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Kalani
@kalachama.bsky.social
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Whatever I say here (bio) will be incomplete, out of date, thus wrong and uncomfortably limiting. Hi!

The truth is in-between.
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When the most optimistic AI researchers believe there's a significant chance AGI leads to very bad things for humanity, it's time to step back.

Note: these guys are not the optimists.

We're rushing toward a threshold and we don't know where it is, which step will be too far.

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Book: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: why superhuman AI would kill us all, by Eliezer Yudkowsky & Nate Soares. WE WISH WE WERE EXAGGERATING
October 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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The People are the last defense
September 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Here's my favourite paragraph!

What's yours?

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July 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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They got the "chronic insufficiency" part dead right.
July 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Earlier this week, the NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an amazing image of a sprite, a rarely photographed weather phenomenon, as the International Space Station passed above a storm over Mexico. Ayers wrote: "Sprites are TLEs, or Transient Luminous Events, ... [see alt text]
-- The Atlantic
Earlier this week, the NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured an amazing image of a sprite, a rarely photographed weather phenomenon, as the International Space Station passed above a storm over Mexico. Ayers wrote: "Sprites are TLEs, or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below."
July 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Whatipū
Weathered hollow log sits in shallow water reflecting luminous sky with rugged coastline in shadow and aglow in the background, past the sea and the black sand beach. Wider shot showing less log, more pool, background and foreground. Lighter sand close, more black sand beach and whitewater surging in the turbulent sea as a bank of gray cloud drifts through the blue above and is reflected in the pool. A shining ruffled-surface stream carves an arc through a black sand beach, with the sea behind in front of Paratūtai Island and the south heads of the Manukau Harbour entrance aglow on Awhitu Peninsula. Also a hole in the rock of the island. Rock overhang of base of Paratūtai Island nearly touches rocky ridge rising at left, both framing the view along the north coast looking into Manukau Harbour.
July 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Bombing his way to peace. The art of the deal.

...there wasn't enough blown up at home.

apnews.com/article/isra...
June 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Thank you @thegodpodcast.com for protesting the parade in DC tonight!!

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June 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Do your duty and repost, turn out this Saturday and show him who's boss--literally.

We the People.

www.nokings.org
June 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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I'd be honoured to receive this for Father's Day!

Never got to the reviews, but before my Amazon account was locked for unusual activity, I captured these gems.

Are you ready to follow this "path to self-understanding", to use a "key for the those willing to explore the less conventional aspects"?
May 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Failure upon failure
The use of such weapons to attack civilians lays bare how Russia has expanded its war on Ukraine by relying on weapons supplied by countries hostile to the West. Ukraine’s partners, meanwhile, have not yet made guarantees to continue providing urgently needed air defenses that could help defend against such attacks, including U.S.-made Patriot systems. Despite receiving some systems from Western partners, Ukraine has never had nearly enough supplies to defend the entire country, forcing it to regularly move its limited systems between cities in an attempt to predict the next attacks. As a result, each night, most of the population is left vulnerable to Russian attacks.
May 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Spot the lies.
Spot the cowardice.
Spot the turpitude.
Spot the greed.
Spot the appeasement.

Sources:
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
In a later post on his Truth Social account, Trump said of Putin: “He has gone absolutely CRAZY!” “Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever. I’ve always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that’s proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!” Trump added. Trump’s envoy to Ukraine, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, said the attacks were “shameful” and a breach of the Geneva Conventions in a post on X. He included an image of Kyiv engulfed in flames, but in keeping with Trump administration policy, Kellogg stopped short of directly naming or blaming Russia for the blitz. The Trump administration appears loath to make big announcements on weapons deliveries to Kyiv, believing that could derail negotiations, he added. “They seem to think now if we have a huge announcement of giving Patriot missiles to Ukraine, that’s not something they want because it will make Putin very angry,” the official said. “They would be very concerned about this kind of jeopardizing any potential peace talks. Ukrainian officials in Kyiv, however, believe that the Trump administration would be willing to sell the country more Patriots rather than send them as aid, as the previous administration did. A senior Ukrainian official said he does not expect Washington to block the sale of future air defense systems to Ukraine, but understands the White House “will not give it away for free.” “They think like business people. If I give you something, you have to give me something in return,” he said. “We have to adapt to this.”
May 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Does everyone pause on this post count and momentarily consider never posting again, before posting about it? 👺👹🙄
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May 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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😆The last sentence shown😂🤣

Made me think of Robin Hood, so I got reacquainted with his antagonists.

Where Robin Hood steals from the rich to give to the poor, the Sheriff of Nottingham takes from the poor to enrich the wealthy and powerful. 1/🧵

Source: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The Congressional Budget Office reports that those in the lowest 10 percent of the income scale would see their resources reduced while those in the highest 10 percent would see them increased. Various estimates say the measure would add about $3 trillion to the deficit over the next decade, a bitter pill for deficit-conscious Republicans. The bond markets have responded poorly. Trump claimed on his social media site, Truth Social, that the measure “is arguably the most significant piece of Legislation that will ever be signed in the History of our Country.” His sense of history lacks a sense of history.
May 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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There you have it, $400 million emolument accepted!

"For additional information, we refer you to the United States Air Force."

Oh and one more thing, WaPo: this is "Military" news? Really?!? Come on.
A picture of a $400 million bribe of the POTUS sitting on a runway in plain view.
May 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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🤣😂🤣

Nobody whines and cries on the world stage like 🤡 lil baby Donny!

Still stuck in Act 2, failed Act 3, dodged Act 4, ever pretending Act 5, while straining his childish pipes in Act 6. At least we know how it ends, with Act 7 reversing Act 1.

"Pa-aam, they don't like me, put em in jail!!!"🥺😭
Image of Trump’s whiny post about The Boss, Beyoncé, Oprah and Bono as subjects of a major investigation, because they don't like him. The All the World's a Stage monologue from Shakespeare's As You Like It, outlining the seven acts of life.
May 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Dawn chorus, plus motorway and netball courts.

Good morning!
May 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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🎁 wapo.st/4maniBr

The I-didn't-do-it president.

(Besides, the Supreme Court said I could.)

You expect this from children.
Analysis by Aaron Blake in the Washington Post. Headline: The many big things Trump 'didn't know' about Repeatedly in his second term, the president has pleaded ignorance about major events and suggested he's not involved in major decisions Picture of Trump from a distance speaking to the media, framed through raised arms. Other headline: Trump officials suggest suspending habeas corpus. Here's what it means. Bart Simpson is the I didn't do it! Kid, volume III.
May 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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...tell me about Dave Troy, but that's because I got my Capitol Hills confused. You may have an opinion despite my geoconfusion. Plus, I could share a link to my HI 808 album once I get round to finishing it...
Large plumeria tree replete with pink and white blossoms overtopping a fulsome magenta bougainvillea, on a decidedly above-average O'ahu residential street, on a gorgeously average spring day.
May 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Back
Charcoal-green Rangitoto across the ruffled blues of Hauraki Gulf, beneath a light blue sky gradating paler toward the horizon.
May 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Here's a nice mushroom.

I don't know what it is, but maybe @lukelukeluke.bsky.social will tell us...?
Bright orange porous fungi with yellow edge found growing on a stick at the Wa'ahila Ridge Recreational Area, HI 96816.
May 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Bring manufacturing back, so manly men can work acceptably masculine factory jobs. 🙄

Or, crash economy, kill US fiat currency & dollar as basis for intnl. trade, bring back gold standard, maybe even create the first crypto-based national currency?

Putin wants both. Win-win!

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Article leader from front page: Jim Geraghty The most spectacular self-inflicted economic wound of all time
April 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Halema'uma'u
Halema'uma'u Crater in middle distance steaming / smoking from current eruption, beneath gray, overcast skies. In foreground, rainforest, including 'ohia lehua, descending to the wider lava plain of Kaluapele, Kīlauea Caldera, surrounding Halema'uma'u.
April 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Two snorkellers swim (left mid-foreground) in a wide expanse of Kaneohe Bay along a poipoi reef. On the horizon cliffs rise up to Kanehoalani, approaching the clouds. Photo credit: Kapua Kawelo.
April 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Coral topped fishpond wall cuts to shore between ruffled ocean and still pond, with houses on low rise on shore in front of looming pali/cliffs of the Windward Ko'olau, cloud-cloaked around the ridge tops and peak. Similar to previous photo buy the walkway cuts left near a shack on a platform jutting into the fishpond, with a broader view of the mountains behind.
April 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM