Brian Benitez

Mean reversion will be a hellava drug

I'm a creep. I'm a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here.

Bring the capitol police next time. These paramilitary hired thugs have no real authority to do shit.

Private mercenaries costumed to look like legitimate law enforcement. Not surprised it’s that Blackwater guy. Unbelievable

What fully automated firms will look like Everyone is sleeping on the *collective* advantages AIs will have, which have nothing to do with raw IQ - they can be copied, distilled, merged, scaled, and evolved in ways humans simply can't.

Worth your time - what might future AI Firms look like? An interesting take on the scale implications of AGI.

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Oppose, Oppose, Oppose — and Do It Loudly Opponents of MAGA: Don’t despair and don’t appease

@schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

Dear Democrats, PLEASE LISTEN. Oppose, Oppose, Oppose

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So much this. No matter the countless times in history where the GOP doesn’t ever give an inch, the Dems once again display utter spinelessness in the name of collegiality. When will they learn that they are being taken for fools?

me: "the reason modern politics has gone insane is that an international class of tech oligarchs and authoritarians have teamed up to create an information environment dominated by social media memes that effectively control public opinion"

trump: "what if tiktok was co-owned by Xi and myself"

For sure!

Lemon8 is owned by - surprise! - ByteDance. Same owners as TikTok

January 2025 as a meme

It’s kind of unbelievable if Americans just picked this up entirely on their own.

Calling out for anyone who can figure out the receipts on how the trend of moving from TikTok to RedNote and Lemon8 started - was this a truly organic “fuck you for banning TikTok” trend, or was it seeded by Chinese state-controlled accounts and/or algorithmically amplified on TikTok?

The sanewashing

what it literally comes down to is PEOPLE ADOPT OPINIONS THEY THINK ALL THEIR FRIENDS SHARE and social media creates a very strong sense of what the popular consensus on any given topic is (e.g., “Biden bad”) even though it’s godawful at providing people with any kind of underlying factual support

The Lake Street Dive version is the best, no reason to listen to any other

Not the Usual Christmas Playlist · Brian Benitez · 36 items

On repeat for the holiday season!
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If you’re fond of calling others “NPCs,” you might want to take a hard look in the mirror and consider why it is that you need to feel superior.

All of the real scorecards are internal, but you’re stuck comparing yourself to others and judging that you’re better. Are you playing the right game?

World economy has exited the ‘boom and bust’ cycle, BlackRock says ‘Mega forces’ including artificial intelligence technologies are reshaping the global economy in a way that has seen it leave behind traditional boom and bust cycles, BlackRock said

Blackrock - "This Time It's Different."

Hmm...

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Musk explains his X algorithm

Today, #KashPatel sent a letter to my counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social threatening to sue & demanding I retract my MSNBC comments on his unfitness to serve as FBI Director. This follows his threats against media & political opponents, showing how he might act if confirmed. I stand by my statements.

Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won? It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.

🔗 LINK to New Republic article:
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The Real Reason Trump Won. Podcast Episode · Talking Feds · 11/28/2024 · 31m

🚨The Reason Trump Won- Michael Tomasky on how right-wing media has become more powerful than legacy media, and, far more importantly, speaks in one voice and has a hammerlock on the attention of nearly half the country
#BlueCrew

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Sources: OpenAI is letting staff sell ~$1.5B worth of shares in a new tender offer to SoftBank in a deal spurred by Masayoshi Son and is set to close this week (CNBC)

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Futurism Forever: The Sound of Ism Records Playlist · Andy Williams · 55 items · 15 saves

🍸+🔈 - excellent combination

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Climate stripes for NY USA

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Off by orders of magnitude. Interesting…