CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@Dio9sys

S Y N E R G Y ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

@Nonilex

So, here's the context everyone should keep in mind:

On Jan 21, 2027... Trump will be 1/2 way thru his second ("final") term

"They" will find a way to replace him getting 2 free years of J.D. "Couch-fucker" Vance... who is wholly owned by Peter Thiel... as POTUS... before they have to try to get him elected. (Or more likely before they "find a reason" to cancel elections 'forever')

Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump's Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat

President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims by the director of the National Counterterrorism Center about the motivations for the Iran war.

AP News (apnews.com)

@cR0w

Dear FSM....

Please restart this timeline in a way that leads to apps being produced with Authentic, *Artisanal* Honey badger code, instead of stolen code shat out by the lying plagiarism machines

Please and thank you
- ForIamCJ

@knowprose

Hey... you know all those "things made with silicon chips" that no one can afford to buy because the tech bros bought up all of them for the next two years?

Well now we're going to be making even less of them

- It's almost like this happens every time a big military country decides to start a war

Just a moment...

(www.techspot.com)

@vinterkarusell

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@georgetakei

the word "Think" is doing a heck of a lot of "heavy lifting" in that title

Many of those dudes are genuinely not "thinking" at all... they're just mindlessly regurgitating toxic 'man-fluencer' culture that social media pushes on them for engagement

The failures of generations who came before them (to teach critical thinking / analysis skills).. plus the constant undermining of autonomy (and 'thought') by Big tech... are going to make this the norm for future generations

@Lana

You probably should have called the local health department on them for denying your right to perform an "inspection"

The Strait Is Closed, the Story Keeps Changing, and You're Paying for It All | OilPrice.com

Twelve days into Operation Epic Fury, the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed, oil has been a roller coaster, Iran's war aims are outlasting America's, and the inflation that follows is heading straight for your kitchen table.

OilPrice.com (oilprice.com)

US has no plan +no way to return markets to normal

Russian aggression is primary winner here (10B barrels/ day commanding at least $20-30 profit, based on what it was costing them *with sanctions* in place)

Other countries the current US regime "doesn't like" (Brazil) will also benefit

The end result will be every other country realizing the need to speed run transition to Net-Zero, further undermining US 'energy' exports (oil & LNG)/ economy

Thanks Obama!

@LaChasseuse

Agreed... But.. (also)

This was the inevitable outcome once 'manager' types decided that they were just going to move "prototyping" caliber 'technologies' into "prod" for the exact same reasons

A.K.A.
Enterprises deciding that "Making everything a (damn vulnerable) web app" was an acceptable choice was always going to lead to "the next 'thing'" being yet another exchange of "disregarding quality," in exchange for 'shipping things faster' but w/o:
- knowing how it works
- proper due diligence
- reliable documentation

While being full of vulnerabilities

@GossiTheDog

(www.imdb.com)

@jenniferplusplus

"What it actually says is "AI is _permitted_ to make mistakes; _you are liable_ for the results, whether you check them or not".

Agreed... but also.. this is by design

"They" are intentionally designing a system that will (both intentionally & negligently) be used to inflict harms.. while also removing any "accountability" for the harms they inflict

A normal reasonable person sees that old slide deck from IBM about how:
"computers cannot be trusted to make decisions because computers can never be held accountable" as a dystopian warning

Tech Bros see it as:
"an opportunity to profit from 'Creating the Torment Nexus' while insulating themselves from any consequences for their own actions"

@neurovagrant

... The "Leader-shit" team that went all in on LLM's?

@ProPublica

As you're reading through this.. remember this one single fact:

- Performative cruelty is ALWAYS THE POINT WITH THESE ASSHOLES

"Dismantling the fledgling harm-reduction effort, defense analysts say, is among several ways the Trump administration has reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability."

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defense-department-iran-hegseth-civilian-casualties

@Adorable_Sergal

Valid feedback... "but" (also)..

Have you considered the possibility that the AI Bro bullshit hype train isn't *just* that they're desperate to "drink the kool aid"... it's also inspired by many of them genuinely being fooled...

because: "the lying plagiarism machine that is really just 'complex pattern analysis'" (creating the barest illusion of anthropomorphism) is still more 'self aware' than most of these bros will ever be?