The AI boom comes at a cost 😮‍💨⁣⁣
⁣Behind the AI hype is a surge in energy use, data centre expansion and growing threats to democracy.⁣ Can it still be called progress if it deepens environmental harm, surveillance, and the grip of Big Tech and autocrats on power?⁣
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Interesting.

"What happened in Hungary is that Magyar, who's now going to be the prime minister, went out in the country and basically explained how the corruption and criminality affected people in their everyday lives. And that's what's happening here."

Was not expecting this. Gonzales will also resign from Congress.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate:

1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%

Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.

That is how we will pay for it.

Roger Sollenberger: Péter Magyar, the new Hungarian prime minister, says CPAC was paid by the Hungarian government and will not be any longer

Oh my what a Schlapp in the face this is

In the year of our Lord 2026,

On the second Sunday of Easter,

Also known as Divine Mercy Sunday,

A convicted felon accused His Holiness the Pope of being weak on crime.

“I was Catholic until the Pope was woke”

My friend in Christ Jesus was woke.

Yay!

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

Picosecond

I hope none of the Artemis II crew were Eric Swalwell fans.

1969?

1/5. Orbán pioneered a model whereby oligarchs trade the fascist memes and electoral tricks they use to stay in power. He made Budapest a node between Moscow and Washington of the international far right.

Sweet pea army coat.

Congress is completely useless at this point.

Which Wolfenstein corridor will we be driven through next?

White House press corps prepares to speak truth to power by only giving Trump a 5-minute standing ovation at WHCA Dinner.

..and who was the first to stop clapping?

The New Yorker..

A country that can't even.

1100 words, TNY, by Friday.

Jill LePore: lol

I meant that in the other sense haha

Blocked. Can't Even.

Hitting F5 is way different than clicking on tha Home-icon-looking button.

F5 is not exactly Freedom, I never said that.

Instead of writing plays, we are encouraged to vent our spleens on Subway reviews.

We should choose plays.

Corollary 1: There's only one Streisand Effect at a time.

BREAKING: Mike Johnson didn’t see the tweet.