IIRC a therapy animal doesn’t count, needs to be a service animal. Local laws may vary

We have always "completely obliterated" East Asia's military. The Strait of Hormuz has always been closed & open, and has always been reopened. Also, we're doing all this to free the people of Iran from a tyrannical government that must surrender or we will kill all the people of Iran.

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“From inception, Palantir’s purpose has been to provide…the ​‘ontology layer’ of fascism — helping to give its ideological goals a material reality.”
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not free though, but after 5-10 subs it will probably pay for itself

Ghost

I remember thinking this months ago when one *ahem* EXTREMELY ONLINE creator was weighing a move to Substack vs Patreon, meanwhile Beehiiv and Ghost were sitting right there.

No one follows you because you post on Substack, people. You’re giving the platform more credit than it deserves.

I am admittedly a nerd but I rarely if ever see someone recommended that I don’t already know/follow on other social media. Also the app is terrible. I only use it because of one sports blog. (not for long)

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Cornpop was Cory Booker

I will never vote for Booker or Newsom

“Insider trading” is literally *the point* of prediction markets

that’s a biggun

no those are gonna be in space

Look, for my money the absolute game changer technologies right now are batteries and biosciences, not statistically modeling a mid conversation, but you do you.

the social impacts aren’t going to exist, as the whole thing is a pyramid scheme, the cul-de-sac of the VC model. The whole thing is cooked.

I once challenged someone online to give me one example of an elected Democrat using the phrase "birth-givers" in place of "women" and they unearthed a single transcript of a three hour long hearing from the Congressional Black Caucus in which it appeared once.

It's also worth being clear about who's doing the arguing. Palantir sells operational software to defence, intelligence, immigration & police agencies. These 22 points aren't philosophy floating in space, they're the public ideology of a company whose revenue depends on the politics it's advocating.

PPP loans v2.0

Cops are great

photo of Leonard, a black and white hound dog mix, lounging

photo of Leonard, a black and white hound dog mix, outside, standing at attention looking off into the distance

same

sir you can’t just post this if you haven’t brought enough for everyone

it cannot fail, it can only be failed

start a few fires, look what happens

Todd Blanche Puts Dmitry Firtash's Onetime Lawyer In Charge of Criminalizing the Russian Investigation - emptywheel The biggest reason Joe DiGenova is a wildly inappropriate person to lead an attempt to criminalize the Russian investigation is his past efforts to get paid by Russian-backed Ukrainians to do the same...

Todd Blanche Puts Dmitry Firtash's Onetime Lawyer In Charge of Criminalizing the Russian Investigation

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Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

Have to guess that Flock backend is exposed to Palantir somewhere along the line. They are already there.

So from a practical standpoint how do you ever hold them accountable when they are essentially surveilling the entire government from the inside

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"She’s been a court interpreter for over 20 years, the only one licensed in Texas for Hindi, Punjabi, or Urdu. Her language skills are requested nationwide..."

"One of her children recently enlisted in the military...

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