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Adam Becker Takes Aim at Silicon Valley Nonsense | TechPolicy.Press In a new book, the science journalist Adam Becker skewers the more outlandish ideas and motivations in the tech industry.

From visions of AI paradise to the project to defeat death, many dangerous and unscientific ideas are driving Silicon Valley leaders. Adam Becker wrote a book about it called MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity. Listen!

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Today I pity the cowards we must step over as we march into battle. I draw strength from my compatriots, whose hearts are stern and true. We are all afraid, but not afraid to fight. We are weary, but not too weary to stand for what is right. We will not surrender.

If you’re wondering who the Elon Musk staffers are, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has several Musk staffers, including Amanda Scales, Brian Bjelde, Stephen Duarte, Christina Hanna, and Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski.

Being depressed is not a character flaw. Being anxious is not a character flaw. They are conditions often with physiological roots that may or not be treated effectively with medication. RFK's point of view is that of a recovering junkie, where the drug WAS the problem and rehab was the answer.

This administration has convinced half the country that the real problem isn’t the billionaires who evade taxes and collect government handouts, but the working class who pay taxes and get nothing in return.

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

now that's how you write a headline

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Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

Canada is not the problem

As for the rest of us: Make sure you are talking to people and doing something. The logic of "move fast and break things," like the logic of all coups, is to gain quick dramatic successes that deter and demoralize and create the impression of inevitability. Nothing is inevitable. Do not be alone and do not be dismayed. Find someone who is doing something you admire and join them.

Clear description of the moment from Timothy Snyder plus suggestions for elected officials, media, federal workers, and ordinary citizens here—the latter mirroring what organizers have been saying for months.

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Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!

Trump is an extremely dangerous man--stupid, vindictive, fixated on payback for his enemies. This country will be lucky to survive him.

Earlier today, unconfirmed border ogre Tom Homan complained that “Know Your Rights” information was “making it very difficult” to arrest families in Chicago and elsewhere.

Remember: WE HAVE RIGHTS www.aclu.org/we-have-rights

RFK hearing is next week, time to put rubber to the pavement, sending a letter to your Senator is one easy (<1 minute with this template) way to make your voice known

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.

He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.

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