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Last Notes npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Stanley Plotkin, 93, was instrumental in developing a number of vaccines over the course of his career. He recently said that he’s “beginning to regret having lived so long—because we’re going downhill.” How could we possibly have gotten here? "Maybe we’ve always been here. It turns out that the anti-vaccine arguments currently flooding the Internet have been around for as long as vaccines have. In his new book A Pox on Fools, Thomas Levenson breaks them down into three categories, as made clear in the book’s subtitle: “The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject Vaccines.” The accusations these people levy against vaccines can just as easily be used to categorize the arguments themselves: They are wrong, they are bad, and they are intolerable." https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/grifters-cynics-and-true-believers-the-family-tree-of-vaccine-opponents/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation I just realized zx81 basic did not have the keyword "else". #retrocomputing #zx81 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "The second season of Apple TV’s Sugar is almost here. The show, starring Colin Farrell as the titular Sugar, a private detective who (and here’s a BIG spoiler!) is an alien from outer space disguised as a human, is on another case. He also, as today’s trailer makes clear, becomes romantically entangled with a woman named Charlotte (the spider, not the web!) played by Laura Donnelly. Here’s the full synopsis for the upcoming episodes: Season two ushers in the return of Los Angeles’ iconic private detective and film connoisseur John Sugar, who stayed on earth in hopes of finding his sister as he takes on a new missing persons case—searching for the older brother of an up-and-coming local boxer. As the investigation expands into a sinister, city-wide conspiracy, Sugar must reckon with himself to answer the question—how far will he go to do what’s right?" apple tv's worst feature is finding content you want to watch. I had to wait until season 2 to find out Sugar is science fiction?! https://reactormag.com/sugar-season-2-trailer/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/627/730/279/209/265/original/4ef63205262fcdba.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://www.tumblr.com/pirateprincessjess/811976688349118464/you-should-consider-downloading-a-backup-of maybe download wikipedia in case your government decides to age-restrict it or otherwise make it inaccessible. npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation RE: https://hachyderm.io/@igorkulman/116580445728339210 "As we all know, “73.6% of all statistics are made up.“ I recommend adding: “Since wide AI adoption, that percentage went up to 86.9%.”" npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://youtu.be/kE8kGMfXaFU?si=fEuOdgj0snBrcyXp Queen - '39 (Official Lyric Video) npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation #meetup in peninsula park (11 people cropped out) https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/473/233/020/617/818/original/8956b13e1f78c962.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Through her research, she uncovered four key features that, when combined together, help hold people on the gambling devices. These features trigger a trancelike or dissociative state, known as a "machine zone" or "dark flow," in which people lose track of their sense of time and place. "To Schüll's surprise, around the early 2010s, the same features began to appear on phone and tablet apps, including social media, games and video-streaming platforms. "These are not normal products for kids like a pair of shoes or a toy," she says. "They create a relationship with kids." "Here are four features that create that superglue…" #addiction #gambling #SocialMedia #screens https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5776665/surprising-origin-features-superglue-kids-adults-to-screens npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "those solar panels had to go somewhere. Mostly, they ended up in Pakistan, dumped there at such a massive discount that the country solarized virtually overnight. Pakistani solar installers learned their trade from Tiktok videos set to Tamil film soundtracks, and unwired the country so thoroughly that today, the national power company is in danger of going bust because no one buys their electricity from the grid anymore. Pakistani bridal dowries now routinely include four panels, an inverter and a battery: https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-countries "This is an inversion of the normal order of things, in which rich countries get all the good stuff first, and poor countries like Pakistan get scraps after we've gorged ourselves." https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/praxis/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Software developer Photon, whose product requires running a bunch of Macs to connect to iMessage, discovered a pretty major bug: Every Mac has a hidden expiration date. After exactly 49 days, 17 hours, 2 minutes, and 47 seconds of continuous uptime, a 32-bit unsigned integer overflow in Apple’s XNU kernel freezes the internal TCP timestamp clock… ICMP (ping) keeps working. Everything else dies. The only fix most people know is a reboot" https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/04/macs-crash-after-49-days-of-uptime/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/344/492/349/507/006/original/315be168c9dd3e9a.png npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://youtu.be/p1fPbGHe3xE?si=2V_zczPt6fwJYDk7 Could This Actually End Citizens United? Robert Reich npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Scientists shocked to find lab gloves may be skewing microplastics data Mar 29, 2026 at 8:25 PM A University of Michigan study suggests that the nitrile and latex gloves scientists commonly use could be causing microplastics levels to appear higher than they actually are. Researchers found that these gloves can unintentionally transfer particles onto lab tools used to analyze air, water, and other environmental samples. The contamination comes from stearates, which are not plastics but can closely resemble them during testing. Because of this, scientists may be detecting particles that are not true microplastics. To reduce this issue, U-M researchers Madeline Clough and Anne McNeil recommend using cleanroom gloves, which release far fewer particles" #science (water filters may also be injecting microplastics into experiments.) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260329222938.htm npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/297/954/244/906/697/original/fc74e9de2ec45d01.png npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "The fear — a completely reasonable one — is that this lawless administration, led by a madman, would manufacture some national emergency declaration to wiggle through one of those gaps and put armed federal forces at the polls before the 2026 midterms. "What New Mexico did is close that gap at the state level. By making this conduct a state felony regardless of the shenanigans Trump’s legal team dreams up to justify it, enforcement now belongs to state and local prosecutors who answer to New Mexicans, not to the pedo protector club Washington. And because committing a federal crime cannot legally be part of a federal officer’s official duties, those officers would have no federal preemption shield against state criminal charges (Brennan Center for Justice). In other words: we have claws now that don’t depend on Trump’s DOJ deciding to use them." https://alisav.substack.com/p/new-mexico-just-became-the-first-4e4 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://www.tumblr.com/what-even-is-thiss/811128549794856960 https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/231/545/852/195/711/original/777844ce7c652d48.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation #starfleetAcademy #starTrek no spoilers https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/229/169/878/233/489/original/ca3a448ddb2349d7.png npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "In the new study, researchers focused on a molecule called CIRBP, short for cold inducible RNA binding protein. In bowhead whale tissue, they found CIRBP levels roughly one hundred times higher than in other mammals, suggesting that this protein is a major part of the whale’s repair toolkit. "When the team added the bowhead version of CIRBP to human cells in the lab, the cells fixed serious DNA breaks more accurately and produced fewer mutations. Fruit flies engineered to make extra CIRBP not only survived radiation better, they also lived longer than normal flies, hinting that this repair strategy works across very different species. "The study suggests that bowhead whales do not rely mainly on extra copies of cancer fighting genes, as elephants do, but instead on unusually precise DNA repair. Their cells seem to follow a quiet rule of repair rather than destroy, fixing damage instead of simply killing off stressed cells, which may help tissues stay healthy for many decades…." https://file770.com/pixel-scroll-3-8-26-lord-scrollentines-pixel/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/190/827/142/357/748/original/9a039cda76e2f7ae.png npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "No one likes being recorded by Meta’s Ray-Bans smart glasses, which have gotten increasingly popular in the last year or so. Now the wearers know how everyone else feels. "According to a joint investigation published by Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten, sensitive and personal footage captured by the devices—including people going to the bathroom, getting dressed, and having sex—is being reviewed by contractors who see all of it uncensored. "The investigation found that much of the footage captured by Meta’s smart glasses, of which more than seven million pairs have reportedly been sold, is reviewed by contracted workers at a Kenya-based company called Sama. These workers are data annotators who are tasked with reviewing footage captured from the camera on the glasses and labeling it to help AI systems get better at identifying what they see. The process is tedious and labor-intensive, requiring workers to meticulously label everything …" https://gizmodo.com/dear-meta-smart-glasses-wearers-youre-being-watched-too-2000728928 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Twenty-nine year old [C.P.] has been regularly protesting outside his local ICE facility in South Portland for months, offering up his apartment to fellow protesters to use the bathroom or wash off pepper spray[…] "To the Department of Homeland Security, “he is the leader of Antifa in Portland, OR.” "That phrase appears in an internal report produced by DHS, the largest law enforcement agency in the country. As they see it, [C.P]—a young man accused of no crime […]—is a domestic terrorist. "In [C.P.]’s apartment, Fox News hosts saw something sinister: an “Antifa safe house,” as they called it in multiple segments. This kind of idiocy is hardly unprecedented by the standards of cable news, of course; but the federal government is buying into the hysteria, too. Documents leaked to me show [C.P.] and countless American protesters have been branded as domestic terrorists. As a result, their private information is being collected and stored in a DHS intelligence system shown below." https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-identify-leader-of-antifa npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/094/152/419/391/567/original/f823d2b7df2fcb2c.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/070/259/569/594/462/original/3aebd57dda2cf611.png npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/066/305/233/242/858/original/3dd4c5fba1ce6e02.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/116/021/277/785/730/659/original/c2da86d2df1cd582.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/999/301/463/398/638/original/1d35a4ff6f0a80e0.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Vivaldi has raised a middle finger to the influx of AI in the browser space with its latest version. "Basically, what we are finding is that people hate AI," CEO Jon von Tetzchner tells The Register. "Von Tetzchner was talking to us as the company launched version 7.8 of its browser. The centerpiece of the release is a new tab tiling system that allows users to work with multiple pages simultaneously. There are also improvements to email and several quality-of-life tweaks that will please the browser's fans. […] "That's not to say that AI doesn't have limited uses, as far as Vivaldi is concerned. It's useful for translations and research. However, does it belong in the browser, potentially even taking action for the user? Von Tetzchner doesn't think so. He reckons that AI in browsers is being used as a data collection tool – as a company, Vivaldi has made much of user privacy. Hence, the CEO said AI "is something that's being pushed on to people."" https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/01/29/vivaldi_release_ai/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Starting in late November and early December, we decided to go in on a hotel campaign. We built extensive infrastructure to identify where ICE was staying, then started showing up in the middle of the night and making noise outside. "The logic is simple: if you make noise outside hotels, ICE agents won’t want to stay there, and hotels won’t want to house them. If enough hotels don’t want to house ICE, then they don’t have somewhere to stay. It’s both about actual logistics and also socializing the idea that ordinary people are running institutions that support ICE to operate. "I’m excited to do this for hotels but also to have people understand the logic enough that they start thinking about it everywhere ICE interacts: rental car companies, restaurants. It’s been working really well with hotels in general, and Hilton in particular." https://jacobin.com/2026/01/minneapolis-ice-occupation-organizing-resistance npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/957/927/546/532/694/original/efa8157e68fa051a.png npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation So Cold In Iowa That Trees Explode https://youtu.be/BonhLeg9x9E?si=LSsyQbZQIULc_tWw npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation local library is doing a food pantry but too many donations are expired items, which they will throw away. DO NOT DONATE EXPIRED FOOD TO A FOOD PANTRY npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "French intelligence, working with Ukraine, deliberately fed false high-level intelligence to Trump’s regime to test whether it would leak. That information quickly surfaced in Russian channels, confirming their worst fears. As a result, France and other European services have effectively cut the United States out of critical intelligence flows related to Ukraine and broader security matters. The conclusion among allies is chillingly direct: information shared with Trump cannot be trusted to stay out of Vladimir Putin’s hands." https://www.meidasplus.com/p/sunday-afternoon-news-updates-11826 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "I couldn’t be more thrilled to write this sentence: the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled today to protect abortion rights, striking down the state’s two (yes, two!) abortion bans. The judges held that the bans violate the state constitution, which protects people’s right to make their own healthcare decisions." https://jessica.substack.com/p/breaking-wyoming-supreme-court-rules https://www.tumblr.com/the-truth-within-the-lie/805031974724124672/breaking-wyoming-supreme-court-rules-abortion-is npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Marwick researched the spread of fake news during the 2016 US presidential election. One source described how her strongly conservative mother continued to share false stories about Hillary Clinton, even after she (the daughter) repeatedly debunked the claims. "The mother eventually said: “I don’t care if it’s false, I care that I hate Hillary Clinton, and I want everyone to know that!” This neatly encapsulates how sharing or posting misinformation can be an identity-signalling mechanism." https://theconversation.com/why-people-believe-misinformation-even-when-theyre-told-the-facts-271236 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/868/080/666/708/346/original/3e0fca368be4a033.png https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/868/084/403/601/607/original/75174ae9b6726238.png npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation and where is the Berk in Berkshire? npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/856/907/177/046/542/original/319e528c3a338d41.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Open Printer is an open-source, repairable inkjet printer designed for makers, artists, and anyone tired of throwaway hardware. Built with standard mechanical components and modular parts, it’s easy to assemble, modify, and repair. You can print on standard sheets or paper rolls and choose between black or color cartridges, refillable at your convenience." https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Reading the 18th Century novel is very much like riding a rambunctious horse. Actually, bowling along in a carriage; 100 years later, Eliot and the great Victorian novelists who were living with the noisy, fast, smoke-gouting trains would write with nostalgia of the grace and quietude and elegance of carriage travel. But the 17th Century novel depicts it as it more likely was, with its stuffy heat, travel-sickness from the jolts, and frequent breakdowns and overturns in the terrible roads, with highwaymen everywhere as there was no real law and order on the roads" https://bookviewcafe.com/reading-the-classics-the-expedition-of-humphrey-clinker-by-tobias-smollett/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation I heard the phrase "rice gluten" yesterday, and I think/hope it's not the same protein as wheat gluten. npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "The findings were surprising. Instead of degrading the fragile desert, the solar panels appeared to be giving it new life. From wasteland to microclimate One of the most remarkable discoveries was the improvement in soil health and overall ecological vitality beneath the panels: • Areas directly under the panels scored 0.4393 for “general” ecological health. • Transitional zones between the panels and the open desert rated lower, at 0.2858. • The untouched desert surrounding the site had the weakest score—0.2802. The reason? The panels provide constant shade, trapping moisture, lowering ground temperatures, and reducing evaporation. In dry regions where water is scarce, even small shifts in these factors can spark major changes—encouraging plant growth and supporting microscopic organisms vital for fertile soil." https://pubeurope.com/@ie/115727629724965176 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Portland-area town posted this on Facebook "We’re getting a surge of messages about people pretending to be utility workers to enter homes. After speaking directly with PGE, NW Natural, and City leadership, they all confirmed: they NEVER go door-to-door asking to enter your home. "We’ve even seen scam attempts — including one case where someone was taken to the Portland ICE facility and later released. This is unacceptable. "Always ask for ID. Always verify. Utility workers must carry badges with a name, photo, and company logo "If in doubt, call: 📞 PGE: 800-542-8818 📞 NW Natural: 503-226-4211 📞 City of Gresham: 503-618-3000 Let’s look out for each other. Stay alert, stay safe, and stop spreading unverified information. Please…and thank you!" #pdx #gresham #portland #scams npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "DIRTY JOBS Goodhart’s Law in action: The Army Corps of Engineers hired contractors to clear debris after the 2017 wildfires in California, but unfortunately they paid by the ton, incentivizing the contractors to dig up a bunch of wet mud and use it to weigh down their loads. Filling in the holes left by the contractors is “estimated to cost another $3.5 million”." https://www.experimental-history.com/p/you-say-potato-i-say-leprosy npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "In a controversial decision that was appealed by OpenAI on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Ona Wang found that OpenAI must hand over documents revealing the company’s motivations for deleting the datasets. OpenAI’s in-house legal team will be deposed. "At stake: Billions of dollars and, potentially, OpenAI’s defense in the case. The communications could help prove what’s known as “willful” infringement, which triggers significantly higher damages of $150,000 per work. And if it’s found that the company destroyed the evidence with potential litigation in mind, the court could direct juries in later trials to assume it would’ve been unfavorable for OpenAI." https://mstdn.party/@sec_yote_agenda/115623120521301347 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/608/836/967/822/537/original/787e07ccfbba8543.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation Michael Schur's The Good Place was a perfect meditation on the meaning of life by exploring the silliness of the afterlife (we make our own meaning by living, but we should think about what we owe to others as well as ourselves). Michael Schur's Man on the Inside uses some of the same actors (Ted Danson, et al.) and also explores detective work in a unique way: by the investigators becoming friends with the suspects and working to help them as well as trying to solve the mystery. The first season was good but the second season was even better. #sitcom #tv #mystery #philosophy #friendship #family #ManOnTheInside #TheGoodPlace #netflix npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/115/551/329/430/688/805/original/a2a97e2be33fd2a4.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "They call Portland a war zone because joy gives them hives. Show them a Pride flag and they start convulsing like someone unplugged their moral life support. They don’t fear violence; they fetishize it. What they fear is happiness, because happy people don’t need saviors or strongmen. They see laughter and call it an uprising. They see dancing and call it decay. They see freedom and reach for tear gas. What they crave isn’t order; it’s obedience. Not peace, but punishment. They want the whole country as joyless, constipated, and spiritually malnourished as they are, sitting in the dark, clutching their guns, baptizing their bitterness, and calling it patriotism. "Because joy terrifies them. Laughter cannot be licensed. Dancing does not pay taxes. Nudity refuses to wear shame. They shake at the sight of people who have nothing to hide. "And that is why Portland matters." https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/115379680744711111 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "The Metamorphosis is even more famous than The Trial, and yet its opening line is every bit as problematic. The story is well enough known. Gregor Samsa wakes to find himself transformed into a giant . . . what, exactly? Here are six different translators taking a swing at the sentence.…" #translation #fiction https://www.millersbookreview.com/p/bookish-diversions-kafkas-tricksy-translation-kafkaesque npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "The southern grasshopper mouse is found in northern Mexico and the southwest of the United States, including the Sonoran Desert. It measures roughly 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) from the tip of its nose to its tail and weighs somewhere between 20-50 grams (>0.1 pounds). Oh, and it howls like a wolf. "Despite being literally mouse-sized, these diminutive little rodents are actually top-level carnivores and voracious predators and will attack pretty much anything smaller than they are for food. While they have been recorded eating some plant material, the majority of their diet is grasshoppers, scorpions, and other arthropods. Their Latin name, Onychomys, means “clawed mouse” as their paws and even fingernails are specially adapted to hold onto slippery, struggling prey. Compared to deer mice, they even have a stronger bite force for killing their dinner." https://pubeurope.com/@us/115302165702800889 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "JasperDasper started out just curious why everything had suddenly become about trans people and questioning some of the sources used in a book. He came out of it, 4 years later, with a 5 hour long video that connects all transphobia to less than 60 people. (I'm not joking. literally every single transphobic rhetoric and bill passed is because of these 50 or so people.)" tumblr post quoted here: https://www.tumblr.com/andy-globehead/794949184426000384 youtube video pointed to from tumblr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiOc0r31-Os npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation my reading fell off when I started needing bifocals, and then picked up when I got new glasses. npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation I haven't read that book, but honest people can be fooled. Many old-style cons relied on greed, but an honest, naïve person can be fooled using technology (voice and video tools) into thinking they are saving a loved one from a kidnapper or a jail (for example). npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation Recursive Centaur is half regular centaur and half recursive centaur. (Fractal) npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation I decided to post a sampling from my read/to-read lists. "I answered the phone, and Susan Rodriguez said, "They've taken our daughter.” Changes Jim Butcher “If I had cared to live, I would have died.” Silverlock John Myers Myers "This is where the dragons went. They lie... Not dead, not asleep. Not waiting, because waiting implies expectation. Possibly the word we’re looking for here is... ...dormant." Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett nonfiction: "Have you ever dreamed of owning a restaurant? of concocting delicious meals for appreciative customers and ending each evening by counting the thousands of dollars piled up in the cash register? Recently, I found a book on starting your own restaurant. I was dying to read all about the glamour, the independence, and the riches, but the author wasted the entire first chapter trying to talk me out of my dream." The Secrets of Consulting Gerald M. Weinberg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Janice and Tam are brought together by the precocious Ocee. As their friendship deepens, so do their feelings for each other. Their deepening feelings send both women spiraling...in different directions. One toward what could be, the other away from fear of another loss. Will their spirals lead them back to each other, or further apart?" https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1778485 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9ZQZCXG https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F9ZQZCXG https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0F9ZQZCXG https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0F9ZQZCXG https://www.amazon.ca/do/B0E9zQZCXG @npub1ny7…uv57 #bookstodon npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation Glenda Poulter My novel, _Never Too Late_, was released by Affinity Rainbow Publications worldwide yesterday. The novel is about two mature women (over 60) who first become friends and then more. The book is available at the vendors listed below the blurb. Here is the blurb: After the death of her long-time partner, and a scandal at the school where she taught music and art, Janice Halston emerged as a shadow of herself. Feeling shaken, cautious and artistically blocked, all she wants is to be left alone to tend her gardens. Tam Murphy lost her wife and son within a short time of each other. Her life now revolves around her daughter Mae, and granddaughter, Ocee, hoping they can help fill the void from her losses. npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation My cousin has been published "After the death of her long-time partner, and a scandal at the school where she taught music and art, Janice Halston emerged as a shadow of herself. Feeling shaken, cautious and artistically blocked, all she wants is to be left alone to tend her gardens. "Tam Murphy lost her wife and son within a short time of each other. Her life now revolves around her daughter Mae, and granddaughter, Ocee, hoping they can help fill the void from her losses. "Janice and Tam are brought together by the precocious Ocee. As their friendship deepens, so do their feelings for each other. Their deepening feelings send both women spiraling…in different directions. One toward what could be, the other away from fear of another loss. Will their spirals lead them back to each other, or further apart?" (More tbd) https://affinityebooks.com/product/never-too-late-by-glenda-poulter/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation Long essay about the AI Bubble "I believe that the generative AI market is a $50 billion revenue industry masquerading as a $1 trillion one, and the media is helping. "The AI Trade Is Entirely About GPUs, And Is Incredibly Brittle As A Result "As I've explained at length, the AI trade is not one based on revenue, user growth, the efficacy of tools or significance of any technological breakthrough. "Stocks are not moving based on whether they are making money on AI, because if they were, they'd be moving downward. "However, due to the vibes-based nature of the AI trade, companies are benefiting from the press inexplicably crediting growth to AI with no proof that that's the case. https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/ "The Fragile Five — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta and Tesla — Are Holding Up The US Stock Market By Funding NVIDIA's 'Future Growth' Story" This is a bubble and when it pops, it's not going to be pretty. npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Scientists often estimate population size by looking at genetic diversity. In general, more variation in the genome suggests a larger group. But when Akey’s team applied their tool, IBDmix, they found that much of the apparent diversity in #Neanderthal DNA actually came from genes inherited from modern humans, who had far larger populations. With this new insight, scientists lowered their estimate of the Neanderthal breeding population from about 3,400 individuals to roughly 2,400.Taken together, these findings help explain how Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil and genetic record around 30,000 years ago. "I don't like to say 'extinction,' because I think Neanderthals were largely absorbed," said Akey. His idea is that Neanderthal populations slowly shrank until the last survivors were folded into modern human communities.…" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250713032519.htm npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/814/403/936/933/614/original/532dd87ef20d972f.png npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation #murderBot https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/722/689/186/660/031/original/5a5456e10a32273f.png npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "…and that makes a royal fizzbinn, except on Fridays, of course." npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "In many balanced literacy classrooms, children are taught phonics and the cueing system. Some kids who are taught both approaches realize pretty quickly that sounding out a word is the most efficient and reliable way to know what it is. Those kids tend to have an easier time understanding the ways that sounds and letters relate. They'll drop the cueing strategies and begin building that big bank of instantly known words that is so necessary for skilled reading. "But some children will skip the sounding out if they're taught they have other options. Phonics is challenging for many kids. The cueing strategies seem quicker and easier at first. And by using context and memorizing a bunch of words, many children can look like good readers — until they get to about third grade, when their books begin to have more words, longer words, and fewer pictures. Then they're stuck…" https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Car subscriptions raise your surveillance risk: Hands-free driving systems, heated seats, and car cameras: all of these technologies enable police to obtain gobs of information about you, where you go, and how you get there. Wired ($) found that cops are regularly tapping internet-connected cars that have subscription features, including through tower dumps. @dell has a handy chart that shows how much surveillance vs. what car. Remember, @kashhill also did some incredible reporting last year on how car makers are using and selling your vehicle data to raise your insurance rates. (via Wired ($), @couts)" https://mailchi.mp/weekinsecurity/this-week-in-security-may-4-2025-edition npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Voters narrowly approved a 4% surtax on incomes over $1 million in a statewide ballot referendum in November 2022. Advocates pushed, saying the new tax would bring in over $1 billion a year in new revenue to fund programs like free school lunches for students and free community college for state residents. But critics said it would likely force millionaires to leave the state. "The verdict: The new report found the number of ultra-wealthy residents in Massachusetts — those with at least $50 million or more — has actually grown since 2022, from 1,954 to 2,642 in 2024. The millionaires' tax also greatly surpassed its projections in the first year, generating S2.46 billion for the state in 2023 alone. State officials expect it to haul in the same amount of revenue annually. "This is further evidence that multi-millionaires are not fleeing the state in response to the new tax," said Shanique Rodriguez, executive director of the Massachusetts Voter Table." https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/28/massachusetts-millionaires-tax-institute-policy-studies-newsletter npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://www.facebook.com/100064806036542/posts/1088895796613945/ https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/423/856/062/174/601/original/5e0725f33395d4b9.png npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://youtu.be/vEioDeOiqEs?si=PBNlMjMKJYZAPvB5 #Murderbot — Official Trailer | #Apple TV+ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/305/701/485/712/016/original/64bb75f7684d23b6.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation I think Tolkien would have used yards rather than meters as his first measurement choice. npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "what if opposition to abortion isn’t all about sanctity-of-life concerns, and instead at least partly about discouraging casual sex? "That’s what psychology researchers found in experiments designed to test what really drives anti-abortion attitudes in the USA. The study, published today in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, challenges how most pro-life individuals justify their views on abortion." they want "casual" sex to be punished. https://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/Pro-life-people-partly-motivated-to-prevent-casual-sex-study-finds npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "I just listened to a podcast with an A.I. research scientist. She said if you wouldn’t trust autocorrect to be in charge of a decision, then you shouldn’t trust another A.I. with it, so… that’s something to worry about " https://www.tumblr.com/ryns-ramblings/777567240070578176/derinthescarletpescatarian-lastoneout npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "People who are trained in legal writing operate creatively within a very specific structure, much like with genre fiction. And in some ways, genre fiction can be read as an argument: at the end of a mystery, the reader will be convinced that this person(s) did the crime(s), and here is why and how. At the end of a romance, the reader will be convinced (one hopes) that this couple will live happily ever after, and here’s why.] "The HEA has received as much denigration as genre fiction, especially romance, but it’s only recently that I’ve really begun to think about how very powerful that HEA is. “Satisfying emotional resolution” is probably a more accurate term, but I’m going to use HEA as a short hand because what I’m talking about is the promise of safety. Essentially: the promise of an HEA means to me that my feelings are safe within this story. Any unpleasant emotions I am about to experience will be respectfully handled and successfully resolved – and if they’re not, …" https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/03/dish-course-the-hea-is-really-freaking-powerful-huh-2/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "The new mayor began his term by tackling the 1,500 annual traffic-related deaths in the city. He seemed to abide by an old theater saying: If the show isn’t going well, send in the clowns. Ever the political performer, Mockus did just that. "The mayor gave 1,800 traffic cops the boot and hired a meager clan of 20 mimes. Armed with nothing but signs that read correcto and incorrecto, the silent troupe theatrically mocked lawbreakers and applauded polite motorists. A system purely based on public approval was on trial in Mockus’s so-called classroom. And it worked. “Rather than strength or physical violence to get people to cross the street in the right place, he used behavioral change—and this was powerful,” says Paulius Yamin, a behavioral scientist and Mockus’s former research assistant. “There are not always going to be police on every corner, but there are always citizens, and people care about what others think about them.” "The 20 mimes quickly expanded to 420. …" https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/traffic-mimes-of-colombia npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Pasteurization is the only widely recognized method of killing H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu, in milk. However, pasteurization can be expensive and fewer than 50% of large dairy farms pasteurize waste milk. Waste milk includes colostrum, the first milk after calving; milk from cows treated with antibiotics or other drugs; or any other factor that can make milk unsuitable and unsellable for human consumption. On farms, raw waste milk poses a potential risk of spreading avian flu, which so far has been confirmed in dairy cattle in 16 states. University of California, Davis, researchers have found that acidification can kill H5N1 in waste milk, providing dairy farmers an affordable, easy-to-use alternative to pasteurization of waste milk. The Journal of Dairy Science published the study. citric acid https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/02/250214003226.htm npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "In 2017, a Redditor called Vadermeer discovered a binder full of ancient internal Apple memos at a Seattle Goodwill thrift store. The memos detailed the workings of a 1979 Apple initiative called SSAFE (“Software Security from Apple’s Friends and Enemies”), which sought to alter Apple’s operating systems and hardware to allow vendors to absolutely stymie any attempts at unauthorized copies of floppy disks. "The 100-plus page trove of typed, handwritten, and printed documents are a fascinating window into the era. They include a hilarious back-and-forth between Apple founder Steve Wozniak, legendary for his technological prowess, and Randy Wigginton, Apple’s sixth employee, responsible for much of Apple’s groundbreaking technology. "Woz and Wigginton document their adventures investigating the state of the art for “copy protection,” discovering that they can trivially bypass any system on the market and concluding that the companies peddling this stuff are selling defective goods…" https://mastodon.social/@Locusmag/114099515108020115 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "However, I stumbled upon LibreWolf, a fork of Firefox that caught my attention. LibreWolf is described as "A custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom" which resonates with me. "Installing LibreWolf on my Debian was surprisingly simple, and migrating my profile was as easy as copying the contents of my ~/.mozilla/firefox preferences into the active profile of ~/.librewolf. It felt like home, as it's essentially Firefox. "However, I encountered an issue while configuring it to my liking, and after struggling for more than 1 hour, I was on the verge of giving up. Fortunately, I found a solution to my DRM issue thanks to the help of Cherryband in the Pepper&Carrot chat room. "One thing to keep in mind if you're considering trying LibreWolf is that it has all security and privacy options enabled by default, which may not be the most user-friendly experience. …" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1065/how-my-firefox-became-a-librewolf npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "This course explores languages that have been deliberately constructed, including Esperanto, Klingon, and Tolkien’s Elvish. Students construct their own languages while considering the basic linguistic characteristics of various languages of the world. Through regular assignments, students describe the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and writing system of their constructed language. The final assignment is a grammatical description of the new language" https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/24-917-conlangs-how-to-construct-a-language-fall-2018/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Floating solar panels could support US energy goals "Federal reservoirs could help meet the country's solar energy needs, according to a new study published in Solar Energy. "For the study, Evan Rosenlieb and Marie Rivers, … "And the potential is surprisingly large: Reservoirs could host enough floating solar panels to generate up to 1,476 terawatt hours, or enough energy to power approximately 100 million homes a year.…" https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250114181554.htm npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America review – very interesting and somewhat depressing book! "An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in AmericaAn Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America by Edwin Raymond "My rating: 5 of 5 stars "I really enjoyed this somewhat depressing book about the NYPD and a cop who ended up blowing the whistle about their quotas for issuing summonses, etc. “ACAB” is a slogan that stands for “all cops are bastards” (and it has a surprisingly long history according to Wikipedia!) I’ve always been pretty uncomfortable with this phrase because it paints with a very broad brush. "After reading this book, I think the point shouldn’t really be about individual cops’ actions; the point is that the system of policing is corrupt, and it corrupts most police officers to some extent…" https://gregstoll.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/an-inconvenient-cop-my-fight-to-change-policing-in-america-review-very-interesting-book/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "DS9 as a show dares to ask the important questions, like for example “would Star Trek still be good if it was set at the food court at the mall??” and the answer to that is “yes, and actually it will somehow be better”" #DeepSpaceNine #StarTrek https://www.tumblr.com/scarlettohairdye/771866856077377536 npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "No, y’all. Just no. You can read the bankruptcy filing here if you’re interested. If you’re new, or weren’t part of romance at that time, and you’re wondering why the attempt to blame DEI, which is utter horseshit, here’s a very brief recap. On December 23, 2019, RWA suspended Courtney Milan after an ethics complaint. Shit went very, very sideways after that. Board members resigned, including every single board member of color. Then the president, Carolyn Jewel, resigned, followed by full-time staff members, and finally president Damon Suede resigned as well. I wrote about some of the ongoing problems with RWA, and then in February, after doing a four-part podcast series about what had happened, I resigned from RWA. Along with apparently MANY MANY thousands of other people per their own bankruptcy filing who ALSO left the organization. But sure, blame the one person of color. Sure. It wasn’t the visible racism, and alienation of membership by hamfisted leadership.…" https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2024/05/rwa-has-filed-for-bankruptcy-and-youll-never-guess-why/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "When I asked why she thought young Koreans were retreating from dating, Cho immediately brought up physical safety. “These days, there is a lot of violence during dating, so we start to feel very afraid,” she said." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/south-korea-fertility-rate-misogyny-feminism/673435/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation there's also Double-Double, twice as big as a 64-bit double. I remember some c/c++ compilers supporting that. npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation I think SANE was used on 680x0 processors (Macs) and 65c816 (used in the 16-bit Apple IIgs), but not 8-bit 6502 processors. npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation #startrek #deepspacenine #ds9 https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/659/159/309/846/850/original/c4f0eaa9cc9d9494.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation #hr #hiring https://www.tumblr.com/scarlettohairdye/769332697446416384/sourcedumal-guapet-so-my-brother-was-telling https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/619/663/465/458/928/original/c93d90ddce6f0162.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "The Apple FlatMac was one of those 1980s concepts by designer [Hartmut Esslingers] that remained just a concept with no more than some physical prototypes created. That is, until [Kevin Noki] came across it in an Apple design book and contacted [Hartmut] to ask whether he would be okay with providing detailed measurements so that he could create his own. "Inside the 3D printed enclosure is a Raspberry Pi 4 running an appropriately emulated Macintosh, with a few modern features on the I/O side, including HDMI and USB. Ironically, the screen is from a 3rd generation iPad, which [Kevin] bought broken on EBay. There’s also an internal floppy drive that’s had its eject mechanism cleverly motorized…" https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/flatmac-building-the-1980s-apple-ipad-concept/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Elon Musk says Trump will crash the economy, and he thinks that’s good. "I just want to get it out there that Elon Musk keeps saying – in words – that the Trump plan is to crash the economy. He keeps saying it, because he thinks it’s a good thing. Ordinary Americans will have to “embrace the pain.” People like him won’t have to do that, of course not! "But, you know. You. The little people. "Then and only then, after a big crash, will the economy be allowed to recover under what one supposes would be a new hyper-austerity regime. "From all historical experience, this “austerity” regime would really be a looter regime. It’d also be deflationary, which is great if you’re a billionaire & terrible if you’re everyone else, since most people will make less & less over time, while the billionaires will keep more and more since the rich won’t be paying any taxes, & the value of their stored wealth – their idle, uninvested, non-productive money caches – will increase all on its own." https://solarbird.net/blog/2024/10/30/elon-musk-says-trump-will-crash-the-economy-he-thinks-thats-good/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/420/869/590/197/550/original/78b3b579dff39026.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation "Zuckerberg said that new, AI-generated feeds are likely to come to Facebook and other #Meta platforms. Zuckerberg said he is excited for the “opportunity for AI to help people create content that just makes people’s feed experiences better.” Zuckerberg’s comments were first reported by Fortune. “I think we’re going to add a whole new category of content, which is AI generated or AI summarized content or kind of existing content pulled together by #AI in some way,” he said. “And I think that that’s going to be just very exciting for the—for #Facebook and Instagram and maybe Threads or other kind of Feed experiences over time.” #AIslop 🤮 https://www.404media.co/zuckerberg-the-ai-slop-will-continue-until-morale-improves/ npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/343/782/274/330/838/original/0ea625ac31cbf3fd.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/331/640/340/357/822/original/0dfcae2d0512c173.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/308/557/077/221/971/original/29648d4030e70a09.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation Vance is saying that Trump didn't use the government to attack his enemies... but he did. He just didn't have enough conscience-free people in place to carry out his illegal commands the way he wanted. (See below, also Barr did stuff like getting Cohen out of home confinement and into solitary confinement.) https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/303/434/596/359/080/original/d5d2416c59a7cc52.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/303/411/062/658/848/original/30997451fa3bd594.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation 😝 https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/297/109/138/689/566/original/5a69a6c261877cac.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation Cat 3 purricane https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/280/501/185/852/529/original/7c915a0dedbb9d0f.jpeg npub17686sgvhwe2hk7v68x7jyfqsymts2ysgekl0gffsv9uthwt0w2xs67zcvr Third Foundation https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/113/256/686/398/762/105/original/bbd2d240e6a98ce1.jpeg