@jltheobald.bsky.social
The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · last wk.The US Energy Department will announce $150 million in new funding for power lines in Alaska on Monday as Vice President JD Vance visits the state, where Republicans are fighting to hold a critical Senate seat in the November midterm elections.
The future of journalism. Thank God.
ebisback.bsky.social@ebisback.bsky.social · 2w agoGood on you Sister's 👏
I'm confused. Is he commanding "heel" or "down?"
Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 2w agoHow can Kimmel or SNL top reality?
There are too many gifs of the North Korean Supreme People's Assembly to choose from in response to this.
Kevin Wardrop@kevinwardrop.nitemayr.com · 2w agoThey can't even begin to put into words WHY they do it, can they?
I tend, perhaps unfairly, to check out whenever faced with an ethics discussion led by a lawyer. A pastor, priest, rabbi, I’ll absolutely listen.
Patrick Chovanec@prchovanec.bsky.social · 2w agoI'm not saying that, pragmatically, there isn't some practical wisdom in this. But as a moral framework, it sucks.
Seems reminiscent of the 1984 Apple ad.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoLinda McMahon: "AI is definitely a tool used correctly. I've seen it in action. I have visited the Alpha School in Austin, Texas, where they use AI for the first two hours every single morning. The students have their headsets on, they are watching their computers ... it is incredibly effective"
Very good, useful story. But not anything new. We’ve known the dangers of gambling for centuries, passed laws to control it, and banned it where it did the most damage. Yet here we are. Uncontrolled gambling is bad for a society. Simple as that.
ProPublica@propublica.org · 3w agoHey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Fascinating. So Trump’s brain is so small you can actually see evidence of quantum effects.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3w agoSchroedinger's diesel
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-... Someone already started looking at them (I didn’t know)
Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, Applied to AI
Looking forward by looking back, we can consider Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics in the era of advanced AI.
psychologytoday.com
@jltheobald.bsky.social · last mo.Isaac Asimov had some rules for robots we might want to review
Isaac Asimov had some rules for robots we might want to review
Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · last mo.There used to be a credible argument that AI industry statements about the potential dangers of AI were primarily a PR exercise to boost fundraising. What’s happening in the current round of this discourse is different because some within the industry are openly asking for oversight and regulation.
Didn’t Trump start LIV Golf? Isn’t this another bankrupt thing he’s done?
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last mo.Officials at LIV Golf, the upstart golf league initially backed by Saudi investors, remain hopeful that Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm will help rebuild the bankrupt circuit. But first, they must sort out what LIV owes two of golf’s biggest names.
Canada also helped save our diplomats in 1979 when the US embassy was seized in Tehran. It feels like over history they've helped us more than we have helped them. (we'll leave out 1812 for the moment)
Andrew Weinstein@andrewjweinstein.com · last mo.You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
Just a reminder, the Lincoln Memorial is less than 100 feet tall.
Home of the Brave@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · last mo.Home of the Brave is proud to join @votevets.org and The Cultural Landscape Foundation in the effort to educate Americans about the controversy surrounding Trump's proposed 250-ft arch at Memorial Circle and give a voice to the veterans, Gold Star families, historians, and others opposed to it.
Unfortunately, that Trump lies and is a drooling idiot or Republicans are corrupt cowards isn’t news. We all know it so journalists don’t report it. Newspapers need new news to sell newspapers. That and corporations are complicit in hiding the obvious as self-protection.
Ambassador Greg Delawie@gregdelawie.bsky.social · last mo.Unfortunately, American journos do not regard allegations of #Corruption, #Racism, #Dementia, or even #Pedophilia against Republicans as "newsworthy". Now, if a Democrat left a bank with a ballpoint pen that wasn't his, that would require 24x7 news alerts.
Why aren’t voting rights at the top of the list?
TizzyWoman@tizzywoman.bsky.social · 2mo ago@rokhanna.bsky.social is offering a #CupOfJoe that I’m thirsty for. Five things House Democrats are going to do once we have the majority: Medicare for All A living wage Stronger union protections $10 a day childcare End aid to Israel
Interesting how wealth gives some people the idea they have a right to dominate or control a conversation.
รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ@sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 2mo agolast week jk rowling was threatening to bankrupt the nhs if they treat trans ppl like human beings. the week before that she threatened amnesty international with vexatious slapp lawsuits.
I’m surprised he fit and it could take the weight
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2mo agoReal life. @nytimes.com
Actually, wasn’t the catering truck Air Force One while he was in it? Then whatever plane he hid in became AF1. Says a lot about the security of these 741s.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis may have actually been posted from the catering truck.
What does it say about the safety of the current planes assigned to Air Force 1? We know the Qatar gift is unsafe by their own admission.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2mo agoTop Democrat demands briefing on secret mission to extract Trump from Turkey ft.trib.al/9UGqwDb