James Bearden
@jeb1945.bsky.social
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Elite tech industry mania for throwing $100s of billions (or trillions?) at so-called "AI" was a high-risk bet (which doesn't seem to be panning out) that more & more & more $ would make an AI superintelligence to solve all humanity's problems & create utopia.
It's like "The Rapture" for techbros.
It's like "The Rapture" for techbros.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Elite tech industry mania for throwing $100s of billions (or trillions?) at so-called "AI" was a high-risk bet (which doesn't seem to be panning out) that more & more & more $ would make an AI superintelligence to solve all humanity's problems & create utopia.
It's like "The Rapture" for techbros.
It's like "The Rapture" for techbros.
What specifically are you doing to achieve those goals Joe?
My focus is on tackling the corruption in Washington, restoring faith, and giving our government back to the people.
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
What specifically are you doing to achieve those goals Joe?
AI poses a threat to the environment and a drain on energy. We are already starting to pay. AI companies will try to manage the narrative.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | A.I.’s Anti-A.I. Marketing Strategy
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
AI poses a threat to the environment and a drain on energy. We are already starting to pay. AI companies will try to manage the narrative.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
“Bregman, who is giving the BBC’s prestigious annual Reith Lectures, said his claim that Trump was “the most openly corrupt president in American history” had been taken out.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“Bregman, who is giving the BBC’s prestigious annual Reith Lectures, said his claim that Trump was “the most openly corrupt president in American history” had been taken out.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
In advance of NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani’s visit to the White House Friday, Republicans put forth a resolution “denouncing the horrors of socialism.”
Morelle voted with the incipient fascists.
Call Morelle’s office at (585) 232-4850 and/or at (202) 225-3615
@morelle.house.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
Morelle voted with the incipient fascists.
Call Morelle’s office at (585) 232-4850 and/or at (202) 225-3615
@morelle.house.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In advance of NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani’s visit to the White House Friday, Republicans put forth a resolution “denouncing the horrors of socialism.”
Morelle voted with the incipient fascists.
Call Morelle’s office at (585) 232-4850 and/or at (202) 225-3615
@morelle.house.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
Morelle voted with the incipient fascists.
Call Morelle’s office at (585) 232-4850 and/or at (202) 225-3615
@morelle.house.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
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Very few people read this. Maybe no one will care until Congressman Bello pops up.
Chuy García's ove is possible in New York. Here's how.
The New York Legislature should fix the system ASAP.
rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/could-chuy...
The New York Legislature should fix the system ASAP.
rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/could-chuy...
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Very few people read this. Maybe no one will care until Congressman Bello pops up.
WHOOOOAHHH!!!
So much work, so much clarity here.
So many familiar faces, too.
So much work, so much clarity here.
So many familiar faces, too.
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Via @jricole.bsky.social, excellent deep dive into skyrocketing squatter violence in the West Bank. It’s systemic, & #UScomplicit. www.juancole.com/2025/11/squa...
Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing
In October, amid the two-year anniversary of the Gaza genocide, Jewish settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank hit an all-time high. And they will escalate – as long as they are allowed by U....
www.juancole.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Via @jricole.bsky.social, excellent deep dive into skyrocketing squatter violence in the West Bank. It’s systemic, & #UScomplicit. www.juancole.com/2025/11/squa...
Dee Dee Bridgewater
““I couldn’t go to a No Kings protest, but I do protest songs with the We Exist! band,” she says. “The programme I am doing now started out of the war in Gaza – I watched the news and thought: I am witnessing the beginning of a genocide.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
““I couldn’t go to a No Kings protest, but I do protest songs with the We Exist! band,” she says. “The programme I am doing now started out of the war in Gaza – I watched the news and thought: I am witnessing the beginning of a genocide.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I can’t be silent. I’ve been through too much’: Dee Dee Bridgewater on singing with the greats – and confronting Maga with jazz
Fuelled by a loathing of Trump, the war in Gaza and anger at ‘the same old chauvinistic crap’, the 75-year-old – who cut her teeth with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins and more – has no plans to stop p...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dee Dee Bridgewater
““I couldn’t go to a No Kings protest, but I do protest songs with the We Exist! band,” she says. “The programme I am doing now started out of the war in Gaza – I watched the news and thought: I am witnessing the beginning of a genocide.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
““I couldn’t go to a No Kings protest, but I do protest songs with the We Exist! band,” she says. “The programme I am doing now started out of the war in Gaza – I watched the news and thought: I am witnessing the beginning of a genocide.”
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Yes, but the volume is so great we need a lot of people doing “careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.” My head spins at the thought.
Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Yes, but the volume is so great we need a lot of people doing “careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.” My head spins at the thought.
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new video up at my youtube page on the history of the filibuster and why it’s Bad. watch/share/subscribe/etc!
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
What's the deal with the filibuster?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
new video up at my youtube page on the history of the filibuster and why it’s Bad. watch/share/subscribe/etc!
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
youtu.be/a30e7lw6KL4
Exactly. The billionaires want to control ALL media so they can control workers, manipulate public opinion, refuse to pay taxes, and do as they please.
Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Exactly. The billionaires want to control ALL media so they can control workers, manipulate public opinion, refuse to pay taxes, and do as they please.
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It’s a classic Vance rhetorical move that’s almost indecipherable unless you're doused in MAGA. Instead of calling out the Hitler-loving Fuentes, he called out anyone who has been calling out Fuentes. And he called on the GOP to unite around the things they love, like deporting brown children.
JD Vance now leads the GOP. And he wants the party to welcome Hitler lovers.
The VP wants peace with gutter racists who spew vile hatred at his wife. And the press refuses to reckon with what this means.
www.thefarce.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s a classic Vance rhetorical move that’s almost indecipherable unless you're doused in MAGA. Instead of calling out the Hitler-loving Fuentes, he called out anyone who has been calling out Fuentes. And he called on the GOP to unite around the things they love, like deporting brown children.
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Loren Voss introduces Lawfare's new resource tracking how and where National Guard and military forces are being used on U.S. soil and discusses the troubling lack of transparency surrounding domestic deployments. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/coun...
Counting the Boots: Tracking Domestic Deployments, One Missing Report at a Time
A monthlong effort to track domestic deployments revealed a troubling lack of transparency on why and how military forces are used on U.S. soil.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Loren Voss introduces Lawfare's new resource tracking how and where National Guard and military forces are being used on U.S. soil and discusses the troubling lack of transparency surrounding domestic deployments. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/coun...
Congressman Morelle has posted several times today here is one. If you live in NY-25 go over to see what else he is saying and let him know what you think?
@morelle.house.gov
@morelle.house.gov
Families in our community are hurting while Trump uses hunger as a weapon. I won't stop fighting for the assistance our people rely on.
I'm grateful for orgs like the Irondequoit Community Cupboard for supporting those in need. I stopped by to hear the challenges they're facing.
I'm grateful for orgs like the Irondequoit Community Cupboard for supporting those in need. I stopped by to hear the challenges they're facing.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Congressman Morelle has posted several times today here is one. If you live in NY-25 go over to see what else he is saying and let him know what you think?
@morelle.house.gov
@morelle.house.gov
Yep!
The problem isn’t that Christianity isn’t taught in schools; the problem is that Christianity isn’t taught at Church. — Anonymous internet twitter.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Yep!
Why are Veterans are over represented on death row across the United States?
Veterans are overrepresented on death row across the United States. The Death Penalty Information Center's new report explores the cases of veterans sentenced to death and the injustices they face in the criminal legal system.
Forgotten Service, Lasting Wounds: Military Veterans and the Death Penalty | Death Penalty Information Center
**Executive Summary** - Though the Supreme Court has recognized the importance of military service in capital mitigation, the legal...
deathpenaltyinfo.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Why are Veterans are over represented on death row across the United States?
The leadership of the Democratic Party has failed yet again. It's time to take to the primaries. This will not be easy or fun, but it is necessary.
@schumer.senate.gov
@morelle.house.gov
www.indivisible2026.org?amp;source=e...
@schumer.senate.gov
@morelle.house.gov
www.indivisible2026.org?amp;source=e...
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The leadership of the Democratic Party has failed yet again. It's time to take to the primaries. This will not be easy or fun, but it is necessary.
@schumer.senate.gov
@morelle.house.gov
www.indivisible2026.org?amp;source=e...
@schumer.senate.gov
@morelle.house.gov
www.indivisible2026.org?amp;source=e...
My spouse has Estrogen receptor positive breast cancer. She knew not to take hormone replacement therapy for menopause. The warnings are necessary.
US FDA chief Makary asks drugmakers to remove warnings from hormone therapy reut.rs/3LwMh4j
US FDA chief Makary asks drugmakers to remove warnings from hormone therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting drug manufacturers to remove its strictest "black box" warnings from hormone therapies given to women to treat menopause symptoms, Commissioner Marty Makary said in an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
reut.rs
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My spouse has Estrogen receptor positive breast cancer. She knew not to take hormone replacement therapy for menopause. The warnings are necessary.
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I think you mean "we may someday start fighting."
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I think you mean "we may someday start fighting."
FA newsletter today reviews the costs to the US of the so called “war on terror”.
@foreignaffairs.com
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/uni...
@foreignaffairs.com
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/uni...
Winning Ugly
What the war on terror cost America.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
FA newsletter today reviews the costs to the US of the so called “war on terror”.
@foreignaffairs.com
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/uni...
@foreignaffairs.com
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/uni...
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Trump wants health insurance premiums to spike right after he allowed medical debt to adversely affect people’s credit ratings, while rolling out 50 year mortgages.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
But he loves you, MAGA. That’s why he’s building that ballroom for you.
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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