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Hot take:
I know the edgy techno-left position on copyright is "intellectual property is property" but it's pretty lame for the techno-left to accept the narrative of capitalists abolishing the only type of property that can be produced by something everyone inherently owns, and no other property.
I know the edgy techno-left position on copyright is "intellectual property is property" but it's pretty lame for the techno-left to accept the narrative of capitalists abolishing the only type of property that can be produced by something everyone inherently owns, and no other property.
March 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Hot take:
I know the edgy techno-left position on copyright is "intellectual property is property" but it's pretty lame for the techno-left to accept the narrative of capitalists abolishing the only type of property that can be produced by something everyone inherently owns, and no other property.
I know the edgy techno-left position on copyright is "intellectual property is property" but it's pretty lame for the techno-left to accept the narrative of capitalists abolishing the only type of property that can be produced by something everyone inherently owns, and no other property.
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"Signal would exit the French market before it would comply with this law as written"
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, President of Signal @signal.org
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, President of Signal @signal.org
March 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Signal would exit the French market before it would comply with this law as written"
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, President of Signal @signal.org
Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, President of Signal @signal.org
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Yet somehow this obvious fact escapes the gaze of the American press
March 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Yet somehow this obvious fact escapes the gaze of the American press
The Rich benefit way more from:
- the infrastructure
- stability
- military
- the existence of a country
than the average citizen.
Why should they pay the tax at the same % as the average citizen?
95% tax on highest earners.
- the infrastructure
- stability
- military
- the existence of a country
than the average citizen.
Why should they pay the tax at the same % as the average citizen?
95% tax on highest earners.
March 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Rich benefit way more from:
- the infrastructure
- stability
- military
- the existence of a country
than the average citizen.
Why should they pay the tax at the same % as the average citizen?
95% tax on highest earners.
- the infrastructure
- stability
- military
- the existence of a country
than the average citizen.
Why should they pay the tax at the same % as the average citizen?
95% tax on highest earners.
Another leftist political take proven right over the liberal political take.
March 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Another leftist political take proven right over the liberal political take.
Claude: I fixed your code!
Also Claude: *strategically omits 2,000 lines where all your actual problems are*
Also Claude: *strategically omits 2,000 lines where all your actual problems are*
March 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Claude: I fixed your code!
Also Claude: *strategically omits 2,000 lines where all your actual problems are*
Also Claude: *strategically omits 2,000 lines where all your actual problems are*
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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.
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if you can look at what the US did to the kurds and still find a way to trust the US you are a fucking moron
ppl getting angry at this but he's talking alliances and he's 100% right- you cannot trust a country where every 4 yrs the foreign policy does a complete 180 & tears up treaties and reneges on deals and withholds payments because some sheep farmers in Wisconsin think too many black women have jobs
America is over. There is no coming back from this.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
If we're lucky maybe we claw back some small-l liberalism for our daily lives. But even that might be too much to hope for.
The rest of the world has to move on from us.
They now know that the American people can't be trusted.
They're right.
February 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
if you can look at what the US did to the kurds and still find a way to trust the US you are a fucking moron
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Gaza: Five Palestinian infants die from extreme cold amid Israeli siege - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/five-palestinian-infants-die-extreme-cold-gaza
Gaza: Five Palestinian infants die from extreme cold amid Israeli siege
Israel continues to delay enter of shelter aid as stipulated in the ceasefire agreement, worsening the humanitarian crisis
www.middleeasteye.net
February 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Gaza: Five Palestinian infants die from extreme cold amid Israeli siege - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/five-palestinian-infants-die-extreme-cold-gaza
Here's how some politicians spent their weekends in the backdrop of fascism:
✊ Jill Stein organized "Fight The Rich" conference together with Workers Strike Back
💪 Bernie Sanders launched nationwide anti-oligarchy tour
✨ Kamala Harris signed up for Hollywood talent agency
✊ Jill Stein organized "Fight The Rich" conference together with Workers Strike Back
💪 Bernie Sanders launched nationwide anti-oligarchy tour
✨ Kamala Harris signed up for Hollywood talent agency
February 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Here's how some politicians spent their weekends in the backdrop of fascism:
✊ Jill Stein organized "Fight The Rich" conference together with Workers Strike Back
💪 Bernie Sanders launched nationwide anti-oligarchy tour
✨ Kamala Harris signed up for Hollywood talent agency
✊ Jill Stein organized "Fight The Rich" conference together with Workers Strike Back
💪 Bernie Sanders launched nationwide anti-oligarchy tour
✨ Kamala Harris signed up for Hollywood talent agency
I might switch from Claude back to OpenAI tooling. Claude served me well but Anthropic is falling behind.
- April 2024 cutoff date on info
- Great at coding, but reasoning models caught up at this point
- Too limited token count in Sonnet
- And minor stuff like lacking image/TTS/video gen etc
- April 2024 cutoff date on info
- Great at coding, but reasoning models caught up at this point
- Too limited token count in Sonnet
- And minor stuff like lacking image/TTS/video gen etc
February 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I might switch from Claude back to OpenAI tooling. Claude served me well but Anthropic is falling behind.
- April 2024 cutoff date on info
- Great at coding, but reasoning models caught up at this point
- Too limited token count in Sonnet
- And minor stuff like lacking image/TTS/video gen etc
- April 2024 cutoff date on info
- Great at coding, but reasoning models caught up at this point
- Too limited token count in Sonnet
- And minor stuff like lacking image/TTS/video gen etc
I had Influenza A for the past 10 days and it absolutely wrecked havoc in my household. 41°C fever, coughing blood, migraines, vomiting - we had it all.
Is this year's flu strain on some sort of steroids or are our immunities completely f*cked since COVID?
Is this year's flu strain on some sort of steroids or are our immunities completely f*cked since COVID?
February 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I had Influenza A for the past 10 days and it absolutely wrecked havoc in my household. 41°C fever, coughing blood, migraines, vomiting - we had it all.
Is this year's flu strain on some sort of steroids or are our immunities completely f*cked since COVID?
Is this year's flu strain on some sort of steroids or are our immunities completely f*cked since COVID?
Crypto grifters: Pivot to AI grifting.
February 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Crypto grifters: Pivot to AI grifting.
X: Nazi app
Tesla: Nazi car
Tesla: Nazi car
February 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
X: Nazi app
Tesla: Nazi car
Tesla: Nazi car
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new from me: Elon Musk's X appears to be blocking links to directly contact users on Signal
Signal, the encrypted messaging app, has recently become a major tool for government workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE
Signal, the encrypted messaging app, has recently become a major tool for government workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE
Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service
Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE.
www.disruptionist.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
new from me: Elon Musk's X appears to be blocking links to directly contact users on Signal
Signal, the encrypted messaging app, has recently become a major tool for government workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE
Signal, the encrypted messaging app, has recently become a major tool for government workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE
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US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-tiktok-ban-linked-israel-china-insiders-reveal
US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal
US officials and lobbyists say the push to ban the Chinese-owned application gain momentum during the war on Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
February 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
US TikTok ban linked to pro-Palestine content rather than China threat, insiders reveal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-tiktok-ban-linked-israel-china-insiders-reveal
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Breaking News | An Israeli sniper has shot and killed a 15-year old child in central Gaza's Al-Buraij Camp. The boy was reportedly trying to inspect his family home in an area from which the Israeli military recently withdrew.
February 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Breaking News | An Israeli sniper has shot and killed a 15-year old child in central Gaza's Al-Buraij Camp. The boy was reportedly trying to inspect his family home in an area from which the Israeli military recently withdrew.
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the neoliberal era is *obviously* over and has been for a minute. you can stop calling things "the ultimate in internalization of the neoliberal order" or whatever now.
February 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the neoliberal era is *obviously* over and has been for a minute. you can stop calling things "the ultimate in internalization of the neoliberal order" or whatever now.
I love how every conservative argument at any point someone moved the Overton Window further right in the last 40 years is:
"No matter what you think of the [insane policy or person], you should all agree that [an even insaner policy or person] is normal"
"No matter what you think of the [insane policy or person], you should all agree that [an even insaner policy or person] is normal"
February 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I love how every conservative argument at any point someone moved the Overton Window further right in the last 40 years is:
"No matter what you think of the [insane policy or person], you should all agree that [an even insaner policy or person] is normal"
"No matter what you think of the [insane policy or person], you should all agree that [an even insaner policy or person] is normal"
As pathetic as Elon is, and as depressing as this sounds for the US, this isn't unprecedented. The tide will turn. Sooner than you think.
Tesla sales, Trump's dumbass crypto tokens' prices should give you an idea how popular they are. But more importantly, history tells us conservatism never works.
Tesla sales, Trump's dumbass crypto tokens' prices should give you an idea how popular they are. But more importantly, history tells us conservatism never works.
February 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
As pathetic as Elon is, and as depressing as this sounds for the US, this isn't unprecedented. The tide will turn. Sooner than you think.
Tesla sales, Trump's dumbass crypto tokens' prices should give you an idea how popular they are. But more importantly, history tells us conservatism never works.
Tesla sales, Trump's dumbass crypto tokens' prices should give you an idea how popular they are. But more importantly, history tells us conservatism never works.
ADL, probably: "He didn't actually mean that"
February 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
ADL, probably: "He didn't actually mean that"
Remarkable lol
Instead of letting people work from home, why not let workers live in the office?
This week’s @thetimes.com biz column on why we need to bring back decent staff accommodation.
www.thetimes.com/article/10eb...
This week’s @thetimes.com biz column on why we need to bring back decent staff accommodation.
www.thetimes.com/article/10eb...
Why not let workers live in the office?
Citigroup is spending £1bn to attract staff back to its Canary Wharf tower. Maybe it’d be easier to provide accommodation — it worked at Bournville after all
www.thetimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Remarkable lol
The few million Elon will save from government's science & weather administrations will be nicely compensated by the $1b aid to Israel.
Congrats, you've been duped again.
Congrats, you've been duped again.
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The few million Elon will save from government's science & weather administrations will be nicely compensated by the $1b aid to Israel.
Congrats, you've been duped again.
Congrats, you've been duped again.
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I think countries around the world should levy tariffs specifically on Tesla in response to US tariffs, as well as banning Twitter as a national security threat
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
February 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I think countries around the world should levy tariffs specifically on Tesla in response to US tariffs, as well as banning Twitter as a national security threat
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
driving a wedge between our co-dictators may be the most effective thing they can do
