In 2026 AD, Trump, ruler of the United States (in Northern America) was considering going to war against Iran. He consulted someone, we're not yet sure who.
And then on April 7, he posted this:
>>> a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.
Croesus assumed the prophecy meant he would destroy the Persian Empire. So he attacked Cyrus.
And the oracle was proved correct. Croesus lost the war. His capital, Sardis, fell. His kingdom—the Lydian Empire—was destroyed.
cont'd...
In 547 BC, Croesus, ruler of Lydia (in western Anatolia), was considering going to war against Iran, which at that time was called Persia. Before acting, he consulted the Oracle of Delphi.
The oracle’s response was:
>>> If Croesus crosses the Halys River, he will destroy a great empire.
cont'd...
1) Californians (esp. L.A.) had terrible air quality, so they passed laws to make gas cleaner & make things difficult for refineries, both of which drove up the price of gas, which made EV more attractive. 2) California embraces high tech, and Tesla, Rivian, Aptera, and Lucid are all based here.
Surely you’re aware of how much debt the military ran up during World War II, long before Reagan was elected?
e. e. cummings was doing the lowercase thing long before he was famous. Which was important because if he had become famous BEFORE going lowercase, he wouldn’t have been able to transition.
Remember: With 40,052 switched votes in Michigan, 60,134 in Pennsylvania and 14,699 in Wisconsin, Harris would've won those states. That would have made it 270 to 268 in the electoral college. Just 114,885 switched votes.
That's dwarfed by the 700,000 "uncommitted" protest voters in the primaries!
Biden helped finance Netanyahu's war crimes and genocide, using my taxpayer money. And Harris didn't condemn that. That's how she lost my vote. That's how she lost the election.
What really bugs me is how the (mainstream) news media reports his threat to bomb power plants, and DOESN'T mention that bombing civilian facilities is a war crime.
Arson against CyberTrucks isn't good trouble. Vandalism against Tesla owners hurts those who purchased an eco-friendly vehicle in an attempt to help the environment. And they tend to buy Teslas again, which, if anything, just helps Elon.
Damn! Just look at the degree on that chick!
(I didn't have the patience to go on for a PhD, so always impressed by those who stick to it. Her thesis was about cooperation & division of labour in insects. but also has implications for coordination in multi-agent AI systems.)
He said you could summon it. He never said your Tesla would actually arrive!
Screenshot from Kristi Noem commercial where she rides a horse with Mt Rushmore in background; caption reads: Iran destroyed one of our $300M defense radars. To put that in perspective, that's 1.67 Kristi Noem commercials.
Tying together two threads of current discourse...
I thought for sure he'd be complaining about the destruction of the water desalination plants. Instead he ended that by talking about their oil industry?!? OIL?!?
Yours is the first channel I've seen where your most popular video has LESS than 10K views, but your subscriber count is MORE than 10K. Happy to have been part of your jump past 10K. www.youtube.com/@JorgBrown returns the favor.
You should post your Breaking Points interviews to your channel!
When the YouTube channels run by ex-military guys with flags and pistols in the background are against your police actions, you really need to rethink your tactics. youtu.be/qjN73-gn90Q
A strong warning about AI image-editing.
Gemini did a great job when I told it "please remove the two fingers behind the head of the person on the right."
Once the cards were printed, I realized it had re-imagined the entire picture, which was unnoticeable except for the part that had text…
I hope someday we defeat fascism and in the far future, No Kings Day is celebrated as a federal holiday, and little children leave out dance mixtapes and cookies for the Resistance Frog, who leaves pocket Constitutions in their shoes.
Trump's demolition of the East Wing of the White House, originally built in 1942 by Franklin D. Roosevelt, is a metaphor.
A metaphor, inside an enigma, wrapped in a cheesy corn tortilla and deep-fried, and then pulverized by a Volvo high-reach demolition excavator.
Correction: That was the West Wing. The East Wing was built in 1942 by Franklin D. Roosevelt. I'll repost.
Benjamin Netanyahu
I will never forget.
A profound sign of the times that when I relay news that “US Secretary of Health has convinced Donald Trump to ignore White House doctors and instead treat his congestive heart failure with healing crystals that realign the body’s mitochondria.“, I have to clarify that Yes, OF COURSE I am joking.
If you ask me, I’d say the same. Wordle 1,497 6/6
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And don’t forget that while complaining that Tesla sells “self-driving” vehicles don’t drive themselves, government is simultaneously working to block Tesla from allowing its cars to drive themselves.
Q: "if you saw someone behind the wheel of a car at 65 mph watching a movie, wouldn't you want to know if that car had automated driving features?"
My A: No, because like cruise control, there won't be any way to determine if the feature is actually on!
Q1: What does this allow us to do, that we could not have done without it? Asking for a friend who already knows how to use pointers.
Q2: Is sizeof(std::optional<T&>) the same as sizeof(T*)?
Trying out Bridgy Fed today. Trying to comment on a mastodon post without going through the trouble of acquiring a mastodon account. We'll see.... fed.brid.gy/docs
AI fail of the day… trying to solve the NYT crossword (three letters, 19 across):
Trump may not have lowered the price of eggs, but boy has the price of Teslas dropped! Thanks @elonmusk-parody.bsky.social !