Sean Whalen

The problem is that virtually everyone thinks of themselves as independent. We like to sling around cliches such as “politicians were bought out” but that’s rarely the case. It’s all about the epistemic bubble that they trap themselves in and that’s very hard to draw a clear picture. The people you work with everyday, the people who meet with you, the people you “trust” and text all day on the side are who ultimately determine your views the vast majority of the time. And if you’re in a position of power, you don’t realize there are countless billions behind manipulating exactly that ecosystem you live in.

BREAKING: Kim Jong-un has won North Korea's parliamentary elections with 99.93% of the vote.

Ok. So if I’m going to share this journey you get the cringe failures too. Not at all what I was imagining. But hey, I learned how to put tape on for a border so all is not lost!! And I like these colors. I need to get some reference photos! I know it’s terrible. But I’ll learn. And I learned one more thing than I knew yesterday. So that’s a win! And when topping up watercolor trays, make sure to use the color you used before. More stuff to come. Be gentle. Please.

If a friend says they don't like black and white films, which one would you pick to show them what they're missing?

I want to thank legislators for working together to deliver for Oregonians. While Trump continues to fling chaos and confusion at states, Oregon leaders stayed focused on protecting essential services, expanding housing, and taking steps to keep Oregon’s economy competitive.

Play a single video game for a year 12 hours a day to get $10 Million. What game are you playing? 🤔 🎮 🕹️

Remember walking for miles in lousy weather selling these door to door so you could go on a class trip?

🚨BREAKING: OPENAI STARGATE IS DEAD OpenAI has abandoned ambitious plan to build data centers, now just RENTING from Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon >be OpenAI >January 2025 >stand next to the President of the United States >announce "THE STARGATE PROJECT" >$500 billion AI infrastructure initiative >Trump calls it "the largest AI infrastructure project in history" >Elon musk says they don't even have the money lmao >Altman says he does >SoftBank has "financial responsibility" >fast forward >Altman commits $1.3 TRILLION in infrastructure deals >March 2026 >the team physically building data centers quit OAI >OpenAI abandons plan to build own data centers lol >"actually we're just gonna RENT compute we don't own lmao" >from $1.3 trillion revised down to $665 billion >the entire infrastructure team reorganized >"Stargate" no longer means building data centers >they kept the name though for PR LOL LMAO EVEN

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