toniseg.bsky.social
Writer and animal lover, living on the edge of the national forest, worrying about the level of damage we keep inflicting on our Mother Earth, yet without it we cannot survive…
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Agreed. It's highly unlikely and only written as a tease… Playing games is NOT the mission of a free press, if it wants to stay free.
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If AI perceives a threat, it will act to preserve itself. Isn't this logical? What becomes dangerous is, when AI perceives humans as threats! Because once humans figure out they're not in control… they may take steps to shut down AI… which, in truth, would be a threat… which means…
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Good description. She is, indeed!
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This is just the beginning. The lion's share of the US budget is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. Trump/Musk greed is rapacious to get their hands on it… 71 million Americans get Social Security, but 40 million live on it… Want to crash the American economy?
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Agreed. Apparently, Rand Paul has a conscience. He also has the ability to add and subtract. He can even tell Trump's new spending bill will result in the most indefensible squandering of resources in our entire history
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She'd be amusing, if she weren't so full of it…
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What was the last sentence. It's not letting me read it.
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No, it's real, but he's a Democrat.
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Classic Fascism. Arrest any political opponents who disagree with you and keep them imprisoned until you obtain total power over everyone… Let's see how long it lasts.
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"Multiple polls this week showed Trump hitting new lows. His approval rating has been double-digits underwater in surveys from the Pew Research Center (minus-19), Economist-YouGov (-13), Reuters-Ipsos (-11) and now Fox News (-11)."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism." -Hubert H. Humphrey
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Yes. And, thanks to Trump who has crippled NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), we'll understand less and less about what's happening.
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It was truly cringeworthy. Both Trump and Bukele smirked their way through all questions about Abrego Garcia. They came across to me like High School Bullies who never grew out of it.
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“Learn as if you were going to live forever.
Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.”
- Gandhi
Pope Francis did both so well.
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The idea that threatened animals can be brought back from the brink of extinction sounds quite welcome. But, how is it going to be done? Could there be a negative impact? What will be the effect on all the other dependent creatures in this food chain? How much gets explored?
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Every stress test of the press is a stress test of the American people. How courageous is the press? Who is still a fan of democracy? e.g. In a direct challenge to government, history and the press, Trump swears he'll run for a third term. Who is going to challenge that?
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Russia is a bully & all bullies are cowards, including the US's own bully POTUS. Bullies lie, cheat & steal to produce a so-called 'victory', never noticing how they also produce deep resentments that don't fade with time. Eventually, bullies are overthrown and banished to the scrapheap of history.
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This is a sincere apology from someone who admires Ukraine and is ashamed to have a POTUS so ignorant and so cruel he could dump all responsibility for its future back onto a country brazenly invaded by its far larger neighbor. The US isn't "the land of the free and the home of the brave", anymore.
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Putin has not been good for Russia which has produced great literature, exquisite music and superb ballerinas… But, once led by the former head of the KGB, became a thoroughly brutal place where culture is something to spit on and every day is a terrifying experience.
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I find this sign very comforting. I'm old enough to remember when any woman getting any leadership role was considered a victory. It's nice to know we can and should be choosy. Very proud of Governor Mills. She's GOT IT!
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Collins is the epitome of a "Country Club Republican" with the most gracious manner (I've dealt with her on several occasions), all to camouflage real Republican goals which are always disturbingly selfish.
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The Hands Off! protest was inspiring; every single state, every single territory, even Americans in Europe participated. My gratitude goes out to all participants! Thank you for giving this country what it needed: HOPE!
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When the authors you read are diverse, your reading time is filled with surprises and possible new insights. You can't anticipate what might come up, so you're not making assumptions about what you haven't read. Instead, it's new and uncharted territory. Let reading be an adventure!
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When a government starts to prosecute booksellers, the loss of freedom can't be far behind.
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"A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, Our stitching and unstitching has been naught" - William Butler Yeats
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It took a month…? What's next for a woman and three children who were apparently working at a dairy farm when they were 'detained'? What do you suppose made them look so suspicious? Obvious poverty? Lack of options?
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Tariffs are, in reality, a flat tax and all flat taxes are inherently regressive. They will hurt those who can least absorb them.