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Elon Musk is neither "truly elite" and the role he filled in the American market at the beginning of his rise to wealth could have been filled by any non-immigrant. So not really an answer, is it?

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If he thinks wearing Jimothy as a cap is going to rally Republicans to the polls in November— Wait, that might actually work with Republicans. But the rest of Texas sure won't like it!

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And that building a relationship with your child or, looking at what shapes mouth makes when pronouncing words, or the shape your face makes when conveying emotions. You know, stuff not currently (and possibly not ever) replicable by AI? Are parents like Alvin why schols are in a literacy crisis?

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AI solipsism: the notion that all problems have a clearly efficient and optimizeable solution, and that solution can only be achieved through the use of AI systems. Here, Alvin assumes that the optimization of training a voice model provides all the requirements of language learning.

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I support the suit, and Trump's advertising seems to meet the definition of propaganda. But, I am concerned that the DNC is up to its eyeballs in debt and am worried Dems may be literally mortgaging future candidates' ability to run. Can they afford this?

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I see we've moved from "concepts of a plan" to a murky notion of a promise to invest a total of 68% of the current US GDP over the next ... indeterminant amount of time? Gee, could he vague that up a little more?

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It should be noted that Green-Placentia's opponent has posted social media in support of Andrew and Tristan Tate. Not trying to imply any involvement by Hamadeh. But he's certainly willing to leverage the Tate Bros for political capital in an R +8 district. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

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Me alegra que no sea verdad que las manifestaciones sean como MAGA. España no necesita eso. Eso me asustó.

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Vale. Por favor, discúlpame. Todavía tengo PTSD debido al MAGA aquí en EE. UU. Y me da la impresión de que cada día leo algo sobre el auge de la derecha en partes de Europa. Cuando leo los reportajes sobre esto, me encuentro preguntándome por las motivaciones de los manifestantes.

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Me resulta interesante que algunos españoles (¿posiblemente la mayoría?) crean que los extranjeros o inmigrantes tienen parte de la culpa del problema de la vivienda en España. Es muy parecido a la mentalidad de los estadounidenses MAGA..

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The problem is essentially the same everywhere. It's more acute in Spain. There's just not enough housing to meet demand. And the proposals offered by Sánchez are tantamount to a band aid on an amputation. Maybe building more housing and forcing private equity out of real estate markets?

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I think it's OK to not express political opinions; to be honest about not politically opining because it might affect your marketability as an actor; even to not want to participate in toxic political discourse. But, others get to shape your image without your input. Accurately or inaccurately.

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Sure, no hiring manager is perfect. But Noem and Hegseth's confirmation hearings were partisan shitshows. And his aw shucks while trying to sell a book is ludicrous. F**king grifter.

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The only people who don't know that the terrorism rationale is a pretense is whoever is still left in the Trump coalition. And if the polling is to be believed, only the Christian nationalists remain. Which are basically Russians who don't say 'tovarich'. And that's *not* a coincidence.

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Say what you will about the French. They're persnickety if you say "bonjour" when you should "bonsoir". They're surrender monkeys. They force feed geese to get patê. And sure, some of those things are bad. But they care about their education. I don't see American students with this much concern.

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Ah yes, the Ayn Rand/Friedrich Nietzsche pipeline from nuanced discourse about the complex relationship between the individual and society to overly technocratic "efficiency" based solely on the whims of a "benevolent" dictator. Because no "benevolent" autocracy in history has *ever* failed. 🤮

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We all need to pour one out for Tammy Fae. And forget that Jim ever existed. Just sayin'.

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Oh, they're having sex! Whether or not any consent took place is another matter altogether. Somebody needs to find that out. Preferably, before filing articles of impeachment.

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And this, students, is how we go from coalition building to puritannical ragebaiting. All right, our next chapter is on the Mao Zedong, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and the Great Leap Forward.

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Batman Ponders: The World May Never Know

Is he trying to portmanteau 'gay' and 'vegan' into a Southern accented mockery of James Talarico's voice? Or is he just having a moment of word-salad aphasia brought on by a blood vessel bursting on stage?

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Alt: Batman Ponders: The World May Never Know

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Does this count as a dog-walk? Judges? Because I think it does!

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As an AZ Constituent for Adrian Fontes: What plans are in place should Secretary Mullin send ICE agents to polling places in Arizona? What discussions have taken place with local law enforcement regarding ICE in polling places? What should Latino voters do if this happens?

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I think the answer's pretty obvious. Robots in the mines and oil would be much more expensive to produce and maintain than to underpay labor to assume all the physical risk of mining and extracting oil. It's inverse with AI and the white collar sector. Even with AI's penchant for hallucinations.

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Harris Faulkner would be promulgating mis- and disinformation right now if her employer didn't just settle their Dominion libel suit for $800 million, rather than have a jury award them potentially billions. Me, personally, I'd rather be mad at this than troll contrite Trump voters. BYDYB.

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So, which is it Trump? Is it that a sufficiently skilled bad actor could electronically manipulate votes without detection? Because if that's the case, why aren't you pointing that out to Brazil, err "India" now? Or are you waiting to unleash that flavor of skepticism for if Lula wins?

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OK so everyone but Trump realizes that India ≠ Brazil. But I do remember Trump bitching not only about electronic tabulating software, but also electronic balloting as being inherently unreliable and completely vulnerable to manipulation. And guess what all of Brazil's voting is? Electronic.

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Honestly, not something I ever saw Travis Kelce being involved with ... like ever.

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Nobody truly believes that U.S. reactionary fascism is unique. A cursory read of a high-school history text usually dispels that delusion. The point is that people are too busy treading choppy economic waters, and doing the bare minimum self-care that entails, to do anything *but* hand-wring.

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So, carpet bombing a country with the means to construct a nuke which *you* previously said was impossible due to previous military action, now, somehow, makes it *more* likely that Iran will use nukes and that's somehow worth the higher gas prices ad infinitum? Fucking carousel logic with the GOP.

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Remember Susan Boyle? It's Sus anal bum party, err, Susan Album Party (susanalbumparty) all over again. Only with, pope repellant? I think.

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I don't think he's wrong about saying that ethics reform is important. I do think that if something has a high risk of dying in the Senate is the reason not to pursue impeachment, then the same rationale applies to ethics reform.

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It's weird because I feel like Ossoff tossed the media a slow pitch on Natalie Harp, and they bunted it while calling it a grand slam.

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OK, so, where's the actual discourse about that? I'm sure it exists somewhere in the media ecosystem, but it seems to be taking a back seat to the more salacious speculations on the nature of the Trump/Harp relationship.

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I'm not hate watching it at this point. There's enough there to keep me barely curious as to what unfolds between our two star-crossed fuckbuddies. But if things don't turn around quick, this will turn into a hate-watch. Real quick.

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Not counting family members, we meet 2, maybe 3, other hockey players who have fairly anodyne interactions with Ilya and Shane. Oh, and then there's Ilya's girlfriend/beard/fiancée and it's like they set-up the audience for the whole "bi now, gay later" trope. Which, 🤮.

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I *think* they're going for a love-at-first-sight angle with Ilya and Shane, but I'm not buying it. And if you're going for the internalized homophobia as a hinderance to true love route, you've got start with the externals. You got the parents' contribution but not the league's, not the teammates'.

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But, I feel there are some clear pacing issues. The protagonists' entire first hockey season is in the first episode. ?!?! The story goes hard on the sex but then pulls back at Rosanov's and Hollander's relationships with their respective families and how that plays out in their tryst.

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So, I'm finally got through the first episode of Heated Rivalry. (I've noped out 10x) So far, I'm not liking it. I don't think it's particularly groundbreaking to explore the landscape of homophobia in sports interspliced with very hot men in graphic sex scenes. Which, to be fair, are pretty hot.

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SCOTUS size has changed at multiple points in history, so I fail to see it as a means of intimidation, at least from an originalist position. That said, if he does retire, or something else happens, I expect the Dems to stall the nomination for his replacement. Turnabout is fair play.

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