Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
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A lot of innocent people plead guilty to crimes they didn't commit. They are charged with a serious crime, held in jail on a cash bond they can't post, and face decades in prison.
The prosecutor then makes a plea offer that will result in a felony conviction, probation, and immediate release from jail, which the innocent person then accepts to get out of the awful, overcrowded, violent jail.
The result is a life-ruining conviction that produces generational poverty and loss of opportunity.
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Lenat was working on the core problem of ChatGPT and other LLMs decades before they even existed: A lack of a basic understanding of the world. He also inspired many other AGI and NLU researchers and hobbyists, including myself.
The New York Times: Douglas Lenat, Who Tried to Make A.I. More Human, Dies at 72
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/technology/douglas-lenat-dead.html
@davidaugust sorry typo: organization that unites the workforce…🙃
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I need a dragon.
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Listening to NA 1587...
Wait, Trump has some Mob connections?
He was a real estate developer in NY, I can't believe that Trump had any Mob connections!
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[thread] Ginni Thomas
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power & the Supreme Court
https://persagen.com/docs/frontline-2023-05-09-clarence_and_ginni_thomas.html
https://persagen.com >> search: "ginni thomas"
"ginni thomas" AND "heritage foundation"
"ginni thomas" AND "leonard leo"
"ginni thomas" AND Groundswell
"ginni thomas" AND "tea party"
"ginni thomas" AND "liberty central"
"ginni thomas" AND "National Association of Scholars"
#GinniThomas #ClarenceThomas #neofascism #FarRight #PoliticalOperatives #HeritageFoundation #LibertyCentral
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Addendum 1
[thread] Ginni Thomas
Filings Reveal Luxury Trips & Payments to Ginni Thomas
Amended disclosures reveal Ginni Thomas paid $700,000 (2003-2007) by The Heritage Foundation
https://truthout.org/articles/new-filings-reveal-more-luxury-trips-and-payments-to-ginni-thomas
Pacific Legal Foundation
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110929730282751177
National Association of Scholars
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110588912808816794
#GinniThomas #ClarenceThomas #neofascism #FarRight #lobbyists #PoliticalOperatives #Trumpism #DarkMoney #HeritageFoundation #LibertyCentral #Crowdsourcers #LeonardLeo #TeaParty
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The Russian fascist invaders conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas of Novoyehorivka and Bilohorivka in Luhansk region.
During the day, they carried out airstrikes on Bilohorivka in Luhansk region and Yampolivka and Spirne in Donetsk region.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information as of 18:00 on 4 September 2023 regarding the Russian invasion
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@fungible_thadius This IS the primo Capitalism small business model. 🥳😬
@knittingknots2@mstdn.social Hard core tail wagging dog. In this case a bob tail is called for. 🤔
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Businesses all over the U.S. that depend on #tourism are getting clobbered by extreme weather due to #ClimateChange. I bet Ron DeSantis is grateful that #Florida doesn't depend on tourism -- oh, wait... https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/small-biz-reliant-summer-tourism-extreme-weather-new-102891842
@axios The GOzP has decided democracy is bad for their career in politics. Don’t let them take away your rights, nor change the laws that undermine voter rights! 🇺🇸
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29 states and Washington, D.C., have enacted a total of 70 laws expanding voting rights this year, while 16 states have enacted 29 laws to restrict voting, according to data and analysis by the nonprofit Voting Rights Lab (VRL). https://t.co/kyqhJb9Qm1
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Biden Bashes ‘Real Estate Developer’ Trump For Not Building ‘A Damn Thing’ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-bashes-trump-not-building-infrastructure_n_64f606f2e4b08f6e30e9a207?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
@davidaugust Unions are the primary opportunity to have some say in your professional life because of an organization the unites the workforce so it can exert the power it possesses, and actually cares about the worker as more than a cog in the big machine that makes the owners and upper management wealthy. A cog that in their view frequently, should have no expectations other than be happy the cog is rotating.
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The Labor Movement: the folks that brought you The Weekend! (and so much more)
Poster & card available here - 25% off today and tomorrow with code "EDUCATE" in the cart: https://www.rlmartstudio.com/product/labor-movement
@celset2 Sounds like your father was dealing with some racist Christian asshats*. It would not have been worth it to ask “Does Jesus approve of your message?” 🔥 * Not to imply all Christians are racist, asshats. Unfortunately Christianity has been infested by Beelzebub in disguise, and not much of a disguise.
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/personal-history-my-father-and-joe?utm_campaign=post #HappyLaborDay. Mr. and Mrs. Reich,” one of them spoke gravely, “we’ve come to inform you that South Salem is a Christian community.”
There was a long pause. I could see my father redden.
“So, we’re not welcome here?” His voice was tight.
“Legally, you have a right to be here, of course,” the speaker said. (New York state had just enacted a law prohibiting homeowners from including “restrictive covenants” in their deeds that barred sales to “Negroes or Hebrews.”) “But we don’t think you and your family will be happy here.”
“Thank you for coming by,” my father said flatly, opening the front door for them. Then he exploded: “Now get the hell out of my house!”
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.
Joined May 2023
