bigger Data Centers, at costs of $ billions. How exactly do they think AI will ever actually make a profit? Ponzi scheme?

Trumpflation (Trump driven inflation) I just heard this term, and it is so accurate. Between the unnecessary war with Iran and global tariffs, Trump has exasperated the already existing affordability problems facing Americans and the rest of the world economy. Everyone, please vote in November!

The Terminator was on one of the movie channels last night. It’s always fun to imitate Arnold saying “I’ll be back” and “Sarah Conner” It also reminds me just how dangerous AI is. Science fiction movies and TV shows have been warning us for a long time. We are apparently too stupid.

Someone who gets a badge and a gun should have to go through strict background checks and detailed, intense training. Gotta wonder if ICE agents would shoot people if that had been the case.

I liked it better when sports leagues banned sports betting. Now every sport has constant ads for betting. I’m rooting for a team or player because I want them to win. Not because of some random prop bet.