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David Blight's Pulitzer-winning "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" is one of my favorites, can't recommend it enough.

I think he's obliquely hinting that he expects to be unemployed

It's amazing to me that these are pretty much exactly how Sinclair Lewis described his Minute Men in It Can't Happen Here almost a hundred years ago.

his genius seemed to be in the area of getting his rich nerd friends laid

when these people discover cocaine it's going to be the 80s all over again

"You have to use it. You have to trust it.": Forced Adoption of AI is The Subtext of Davos Authoritarianism is the AI Bailout; But If AI Doesn't Need a Bailout, Does it Need Authoritarianism?

Microsoft and Blackrock have "have largely given up on organic adoption [of AI] by consumers. They have moved on to a new dream of forced adoption mandated by government and managerial coercion."

Fascinating piece here on what Davos can teach us about the AI industry by @mattseybold.bsky.social

I often think about how Jack's personality changed when he got his mask in Lord of the Flies.

exactly, he's basically an auto-pen at this point, why risk trading that for somebody who might ask questions?

it aint easy bein, well, you know

somebody is going to hit it big at the white house dumpster eventually

bon voyage!

bonvoyage

YouTube video by US National Archives Don't Be a Sucker

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAq...

you're a national treasure

It's funny how often people say "we" when they mean "I"

maybe next they can figure out how to make a reliable icemaker

He probably thinks Buzz Windrip was supposed to be him as well

have you got a url for the gravy river

i don't think your age matters they just insist that you have the right clothes

time to fire up wemod and realize your greatness

Who did this?

From the europe community on Reddit: The Dutch public broadcaster made a sketch on the current situation in the world Explore this post and more from the europe community

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There’s something satisfying in destructive rhetoric, an emotional high from being “offensive”, embracing cruelty, engaging in provocation, deflecting everything with plausible deniability

Breaking: Trump announces An Evening with Drake at the Kennedy Center

I hear what you're saying but I don't like undereducated because many of the people I know back home got just as much schooling as I did. They are preyed upon by people who desire that they should believe wrong things. Their attention and trust is a prize.

It's worth it if for no other reason than Cuno

Also it's so difficult to get people to understand that telling a person they're an ignorant hick guarantees that any other substance that might exist in your message won't be heard. I see so many people responding to bigotry with bigotry and wondering why it doesn't seem to be working.

his cocaine guy called