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David French It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the Trump admin is spoiling for a street fight. Saturday, after a protest against Immigration & Customs Enforcement arrests degenerated into violence, the admin reacted as if the country were on the brink of war. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...

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Some aged/aging humor to get ready for Father's Day. www.youtube.com/shorts/yk8lm...

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Springsteen widely reported remarks about how “a majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government. www.wsbtv.com/entertainmen...

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As they say:"Springsteen is a truth teller. His greatest songs chronicle the dissonance between the American Dream and our American reality — with a rousing honesty and an almost stubborn hope that a better tomorrow is always coming into focus. ”

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"A direct inverse correlation between fluoride exposure and IQ loss" So uhm fluoride raises one's iq?

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Example of the Jevons paradox— efficiency leads to more use of a resource, not less - cheap urban light is now a pollutant. Some, like MS's Satya Nadella worry that as "AI gets more efficient and accessible, we will see its use skyrocket, turning it into a commodity we just can’t get enough of.”

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Signs of a new Gilded age: consumer confidence is going down while in the C-suites the promise of tax breaks has their future looking rosy.

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Formerly in idea: "I follow the constitution." Now moving in: "I'd kill (for) you, sir."

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It may escape general notice but I think our politics has just slipped from the classical world into the quantum uncertain world with the new formulation of semi-fired. Of course there may be some associated use of this, such as semi-peaceful solution, semi-sovereignty and semi-friends.

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An AI said '"Semi-fired" is not a standard employment term,it's deliberately vague & intimidating.boss is likely using it to:Create anxiety and urgency: The ambiguity of "semi-fired" is designed to make you nervous & compliant imply a serious consequence w/o outright termination: job is in jeopardy"

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A new, violent group The Zizians, composed mainly of people devoted to a weird combination of beliefs. It's as if several pairs of dice with cult-like beliefs were scrambled - Veganism, transgender issues and the potential threat of artificial intelligence. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...?

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We are & will be losing - dealing with cancer: a laboratory focused on speeding up cancer drug discovery or finding a way to block a protein that helps cancer cells survive, "At NIH, between 1,000 -1,200 people received letters as of Sunday afternoon"

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So many things out (mostly): scalpels, while In: axes. '“The CDC should be treated with a scalpel, not an axe,” Mandy Cohen, who led the agency under Biden, wrote in an op-ed last month.'

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What do people think of the circling confusion of: "Making your own determination on whether you have a conflict of interest is itself a conflict of interest." ?

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Just next to the snack aisle, I assume.

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George Orwell captures today's version of perpetual war between power blocks & allies (Ulkraine-Russia &Palestine-Israel). This succinctly highlights the manipulative power of totalitarian regimes, where truth is distorted & history is rewritten to serve the interests of those in power.

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In the new year some groups have an Out vs. In items. I've crafted some late addition to the new year. Out "new world order". In "new world disorder". Out "critical thinking". In "UC.. or unintended consequences". Out "retired" In "purged" Out "nation building". In "Gaza Riviera hotel building.."

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Contextual background to the recent initiative aimed at depleting the civil service: 'The email sent by the OPM — titled “Fork in the Road,” echoing one sent by Musk to Twitter employees in late 2022 — instructed workers to reply “resign” if they wanted to accept the offer, which expires Feb. 6.'

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A question for secular and humanist friends out there. Who are your favorite humanist influencers on social media? #SECULARHUMANIST #ATHEIST #freethinker

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After the miss with "The World is Flat" Tom Friedman is at it again with large scale soceo-tech forecasting again branded with a "sputnik moment". www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/o... Maybe another miss, although the robotics of "dark factories" seems a likely trend. #nyt #china #techforecasting

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Trend for our time? "More than a decade of Tory economic policy has brought about stagnating living standards &crumbling public infrastructure. Unwilling to fix problems of its own making, the party has used divisive topics to divert public attention & create scapegoats to shoulder the burden.."

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The 2024 Arctic Report Card has much to worry about . The study brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire & sea ice to snow, to report on the state of the Arctic environment. #climate #climatechange #risk www.pennlive.com/opinion/2024...

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#booksky #giridharadas

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Someone like Warren Buffet could donate a few billion as a charity to fund this type of thing. What's the best way to get this message to a tycoon like him? Maybe 100 letters to small newspapers proposing this idea.

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What are people viewing for the Xmas vacation? I'm enjoying Renee Di Resta's "Rulers: the people who turn lies into reality." Next up is the Xmas gift of Richard Powers' "Playground." www.npr.org/2024/09/23/n...

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Anyone else enjoy family puzzle time over the holidays?

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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke

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Whst are a few of your favorite blog that you follow to keep up with whst you condider important?

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