Let's be clear: this is not that. Don't be fooled. This administration is destroying essential services that we and the rest of the world will miss dearly when they're gone.

By referring to it as a reduction in force along with corporate-speak usage, they're trying to make these hideous acts against the American people seem like routine or mundane leadership decisions so that those speaking out against it look out of touch with the reality of the business world.

Here's a hypothetical for you: if your LLM that was lagging behind the pack leaders and had the opportunity to scrape the data from all of the government's systems to feed it while executing your feckless coup at muzzle velocity without fear of retribution or anything resembling accountability wwyd

The conversation ultimately follows the people, not vice versa.

When we talk ourselves into passivity with doomerism and "disinformation is insurmountable" fatalism about our message, we give up that power.

Just like the fascists and their enablers want us to.

My cynical guess is that most podcasters don't particularly want to be held accountable for their content and, for the time being, it's easier to avoid accountability when you create audio content

they're so extra, just like me lol