It may be gilding the lily, but wouldn't the image be more appropriate if Donald Trump was being carried out in the arms of Confederate soldiers?
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To a healthy planet for all living things. Anyone can do the right thing. You know when you don't. You can't un-know what you know. It's awful when you can't see someone is lying to you. It's a disaster when you lie to yourself. DMs ONLY 4 crdts/remvl
There has been incredible creativity targeting Donald Trump’s prolific lying, which, after his remarkable 9/11 claims, appear to have no limits.
A thoughtful analysis addressing the possible legislative guidelines, dangers and implications of AI that goes far deeper than Republican Sen. Ted Cruz's “I’d rather they be American killer robots and not Chinese killer robots."
As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify, Washington Stirs, but Mostly Slumbers (Gift Article)
President Trump has been in the forefront of the “what-me-worry?” crowd, refusing to engage on how to balance the risks and rewards of A.I.
nytimes.com
A sharp contrast to the White House accelerationist stance. Donald Trump recently told reporters he didn’t have “any” concerns about AI's risks — just about falling behind to competitors like China. He said those who oppose AI data centers must prefer to be “backwards and poor.”
Obama Urges Democrats to Move A.I. Oversight to the Center of Their Agenda (Gift Article)
During a private fund-raiser, the former president warned that the technology could be “dangerous” if not managed urgently and with a clear plan.
nytimes.com
Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage. The Ukrainian drone campaign has caused fuel rationing across Russia, despite the country being a key oil and gas exporter.
Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage
Civilians were killed and injured as Russia and Ukraine continued to attack each other with waves of drones overnight into Sunday
washingtonpost.com
(Free article) A must-read explanation of why you don't send a pair of real estate moguls seeking to cut deals with a Russian leader who is willing to do anything to inflict pain on the United States and restore the Soviet empire.
Opinion | The dangerous fantasy of a win-win with Putin
The Russian president is no businessman searching for deals.
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A chilling warning. In 2022, one of the greatest threats to elections came from armed Trump supporters looming near drop boxes. This year, election officials across the nation are preparing for the possibility that the most serious risks will come from Donald Trump.
The new threat election officials fear: Trump’s federal government
With seven weeks until Election Day, officials are preparing for seized ballots, troops at the polls and a postal system that could reject ballots by the batch.
washingtonpost.com
Canadians across the country are going to increasing lengths to disentangle themselves from their southern neighbor, using their travel and shopping decisions to register their disgust with Donald Trump’s trade policies and bombastic rhetoric.
Bye, America: Trump’s rhetoric pushes some Canadians to shun the U.S.
Buying groceries has become an act of patriotic duty for some shoppers in Canada.
washingtonpost.com
Donald Trump, without evidence, attributed the warnings to unspecified “negative forces.” “I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn’t be bringing it up,” he told reporters. “And they’re bringing up things that won’t happen.”
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 10h agoBreaking news: President Trump appeared to dismiss calls from top artificial intelligence leaders to slow down development of AI models, saying that the U.S. needed to maintain its competitive edge over China.
Belgian editorial cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker illustrates how the world got to now.
The Brown Derby, early 1940s, Los Angeles, California 🌴
Every time I see a #PutinBot comment BS about Talarico, I'm going to post the truth, he's our only hope, he cares for all Texans, he's pro-LGBTQ+, just like his ultra progressive church, he believes in separation of church and state, he walks the walk, don't believe the #PutinBot comments
Jack Cousteau ⚓️@angrywaterman.bsky.social · 2d agoTexans are trending Talarico. The choice is easy: clean or dirty.
Tucson is fired up! Thank you to everyone who came out to support JoAnna Mendoza in this critical race.
Isn’t it interesting though that Mike Johnson shrugs all this off as just provocative things said just to create a “persona online” from one of his ACTUAL NOMINEES FOR CONGRESS, but Hasan Piker, who isn’t running for anything, supposedly represents the entire Democratic Party.
Macron, Carney to visit French islands after Trump's map post
Macron, Carney to visit French islands after Trump's map post
The US president on Monday posted an image to social media with a map of North America in which Canada, Greenland and Mexico, much of central America and the Caribbean, as well as Iceland, were colored in with the US flag.
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I’ve shared this before, but it bears repeating. A lot.
The people of Ireland give our #ConMan-In-Chief the welcome he so richly deserves! 🇮🇪 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕 ☘️
Your Sunday morning sermon, from me to Y'all. "Don't be a bigoted asswipe." - Mouthy 86:47
Fuck him. The only reason he has any money at all is because the Saudis granted him 2 billion dollars. He is not a bright boy.
#BirdOfTheDay theme is #AngryBirds, any bird with an angry face. Here is a female Merlin from my #Minneapolis neighborhood in 2017, about to receive a dead songbird from her mate
Heating up Oaxaca cheese and jalapeño tamales. Breakfast of campeones
Any ICE agent who pepper sprays someone who is simply videotaping them is engaging in criminal behavior. That would make anyone doing that…a CRIMINAL.
I will forever curse the name of the urologist (whatever it is) who told 50-year-old Frank Zappa that his concerns about pissing a lot were nothing to worry about.
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Plato Here are some beautiful flowers to brighten your day 💛🧡❤️🩷💚 Sunflower , snapdragon and Petunia #Macro 🌻🌸🌼
It just shouldn’t be this hard to get by — let alone get ahead — in the richest, most powerful country in the history of the world.
