Apparently it’s South Africa

It’s practically in the AP style guide by now

Where is this? Anyone know

I think what is interesting about Ukraine is that this is the first usage of military robotics that actually seems to flow from a reality that very few in military futurism community have discussed: population scarcity

Just tell these guys if they want to power this bullshit they have to use 100% renewable energy. And if that's not feasible they should keep Engineering until it is. Should be no problem for the geniuses we know them to be

Imagine reading “Jeffrey Epstein admitted to ‘exploitative’ sexual behavior with…” in a headline

WTF is the matter with the media in this country

in the postwar era and the civil rights era people discussed racism not just as immoral but as dangerous. they noted the role it played in WWII and said that for civilization’s sake we cannot afford to let a cancerous ideology spread. we need to talk more like that imo. racism as dangerous to all.

this is a *wild* thing to put in the handbook. the whole point of a company handbook is to have a document that says how perfect your policies are when you get to litigation. it is, literally, a defense against punitive damages—but not if it says this lol

I've spent a lot of time in countries where graft and grifting are the norm and I assure you it is worth a truly immense cost to prevent that from taking hold in our society.

You do not want to live in that kind of society.

Margo Martin @MargoMartin47 X.com Congratulations, Georgia Women's Tennis! The photo shows Trump and five white dudes in red ties standing in front of and completely blocking 10 young women

Priceless post from the official White House social media

Good god the kicker:

prediction markets are a public menace

TW: FE

There's a certain segment of MAGA that thinks "Insurrection Act" is just an "I Win at Election" button you can smash,

like Tariffs were an "I Win at Economy" button,

and - apparently - the Defense Production Act is their "I Win at Factory" button.

It's not how this works!

Every system that was regulated, either explicitly or implicitly, by the fact that they were effortful for humans (letters of recommendation, government filings, essays, or, as this paper finds, lawsuits) will break under a wave of AI.

If you have a lot of money then I have good news for you

Age limits are probably a good idea for congress writ large, but until then there’s no reason why the democrats can’t take the first step and institute age limits within the party itself

@davidjroth.bsky.social this is the absolute peak of male breathing. you can only achieve this level of breathing through 70 years of intense focus, eating various rare animal glands, and replacing your sinus cavity with the carburetor of a 1985 Chrysler LeBaron.

@adam35.bsky.social @wylienewmark.bsky.social this might be of interest

Watch how the media starts to extol Vance

Trump’s days are numbered

Democrats projected to gain 27 seats in the MEDIAN scenario

The economic situation right now has 2006-2007 vibes: everyone knew that housing markets were “frothy,” but no one cared to admit that there was going to be a severe market correction

2006-2007 vibes, where everyone knew that housing markets were “frothy” but no one cared to admit that there was going to be a severe market correction

I think Kevin Warsh should not be confirmed.

Trump’s Fed Chair Nominee Fails the Big Test The senators grilling Kevin Warsh didn’t cover themselves in glory either.

"It was Kevin Warsh’s chance to prove his commitment to independence, and he failed."

Read all about it in the latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social:

Aside from who started it, states like CA and VA putting a counter-gerrymander up to a referendum, where people are told and can make a decision on the context for why it's being done, has vastly more democratic legitimacy than state legislators rushing it through because they got bullied by POTUS.

Underappreciated aspect of this is Ecuador is like the second most bloodthirsty and pro-trump govt in LA right now after Bukele

This both suggests that the NYT‘s model of the VA vote was very well-constructed and also is a great example of model accountability: you can see both the consistency in the modeled outcome and how the actual outcome converges on it.

I’m leaning towards “Warsh should not be confirmed.” No Trump nominee is to be even the least bit trusted from this term, much less for such an important institution as the Fed

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out An Ecuadorian fishing crew describe their ordeal as victims of Trump’s purported war on ‘narcoterrorists’

“The US has provided no evidence that any of the vessels were involved in drug trafficking, and legal experts and rights groups say the attacks amount to extrajudicial killings as they apparently target civilians who do not pose any immediate threat.”

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