Matt Odd

*young me, developing a strong sense of justice*

This is gonna be great, what an asset, this will never drive me insane

Gandalf staff worth of HE

I did point it out- hey, the horse hadsthree legs in front, two in back.

I didn't take a photo out of some stupid sense of respect for the PTA folks trying their best.

But fuck me that was disappointing.

Last night at the back to school festival the PTA had five new designs for the kids to vote on for shirts with the school mascot. They were from a local "artist" according to the gal at the booth. A various styles of mustang.

The deisgn with the most votes had FIVE LEGS.

Fucking AI grifters man.

[quoting a tweet by fractalcounty that reads, “today I learned that there are actual people irl who get genuinely upset if they catch you using chatgpt. like they view it as a serious moral failing in certain circles”]

If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.

Being in tech and having a single modicum of critical thinking is just screaming "this isn't what LLMs are designed for" over and over as people shove a bunch of word predictors into critical decision making processes because some glorified used car salesmen told them it would fix all their problems

All the plate carriers, assault rifles, combat tourniquets, and the rest of the tactical equipment can’t make a coward not be a coward.

Let's fucking goooooo

The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jef...

Jeff Bezos systematically dismantled the Washington Post. Now, he’s looking to purchase Condé Nast and CNBC.

Paramount & CBS have bent the knee.

Tech billionaires are manipulating their platforms’ algorithms to favor fascists.

NPR & PBS have been defunded.

This is state propaganda in the making.

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

Good news: a giant mature American Chestnut tree has been found in upstate NY in a forest - they are looking for others nearby bc C. Dentata does not self pollinate. I hope it’s blight resistant, it would be great to bring it back to eastern American forests.

Anyone concerned that America will quietly succumb to fascism should look at what's happening in LA. This whole thread is wonderful

If the United States decides to declare war on its own people, so be it. They can't defeat an insurgency overseas and they can't defeat one here

“Show of presence the capacity and freedom of maneuver” ….HAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA…LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAH

This one is particularly troubling. This isn't an infantry unit. It's a Marine Wing Support Squadron focused on expeditionary airfield support operations for rotary wing aircraft.

They're being brought in to facilitate moving personnel either in or out by helo.

"The problem with AI isn't that it can do your job. It can't. The problem with AI is that your MBA-brained boss's boss doesn't know how your job works and thinks AI can do your job at fractions of a penny on the dollar, and hears the siren song of 'maximize shareholder value'."

MBA-brain is real.

“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is

A security force that expands that quickly in a polarised political environment becomes stuffed with rapidly recruited MAGA Freikorps types who were the kinds of vetbros that couldn't hack it in regular law enforcoment

“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.

The problem is not a criminal President. It is not an illegitimate Supreme Court. It is not a corrupt Congress.

These are just symptoms.

The problem is the system—built on unfettered capitalism and facilitated by our buy-in.

What happens when we opt out?

We can stop this, but it takes all of us.

I'm twitching so goddamn hard because the "enemy" ops term is not a diamond shape

Anyways, this is the only wet trilogy MI can pull

*Biden tries to forgive student loans*
SCOTUS: Whoa there, that is, uh, a major question. Which means you can't do it.

*Trump revokes part of the constitution*
SCOTUS: Obviously, we got to give the President the benefit of the doubt on this one.

The fact that some "ICE" gangs are being turned away by protesters is evidence that these are not just LEO operations.

If these were police actions, the police would bring reinforcement until they had control of the streets.

When they run, they are likely bounty hunters. It's about profitability.

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ICE is a menace to society. Communities need to employ armed force to reinstitute peace and order in its presence.

I am not a lawyer, but I've studied and worked in governance for most of my adult life. Regardless of what legal rights ICE thinks it has, cities do not have to accept such disruption.

And keep up the movement: become a member of Strong Towns today:

In the opening keynote of this year’s National Gathering in Providence, Charles Marohn led with three words: stewardship, empathy, and humility.

These are the core of Strong Towns’ mission. Change happens one block, one person, and one conversation at a time.

Trump's VA cut a program that's saving vets' homes. Even Republicans have questions NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country who are upset about the VA cutting a program that was helping vets avoid foreclosure. Veterans now have worse options than most Americans.

NPR has heard from more than 50 veterans around the country who are upset about the VA cutting a program that was helping vets avoid foreclosure. Veterans now have worse options than most Americans.

Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.