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On #obaa (One battle after another) I kind of agree with Bret Easton Ellis ("it does not read what is going on in America."), except for the lost password anxiety.

I just can't stop watching it

I love how they blame "Wi-Fi"

and I like how they're pouring untold billions into "superintelligence," and their big bold idea of showing off progress is having it read a recipe in order

which it can't do

Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) .@Replit goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes our entire database

This thread is incredible.

I keep some hope in AOC and Mamdani of course.

il woke non è mai stato un problema più di quanto non lo sia la trap sugli streaming: può non piacere ma basta skippare.
Invece la deriva autoritaria è li per restare.

not there yet, but...

in realtà (non da) oggi è impossibile portare avanti qualsiasi istanza non populista. That's it. L'unica strategia vincente (non necessariamente giusta) può essere superare in populismo gli stessi populisti, oppure attendere che il populismo di destra vada in cortocircuito, come forse adesso in USA.

White flight ☠️😂

è peggio di così: semplicemente adesso giocano a poliziotto buono e cattivo. Uno taglia le tasse ai super ricchi, l'altro chiede di tagliare ancora di più la spesa pubblica.

It’s so funny having @garymarcus.bsky.social speak at the Web Summit opening ceremony. All the hustlers here are pumped about AGI and agents and Gary is like nah it’s a bubble. Great start!

When I think back on the amount of faith I must have had in my colleagues and hire ups who would have lunch with me and send me Christmas cards one day and fire me the next...About 5 years ago, on Jun 24, 2020, we convinced Google research to give us the floor at the research all hands meeting. 🧵

risposta necessariamente complessa, se proprio devo riassumere in un commento: ammettere che esiste il problema, poi ripartire dai valori fondanti, etica prima dell'economia, ricostruire la fiducia nella classe dirigente tramite regole di "accountability" chiare.

Ok ma Donald è un sintomo, non la causa. L'Occidente è malato e deve andare in terapia altrimenti spuntano Donald, AfD, Farage etc come funghi.

how the gift of a free air force one looks to the rest of the world (and most americans)

TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

vibe molto "Dune": l'incontro tra barone (Vladimir) Harkonnen e imperatore Shaddam IV.

The Endgame of Edgelord Eschatology - Truthdig Powerful figures in Silicon Valley advocate a new-age religion that sees humanity as a transitional species — one whose time is almost up.

"When we think about the “existential threats” facing humanity, we often think of concrete phenomena like asteroid strikes, [...]. We don’t tend to include on such lists the various ideologies that could precipitate our extinction.

Tech oligarchs are gambling our future on a fantasy | Adam Becker Musk and Bezos are the heirs to a quasi-religious belief in tech salvation. The rest of us are stuck in the real world

It's not just the few billionaires, there's a plethora of "futurologists", "innovators", "experts" who are driving all of us towards the precipice.

Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool | Jonathan Freedland This presidency places authoritarian ambition above all – and now the people of Ukraine are paying the price, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Ukraine has exposed Trump’s true identity: as a vandal, an autocrat, a gangster and a fool | Jonathan Freedland

correct sentence: "fully AI (crappy) journalists are already here".

Training AI with copyrighted works isn't just theft or plagiarism. It's worse: it is a fundamental devaluation of creativity. When you steal something, you're not denying its individual value. GenAI is a form of automated exploitation and devaluation of human labor

"we don't have the cards"

this is especially true for most of the western world center-left (the center-right has been cannibalized by the far right), yet I get the feeling that most non-extremist people are still shocked and refuse to accept reality. I hope people like Sander-AOC are able to trigger them.

I agree it's a good thing but I also feel like it's almost a side project for the libdems. It's like the big names are expending those two waiting for something else to happen.

what do you think about recent Sanders-AOC "odd couple"?

MAGA idiot tried tasing someone's grandma for holding up a sign and got his ass locked up.

Lauren Sánchez in Space was Marie Antoinette in a Penis-Shaped Rocket Let’s call the “first all-female spaceflight” what it is: rich women showing off.

"Marie Antoinette in a penis shaped rocket" deserves credit.

"you are all that".

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

Also: "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." (whoever said that).