lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 2hYes. It is not even close. The actual events would get laughed out as absurdly non realistic if you were to write them in a story. We have to have a society that rejects BS. I hope we can make a beginning in just under a month. 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 2hOr you can copy what tons of other countries do. Were rated #30 in quality of life. The reason we don't is because America is rigged against Americans by the Republican party. Trump talks about enemies. Right now his party is certainly acting like one. www.usnews.com/news/best-co...usnews.com 030
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 2hOne of the reasons I absolutely loath the f***wits in power in this regime is you can do so much better than this. I may not think the pros outweigh the cons with AI, but you take a reasonable set of experts, AI, models, etc, and you can design policies that best supports normal people easily... 130
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 7hOh look, more Republican lawmakers violating their sworn oath to uphold the constitution... It also violates basic human decency and probably endangers her life. As usual the party of moral values has none. 050
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 7hThis isn't mere cowardice. Most of them will never worry a day in their life about having food to eat or basic necessities. This is avarice. They don't rock the boat that may prevent them from getting lucrative jobs later. In short, they are failing to honor their sworn oaths. 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 7hRow v Wade was settled law for a long time, but the right wing worked tirelessly to overturn it. If we want our constitution to survive we need to work even harder to to save it. The evil of the right wing propaganda machine took a long time to build. The fight is only beginning. 020
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 11hSadly, even if you removed all bugs, which on modern code bases is really hard, you still have occasional hardware glitches, plus, well, software companies want you to buy the next new thing not spend time polishing. What I miss is simplicity... A television I could turn on, and it just be "on". 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 22hWe could just say take the top ten quality of life countries in the world, then design one based on that... Hell AI could probably create one based on it in an evening. It would have a bunch of bugs, but still be 1000% better than now. Trump hasn't come up with a plan because those cost money. 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 23hThe things we are out of are mostly interceptors and precision weapons. 140
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 23hThere is a prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Perhaps that applies. 040
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Perhaps they have a Nobel Peace of S*** Prize. 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is notable for the future. Red states might not be as impenetrable as advertised, particularly if we don't let our messaging stop between elections. 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There is such a thing as duty to country. A voter has duty to become correctly informed and vote in the country's best long term interest. A politician has a duty to do the same. The press has a duty to report relevant factual information. So many continue to fail and betray our country.... 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I do think we need to bring a fair amount back, though a lot of it will end up done by robots and AI. One example is things like masks for disease outbreaks, but you can extend it to anything you can't live without or don't have two reliable sources of and we made a lot of allies mad... 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'm still waiting on the Ted Cruz style rant to his face... 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Trump has probably increased the odds of a nuclear war in our lifetime by no less than 10%. 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The Russian people need to take back their country from the psychopath that they put in charge. 0180
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Changing Star Trek to be MAGA themed would be one of the more creative ways to set money on fire. 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's not that you're wrong. It's just that we often lose elections by small numbers due to all the propaganda. 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I disagree, but only to a point. The problem is once a multinational corporation or an oligarch owns the news it's hard to undo that. So they are worth saving if you could figure out a path, but it's probably easier and far cheaper to start over. 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The existence of billionaires able to influence our politics with unlimited money and resources is incompatible with democracy. The supreme court knew all this when they opened the floodgates to all this money. Anyone with half the intellect of those judges knew. 032
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026That's what I think. First might remain profitable for awhile, but cheap will catch up. Cheap always catches up when there is enough demand. 030
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I wonder if anyone asked her if she knew which arm of government was supposed to deal with tariffs... 21514
Reposted by @lerris.bsky.sociallerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhIe...youtube.comDaisy L.A.YouTube video by The Lincoln Project 101
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhIe...youtube.comDaisy L.A.YouTube video by The Lincoln Project 101
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We need targeted ads to anyone we can identify as a traditional Republican who would be horrified by an American president suggesting the destruction of a major American city would be a good thing. 100
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It was obvious at the beginning the kind of Government Trump would create. One of his first actions was firing all the inspectors general, just to make sure corruption could thrive. This is just the counterpart to make it easier to corrupt the election. We must be vigilant. 080
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Okay, what I was referring to was how dirty the emissions were. 100
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm going probably the second day of early voting. 020
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I think this is correct. People hate Trump far more than love democrats. www.youtube.com/watch?v=53IY...youtube.comIt’s Not A Blue Wave… Voters Just REALLY Don’t Like Trump & The GOP | Super Tuesdays PoliticsYouTube video by Chris Cillizza 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is where I see the bubble. They are promising too much as if there can be only one winner. It's trained computer program. Everyone with the research budget and hardware is going to reach the same point, sooner or later. 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I just don't see why we can't pause some of this data center construction madness. There seems plenty of AI resources out there already. I guess they are so desperate to improve it the most to "win" the race, but this seems insane. The winner is going to remain the winner for what days or months? 100
Reposted by @lerris.bsky.socialWinthropGurl 🏳️🌈 💙 @21kelly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This sums it up perfectly 021
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Even if it did occur, it would be 1.3T of borrowed money, which would cause the interest rate the government pays for bonds to increase because it is an exceptionally stupid thing to do. I'm guessing it would be double that before it is paid... 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Agreed. Republicans seem more allied with the Axis of Evil than against it these days, while setting up Canada as an enemy. There are no principles left in the party. It just seems to be about power and control. If someone voted R for principles, then D is your only option right now. 011
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I could wish it wasn't. So much needs broken up. A corporation is an artificial construct meant to benefit the rest of us. When they do the opposite, they have to be broken up. Their rights must end when they infringe on the normal functioning of democracy itself. 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I purchased a used diesel generator for emergencies and fixed some minor things. It has electric start. It starts easily, you have fewer fears of gas going bad, but you're definitely right about the stink. I figure it will get used about once every two years, if that. 110
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Amazon has been doing this for awhile, and they are very big into metrics. It's not just now. 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'd argue the problem is diesel and Trump. For these shorter trips electric is a clear winner. Now long haul it a more complicated story as is heavy equipment, including farm equipment. 100
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Put another way, Amazon is unlikely to have bought so many electric vehicles because they want to save the planet... 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Well Google's AI estimated all in costs in Australia (to get around the tariffs), of about $0.13/mile, so assuming 10 mi/gal for Fed Ex diesel trucks and $5/gallon diesel so that's compared to $0.50/mile for diesel. Those are all in costs over 20 years including solar/batteries. 110
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026True, though he accelerated the downfall, but he was able to do it because of the fertile ground. The elected Republican members of congress are very definitely complicit. 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Everyone please vote D for the Senate. I know the odds of making an impeachment actually remove Trump is minimal, but we have to try. Regardless the more Senators we have in 2029 the better, and ideally we need to remove federal judges that have supported all this insanity. 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026You're right. We have to fix the SC. We have to break up media companies. We need accurate news somehow. (I still don't think pure propaganda deserves free speech protections.) We can fix the problems if we stop letting the lies lead us to ruin. 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ2L...youtube.comGOP JesusYouTube video by Friend Dog Studios 010
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I think to be a Christian nation we would have to reliably elect people that are honest, decent human beings that are really trying to help our country. Maybe we can become that. I don't think we are now. 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Republicans are excellent at finding ways to convince people to vote against their best interests. That is, however, very expensive. Without the massive investment in the lies and the apparatus that supports all the lies, people might learn the truth, and then where would we be? 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm uncertain. It should matter. It should be a five alarm fire. It should result in an impeachment and removal before the election. The party of moral values has destroyed so much of the morals of the nation. 111
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Well unanimous for any democrat. I'm just not sure there is enough decency left in the elected members of the Republican party in Washington to do the right thing on much of anything. 000
lerris.bsky.social @lerris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is of course the same guy who is proposing giving people $5k. Of course that is not socialism. That is just flat out bribery that he should be doing time for. 010
