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Germany certainly felt that way.

he’s so full of the kind of raw pulsating manly charisma essential to succeeding on television.

i’ve never loved you more

New Civil War Exhibit at the Atlanta History Center Opens to Public #publichistory #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

so eloquent

he was like this at Duke. some people are born without souls.

it’s fascinating that the “plain letter of the law” crowd have morphed into the kind of loophole searching weenies who drive all the other wargame and RPG players crazy.

I used to joke, “If the convention is over and you have money left and you got enough sleep, then you didn’t have a good time.” Then I got old.

A lot of the “Democrats just fucking do something” people want to express their anger and frustration. Like most Americans, they are not interested in discussing process or procedure.

Tim Burton’s The Ring and the Book.

that’s every activist’s dilemma. my parents were civil and labor rights activists in the 1950s and 60s. They both died in the 1990s. They would be appalled to see the backsliding and repudiation of all the progress they dedicated their lives to fighting so hard for.

fine, if she will listen to me explain why all God wants of her is to follow the seven Noahide Laws.

Eventually everyone will be called a terrorist: defector.com/eventually-e...

Trump never thinks ahead. He goes with what his delusions are telling him at any moment. If he turns out right, he’s the greatest genius of all time. If he blew it, it’s reality’s fault for letting him down.

Disney made “A Tiger Walks” in the 60s.,

so connected and so blindingly fast that it can simulate consciousness (a version of the "Turing Test"). In any case, the result from a human POV is indistinguishable from the singularity.

the singularity is not when AI exceeds human intelligence--it's when it "wakes up," becomes consciously self-aware. C.f., James P. Hogan's "The Two Faces of Tomorrow" or John Varley's "Press Enter." In the latter, it's not clear if the worldwide interconnected network actually "wakes up" or is just

like the .001% will share any of the imaginary AI bounty. there’s no amount of money so much not even they could steal it all.

Open this photo up and look for the small, white dot just left of centre. It looks like Venus, shining brightly in the twilight sky. But it's us. It's Earth. From Mars.