Prof. Chop

The one choice that's always in your hands is to live a principled life

Yes, tell a story with all that implies in terms of hook, action, tension, intrigue, investigation and false leads, discovery, denouement.

In his mind, he’s not lying. It all hinges on his/Republican’s definition of “fix.”

It’s also a form of racial capitalism, ie ideological social debt.

Can it be done with Google Maps?

Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.

You're welcome

I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?

Not enough

A $500 billion tech company's core software product is encouraging child suicide It sounds horrific. It should. Let's be clear about the material circumstances of what's happening rather than handwaving about 'the dangers of AI'

If you don't already know @bcmerchant.bsky.social's newsletter, bloodinthemachine.com (or his exceptional book by the same title), start w/ this week's post on the role of ChatGPT in a teenage boy's suicide. Not handwringing or doomy. Clear-eyed & essential. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-500-bill...

I remember early November 2023. I think I was the first person on US mainstream media, while at MSNBC/Peacock, to say the G-word on TV. On my show. It was seen as hugely controversial then. It's controversial no longer. It's undeniable, irrefutable, the consensus view.

Agreed. Abuser-victim, master-slave, colonizer-colonized. It’s all the same in the nation-as-family mindset of Christian nationalism.

“Gratitude” is a refrain for this guy. I guarantee he talks to his wife and kids this way.

He’s a sociopath, a serial killer.

I'm not the only one to make this point, but there will need to be the equivalent of Nuremberg Trials when this is all over (however long that takes). If there are no consequences for fascists, we'll keep having fascism.

Was just talking with my partner about this. Social media is like walking into a room full of people who know history because they watch the history channel, and then provide evidence in the form of free speech claims.

These testimonies are … nice, I guess. But what happens when the administration changes the oath to follow the president’s orders? Will they still be principled?

Dark. And even darker: It’s called “Fort Bliss”

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"We categorically reject the idea that speech critical of the Israeli government amounts to antisemitism." Statement by George Washington AAUP after Trump DOJ's threats.

Looks like I.C.E. is in D.C. for more than just bringing down crime rates.

Does this look like the worst of the worst?

They are building the gulag infrastructure. All by spreading nationalist, anti-migrant politics.

Don’t think we aren’t *all* going to come under the power of DHS/ICE and be subject to incarceration.

They’ve already incorporated the National Guard and Marines. Let’s not wait to see what’s next

just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!

Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

It’s weird to me that people keep starting new Substacks and still don’t know that Substack is extremely bad news

Please get off Substack 😭

www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...

lol … sigh

Great book!

Exactly my thinking.

The whitey-est whitey on the moon ever.

Been thinking something similar as “shared governance” collapses.

Ruth Wilson Gilmore said, “No abolitionist who is a true abolitionist wants to save money. What we want is for the money to be spent, to enhance, and support human life so that it can flourish in a way that doesn’t destroy the planet. We’re not about cost-savings.” Save lives, not money.

Gaza Freedom Flotilla has released statement that Black labour leader Chris Smalls (Amazon Labour Union) faced violence that no one else on Handala did. He has been severely beaten in Israeli custody.

Smalls follows in legacy of Black radical tradition for Palestine. Labour must stand for Smalls.

All this “data” comes from AI companies, self-reported uses, small sample sizes, and a piece of writing no longer than a tweet. I’ll bet a stack of student papers using the phrase “rich tapestry” against the claim that students recognize dull or cliched AI writing in order to “refine” their own.