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If you do not currently feel some fear about speaking out, you are not comprehending what is currently happening to your society regardless of your current political leaning.

Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs

Demolition of any building or system is acceptable when you have a plan for reconstruction. Otherwise it's called "destroying". If other groups or people are going to be responsible for the reconstruction, adequate communication of the plan is critical to its success. #tariffs #politics #strategy

Product idea: A microphone at the dinner table picks up the conversations. An app translates it into a Word Cloud. The word cloud is passed to an LLM that outputs an image that enhances it into a decorative style.

Insight: If someone is OK with not using turn signals when driving and changing lanes, they are probably OK with disregarding your wellbeing in other contexts. Is this sort of driving an indication that that person should not be trusted?

That was probably the most entertaining and consequential #washingtonweek episode. And I've been watching since Gwen was hosting it. Jeffrey Goldberg is becoming a national treasure. #politics

#politics #signalgate

Product idea: A microphone at the dinner table picks up the conversations. An app translates it into a Word Cloud. The word cloud is passed to an LLM that outputs an image that enhances it into a decorative style.

Looks like another US attack is about to happen in Yemen or somewhere in the middle east. #politics #military #war

There is no "Try". -Yoda #ukraine

The primary argument for disincentivizing landlords from allowing units to remain vacant is that it directly impacts the city's VIBRANCY. The community is damaged by prioritizing the current rights of property owners. www.kqed.org/news/1203079...

It's official: The Democrat party leadership has no courage nor guiding principles to buttress any courage. There is a difference btw Leadership and Management. The Senate Dems are "managing" their situation. Leadership requires guts and risk and is not always successful. #politics #senate #budget

San Francisco #boomloop www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/o...

The fundamental reinforcement/feedback for AI, to avoid destroying us, is to continually improve the community: Family, friends, neighborhood, clubs, churches, cities, states, countries species. This establishes a foundational guidance that leads to most moral structures.

Having a father in law die is its own unique experience. It has been a memorable day.

Regardless of the virtues of democracy, it is an amplifier of the base and brutal disposition of the common person. #politics

The logical fallacy of Ad Hominem is widely used and rarely comprehended. #politics

If someone is comfortable with dehumanizing a person or a group of people, they will almost certainly not accept being dehumanized in turn. #politics

If you don't control the rhetoric, you will be controlled by those who do.

Now that RFK Jr is in the news, I predict a spike in the men's skincare industry.

Would you ever say "Look at that blue driving down the road" when referring to a car that is blue in color? Feels strange? We all have communities that support us. Services, Emotional, Financial, Intellectual, etc.

My favorite social media platform is CounterSocial.

Projection: - Musk influences AI regulation to favor Grok - OpenAI, etc, decide to relocate to a favorable country - They need a lot of energy - Iceland has convenient geothermal - A bunch of large datacenters are built in Iceland - A bunch of geothermal plants are build in Iceland to support them

A lack of Shame is a curiously potent amplifier of Courage.

"Don't give into the lies. Don't give into the fear." - Jim Acosta

"Under a good government (which I have no doubt we shall establish) this Country certainly promises greater advantages, than any other, to persons of moderate prosperity, who are determined to be sober, industrious and virtuous members of Society." - George Washington

If you vote for your candidates like you support your football/basketball/baseball team, you will also have to accept how they hand you losses that directly impact your community, your family and you directly. Government is not a game. There are no teams to take sides on.

There are more people living in my district in San Francisco than all of Greenland.