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This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
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US white evangelicalism is a death cult
New info from @wired.com. www.wired.com/story/shooti...
Suspect in Minnesota Shooting Linked to Security Company, Evangelical Ministry
The alleged shooter is a 57-year-old white male; according to his ministry's website, he “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn't the answer.”
www.wired.com
June 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
US white evangelicalism is a death cult
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In a Gangster State, the dear leader wastes other people's money on military parades to broadcast his fake strength, attacks the legislative branch and destroys programs that benefit the people.
June 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In a Gangster State, the dear leader wastes other people's money on military parades to broadcast his fake strength, attacks the legislative branch and destroys programs that benefit the people.
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June 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Every elected Republican should be asked if they think the president has the power to send in military in to “liberate” a state or city from its elected government.
June 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Every elected Republican should be asked if they think the president has the power to send in military in to “liberate” a state or city from its elected government.
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While i do sincerely hope they bite each other's dicks off, i will admit that part of me does think this musk/trump spat might be kayfabe
Thing is, kayfabe needs at least one face and whatever this is it's some "oops! All heels" kinda shit 😂
Thing is, kayfabe needs at least one face and whatever this is it's some "oops! All heels" kinda shit 😂
June 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
While i do sincerely hope they bite each other's dicks off, i will admit that part of me does think this musk/trump spat might be kayfabe
Thing is, kayfabe needs at least one face and whatever this is it's some "oops! All heels" kinda shit 😂
Thing is, kayfabe needs at least one face and whatever this is it's some "oops! All heels" kinda shit 😂
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I think this is a more or less up-to-date map of the businesses, LLCs, and people associated with the Trump family crypto projects.
June 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I think this is a more or less up-to-date map of the businesses, LLCs, and people associated with the Trump family crypto projects.
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I don't take a back seat to anyone on the subject of anti-semitism. Jews are being used here as a fig leaf to advance a broader attack on universities and higher learning. Trump wants to bring Universities to heel and obedience. Jews are just a convenient cudgel here and just as disposable.
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I don't take a back seat to anyone on the subject of anti-semitism. Jews are being used here as a fig leaf to advance a broader attack on universities and higher learning. Trump wants to bring Universities to heel and obedience. Jews are just a convenient cudgel here and just as disposable.
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I know it’s not the main thing here but what I see is a diaspora Jew being accused by two antisemites of being cheap and crafty
February 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I know it’s not the main thing here but what I see is a diaspora Jew being accused by two antisemites of being cheap and crafty
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A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A guy who used to be a comedian & is good at improv and dealing with hecklers and who has also spent the last 3 years in a war zone turns out to be a guy you can’t out-alpha, imagine that
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I'm not saying that the US is turning into Russia, but 1) the economy is run to benefit oligarchs; 2) officials are promoted based of their loyalty; 3) judges, lawyers, and independent media are called criminals; 4) NATO and the EU are viewed with suspicion; 5) LOAC and int'l law are ignored.
February 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I'm not saying that the US is turning into Russia, but 1) the economy is run to benefit oligarchs; 2) officials are promoted based of their loyalty; 3) judges, lawyers, and independent media are called criminals; 4) NATO and the EU are viewed with suspicion; 5) LOAC and int'l law are ignored.
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Laura Ruis, Maximilian Mozes, Juhan Bae, Siddhartha Rao Kamalakara, Dwarak Talupuru, Acyr Locatelli, Robert Kirk, Tim Rockt\"aschel, Edward Grefenstette, Max Bartolo
Procedural Knowledge in Pretraining Drives Reasoning in Large Language Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.12580
Procedural Knowledge in Pretraining Drives Reasoning in Large Language Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.12580
November 20, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Laura Ruis, Maximilian Mozes, Juhan Bae, Siddhartha Rao Kamalakara, Dwarak Talupuru, Acyr Locatelli, Robert Kirk, Tim Rockt\"aschel, Edward Grefenstette, Max Bartolo
Procedural Knowledge in Pretraining Drives Reasoning in Large Language Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.12580
Procedural Knowledge in Pretraining Drives Reasoning in Large Language Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.12580
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Just as it did during the rise of the Nazis a century ago, the New York Times is twisting itself in knots to avoid calling fascists fascists. Germany’s AfD is not a “party that downplays Nazis.” It’s a neo-Nazi party.
February 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just as it did during the rise of the Nazis a century ago, the New York Times is twisting itself in knots to avoid calling fascists fascists. Germany’s AfD is not a “party that downplays Nazis.” It’s a neo-Nazi party.
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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Trumps comment simply drives home his alienness. Standing against his degeneracy is standing with America. We don’t have masters. We don’t bow to tyrants. Americas civic tradition is complex, democratic, libertarian, raucous, conflicted. It abhors tyrants.
February 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Trumps comment simply drives home his alienness. Standing against his degeneracy is standing with America. We don’t have masters. We don’t bow to tyrants. Americas civic tradition is complex, democratic, libertarian, raucous, conflicted. It abhors tyrants.
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Google has removed a pledge to abstain from using AI for potentially harmful applications, such as weapons and surveillance, according to the company’s updated “AI Principles.”
Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons, surveillance
The company updated its 'Responsible AI' principles, which no longer includes a pledge to not use AI for weapons or surveillance.
www.cnbc.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Google has removed a pledge to abstain from using AI for potentially harmful applications, such as weapons and surveillance, according to the company’s updated “AI Principles.”
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
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"The Navy revealed the embryo of an electronic computer today that it expects will be able to walk, talk, see, write, reproduce itself and be conscious of its existence." (1958, The New York Times)
hype & false claims around AGI go back as far back as the field itself
hype & false claims around AGI go back as far back as the field itself
January 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"The Navy revealed the embryo of an electronic computer today that it expects will be able to walk, talk, see, write, reproduce itself and be conscious of its existence." (1958, The New York Times)
hype & false claims around AGI go back as far back as the field itself
hype & false claims around AGI go back as far back as the field itself
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With Google removing their Responsible AI Principles, they no longer state that they will *not* engage in "Technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights".
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
February 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
With Google removing their Responsible AI Principles, they no longer state that they will *not* engage in "Technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights".
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
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“At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV, now do.”
Send him to the fucking Hague
Send him to the fucking Hague
February 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV, now do.”
Send him to the fucking Hague
Send him to the fucking Hague
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i think it's super cool that the government is run by the klan right now
Joe Kent, the guy Trump is nominating to lead his counterterrorism division, employed Proud Boys and Patriot Front members, met with Nick Fuentes and sat down with a neo-Nazi YouTuber for an interview.
February 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
i think it's super cool that the government is run by the klan right now
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In case you missed it, Trump surrendered to Canada today.
Trump has paused tariffs on Canada and Mexico. So what did they agree to with the US?: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-04/canada-mexico-strike-deal-with-us-pause-tariffs-explained/104895020
Trump has paused tariffs on Canada and Mexico. So what did they agree to with the US?
US President Donald Trump says he will pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a month, but levies on China are still set to take effect on February 4.
www.abc.net.au
February 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
In case you missed it, Trump surrendered to Canada today.
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The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID
Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to consolidate power and slash funding.
www.nbcnews.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...