If competent people in so many departments got purged, can we still call this incompetent? I think it’s about time we move over to malice.

not a spanish speaker in any way but I wonder: shouldn’t the adjective “naranja” follow as well?

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is a 2007 book by Canadian author and social activist Naomi Klein. In the book, Klein argues that neoliberal economic policies promoted by Milton Friedman and the Chicago school of economics have risen to global prominence because of a deliberate strategy she calls “disaster capitalism”. In this strategy, political actors exploit the chaos of natural disasters, wars, and other crises to push through unpopular policies such as deregulation and privatization. This economic " shock therapy" favors corporate interests while disadvantaging and disenfranchising citizens when they are too distracted and overwhelmed to respond or resist effectively.

History is doing a lot more than just rhyming.

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I want to cheer

However, the issue is not yet off the table.

I will hold off cheering for now

Back in the day Morrowind on a Twilight disc. I’m not into fantasy at all, but that game took me for a spin that lasted many years.

#travle #1175 +2 🟩🟩🟧✅🟧✅

Harder than anticipated

Double win for the war industry!

I thought this was about surplus value, not even mentioned.

En met 1 telefoontje vanuit het witte huis is je MicroSoft account ineens geblokkeerd.

Dat Europa zo traag in actie schiet, terwijl haar onderdanen massaal persoonlijke informatie delen met Amerikaanse AI’s - zo naïef ben ik dan, dat ik dacht dat de nieuwe digitale wetten daar wel een stokje voor zouden steken. En ondertussen twitteren die Europese politici lustig verder op het platform van een miljardair die hun eigen democratieën ondermijnt.

Je kan het niet vatten. Er moet toch massaal smeergeld aan de zakken van politici invloeien om de logica hierachter enigszins te kunnen begrijpen.

Neither man was arrested on suspicion of Epstein-related sexual misconduct

Stop the bullshit Guardian. I thought you were independent, for whom are you massaging this story? As far as I know no one is currently arrested, and no one is under active investigation for participating in (Epstein-related) pedophilic rape.

Beetje minder bewondering zou op zijn plaats zijn. Wie weet gebeurt hetzelfde in Den Haag voor het ICJ. Met deze gek weet je nooit.

I was forced to (European) catholic schools until 18, never heard this. I did see my share of gruesome anti-abortion videos though.

The ship cannot be impounded. Also, the minister of defense also seemed to imply the ship had no goods on board.

Our country constantly monitors incoming ships to verify their identity. If a ship has no flag or a fraudulent flag, it is considered de facto ‘stateless’ and any state may enter and inspect it.

But chaining it up is more difficult. In the past, there were legal and practical obstacles to this: according to international maritime law, sailing without a flag is a criminal offense, but according to Belgian law, it is not. So boarding a ship for inspection is allowed, but seizure is not normally allowed, although the situation is legally complex.

Translated from the last paragraphs of this article in Dutch

The Savage Empire, a game I played a lot as a kid.

On Friday afternoon, Anthropic learned that the Pentagon still wanted to use the company’s AI to analyze bulk data collected from Americans. That could include information such as the questions you ask your favorite chatbot, your Google search history, your GPS-tracked movements, and your credit-card transactions, all of which could be cross-referenced with other details about your life.

So that’s what OpenAI will now do for them…

Anthropic had not argued that such weapons should not exist. To the contrary, the company had offered to work directly with the Pentagon to improve their reliability.

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this impasse over autonomous weapons could be resolved if the Pentagon would simply promise to keep the company’s AI in the cloud, and out of the weapons themselves.

djeez… Anthropic does not come off as nice as before

• Ramones - Ramones (1976)
• The Stooges - The Stooges (1969)

Agreed! As a doom metal and stoner rock fan, I’m hard-pressed not to name a band from those genres not influenced by the album or the band.

Great suggestions, although personally I would have picked Electric Ladyland for Jimi, as that feels more as a well-rounded concept album showcasing his musical skills better. If only he hadn’t died so soon, Band of Gypsys gave him the freedom to really do what he wanted.