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2/...and if a political group is convinced their ideas are sound, then they should be able to convince a majority this is so. If not, then they should be as prepared for collaboration and compromise as everyone else...
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Pat Johnston 🇨🇦
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Pat Johnston 🇨🇦
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...recovering from metaphysical shell-shock, one lucid moment at a time... #GoodTwitter
Christina Lake, BC Katılım Aralık 2012
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@Provokethoughtz ...accurate, tho with point 2 I would argue the greatest innovation capitalism ever came up with was Bernay's sly use of his uncle's psychodynamic psychology to create the modern version of propaganda and it's polished turd of a cousin, popular advertising...
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Reductio ad absurdum is a terrible form of argument. Imagine if all arguments were reductio ad absurdums
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LLMs are so good at natural language processing that they talk convincingly enough to fool humans into believing that they can do more than natural language processing.
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@EZE3D ...another one to consider:
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@DrBrianBilalK @BladeoftheS ...you're not thinking it thru - AI CEOs will have AI executives, AI lawyers, AI accountants, AI operations managers, etc to do ALL of that. Corps already gained a foothold in 'personhood' status in business law, so extending full agency to their AI execs is not a big stretch...
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It's frustrating seeing people pretend every week topics like these don't exist. If you can think of more please don't hesitate to add. I also understand AI can have many scientific, accessibility & medical benefits & am always open to hearing the positive points as well.
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The AI bubble & data center issue is at peak stress. They have invested far too much into AI to let public opinion put that at risk. They will do anything to flip the narrative, create a real "luddite" boogeyman & sweep real criticism under the rug.
List of criticisms below.
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...yes agreed, very inciteful and helpful article. Though he maybe should've used Nietzsche's ressentiment at the end, for accuracy.
Also, Premier Palpatine now seems an apt sobriquet...
Ken Boessenkool@KenBoessenkool
This is the most important, most brilliant, and most well written thing you could read today. If you’re an Albertan, or a Canadian, and read nothing else, fine. Just read this. Goodness me. Every word. readtheline.ca/p/clarke-ries-…
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The next time a dipshit MAGA calls you a “communist,” reply to them with this photo.
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@sarobertson_ Just ask yourself, why was Daniele Smith pushing to remover Alberta from Canada Pension Plan & why she wanted to remove the RCMP and replace with an Alberta Police Force. She was working on a separate Alberta from day one.
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...I support this stance. But you know who else is indiscriminately bombing their neighbours?
Mark Carney@MarkJCarney
Yesterday, Russia launched one of its largest drone and missile attacks on Ukraine in four years. Canada unequivocally condemns these indiscriminate attacks. I express my deepest condolences to those injured and everyone mourning their loved ones. Canada stands with Ukraine as it defends itself against this unconscionable aggression and we will work with allies to sustain pressure on Russia to bring this conflict to an end.
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A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table.
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This is what local accountability looks like:
In Festus, Missouri, a town of about 14,000 people, the city council quietly approved a $6 billion Ai data center to be built on 360 acres just north of Highway 67.
Residents say they were never properly heard. Meetings were held in private. Documents were released too late. A week after the approval, the town held a regular election. Voter turnout jumped 129 percent.
Every single council member who had voted yes lost in a landslide. A 70-year-old first-time candidate beat an 8-year incumbent by 40 percentage points.
Now a recall petition is circulating to remove the mayor as well. The lawsuit against the city is already filed.
Has your local government ever been held accountable like this? 🔥
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@jmbprime ...why is the provincial government spending public funds to defend a private citizen's initiative to break up the country? Unless - is separation now official policy of that government?
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Premier Danielle Smith said 'We think this decision is incorrect in law and anti-democratic ...' regarding a judge's decision on invalidaring the separation refrendum. This is something I would expect to hear from President Trump not a Canadian Premier.
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...when it comes to Trump & Putin, does it really need to be said that you can't trust either one of them??
Yaroslav Trofimov@yarotrof
Ukraine allows Putin’s May 9 parade to go ahead after Trump’s intervention and a promise to exchange 1,000 Ukrainian POWs. No prisoners have been freed, and Putin after his parade unleashed one of the biggest missile and drone barrages of the war. Here is a Kyiv high-rise where dozens were killed and injured last night, including children, and many more still remain under the rubble.
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@dmacpher ...man, smdh at this part tho:
"Lawyers for the province defended the process and pushed for the separatist petition to play out."
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Judge says “take a couple of extra weeks to dot your i’s and cross your t’s”….
Oh the horror!
Bryan Breguet@Prominent_Bryan
Judge says democracy can't happen globalnews.ca/news/11848163/…
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@pati_marins64 ...my guess is they think these sorts of posts are bad faith provocations meant to incite negative responses from foreign leaders, to which MAGA can then deflect the growing ire of their gullible base. So unless they're in the explicit crosshairs of it, they're ignoring them...
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It’s not the White House post itself that’s alarming, but the silence of the world.
Not a single word from Kaja Kallas, Ursula, or any European or world leader.
Imagine if any other country had posted something like that on its official account. What strange times we’re living in!
There’s a segment of remoras who won’t say anything, but what about the rest of the world? Are they staying quiet out of fear? Or because they view the current U.S. administration as completely unhinged?
Whichever way you look at it, this is an extremely serious matter.
The White House@WhiteHouse
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@QueenMab87 ...fake a full time effort so that we can wallow all day on the sidelines of life in shameless & distracting self-indulgence (...until we look up and are suprised to find we've lost our jobs to them outright?)
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I’ve never quite understood how I’ll get “left behind” if I don’t use AI. I’m perfectly capable of writing, researching, and thinking all on my own. What does it do that will leave me behind?
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@MakataHenry @astou_jolie ...uh, no - everyone had a right to withhold their address for privacy reasons, and just show last name and number in the phone book...
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@astou_jolie Imagine explaining to Gen Z that everyone’s address was publicly delivered to your house.
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It’s actually insane that people used to casually receive a giant book with everyone’s home address and phone number in it. 😭
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@astou_jolie ...we entered an age some time ago where this scene has to be explained to youngsters...
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@sarobertson_ ...very much a matter of gaining authority and mandate to govern in good faith that was clearly set under false pretences...
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Jen Gerson on Alberta separation referendum: "You can't just take over a party with a minority position, use that political power to change the law to create a petition that then forces a succession effort — no jurisdiction in the free world would accept that process. That's insane."
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