Probably not necessary to convey the existence of such directly most of the time. Once they know that Epstein likely can prove something extraordinarily damaging they are likely saying yes to his requests. Possibly without any rancor. Transactional pedo shit.

I too find it weird when people claim they need to create mountains of software. IME most vibe coded projects are redundant and pointless. That doesn’t make Mike’s claims illogical or deluded though. /end

where those tasks are really specific to the work you are doing, and combining features that weren’t all in one place before with customized UI - it’s not weird to say “this is new and customized to me and AI helped me design and build it”. 4/

One specific thing he mentioned is alerting him to articles relevant to some of his work. This isn’t something that calendars do.

I think if you can acknowledge that software designed to help people get things done doesn’t reduce to calendaring - again think of automation of repetitive tasks 3/

He also isn’t saying the AI is all these things out of the box, so to speak. He is saying an ai agent helped hime design and build bespoke software that combines a lot of functionality that wasn’t available in a single program in the same way before. 2/

Fwiw, Mike has implied something like a blend of project management software, specific automations that aren’t part of any calendar, and customizations that feel more intuitive or less annoying or otherwise bespoke for his own idiosyncrasies. 1/

Pretty noticeable on the 19th floor downtown.

When in doubt say “I, I assume, do.”

FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.

So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.

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It's become crystal clear that for Trump, the point of tariffs is to get powerful people to supplicate. It (like everything) is all about his fragile narcissistic ego.

Pure speculation but feels correct: The yacht class strongly tends toward avoiding any active parenting that they can conceivably hand off to an employee.

My prep only used gatorade, a cheap OTC laxative, and store-brand PEG. Maybe $20 in total?

Might be worth asking about this option if you're being asked to down a gallon of something that tastes bad for insurance reasons.

"Are they apparently a member of my tribe", and so on. The uncanny valley might be our minds reaching for the appropriate heuristics and failing to find them because of the tells that we're not looking at an actual human.

What if it's just a side effect of our brains' constant sorting and pattern matching? Lots of heuristics involved with recognition. There's the crucial "am I prey or are they" distinction, but the most involved heuristics are triggered by humans. "Do I know this person", "what is their intent", 1/

Whole ass olives, lol

This. She consoles herself using persuasion (dripping in flattery) behind the scenes to get small wins. While in public - and with her considerable power as a Senator - she does literally whatever Trump wants.

Truly standing up against the evil would cost her a lot more than this self soothing.

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I feel pretty good about this one.

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He was doing racism so well up to that point.

I wonder if La Croix et al is in there

Yep. We set up a system that rewards the sociopathic pursuit of obscene wealth, and those who earn those rewards keep tweaking the system to make it work better for themselves. No surprise that the vast majority of "winners" are terrible people.

ICE needs to be dismantled. You can't fix this with "commonsense reforms" (meaning things you believe cannot be objected to by your imaginary friends in Long Island).

Ideologically rigid bothsidesism is the strongest force in the universe.

How can the public trust us if we don't publicly weigh the counterargument to "pedophilia bad"? Public trust is completely based on an inability to employ any moral reasoning, you know that.

Unfortunately he has a humiliation kink and never learned how to indulge that in an appropriately private and consensual way.

Wow, look at all these protest signs.

The ratio of teenagers to pedophiles.

I'm wondering if some of the people obsessing about opsec are basing it in part on the administration rhetoric about rampant lawlessness or domestic terrorism. Like they think that part is true so [spy stuff].

The crucial thing about cameras on the ground is that they help dispel those lies!

I wonder if you intend to murder someone and attempt to do it with a pool noodle because you don't understand how pool noodles work, if you can still be convicted of attempted murder.

In this case if he thought vinegar was super dangerous, does it matter that he chose something kind of innocuous?

@schumer.senate.gov will not rise to the moment until ICE hurts Joe and Eileen directly.

Probably not the first to say it but I see a contrast in efficiency between six guys in tactical gear trying to take down a person holding a camera and one guy taking down a guy holding what is probably at best a noxious substance and a sharp object.

Aside from racist and cruel, ICE is bumbling.

Uh. Fallout.