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The documents contemplate avoiding using terms like “automation" and “A.I." when discussing robotics, and instead use terms like "advanced technology* or replace the word “robot" with "cobot" which implies collaboration with humans.
October 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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This is some serious black mirror shit... We are cooked.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/t...

#MeetYourNewCobot
Executives told Amazon's board last year that they hoped robotic automation would allow the company to continue to avoid adding to its U.S. work force in the coming years, even though they expect to sell twice as many products by 2033. That would translate to more than 600,000 people whom Amazon didn't need to hire. At facilities designed for superfast deliveries, Amazon is trying to create warehouses that employ few humans all. And documents show that Amazon's robotics team has an ultimate goal to automate 75 percent of its operations. Amazon is so convinced this automated future is around the corner that it has started developing plans to mitigate the fallout in communities that may lose jobs. Documents show the company has considered building an image as a "good corporate citizen" through greater participation in community events such as parades and Toys for Tots.
October 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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10/23 = #HPWHDay

bit.ly/heatpumpwaterheaterday
Illuststion showing various benefits of using a heat pump water heater
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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SEE YA NEVER #DisneyPlus & #Hulu
Hulu subscription canceled
September 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Cool cool.... We are now officially more regressive than Qatar on this.

Shameful.
This approach represents a significant change from previous competitions, such as the Women’s World Cup in 2023 in Australia and New Zealand and the men’s World Cup in 2022 in Qatar when messages were shown in the stadium on big screens and on social media.
June 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Not fighting back is what got us Gilead. Don't let the bastards grind you down.
June 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Are we "great" yet?

www.csis.org/analysis/wha...
So, while the world as a whole is expected to reach a 25 percent EV sales rate in 2025 and 40 percent by 2030, the United States is expected to stay relatively stagnant at 11 percent in 2025. Some may think this is positive news because it will allow U.S. automakers to continue selling internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles for longer. However, the technological lag in what is clearly going to be the direction of travel for the rest of the world should concern those who want the United States to stay technologically relevant and a leader in key technologies like the automotive sector.
May 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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So the question is, what even worse thing(s) are they doing behind the scenes right now that this is meant to distract us from?
Soul-less husk of a human
May 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Donation receipt to katforillinois
May 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I remember when there used to be a skyline here
Chicago skyline obscured by dust storm
May 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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theintercept.com/2025/01/02/m...
Support Us Search for: Politics Justice War on Gaza Technology Environment End of Roe Support Us Special Investigations Voices Podcasts Videos Documents About Contact Us More Ways to Donate Impact & Reports Join Newsletter Jobs Become a Source © THE INTERCEPT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Terms of Use Privacy U.S. Military Service Is the Strongest Predictor of Carrying Out Extremist Violence The mass murder in New Orleans and Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas fit a troubling pattern among U.S. vets, research says. Nick Turse January 2 2025, 6:24 p.m. Share Fire vehicles surround the valet area of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada where active-duty Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger detonated a Cybertruck on January 1, 2025. Fire vehicles surround the valet area of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas where active-duty Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger detonated a Cybertruck on Jan. 1, 2025. Photo: David Becker/The Washington Post/Getty Images The two men who carried out apparent terror attacks on New Year’s Day — killing 15 people by plowing a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, and detonating a Tesla Cybertruck outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas — both had U.S. military backgrounds, according to the Pentagon. From 1990 to 2010, about seven persons per year with U.S. military backgrounds committed extremist crimes. Since 2011, that number has jumped to almost 45 per year, according to data from a new, unreleased report shared with The Intercept by Michael Jensen, the research director at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, or START, at the University of Maryland. Military service is also the single strongest individual predictor of becoming a “mass casualty offender,” far outpacing mental health issues, according to a separate study of extremist mass casualty violence
January 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM