ABrockwell @aebrockwell@social.cleverlibre.org

Suggesting he would abandon America’s NATO allies in the event of a Russian attack is yet another example of Donald Trump siding with Putin to undermine America’s strength on the world stage and threatening to make our country less safe.

A friend sent this to me and y'all might enjoy

"Vote for the stutterer, not the lying rapist indicted with 91 felonies. It’s important."

#Biden #Trump #age #dictator #NATO
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The fact that far too many people cannot recognize fascism unless it looks exactly like Nazi Germany is very dangerous.

In a country that hadn’t gone half insane, this would be instantly disqualifying for the presidency.

But let’s talk more about Biden’s memory, shall we?

“Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68266447

When Russia retreated from Bucha and was drive out of that corner of Ukraine, Ukrainian troops, as well as citizens from multiple other countries serving with Ukraine, posted photos, videos, and testimony showing dead civilians, booby-trapped daycares and kitchens, looted homes, and surviving women and children who had suffered severe sexual violence. A Russian invading force leaves behind nothing but horrific inhumanity. That’s who the GOP is supporting.

Steven Beschloss asks,

"Why is the press attacking Biden and soft-pedaling Trump?"

The question is, in and of itself, important to ask and to lead with when many of us refuse to admit that this is even happening — and prefer to pretend otherwise.

Many of us prefer to pretend that life under a man who has proclaimed his intent to be a dictator won't be so bad after all — at least, not for us and our kind.

#MediaFail #Biden

https://america.substack.com/p/why-is-the-press-attacking-biden/comments

Canadian political cartoonist, Michael deAdder has requested that his Washington Post cartoons be widely circulated after his recent dismissal.

The New York Times leads the paper today with a slip of the tongue by Biden. Meanwhile, Trump declared that Jan. 6 was an insurrection organized by Nancy Pelosi, but apparently that isn’t worth reporting.

Trump stole documents on confidential informants in January 2021 and 9 months later CIA Counterintelligence sent a top secret cable warning an unusually high number of confidential informants had been killed, captured, or compromised. I feel like more people should mention that.

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The most corrupt Supreme Court justice in memory, Clarence Thomas, asked the first question in today's oral arguments about Colorado's decision to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot.

Thomas' wife was an active participant in the attempt to overthrow the 2020 election results.

Corruption doesn't get any more plain than that.

I watched/listened to major TV "news" show coverage, and you will be unsurprised to know that I didn't hear even a single mention of this.

One of the biggest problems with the phrase "artificial intelligence" is that decades of criti-hyping sci-fi has endowed it with the meaning "simulated mind". But human technology is no closer to creating that than we were in the 1950s. As AI experts like #DavidChapman tirelessly point out, humans haven't even developed a philosophy of mind accurate enough to tell us what a simulated mind would be simulating.

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#AI

This is actually a decent headline. And something we need to ensure gets across to every voter.

Senate Republicans threaten to block border security bill they negotiated

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-threaten-block-border-security-immigration-bill-rcna137389

I may be wrong, but I think the current political state of the US Border issue is:

GOP: The Border is a catastrophe! We must act!

Administration: How about if we..

GOP: NO!

Administration: Perhaps we could..

GOP: NO!

Administration: Could we just..

GOP: NO!

Administration:

GOP: And now we’re going to impeach you for not doing anything.

Sorry Appin, We’re Not Taking Down Our Article About Your Attempts To Silence Reporters - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/01/sorry-appin-were-not-taking-down-our-article-about-your-attempts-to-silence-reporters/ @mmasnick puts his foot down...

Trump and Biden are both old.

Trump is a lunatic, rapist, traitor, and wannabe dictator who tried to overthrow the government to stay in power and can’t distinguish fantasy from reality and revels in inflicting cruelty on other humans.

Joe Biden is a middle of the road politician who despite his many flaws on the whole ACTUALLY has done good things for America and especially American workers.

Voting for Joe Biden over Trump is literally the easiest choice in my lifetime. #biden #trump

When I use generative "AI" it invariably contains mistakes. That's just reality at the moment.

So when I see company after company adding AI to every product in sight, I now assume that all of those products are "creating" flawed results.

This is crazy. (Google search is, maybe not coincidentally, crappier than ever.)

We need a whole genre of products that don't contain AI. Maybe they, too, are irredeemably flawed, but at least we'll know the mistakes aren't a design decision.

In #gratitude to all who participate in #science to cure diseases, heal our planet, and better understand the universe.

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I really think all these tech companies are going to be in rough shape when the other shoe drops.

Yes, right now, it's making a lot of sense to their bottom line. Record-breaking profits can surely be even more record-breaking if you slice headcount. Yes, a correction after pandemic hiring is likely in order.

But fostering an industry culture where everyone is afraid of being laid off all the time is not going to work out well long term.