#US based. Old liberal. Closet full of tinfoil hats. #radicalleft #WokeAF #AntiFascist I follow people that demonstrate #compassion #insight #intelligence and may post about #Music #Jazz #RockMusic #Science #Culture #Humor #CivilSociety or anything else that piques my interest.
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Last Notes npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty #Fascism and #Fascists use the same tools & #playbook every time. Great example. #nevent1q…lq6n npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…x9q9 @nprofile…hagm #AI is designed to deliver a 'plausible looking' response. Thats the thing. Making up 'plausible' stuff that is completely wrong is perfectly within scope. #AI is a 'plausible response' generator. Its not a search engine. Details like 2+2 ALWAYS =4 are not even really a thing, per se. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…cy5p This is possibly the best thing I have ever read about successful cooperative human interactions broadly... This has a lovely specificity around "Jenga" ( ..and flirting..) But it is positively brilliant. Really. Every 7th grader should see this. And... for the neurodivergent this could be life changing. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…l70y and again ... thank you @nprofile…l70y for these threads.. I feel like you are doing work that will be a resource for the #Tribunals that follow.. ...in my fantasy future at least. but seriously, I dont see anyone doing what you are doing here.. collecting, amalgamating, recording... Cheers.. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty Release the #EpsteinFiles #nevent1q…c8pv npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…tkx6 #AI #LLMs #Radon #AISlop is #SecondHandSmoke all over again. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…l70y What I have NOT read much about is the actual couple that got married in the middle of all of that. I am old and crabby, but that was pretty cool. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…vqu4 @nprofile…ylm9 Not a 'gun guy' here, but I do have some old hunting rifles, ammo, etc. This has me feeling like I need to upgrade. Significantly. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…ylm9 @nprofile…vqu4 I almost think that this what some of the brighter folks (Miller, Vance?) in the #Fascist #TrumpRegime are hoping for. Seems like its only a matter of time until we see these #idiots kick in the wrong door - and a well-armed occupant takes out a few of them. t\The resulting carnage would be all they need to invoke the #InsurrectionAct. Full scale military deployment of US troops to "quell the violent uprising". AKA - Full on #Fascist #Totalitarianism npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…l70y This is a terrific article. Completely nails the #MAGA hatred of women that drives these #Hateful #Idiots npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…ugpy This makes me feel really old. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…7nes Well 'Ocsday' is obviously a misspelling of 'OrcsDay'..... any #AI generated #Hobbit would spot that in a heartbeat.. /s #AISlop npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…n7x3 I have arrived at a moment in life, Where I am surrounded by s*** I thought I needed at some point for some reason... Now it is a burden. Getting rid of certain things is actually quite a bit of work. I will say I don't have the Spendy things some people accumulate... But certainly as you move from middle years to senior years my advice is to practice austerity... npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…998y "...very stupid, or in on the game....: npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…ynwr #Billionaires should be #taxed out of existence.. And the weird thing is they would still be super rich - AND - dumping all that tax money back into the economy would generate even more revenue for the super wealthy that own all the s*** we rely on... It would juice the economy like a 2 or 3% fed rate cut.. Then they would be taxed again... more money dumped into the economy, they get rich again... It is a virtuous cycle. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…lc00 Absolutely, 100% spot on. Somehow, they miss the WHOLE point. Sci-Fi - for me at least - IMHO only - is a platform for exploring the age old questions: Why am I here? What is humanity? WHY is humanity? What is love, faith, compassion. etc.? What is the point? Who are we? Why do we think that? You know - Philosophy 101 - but packaged in new and interesting settings that combine 'strange new worlds' with the same old problems of racism, zenophobia, war, etc.. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty The FBI Released Bigfoot’s Official File https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a69529680/fbi-bigfoot-file-released/ because... The #Epstein #Files #epsteinFiles npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…ltgr "...It then puffed itself up, did a shit on the verandah and flew off...." Heheh... npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty Release the #epstein files #epsteinFiles https://newrepublic.com/post/202813/department-justice-admits-republicans-epstein-files-worse-donald-trump npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty RE: #SpeakerJohnson is a dumbass: https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/115/345/589/144/381/249/original/ce3e227a1adb9c58.png npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…aq7u @nprofile…r5mx We probably will never know, but given the - now almost forgotten - legal trouble Netanyahu was in prior to 10/7, it is hard not to imagine that he may have had some hand in the 10/7 attack. Give the superior intel of the IDF, the missing IDF forces, the slow response, etc. Either way - Netanyahu has earned his place in history alongside Hitler, Stalin, & Pol Pot. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…eqw3 #Fascism runs on #ignorance and #magicalThinking The upside- if there is one - might be that science doesn't stop just because the #Fascist #Theofascist #Oligarchy defunds it. They tried/convicted Galileo for heresy - and he lived out his life under house arrest- but the earth is still orbiting the sun, not the other way around.. But wow, it sure is depressing to face retiring into the dark ages instead of the enlightenment... npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty This seems like an important warning message: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic #AI #labor #Jobs #technology #Careers npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…k0zs Well, the distro that supports the broadcom Wi-Fi card in a 2000 something Intel MacPro, Is Linux-Lite. Works just great... So now I have a quad-core Linux machine in a big aluminum box. https://www.linuxliteos.com/ npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…taps @nprofile…u0jq @nprofile…uapz #Vaccines https://www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/immunizations/Pages/Vaccination-Protects-Against-These-Diseases.aspx npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…jhfw Thank you. I am reminded that the #Nazis sent a guy to the US south to learn about Jim Crow laws & and how to 'legally' repress and dehumanize citizens. They used those ideas to start their own 'legal' genocide. We taught the Nazis how to do that shit. Don't think for one fucking second that these evil 21st century #Fascists won't do everything they say they will. So yes, good on you for recording the fall of #democracy in the #US It needs to be done. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @nprofile…r5mx @nprofile…jd85 Apparently about 50% of 'us' are really very very stupid. Recent electoral evidence supports this statement. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @npub1lzz…jhl3 @npub157k…ukkd Indeed. I find your threads very informative.. Please know your work is valued. 👍 npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty Okay - this is pretty smart. https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/112/974/373/041/982/745/original/275b017ef5e8b3f9.png npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @npub1tps…9rmt Nailed it. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @npub19fc…ay3c #RightToRepair npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty If US democracy persists beyond the 2024 presidential election cycle, congress MUST #ExpandTheCourt #SCOTUS should be much larger. The case for 27 seats is rational, but it should certainly be larger than nine. https://time.com/5338689/supreme-court-packing/ npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @npub1r7e…mre3 The #GunNuts continue to pour gasoline on the inferno of #gunviolence in the US. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @npub1lzz…jhl3 It weird when these hateful antisemitic statements are 'supported' with biblical references... npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty Most liberals see voting as a hiring decision - a mostly rational decision based on credentials, experience, and qualifications. The religious fundamentalist sees it as their duty in the on-going religious war. Christian conservatives are well-organized, well-financed, diligent, and relentless. They are also thoroughly conditioned to do as they are told, not ask questions, and fear opinions contrary to those of their leaders. As a result they make decisions based on ideology not reason. npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @npub1v2s…mqq5 Rhetorical question: Why are #republicans and #TheoFascists in general, so obsessed with sex and what other people do with the most private aspects of their lives? Personal opinion: #Religion has no place in public policy and civil society. #Religion = #Superstition = #magicalThinking = #Nonesense npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @npub1lzz…jhl3 #WhiteChristianNationalism is a #Rascist #Cult based on #TheoFascism #fear and #magicalThinking npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @npub1tps…9rmt These all sound perfectly normal - to me.. HA! npub1nexq09qfsezcchsnlds7ca5lxwq5z5hanke6c95xwu5hlh7t7e9qjnew3a oldguycrusty @npub1hd2…zm0u I loved that show.