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Please to report that we collected another data point yesterday and this still holds true.
My fellow journalists, I need you to stop talking about the Turing Test; it was never a good metric. Turing was a computer scientist, not a psychologist. Eliza passed it, and also was a decent Person-centered therapy bot. Some people actually used it that way, even knowing it was a bot.
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Pete Hegseth just held a prayer service in which he appealed for God's help in killing our "enemies" with maximal violence and brutality. Hegseth's bloodlust and sadism are drawing sustenance from his particular brand of far-right Christianity. 1/
(new piece from me)
newrepublic.com/article/2083...
@gilduran.com knows about VCInfodocs already, he just doesn’t cite them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Important new reading on venture capital takeover of the military.
They have immense control of our military apparatus and it expands by the day. Get the details.
h/t @aretvet.bsky.social
www.vcinfodocs.com/tech-fascism...
Wild. I got to this site in an old-fashioned way: a URL advertised on a flyer on a lamppost. So you'd think it's kooky. Instead, it's calm, professional, and thorough: very useful and well-informed about very scary developments hiding in plain sight, without being alarmist.
www.vcinfodocs.com
“Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?”
#SignalTips
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It's a global concern. This week, an annual report on the global state of democracy, the Varieties of Democracy project (V-Dem), told reporters, "the United States will not score as a democracy when we release [next year's] data."
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
The average amount already paid to the 338 who have received money is around $8,579 each
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I see you….
If monopoly was invented today the tokens would be like a labubu, a nice pair of crocs, a cybertruck, 150mg of Wellbutrin, a Stanley cup, and a mini goldendoodle, and the players would just go around the board paying rent until everybody loses
Democracy dies in darkness…
#USfascism
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...
Obviously I’m not happy about anyone’s death, by the same token, I am not going to miss this guy either.
That being said, if this escalates and provides the impetus for federal emergency powers, we all lose. For that reason, DeEscalation is key right now.
Just dropping that here.
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New filing: "CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS v. IRS (DOGE access to IRS records)"
Doc #29: Reply to opposition to motion
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL69646607
The Deep State is now a bureaucrat in shorts hurling a sandwich at a fascist
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On the left:
Washington Post report: Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
On the right:
Background reading, Professor Jason Stanley's vital Sept 2024 book
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Erasin...
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Do not look away, a similar project could come to a neighborhood near you…
Media outlets can't pivot to AI to save themselves. It's not a business strategy and it's not going to work. The only path forward is for journalists to lean into their humanity, to do things AI can't, and to make clear they are writing for people, not algorithms:
www.404media.co/the-medias-p...
JUST IN: Judge Breyer sets trial for Aug. 11-13 on whether Trump's deployment of military to Los Angeles violated Posse Comitatus. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is just the beginning - once this next bill is signed they will be the highest financed LEA in history.
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This happens regardless of political bent. I know because I’ve been there. Using soldiers as political pawns is just wrong. This fascist deployment is wrong period. Don’t be distracted. Quietly get their needs met, because it’s right. Our enemy is fascism, let’s focus there, not on logistics.
SEIU California President David Huerta Injured, Detained at ICE Raid in Los Angeles Los Angeles - David Huerta, President of SEIU California and SEIU- United Service Workers West was injured and detained at an ICE raid in Los Angeles today while exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity. Tia Orr, Executive Director of SEIU California, made the following statement: "SEIU California members call for the immediate release of our President, David Huerta, who was injured and detained at the site of one of today's ICE raids in Los Angeles. He is now receiving medical attention while in custody. "We are proud of President Huerta's righteous participation as a community observer, in keeping with his long history of advocating for immigrant workers and with the highest values of our movement: standing up to injustice, regardless of personal risk or the power of those perpetrating it. "We call for an end to the cruel, destructive, and indiscriminate ICE raids that are tearing apart our communities, disrupting our economy, and hurting all working people. Immigrant workers are essential to our society: feeding our nation, caring for our elders, cleaning our workplaces, and building our homes."
BREAKING
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
An American citizen and Los Angeles native, @seiucalifornia @seiuusww President David Huerta was injured and detained when ICE terrorized a working neighborhood. We demand his immediate release!
