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Well, this is absolutely awful. If this is to be believed we are being kneecapped at a level that the investigator didn't even have a baseline for. Fantastic stuff happening in the United States right now. cyberintel.substack.com/p/doge-expos...

This is the most concise analysis of the strategy to dismantle the US that I have read.

Ah yes let's kill the thing that had: 1. Reduced car traffic 2. Increased foot traffic 3. Increased subway ridership 4. Increased taxi usage. Apparently losing money is just a natural talent for Trump. Oh and he can go f**k himself with the king nonsense.

The billionaires were more opportunistic than anything else because the conditions were set in place by the Christian Nationalists. They did the leg work. They've been at it for 50 years. Unfortunately for them they picked a billionaire as their avatar and he is susceptible to other billionaires.

I don't even blame this dude. He can't see it for what it is. A lot of MAGA can't see and are not ready to accept that they have been used and will likely be discarded. Trump will have to choose btwn MAGA and billionaires and you can already see which group he favors.

About 30 years ago an older Indian gentleman told a bunch of us 19 year olds that Indians would become a hated minority. When asked why, he said Indians are on pace to become the richest ethnic group and their drive to achieve will place them in a lot of top positions. slate.com/technology/2...

This does seem to indicate some dictatorial intent.

If they actually pull this off it's game over. It will undoubtedly help humanity as a whole but it will render the United States an afterthought. futurism.com/satellite-ch...

Because the latest thing making the rounds in RW circles is some variant of "BiDeN hIReD 85k iRS aGenTs aNd tHe LeFT diDn'T saY A woRd". It's mind numbing how easily manipulated conservatives are. They have become the lap dogs of the wealthy. Begging for crumbs news.clemson.edu/new-irs-fund...

Wow I haven't heard this in a minute... A lot of my life is marked by pieces of music. This song in a lot of ways saved me when I was going through one of the lowest periods of my life. #jonbellion #maybeidk music.youtube.com/watch?v=wM_o...

1/2 And the world is moving on. You are watching an admin that is so concerned with a culture war that they have lost sight of the fact that they are no longer the only game in town. This is a concerted effort to shift away from the dollar. www.newindianexpress.com/business/202...

The free speech people really don't seem to believe in free speech. The clubs ordered to disband seem to be of the non-caucasian persuasion. I wonder why that is?

Hopefully one day we will figure out what kind of dirt the Lakers have on other teams. How the F do you trade a 25 year old who is arguably top 5 in the league? I can't figure this one out at all... Oh I think Mitchell Robinson might end up on the Lakers. Just a weird hunch. #nba

congratulations to Kendrick Lamar and his song “Drake Is A Pedophile” for winning 15 grammys tonight

MAGA doesn't even see what's coming...I would get pleasure except that a lot of people are about to suffer. There is no satisfaction in this bc all I can see is the end of an empire. Not because I care about empire but rather because the end of an empire is chaos, pain and destruction.

Cheap AI models and social media... Why do I feel like social media will be rendered completely unusable soon. I mean even worse than it already is.

Jesus Christ the Democratic party is just an abject failure of an organization isn't it?

If you ever meet someone defending Christian Nationalism ask them to explain Acts 15. If they have any arguments against that just dismiss them immediately. Because at that point they're not actually religious or faithful or whatever it is they claim to be.

You all know China, India and Russia are watching the United States right now like this...

By some odd coincidence I ended up watching a doc about the end of the Roman empire and reading something about the beginning of the Nazi movement... I'm a little shook. My ADHD gift has always been pattern recognition...this is not good man.

Well would you look at that! Funny thing, when the EXACT same thing happened during the last administration it was reported very differently. So typical FOX reporting, accurate only when it serves them.

Don't know much about AI but from what I'm gathering Deepseek from China has significantly closed the gap and it's significantly cheaper to run...

Listen this is a deeply unscientific statement and only based on my personal experience but Manhattan subway ridership seems to have increased a significant amount since congestion pricing started. If that data ends up being confirmed then that's a successful policy measure.

I'm really asking, how was this an unfair law? What about this is so offensive? You all understand why we minorities would view this action as dangerous right?

This truly might be one of the dumbest things I've read. Let me summarize what this paragon of thought is saying...look it's good, and it really works, but asking me to take it during a public health crisis? How dare you!!

Museo Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon...

So wait is this the plan now? Everyone who disagrees with you gets deported? Please note that's a government official indicating that dissent should be punished with deportation.

"Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda." Hannah Arendt