The most difficult part of any 4-week US military operation in the middle east is always the first 5 to 7 years.

From That Other Site
Clear AI Bias Issue

Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same

Tech Pitch: “The glasses from They Live, but inverted so as to embed more advertising and behavioral manipulation.”

The Apocalypse is already here; it’s just not evenly distributed.

We were in a 30+ day delinquent trend up since 2020 and 90+ day delinquent trend reversal, both being lead by VA. The dodgy cuts could well trigger a 2008 all over again.

It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.

“Move quietly and plant things"
~ Andrew Dana Hudson

Now *that* would be a great Humanity's Last Exam question!

lastexam.ai

Both a really good joke and a anachronistic morality tale all in one. Hey, I think I know you. You’re from Earth right?

Even something as basic as SENTIMENT is impacted by your priors, tribal affiliation, and flawed cognition.

You see what your brain wants/expects you to see, not what is actually there.

Partisanship as an investor is an expensive hobby...

U.Mich Data via Jim Reid Deutsche Bank

It is happening here.
#ICE #Detroit

The zombie is the archetype of our age: the mindless consumer destroying brains out of a mindless hunger.
Look around.
*THIS* is the zombie apocalypse.

a man wearing a hat and a leather jacket with the words talk about deja vu below him ALT: a man wearing a hat and a leather jacket with the words talk about deja vu below him

I find myself thinking a great deal about Back to the Future Part II lately. Growing up, Parts I and III were the fun ones, but now I think Part II might actually be studied for decades or centuries to come. There is more about the world of 2015 and beyond in its depiction of 1985 than I realized.

Recommendations for this year?

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order ~ Dalio

A People's History of the United States ~ Zinn

The Listening Society: A Metamodern Guide to Politics ~ Freinacht

The Fifth Risk ~ Lewis

#booktok #goodluck #TikTokBan

@bsky.app and #RedNote are about to have an influx of both fashion and political organization.
To the degree that video content is well supported and the algorithm optimizes for organic interest over slop or generic trend, both could see profound changes in their dominant modes of discourse.

Such question!
Much wondering!
Very deep!
So future!
~ The DOGE Chair of Philosophy Stuffs

The Metamodern Major of 2020: How to really prepare for your future. As the class of 2020 nears college entry, they face a new Metamodern world for which they will need to prepare. Learn how here.

5 years ago I wondered what an updated general education track for the next century might look like. In some ways it seems pretty dated now, but an educational redesign for the better is needed before we have one for the worse by those hating on education.

www.integralmetamodern.com/post/the-met...

The new few weeks, months, years, will likely not be pretty. Get this guide to surveillance self-defense to your communities. It has printable PDFs as well as tailored reccomendations for certain activities, types of people, etc.

ssd.eff.org

someone on tiktok said, “we’ve got 7 lex luthors and no superman,” and i can’t stop thinking about it

The #TikTokBan is a bigger issue than you think. @bsky.app and #RedNote may replace some of it, but something was building there that was unique. Keep your ears open.

We're trapped in a game of Monopoly where oligarchs own all the property and the rest of us are simply making our way around the board trying to avoid financial ruin.

They've also bought the bank and the government, so they can change the rules to their liking.

It's game over or time for a reset.

Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there
Whoa, we’re halfway there

Zeno’s Karaoke

Go local.
Find 10 to 60 people that pass both the vibe check and the safety check and build real community and mutual support. Live, play, survive, and thrive.
Help is not coming.
It will be up to us.

44,000 screenshots and memes is a normal amount right?