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 nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 it is harder, especially ge... 
 @5b7eb7ff @c6d0060b 
When people get addicted to #DigitaDopamine, then this place resembles a methadone clinic. 
 Between the cronyism of the Newsom-Pelosi families picking a US Senator and House GOP infighting, I dunno which is more anti-governance by We the People™.

Tough call. 
 @745ecb23 

Is the plan MAGAts to nominate Trump for Speaker, and then stochastic terrorism and treasonous Secret Service will take care of POTUS and VPOTUS, promoting Speaker to commander-in-chief?

It’s tracks in a completely delusional and very dystopian sort of way. But that is the accelerationist vibe. 
 @The Intellectualist @Justin Baragona @098a11ae 
That is so gross, on so many levels. 
 @The Intellectualist @Justin Baragona @098a11ae 
This is TFG validating all the theories about never experiencing love from his father and the pathological need to seek it out from authoritarian Strict Father figures, per @acfa039b. 
 This is “political news” for people interested in unwinding sunk cost, working through egos, and disinterested in motivated reasoning of advertisers who underwrite the click-bait business model of “mainstream” media: https://youtu.be/NfU931HBWvQ?feature=shared 
 @603773e5 
Algorithmic dopamine addiction is real af.

That’s why - sometimes - this feels like a methadone clinic for new joiners. 
 “It's hard to be your authentic self while you're under surveillance.”

- @b92dcc07

#privacy #authenticity #trust 
 @0127fd94 I don’t think she’s a hero. I think she was pot-committed, until the coup failed, and then she decided to come clean and monetize her story. 
 Hmmm...pre- toilet paper and indoor plumbing, there were probably a lot of instances of shit unde... 
 @2a70c54d 
I believe Romans used communal sponges, so there’s that image to tunnel itself into your brain and live rent-free. 
 @f5fb1d48 “ignored reality when it suits business needs” is how the #RealityDistortionField works 
 nostr:npub1qe5xp836kyz7ymzqe5wy09fzky6z03srv7htgh3ptn4dqmesz94s7z8ugl I’m sure the horrendous p... 
 @40cd5708 @0668609e 
Maher gets off on being a contrarian, though.

There’s no normal-functioning ego and cognitive process there to push on. 
 The ironic - and revealing - thing about Ayn Rand is her own writings on libertarians: http://aynrandlexicon.com/ayn-rand-ideas/ayn-rand-q-on-a-on-libertarianism.html

#philosophy #politics #libertarian 
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 @6c1c08a4 @f0f121ac @c17393bb 

“Price is what you pay, value is what you get.”

The question for boards and shareholders is: did they get a lot *more* than $8,100/hr of value for that wage. 
 “the brain does experience the equivalent of neural ‘hurricanes.’

“They bump into one another, and when they do, the resulting computations correlate with #cognition." https://singularityhub-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/singularityhub.com/2023/09/15/newly-discovered-spirals-of-brain-activity-may-help-explain-cognition/?amp=1 
 @40cd5708 Ah, it was capitalized, so I mistook it for an acronym.

What prompted this rant? 
 Forgive me this grievance rant, but I’m sick of this stupid. streaming ID Twitter-model everyon... 
 @40cd5708 what is “streaming ID”? 
 @0e15e5db @2dfdbd8d 

"The most dystopian part of this is that AI which replaces us will be as obtuse and stupid as this translation, but for the money men, it's enough." 
 This is an actual bullet-point in a ServiceNow job description:

• Al Experience: 3+ years of technical experience selling
Al Models, Deep Learning Models, and Large Language Models with a focus on Generative Al.

🙄

#GenerativeAI #AI #LLMs 
 @6b43cb18 do you follow Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online ? 
 nostr:npub1ye6kenedjm4h3rhher5r98jlqfa7ayt59tpkmrqgy3002rzlcc0snfpwej 

I believe him.  If in pow... 
 @6b43cb18 I hate that you’re right. 
 Stretching the Overton Window into deporting citizens of the Republic of these United States is #AntiNormie 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/vivek-ramaswamy-deport-children-undocumented-immigrants-born-us-rcna104143 
 @3967703f climate change was low-key contributing to Syrian and Central American refugees affecting both Europe and the US respectively.

We’ve just been able to pin the blame on political choices, gang violence, etc. 
 @0127fd94 I really hope he turned states’ evidence 🤞 
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 @6b43cb18 @9b8b69f4 
From a marketing perspective, I’m stumped in terms of ad dollar ROI: the overall budget of Apple and Disney must be so gargantuan that the amount spent on Twitter doesn’t get interrogated by Finance.

Journalists “thriving” is an interesting characterization. If thriving means having narcissistic needs met.

I can see artists and creators with sunk cost. The lack of algorithmic recommender and source of web traffic for analytics are a (current) product flaw of Mastodon. 
 nostr:npub1nw9knargnaudqq5mfg82w7yupxkdcc9plg0fcna2t45aj90358us2kq3t4 Financial benefits.  There ... 
 @6b43cb18 @9b8b69f4 
It’s not the monetizable web traffic (which it doesn’t generate), so it must be sunk cost, ego, and motivated reasoning. 
 It’s always states rights until it isn’t.

#FaniWillis 
 I publicly denounce people who publicly denounce anything.

I’m more interested in what people privately condemn to their closest friends, family, and associates. 
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 @d6c50095 
People are messy. The alternative is machine-driven algorithms.

I know what I prefer and so what if it’s Soylent Green!?!

https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/111/059/381/427/089/709/original/edd8b1a18762a7e1.mp4 
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 @realcaseyrollins ✝️ @d499279d 
The goal of achieving a multi planetary existence without industrial effort and waste byproducts which results in the collapse of this planet’s biosphere is…delusional.