solidsignal.bsky.social
59 posts
13 followers
56 following
Prolific Poster
Conversation Starter
comment in response to
post
Na na na na, na na na na
hey hey, goodbye
comment in response to
post
It's definitely not a joke, but is often ridiculous, nonsensical & absurd. Trump himself, the great dictator, is a ludicrous figure, as were/are most dictators. That doesn't mean they're not evil & horrible. I think people who live under such regimes develop a dark sense of humor to cope with it.
comment in response to
post
Now let's see some Dems who *could* be primaried call Musk a dick & say "bring it on." The risks of doing so are declining daily as Trump's popularity declines. Dems need to grow some balls if there's any hope of taking out the dick.
comment in response to
post
The crypto part is sus. & it should be open source (as all AI should). But the uproar in these comments is over the top. Detecting math & data analysis errors in research is necessary. There's a huge replication crisis in science now, & machine vetting may be a good solution. Gotta start somewhere.
comment in response to
post
As usual, Trump's pretzel logic discloses his true motives
comment in response to
post
I agree. They treated Trump's election as a fait accompli when there was little visible evidence he'd win. Given 4 prior years of state-level shenanigans to purge registered voters, etc, I don't doubt it was a stolen election. That should be emphasized constantly by Dems!
comment in response to
post
And Blackman actually teaches constitutional law somewhere? Future Trump appointees, no doubt.
comment in response to
post
Here's the problem: He doesn't need a mandate anymore. MAGA is all-in for autocratic takeover. And they've taken over. He's not ALL powerful, but he has enough control now that he's not going anywhere by civil means. The only fight left that's going to matter is, unfortunately, going to be violent.
comment in response to
post
The entire spectacle makes me sick. Trump, his ass-kissers on one side & the ineffectual resistance on the other, unable to even muster a decisive boycott or mass walkout.
comment in response to
post
Did you see the story today about European auto safety agency rating cars without buttons & knobs for major dash functions less safe to drive than screen-centric models? (Tesla being the most egregious example)
comment in response to
post
I'd say it's a slam dunk case of firing for political reasons.
comment in response to
post
See Project 2025’s chapter on proposals for Commerce Dept (of which NOAA is an agency). First sentence in the NOAA section simply says “Break up NOAA." This is all about (1) privatization & (2) suppression of work that feeds into climate change research. Everything in the P2025 playbook will happen.
comment in response to
post
That's exactly what I was getting at: the user-facing parts of digital interfaces actually break down more frequently than the old switches & levers...& the digital stuff isn't built for repairability. It's a big hunk of expensive junk that can only be totally replaced instead of fixed.
comment in response to
post
Maintenance on a cheap pad/screen of any kind? You're joking. It's easy to maintain & repair a basic old-school push-button elevator control system. All you can do with a malfunctioning pad/screen is tear it out & buy a new one. If you call that "maintenance" ok
comment in response to
post
Obviously, there hasn't been sufficient time to review & understand who is being eliminated, what their jobs entail or what happens, from a system perspective, without them. Show us the flowcharts & AI prompts. Explain in detail how yr thoughtless automated process works, if it's legit, Mr. Genius.
comment in response to
post
We need to see detailed information on positions being eliminated, job responsibilities, & salaries. This is public information, anyway. Mass firings via unknown AI methods with essentially no explanation other than that bs boilerplate in every press release. How is this tolerable?
comment in response to
post
Furthermore, we keep hearing that fired employees are "probationary, as if they're new, inexperienced or performing poorly. In reality, the majority are career civil servants who applied for job openings posted internally, & got hired from within for their qualifications & gov experience.
comment in response to
post
This boilerplate explanation is either a big lie or an assumption that DOGE's untested AI is accurately evaluating positions it deems unnecessary. We already know essential employees have been fired & hastily rehired. And we've seen only the tip of that iceberg.
comment in response to
post
Look at this shit. High out of his fucking mind at the inauguration