José Ramón Calvo

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[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: A US official says a third wave of strikes on Iran is currently being carried out. The comments were reported by US media, which cited the official as saying the new round of attacks is now underway.

🔴 More on https://t.co/5H0QqpfIYw

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: A water company director in Iran’s southern city of Sirik says a US missile strike targeted local water infrastructure.

Iranian state media reported damage to water facilities in the area following the attack.

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[José Ramón Calvo @Corbu000]

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[Jacobin @jacobin]

In the buildup to the World Cup, the US government has imposed entry bans and arbitrary border stops on participating countries and their fans.

If Iraqi or Iranian players can’t enter unharassed, the US shouldn’t be allowed to host the World Cup. https://t.co/jMfqTdJyvn

[Gwen Obradorista 🇲🇽❤️ @LichaWonderland]

Todavía ni empieza y ya sucedió todo esto en territorio estadounidense y en menos de 24 horas ⚽⚽⚽⚽
RT💥💥💥

[José Ramón Calvo @Corbu000]

Aforismos que escribí para la #CasaAmsterdam de Teodoro González de León. Publicados en la revista #Parentesis de @aasiain #TGL100 https://t.co/uLqn01q0qk

[José Ramón Calvo @Corbu000]

Hace 30 años escribí este ensayo que sirivió de base para la exposición #EnsamblajesyExcavaciones que mostró por primera vez la vinculación del trabajo de pintura con la arquitectura de Teodoro González de León en el @museotamayo https://t.co/gsdVYZxD92

[José Ramón Calvo @Corbu000]

Sorprendido y triste por la muerte de #MarjaneSatrapi con apenas 56 años. #Persepolis es, sin duda, un libro que marcó al mundo y a mi generación. Triste noticia

[Contexto @Context000]

#CineDebate en torno a 2001: Odisea del espacio la obra maestra de Stanley Kubrick que explora la evolución de la humanidad, el descubrimiento de inteligencia extraterrestre y la relación entre el ser humano y la tecnología @Fedemast @oswaldo__zavala

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Powerful words by 102 years old philosopher Edgar Morin, one of France's most revered intellectual figures, as well as a Jewish WW2 resistant who fought as a lieutenant in De Gaulle's France combattante.
https://t.co/SJXMywTXb5
Here are his words on Gaza: "I am both astonished and outraged by the fact that those who represent the descendants of a people who were persecuted for centuries for religious or racial reasons... That the descendants of this people who are today the decision-makers of the State of Israel, that they could not only colonize an entire people, partly drive them out of their land and seek to expel them for good... But also, after the massacre of October 7, engaged in a real massive slaughter on the populations of Gaza and continue, incessantly, hitting civilians, women, and children.

And to see the silence of the world, the silence of the United States, protectors of Israel, the silence of the Arab states, the silence of the European states who claim to be defenders of culture, humanity, human rights.

I think we are living through a horrible tragedy because we are also powerless in the face of this thing that is unleashing. At least, I say: bear witness! The only thing that remains if we cannot resist concretely is to testify. Let's resist in our minds, let's not be fooled, let's not forget, let's have the courage to face things head-on."

[Contexto @Context000]

#CineDebate en torno a #GhostInTheShell una profunda meditación filosófica sobre nuestra alma. Y también una distopía en la que los recuerdos pueden ser hackeados, los cuerpos reemplazados y la conciencia perderse en un infinito mar de datos @Fedemast @oswaldo__zavala

[José Ramón Calvo @Corbu000]

"Say what you want about Bill Clinton, but at least, when his staff blowed him, he didn´t make us watch" @jimmykimmel 😁

[Federico Bonasso @fede_bonasso]

“¡Qué!, ¿en México no existe más el ejercicio de la libre calumnia? ¿ya no se puede montar una campaña de desprestigio contra alguien sin que ese alguien se sienta aludido? ¿Qué clase de país tenemos donde se critica a quienes han ejercido el sesgo mediático descarado y la censura misma? Cómo se les ocurre señalarnos a nosotros, si nosotros fuimos los que le dijimos a la ciudadanía, en medio de la pandemia, que ya no lo vieran y no le hicieran caso al subsecretario de salud? Resulta ofensivo que la presidenta interfiera con nuestro derecho golpista a destrozar la deliberación democrática. ¿Cómo se le ocurre a una jefa de estado frenar un intento de desestabilización política? ¿En qué país vivimos que ya no se puede mentir libremente?, ¿qué, ya no se puede insultar a la presidenta, llamarla delincuente todos los días, usar fake news y relatos dictados por Steve Bannon o Agustín Laje o Jorge Castañeda, o pedir abiertamente la intervención de Estados Unidos, sin que la misma presidenta oponga resistencia? ¿Cómo se llama a un régimen donde se cuestiona que uno ejerza libremente la traición a la patria y el autoritarismo propio?: narcocastrodictadura, por supuesto. Urge recuperar la democracia. Cuando los presidentes no opinaban".

[Papa León XIV @Pontifex_es]

Un orden social justo en la era digital es aquel que garantiza a todos un acceso igualitario a las oportunidades, protege a los más pequeños y a los más frágiles, se opone al odio y a la desinformación, y somete a control público el uso de los datos y de las tecnologías, de modo que el criterio no sea sólo el beneficio sino la dignidad de cada persona y el bien de los pueblos.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

I feel like I'm eating crazy pills when I read the countless bad takes around how the Vatican would have virtually anointed Anthropic.

When if you read the Pope's encyclical it's actually a COMPLETE repudiation of everything Anthropic - and U.S. AI generally - stands for.

Read this part of the encyclical for instance (paragraph 110: https://t.co/LR5R22vQWj):

"Finally, I would like to employ the expression 'to disarm,' which is close to my heart. Disarming AI means freeing it from the mentality of 'armed' competition, which today is not limited simply to the military context, but is also an economic and cognitive phenomenon. This entails a race for ever more powerful algorithms and larger datasets, driven by the desire to secure geopolitical or commercial dominance. To disarm means discrediting the assumption that technical power automatically confers the right to govern. To disarm does not mean rejecting technology, but preventing it from dominating humanity. It means freeing technology from monopolistic control and opening it to discussion and debate, therefore making it human-friendly and restoring it to the plurality of human cultures and ways of life."

In a nutshell what the Pope is saying is:

1) The "AI race" mentality itself is the disease: there is no "winning it responsibly", we need to stop seeing AI as a way "to secure geopolitical or commercial dominance"

2) Technical dominance and being the most powerful does not give you the right to set the rules

3) AI must be "freed from monopolistic control", opened to scrutiny, and "restored to the plurality of human cultures"

Now compared and contrast it with what Anthropic is officially saying - namely Dario Amodei in his famous essay "Machines of Loving Grace" (https://t.co/R02pmoOU3M):

1) Where the Pope says stop the AI race. Dario says win it: "A coalition of democracies [should seek] to gain a clear advantage on powerful AI by securing its supply chain, scaling quickly, and blocking or delaying adversaries' access to key resources like chips and semiconductor equipment."

2) Where the Pope says technical power doesn't confer the right to govern. Dario says it does: "This coalition would on one hand use AI to achieve robust military superiority (the stick) while at the same time offering to distribute the benefits of powerful AI (the carrot) to a wider and wider group of countries in exchange for supporting the coalition's strategy."

3) Where the Pope says free AI from monopolistic control and restore it to the plurality of human cultures. Dario says concentrate it and use it to impose one model: "If we can do all this, we will have a world in which democracies lead on the world stage and have the economic and military strength to avoid being undermined, conquered, or sabotaged by autocracies, and may be able to parlay their AI superiority into a durable advantage. This could optimistically lead to an 'eternal 1991.'"

These aren't cherry-picked gotchas. This is the central thesis of Dario's essay.

And Anthropic keeps repeating this over and over. On May 14, just days ago, Anthropic published a 5,000-word policy essay titled "2028: Two scenarios for global AI leadership" (https://t.co/gsah6SzrVq) urging the US to "lock in a 12-24 month lead" over China by blocking chips, cutting off model access, and ensuring that "democracies, not authoritarian regimes" control AI. They warn that "a lead in frontier AI will enable a widening lead across the full national security technology stack" and urge America not to "squander our advantage."

This is, almost word for word, everything the Pope is condemning in his encyclical.

I'll grant Anthropic one thing: they have an excellent PR team. Turning what's an obvious repudiation into a perceived endorsement is pretty masterful.

But it doesn't mean you have to fall for it...

[Luis Gantus @gantusluis]

Que le va a preocupar la educación de los mexicanos al tal Mario Delgado, mientras su hijo estudie en una escuela privada y bastante neoliberal ¡que se ch1ngu3n los chamacos ajenos!

[Para Leer en Libertad @BRIGADACULTURAL]

Presentación de “El arte de Pepo” el creador de #Condorito de Pedro Maino en el 2do Festival del libro de aventuras en el @cenart

[José Ramón Calvo @Corbu000]

Nos vemos mañana en el @cenartmx para la presentación del tomo 5 de la imprescindible colección de “Tesoros de la historieta Mexicana” curada por mi carnal @gantusluis

[David Adler @davidrkadler]

Hello 👋 Many friends have asked me about the significance about this Supreme Court ruling on Cuba 🇨🇺.

“Why,” they ask, “would a US court ruling matter for a foreign country – with its own laws, and its own institutions?”

The answer is simple — if you follow Marco Rubio’s imperial logic to its conclusion.

So let’s break it down ⏬

The US is right now preparing to invade Cuba, where it hopes to reintroduce the colonial dynamic that defined the US-Cuban relationship for decades.

What does that mean in practice? It means dividing the spoils of the island between Cuban-American counter-revolutionaries & US corporations.

Beachfront property, rural farms, industrial capacity — all of it. That is the prize — and the real motivation — for Rubio’s invasion.

Why does this matter for US citizens on the other side of the border? 🧐

Because after invasion — and after six decades of punishing economic sanctions — the US plans to pummel Cuba with cash.

Sounds good, right? 🤑 Nope! I can guarantee you that this money will not go to ordinary Cubans.

And here we come back to the Supreme Court ruling.

The ruling basically means that all the “charitable” cash the US injects into the island will immediately leave again — fleeing into the hands of the ultra-wealthy domiciled abroad.

Through cases at the US Supreme Court, those “exiles” will be awarded huge payments out of Cuban coffers — only serving to impoverish further a population that has already suffered so much under US siege.

What is the lesson? 🙇‍♂️ Well, mine is that we must always read US law through the broader analytical prism of our imperial project — a project that does not provide for justice, but rather paves the way for the plunder of foreign nations close and far.

Cuba is no exception. On the contrary, after over a century of US efforts to secure colonial control of the island, Cuba is the paradigmatic case that proves the rule.

[La Jornada @lajornadaonline]

🇨🇺 Responde #Cuba a narrativa injerencista de 🇺🇸 #EU con video de Marco Rubio como marioneta

El material audiovisual, en el que un títere representa al secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, busca desmontar la hipocresía de quienes hablan de “democracia”, mientras aplican bloqueos y sanciones contra pueblos soberanos, señala Aguaje Films.

#VideosLaJornada