The Christian Zionist View of Foreign Policy Is Holy War “You’re very much into God in this room and that’s very nice,” President Donald Trump told a group of business leaders at a July 14 luncheon

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Joe-pye weed used for the kidneys and UTIs plus it smells amazing and looks pretty to

Chatbots Can Trigger a Mental Health Crisis. What to Know About 'AI Psychosis' AI companies need to do more to protect users' mental health, experts say.

“A growing number of reports suggest that extended chatbot use may trigger or amplify psychotic symptoms in some people. The fallout can be devastating and potentially lethal.”
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Wow... maybe I need therapy now because of my fake therapist?

One of the many knives sticking out of the back of American democracy is the modern computer.

But not just any computer, but a humble laptop owned by a political consultant who can run 1000s of simulations using clustering algorithms to optimize gerrymandering to the point of absurdity. /1

Every time Republicans have given rich socialism (tax cuts and subsidies) they tax the poor and working class.

Reagan- Taxed Social Security Benefits

Bush Sr.- raised taxes on those below 400K income but too late.

Bush Jr- Baked in tax increases.

Drumpf- Same deal which happen ever other year

The quiet affronts to decency undergird the constant shockers

Texas Republicans fail again to advance redistricting effort amid Democrat absences President Trump is weighing in on the Texas redistricting showdown as Democrats continue to block GOP efforts to move forward with new congressional maps.

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The party of ‘no entitlements’ feels rather entitled

AI is the perfect tool for conservatives. It's named "intelligence" when it doesn't have any, plagiarizes other's work, often gives incorrect answers, is foolishly wasteful providing little value for cost, doesn't understand the problem, and does whatever it is programmed to do.

a woman is sitting at a desk with her fingers crossed and says that 's all Alt: a woman is sitting at a desk with her fingers crossed and says that 's all

Hegseth 101:

1) Dumb down everything in the DoD to the intellectual level of a botched major

2) Get back at everyone he blames for being a botched major (women & minorities who were better at Army than him)

3) Overcompensating for his joes pegging him *cough* as an Ivy League sissy in the 2000s

You coming? THIS SUNDAY at the Dequindre Cut Freight Yard 🔆 #bar #detroit #dance #fun #sunday #party TikTok video by Detroit House Collective

This Sunday in #Michigan in #Detroit might have to slide on by.

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Jeffrey Epstein associate Jean-Luc Brunel, ex-Miami modeling agent, found dead in Paris jail Jeffrey Epstein’s former business partner and alleged accomplice in trafficking and sexually abusing girls, Jean-Luc Brunel, was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, according to French author...

I don't remember reading this but Brunel ran a "modeling agency" that supplied young girls to Epstein.

Maxwell better watch her back

The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

Maybe things are as bad as they seem. Maybe they’re worse. The fact that mainstream media no longer reports it, or is complicit in disseminating propaganda, argues that things are worse. I say we’re down the rathole looking up.

YouTube video by HANNAH “We out” 🤣🤣 #funny #dadlifematters #comedyfilms #foryou #comedy #comedymove #comedymovies

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I spied a Black-crowned Night Heron through the greenery surrounding the Harlem Meer. @nycbirdalliance reports a precipitous decline in these herons in the NYC harbor and forecasts they may disappear entirely by 2035. 💔💔💔 #Herons #CentralPark #birding

There’s no credible scientific debate over the effects of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere - first scientifically explained by Svante Arrhenius in 1896. It’s as established as the existence of the earth as a globe. Those ignoring/suppressing it are akin to Galileo’s medieval inquisitors.

The Politics of Fear As a Presidential candidate, Donald Trump made his world view plain: there was “us” and there was “them.” Once he was in the White House, the fear factor would prevail.

“Trump was,from his formative years,a spoiled bully.The Trump family,whose fortune was made in real estate, had a cook and chauffeur, “Little Donny” was a pigtail puller,an unruly loudmouth who tormented his teachers and hurled insults and rocks at other kids.”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

⭐️ Terrific piece. *“People are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by [rich], status-obsessed elites”...

The threat is from leaders who are “walking versions of the dark triad”—narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism—the climate crisis, nuclear weapons, AI & killer robots.*

Motherfucking wind farms…

Condolences,sincerely sorry G.

👀👀👀 Look at the feet on this Black-crowned Night Heron! Spotted snoozing on the banks of the Harlem Meer. 😅😅😅 #Herons #CentralPark #birding

Did we ever get a full accounting of how much Covid money went to scammers in the first season?

I talk a lot about the scams of crony capitalism. It's now deeply embedded and fundamental to how the GOP political system operates. This is one of those.
The feeding frenzy that's going to be involved in trying to get a piece of that 40 billion ICE fund was gifted is going to be epic.

Spotted a Northern Waterthrush plying the shallows of Central Park's Pool early this morning. Though it looks like a thrush, this is a warbler. It breeds in Canada and stopped in NYC on its return trip to Central/South America! (Map below.) 🥰🥰🥰 #Warbler #CentralPark #birding

Merely understanding the GOP'S frames does not counter their media control to force repetition. It is through continual repetition of these frames to the mass population that forms the success of their propaganda effort.

Quite the disease we have going on.

I've used term predatory capitalism numerous time since I came to Bluesky. It goes beyond just cutthroat competition as the large and connected consume the small. The terms extraction and rent-seeking are often used to describe destructive economic behavior. Unfortunately, these almost /1