I wonder about this sometimes. I cannot think of a less sympathetic fighting force than murder robots. Anyone you deploy this against instantly becomes the good guy in the minds of any conscious observer. Just seems strange from an optics perspective
it's crazy when you see a photo for the first time and recognize that in 100 years historians are going to use it as shorthand to summarize the whole era you're living through right now.
Today marks 250 years since a small group of newspaper editors, farmers, and soldiers signed a document declaring our nation’s independence — a truth that feels self-evident now but was revolutionary then.
What a privilege us Americans have, to live in a nation that every one of its inhabitants can shape. What an honor us New Yorkers have, to look out over our city’s waters from the shores where so many Americans bravely entered their country for the first time.
Today and all days, let us remember that patriotism is not pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent — because loving our country means fighting for the best version of it.
Happy Fourth of July, New York City.
I hate how many people confuse sentience with sapience.
"Imagine if animals were sentient" They are!! Sentience is the ability to process and experience feelings, sensations, emotions and there's also a degree of awareness involved. 😭 Humans are not the only sentient species.
The Department of Energy appears to have deleted its thermostat-level recommendations to avoid people noticing that their generic recommendation was to set indoor temperatures at the same level which Zohran has asked New Yorkers to maintain during a grid-stressing heatwave.