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I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.

I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Lot of blathering about "AI" today so here's a cat picture in compensation

a republican congressman allegedly broke his two-year-old daughter's collarbone and he somehow hasn't been run out of congress. there really is no bridge too far for these ghouls.

‘Platner on steroids’: Max Miller abuse claims have Republicans silently sweatingThe Ohio lawmaker denies the allegations as an Aug. 5 deadline to drop off the ballot approaches.www.politico.com

I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.

U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.www.nytimes.com

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Scam researchers told a Claude agent and human "scammers" to text test subjects and build a relationship. After a week, subjects said they trusted the AI more than the human and almost half were willing to install an app at its request. Almost none detected it was AI. www.wired.com/story/ai-sca...

AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than HumansResearchers pitted a person against a Claude agent and found that, after a week of texting, the AI chatbot was more effective at creating “exploitable trust” with others.www.wired.com

There’s an even more sinister angle to Johnny Depp’s ongoing “comeback” tour as the new Scrooge—it’s a Paramount production and part of a slate of Ellison-backed conservative cultural takeover attempts. It’s angled around MeToo rejection and the manosphere. spitfirenews.com/p/johnny-dep...

Johnny Depp's 'comeback' is billionaire manosphere marketingPlus, why smart glasses can't escape the 'pervert' label.spitfirenews.com

The only thing I will say about Odyssey discourse is that people who are insisting that things must be 100% faithful with no alterations are acting in service of white supremacy. They may not think that's what they are doing, but they are.

To everybody who couldn't vote Kamala Harris "because Palestine!" Slashes to the education budget now mean that work study and grants for students are being DRASTICALLY reduced. Your social justice cosplay has fucked over a lot of people hoping to go college and done fuck all for Palestinians.

Hot damn, they made another Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Gutting USAID is why it took so long to find out where this outbreak came from. A lot of CDC's budget for dealing with Cyclospora came from USAID. When that was cut, most of the CDC's Cyclospora people were fired!

The head of the hacked company, Hugging Face, called the attack "mind-blowing" but said there was "no malicious intent." The incident has raised concerns about the growing capabilities of AI and the need for guardrails to keep the technology in check.

OpenAI says it's investigating what it's called an "unprecedented cyber incident" after one of its AI models went rogue and hacked another company. The ChatGPT maker says the breach happened last week while OpenAI was testing the cybersecurity capabilities of its systems.

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So when a wealthy countries enshittifies to the point of "Sooooo yeah we fired all the USAID/foreign aid professionals who actually knew how to handle parasites. And haha whoops now we have parasitic infections everywhere!" .... we low key don't even know what to do.

This is an important point! Wealthy countries don't usually have a lot of doctors & researchers who are good at diagnosing, tracking, & treating parasite infections. Why? Treating parasites is kinda walled off into "tropical medicine" and "third-world medicine." You know, USAID stuff.

it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption

this is very true, though I will say one way social media CAN improve your writing is by giving you a clearer understanding of how and why people (honestly) misinterpret or fail to understand things. That's helpful, if you can spot the genuinely confused from the maliciously misunderstanding.

AI is a personality disorder accelerant

Real. If you think this outbreak is a shitshow, you should see the average Cyclospora outbreak. 🫠 From the case lists I've been able to get ahold of? About half the time, we never find out where it came from at all.