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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 3h

Agreed, existing isn't activism. Idk how familiar you are with Niger, but being out wasn't acceptable even before the latest coup. This criminalizes any form of social advocacy & locks out foreign human rights orgs that might create change.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 3h

Exactly. This is about criminalizing any form of activism.

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frankenstein friday @frankensteinfriday.bsky.social · 4h

one million people saying “how would they enforce this?!?!!” it is about forcing queer people into hiding and fomenting violence against them. same as any other queerphobic law. come on

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 3h

It's almost like drug research & finding proofs for math equations are not the same thing!

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 4h

It makes even the most discreet activism & organising illegal. It also likely gets used as a threat to turn members of other groups opposed to the Tiani regime into informants.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 4h

In cancer treatment, a major obstacle is any treatment capable of killing off the cancer beats the hell out of the rest of a human body. Drugs that can be given at higher doses to kill cancer cells, while causing less damage to healthy cells would be a big deal, but not the magic cure Tao posits,

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 4h

What seems more plausible, is an AI that can speed up the process of finding more candidates for trials by finding chemical structures that are similar the drugs we currently know about, but are more effective or have fewer side effects.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 4h

All drugs should go through a robust trial process before being widely available, but we don't always know about all the side effects even with the best regulatory systems. The example is almost certainly wrong about the idea that a drug "discovered by AI" is the product of some sort of black box.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 4h

The Greens may reverse the policy because members are going to leave if they don't. Kaion clearly wants this policy to stay. I wonder where they think the 7 million Jews in Israel should go? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Zack Polanski signals Green party overhaul after row over Zionism vote

Rapid growth means structures need to change and give leaders greater control, Polanski says in Guardian article

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe it gets rolled back, since a lot of members are threatening to quit. I'm fine with arms embargoes & sanctions to bring Israel to negotiations, but Europeans & Americans should not be dictating what a peaceful solution look like.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 4h

The person you replied to blocked me because I do not tell lies. If they agree with the Greens, they should be honest about it. Maybe it gets rolled back, since a lot of the party is ready to quit over it. greenparty.org.uk/2026/10/04/g...

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 4h

The Greens declared a single Palestinian state is the only acceptable solution. They cite Thawabit & a 1947 proposal from Arab states as their idea of what that single state should look like. Both documents call for removing Jews whose ancestors arrived as "zionists". bsky.app/profile/soma...

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 9h

I think some people still don't realize the rapid development of covid vaccines was more about putting absolutely massive resources into speedrunning the trial process, not skipping any steps.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, there are a lot of steps you need to get past before even starting Phase 3 trials. The bottleneck is as much funding the trials process & signing up participants as finding promising new formulations.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 9h

I hope you're not saying people should be forced to take the new drug because it's seemingly more effective, but that's how it's coming across. That's the kind of attitude that makes people hate AI.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 9h

I don't think you or I should dictate what course of treatment cancer patients must take beyond a robust FDA process. I'm not arguing for a ban of AI created drugs, though I'm skeptical a cure for cancer is imminent.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 11h

Nothing. Making the expulsion of millions of Jews from Israel your party's policy is.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 12h

Just gotta find another genie to put your taste buds back to normal.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 12h

It is asking how much we should trust something created through a process we don't fully understand. He tipped the scales with a prompt that didn't include "no major side effects", but even with that, how much should we trust AI work nobody understands?

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 12h

Passing Phase 3 isn't a guarantee of a drug without unknown side effects & this is where we know exactly what the drug is supposed to be doing. I'll keep an eye out for how many doctors say they'd prescribe this hypothetical cure other than as a last resort. www.cbsnews.com/news/deaths-...

cbsnews.com

Deaths Spur Cholesterol Drug Recall

Thirty-One Deaths In U.S. Led To Government Order

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 12h

+33 R district with the same candidates in 2024

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 13h

I understand you can become a campaign consultant making a nice 6 figure income, sometimes even a fixture on the cable teevee political roundtables.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 13h

Malört. Also, after you drink it everything tastes like Malört, except for Malört, which inexplicably tastes like the best pie you've ever had.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 13h

The cancer cure thing is a poor metaphor, but oth... would you drink a potion that a genie promises will cure cancer, but no doctor can explain how it works or what it does?

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 13h

That was one slide from a presentation about OpenAI bragging about solving hundreds of open math problems. Generating proofs no one understands is of questionable utility. Whole presentation here: teorth.github.io/tao-web/slid...

teorth.github.io

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 14h

Tao's example is fails more because no company is going to bring this drug to market, unless they at least understand it well enough to have a sense of the risk of long term side effects.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 14h

If I had cancer, I would need to think long & hard about taking this drug cocktail. Drugs are routinely recalled after passing stage 3 trials because even when we know how they work, we haven't figured out all the side effects. This is basically a potion provided by a genie.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 14h

I looked up Tao & came across this, which is less baitworthy, but better stated. Having AI provide solutions we don't understand erodes our ability to identify & understand problems. mathandai.org

We are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, with misalignment between the outcome of the use of AI and its initial purpose. In many fields and activities, years of training have traditionally served not only to produce a final answer or product, but also to develop understanding and the ability to formulate new questions and ideas. However, building on a vast body of previous human work, AI systems are becoming increasingly capable of producing the results of such work directly, and these goals cease to align.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 19h

Sure, I just wonder if they realize their sign actually marks Hussein bin Ali's 1916 gambit to supplant Mehmet V as an Arab Caliph ruling modern day Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula as the start of their "resistance".

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 20h

I'd say Mehmed V, but most of the guys who went on to found Palestinian nationalism fought for the Ottomans until 1918. Whoever made the sign really needs to read some books.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 22h

Based on the quality of cover versions as well as Thompson's version: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning This one is a cool artifact of early YouTube. I think Thompson originally uploaded it & thankfully, someone saved it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKT...

youtube.com

Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

YouTube video by tomhksina

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 23h

He should've acted like a duck.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A side note, but do the people carrying the "78+ YEARS OF RESISTANCE" want a Palestinian Hashemite Kingdom or something?

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I assume the 78 *+* years of resistance refers to the 1916 Arab Revolt against the Ottomans, which is funny because most of the guys who went on to become leaders of the Palestinian resistance against the Brits fought for the Ottomans.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Is that thing in the middle from the H.P. Lovecraft pumpkin farm?

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I know people are Team Goose, but that cat was just curious. Tigers in the wild don't generally hunt birds because there's not enough meat compared to the effort required, but if that tiger was actually hungry, that goose was a goner.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Democrats are the only elected party that's taken any action to end the death penalty & I'd argue the electeds are somewhat in front of the voting base on this. 51% of the base still at least somewhat support the death penalty!

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

A majority of people still think the death penalty is (at least in theory) just & necessary. What seems to separate Democrats from Republicans is skepticism over the State's ability to use it fairly, & I suspect humanely after the botched execution of Pike.

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Democrats are also more progressive on immigration than pretty much all their European counterparts today. American progressives should enthusiastically embrace these facts and embrace having one of the world’s leading parties on social justice and equality.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Gotcha. I've seen more than a few posts claiming "the IDF trains US cops", which has some factual basis, but not generally in the way those folks believe.✌️

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Pat was a true believer in preserving a "white Christian America", but a lot of it was pushed by grifters & politicians who saw it as expedient. It exploded when Obama was elected, but GWB campaigned on a "humane approach" to border crossers. www.nytimes.com/2000/06/27/u...

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

In 1987, the repub party line was still mostly pro-immigration. Idk if I'd call it a "vacuum" as much as Buchanan, Limbaugh & a cohort of well funded voices demonizing immigrants as the cause of wage stagnation & economic precariousness, rather than their benefactors work to destroy labor rights.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The FBI has hired Krav Maga instructors, but Patel probably didn't like the emphasis on using awareness & de-escalation to avoid the need for violence.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Are car guys calling this a "crossover"?

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Brings new meaning to the "crossover" car term.

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Let's see who gets this the way I meant it, lol. NO, I'm not explaining.😂

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

2027 Nobel Peace Vibes Prize to Barack Hussein Obama.

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