@alexandrosM I appreciate your framing but I do think it's distinct from what Sachs is getting at. He is presenting an "objective" view of what he has heard where the judgments made are explanations, not his opinion. Your call-out fits better as an additive instead of a corrective imo
@memeticsisyphus The use case is for people who live under repressive financial regimes to transact without censorship. In countries where governments can freeze the funds of dissidents, people can still continue to participate in a local and global economy. The rest of the world is speculating
Streets in Northern Tehran were filled with affluent Iranians meeting in cafés, exercising and playing sports — a far cry from other areas that saw heavy bombardment by the US and Israel. Still, many are waiting for news of peace
@ananayarora Props to Marcus for all he’s done, but this is antiquated thinking. Models are significantly further along than they were in 2022. Even if they’re heavily subsidized, SOTA models will only get better, and costs will come down because open source models will catch up quickly.
There's a very human side of security where people are intellectualizing their emotional reaction to Mythos. The Righteous Mind by Haidt outlines this well. Anthropic set the new floor, infosec has fundamentally changed.
Wow, that's extremely rare for a U.S. treaty ally.
South Korea's president, addressing Israel: "It’s disappointing that you don’t even once reflect on the criticisms from people around the world who are suffering and struggling due to your relentless anti-human rights and anti-international law actions."
He said this after posting this yesterday (https://t.co/ZgYit8lQJW), a video of IDF soldiers throwing a young Palestinian off a rooftop and commenting that "there is no difference between this and the Japanese wartime sexual slavery issue we raise, the massacre of Jews, or wartime killings."
Israel's Foreign Ministry responded that his post was "unacceptable" but President Lee obviously - and courageously - chose to double down 👇
Also probably says a lot about where U.S.-South Korea relations are at right now.
BREAKING: Iran’s Speaker of the Parliament responds to President Trump’s statement this morning:
“Your reckless moves are dragging the United States into a living HELL for every single family, and our whole region is going to burn because you insist on following Netanyahu’s commands. The only real solution is respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ending this dangerous game,” he says.
We do not honor our fallen by getting more of our best men & women killed in the Middle East.
We honor our fallen by learning from our past & only shedding American blood in defense of our nation.
The best time to get out of a war of choice is now, before we lose more lives.
@ChiSpectator Let's not forget, this was written by the same person who was denied his ability to buy a gun because he was charged with domestic battery against his wife and has a public history of alcohol abuse
@Suntimes Describing a murder victim as "a symbol, the latest in a list of sympathetic victims — always women — who can be performatively mourned" is rich coming from someone charged with domestic battery against his wife. What a scumbag
BREAKING 🚨: NASA says Artemis II is a 'GO' with zero technical issues reported ahead of Wednesday's historic Moon launch
FOUR ASTRONAUTS WILL FLY AROUND THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1972
Liftoff set for April 1st!
@questionableway@chicagobars Someone was murdered in broad daylight right there this week. Pretending gun violence isn't a problem across the city and especially on the west side is pathetic. The residents of those neighborhoods mourn friends and family while you act righteous online. https://t.co/RfKySEc0wM
Thomas Massie just declared: “This government is under siege.”
And he exposed Susie Wiles and Pam Bondi for taking “millions of dollars from Bayer.”
“All three branches of this government are under siege by lobbyists and lawyers from a German company named Bayer.”
“They spent over $9 million lobbying … so that they don’t have to be liable for any damages their herbicide Roundup causes.”
“The Constitution guarantees people a trial if they’ve been harmed.”
“Why are we contemplating going against the Constitution?”
“The Attorney General has opined favorably for this German company in front of the Supreme Court about getting rid of any liability that they should have for any damages.”
“By the way, the President’s Chief of Staff and the President’s Attorney General worked for one of the biggest lobbying firms that’s received millions of dollars from Bayer.”
“Maybe that’s why we’ve seen an executive order that says that the production of this chemical from this German company is a national defense priority.”
“And we know why they’re doing that.”
“It’s to keep them from having any liability.”
“This is wrong.”
“We shouldn’t succumb to the lobbyists, not in the executive branch, not in the judicial branch, and certainly not here in Congress.”