ABrockwell @aebrockwell@qoto.org

it's weird that an entire us political party is just "we want to do maximum cruelty" and the democrats are like "it's important to listen to these people and take their positions seriously"

Someone accused me of bias this morning. Specifically, bias against MAGA and Trump supporters. Apparently it's disappointing to discover that I'm not the morally neutral arbiter of truth they imagined me to be.

So let's talk about it. Let's talk about my neutrality. A thread. 🧵

Among all his crimes, Donald Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records to conceal illegal campaign contributions, and today he was sentenced to no fines and zero days in prison.

The US truly is where justice goes to die.

Basically, a functioning society needs trusted epistemic authorities. It's just not workable for everyone to be their own freelance truth finder, however attractive that romantic notion might be to some people.

"The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritising free speech," said Mark Zuckerberg.

Doublespeak.

As I wrote the other day:

#USpolitics #USpol

Moments before you see a targeted ad online, your personal information is being exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers. Learn how to protect yourself. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/online-behavioral-ads-fuel-surveillance-industry-heres-how

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Another form of vaccine:

“Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson

The is brilliant. Thank you for everything
Ann Telnaes❤️ and co.

Keep up the fight! We've got you.

https://open.substack.com/pub/anntelnaes/p/with-gratitude

The fact the richest man in the world is successfully meddling with elections all across Europe and America, should have you worry about all the other rich people that aren't publicly announcing it.

We had no idea “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was a mission statement.

I think it’s possible that today’s #AI will lead to the demise of civilizations, but not because it becomes an evil sentient being with superior intellect. Rather, it will be a catalyst to monetize the pollution of our information space, maybe to the extent that citizens can no longer reason about their common survival.

We’re already a long way down that road with propaganda and the gutting of public education. AI will accelerate it.

"The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump."

You might want to cancel your #WashingtonPost subscription after reading this most recent attack on free speech.

https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post

AnnTelnaes is a hero.

#WashingtonPost
#MAGA
#Bezos

Congratulations to Elon Musk for making cars so bad that no-one can tell if a carbomb has just happened or if the car just did that.

I just realized that I'm still really angry.

About the election. Therefore, with people who live here, in 'Merica.

I'm pissed off that people did this to us again. Like things will be different in a good way? Morons. Seriously. Bunch of morons.

I'm pissed off because I realize what the result really means....
Some may disagree with me on this, and frankly, I'd love to be wrong, but I don't think I am...

We will never have a woman president because misogyny>racism>ageism and 'Merica has a bigotry problem.

I said it.

Our best chance at having a woman president was running her against the most incompetent, worst possible human, a disgusting disaster who embodies the 7 deadly sins and lost not once but twice.

Harris was a superior candidate.

'Merica failed this test.

I'm disgusted by those who chose not to vote and especially by those who voted for that disgusting waste of flesh who looks like rotting uncooked bacon. He's a con man who has become a cult leader.

Who knows when I'll work through this anger. Maybe never if we can't salvage democracy after the fools did what they did.

Okay, there, happy new year to those who voted for Harris, and of course, to citizens in other countries.

#USPol

If you work in IT you are lucky if you've not encountered at least one Julius. I've worked with several.

https://ploum.net/2024-12-23-julius-en.html

Kate, 23, said it wasn't as hard to buy a house as people made out.

"I just cut my expenses. Unlike my friends, I didn't go out, I ate at home, I watched free to air TV instead of Netflix and I thrift shopped. Add that to the $500,000 my parents gave me for a deposit, and I was able to achieve my goals in just 6 months"

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The Internet is fine and vaccines are nice, but I will burn this mother down if they don't give a Nobel prize to whoever put graph paper lines on the inside of wrapping paper.

Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index

Link: https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/journal-that-published-faulty-black-plastic-study-removed-from-science-index/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42494733