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Last Notes

Beliefs in mind uploading and mechanical immortality are very common within the American tech bro scene. But these are absurd delusions that are not at all supported by biology.
We just published a comprehensive rebuttal of this fantasy by biologist and philosopher @npub1fg4…mynu
https://plus.flux.community/p/the-myth-of-mind-uploading
#philosophy #ai #biology #microbiology

2026-05-30 23:58:26 UTC

Donald Trump has never been more unpopular than now. And yet the Democratic Party is even more disliked.
Historian Rick Perlstein joined @npub1t4p…5qhu for a discussion on where former Trump supporters might go now, and Democrats' refusal to listen to their own voters.
Text, audio, and video here: https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2026/05/trump-is-at-record-low-approval-but-democrats-have-not-been-able-to-build-their-own-public-support/

2026-03-09 16:47:44 UTC

Despite condemning Trump's unauthorized attack on Iran, some congressional Democrats are talking about funding it.
This would severely undermine their moral credibility with voters and would be a political disaster as well: https://plus.flux.community/p/assenting-to-trumps-insane-iran-war

2026-02-26 19:35:49 UTC

Epstein files show a financier obsessed with excluding women from science and tech
"No really smart women – none" https://plus.flux.community/p/epstein-files-show-a-financier-obsessed

2026-02-09 23:49:45 UTC

The START nuclear weapons treaty is expiring this week, but Trump doesn’t seem to care.
Even Russian president Vladimir Putin has proposed extending it for an additional year. https://plus.flux.community/p/the-start-nuclear-weapons-treaty

2026-01-04 23:51:24 UTC

Far-right activists across the world have sought to replace international peace organizations with the antiquated ‘spheres of influence’ model that generated two world wars.
Trump is doing exactly that https://plus.flux.community/p/the-dangerous-delusions-behind-trumps

2025-10-04 21:06:15 UTC

As Trumps targets Portland, the MAGA war on blue America turns increasingly literal. Trump's "enemy within" that turns out to be. . . ordinary Americans just living their lives: https://plus.flux.community/p/as-trumps-targets-portland-the-maga