Brian Boland

Maybe this is all a plan to bring back Purdue Pharma and make oxy available over the counter

It's always the threat that that might leave...

Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI

And @karenhao.bsky.social for the amazing book bookshop.org/p/books/empi...

The AI Circular Economy Big tech companies and wealthy investors are driving an AI bubble - but they won't be the ones feeling the pain when it bursts.

@graceblakeley.substack.com for her thoughts on the AI investment bubble:

substack.com/home/post/p-...

AI as Accelerant: Amplifying Extraction, Not Escaping It Forget utopia or Skynet. AI isn't a revolution. It's a powerful accelerant for the extractive capitalism already breaking our world.

What if AI isn't leading us to utopia or Skynet—but instead is amplifying the extraction in our current economy? From a circular investing bubble, the hollowing out of bullshit jobs, to AI slop we are just amplifying the same playbook.

www.delta-fund.org/ai-as-accele...

I used to trust CBS and 60 Minutes to bring us unbiased news. I just don't trust what's going to be produced in this new CBS ownership.

Bobby Boucher

Yep. It's clear that this is an attempt to never bring Congress back into session. I'm shocked that nobody is talking about this constitutional crisis.

Yes but... In a shareholder value framework how can you break free of the drive for profit? I would argue that you can't and you need a more fundamental reset of what we value

To me this is the logical conclusion of neoliberalism

Or in this case that it is someone else...

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

Trump and Netanyahu hold press conference to announce plan to ‘end Gaza conflict’ – live Hamas still must agree to proposal; Trump hosted phone call between US, Israel and Qatar during which Netanyahu ‘expressed deep regret’ for attacking Doha

The devil is always in the details. This detail is a little devil. This "board of peace" will likely sell off Gaza assets to wealthy developers for cheap. Or something else that doesn't benefit Palestinians.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Oh please. Nikita is such a hype mercenary. No substance there

If you want to know one source for where the drive to violence is coming from, look no further than Jesse Watters. He might as well give the next shooter a gun.

We must act now to shift the country away from the elites of both parties who are oppressing and extracting from Americans. The solutions aren't the status quo or the rhetoric of violence. Instead, we must shift wealth towards the people and build a wellbeing economy. More violence if we don't.

In "End Times", Peter Turchin speaks of the rise of political violence when you have gross wealth inequality, an immiserated public and fighting between the elites and counter elites. Historically this leads to a disintegration of societies. We are deep in this cycle in America.

How would a Joshquake compare?

The core economy isn't working. It's clear that shareholder capitalism has failed and we need to usher in a new global model. There are clear options with a Wellbeing economy or doughnut economics.

Unrealized cap gains is hardly a shakedown. Wealthy people have teams who spend time valueing their assets for insurance so they know what the value is there. We need to tax assets like we do labor - or we only grow the wealth inequality that is already out of control

"philosopher"

Tell me you are a Michigan fan without saying you are a Michigan fan

ND would like their 2012 season wins back

Grace Blakeley (@graceblakeley) The Labour Party is now owned by lobbyists 🤑 graceblakeley.substack.com/p/labour-has-sold-out

Much like the Democratic party in the United States, political parties around the world are selling out to private capital. @graceblakeley.substack.com highlights the UK Labour party selling out the working class.

substack.com/@graceblakel...

The many issues with the current Labour government laid out clearly by @graceblakeley.substack.com

Really clear chart showing what I think many people feel - climate disasters are accelerating while we fail to act decisively

A very clear and concerning chart - especially when we are increasing investment into fossil fuel

I thought all of these once in a thousand year weather events were just coincidence

Very true

EX GREEN BERET: “In my entire career, I never witnessed the brutality and use of indiscriminate & unnecessary force against an unarmed, starving civilian population until I was in Gaza at the hands of IDF & US contractors… without question, war crimes.”