Nobody seems to understand this but I cannot stress enough that a judge told Anthropic that training their AI models didn't constitute copyright violation as long as they 'transferred' the text instead of 'copying' it, legally necessitating the destruction of the books
The Israeli lobby spent $30 million to beat me, but America won because an entire generation is now aware of their corrosive influence on our government. Every elected Republican in Congress is bought, captured, or intimidated by them to some degree. I am the last who is not.
Yes, the $7,320/week figure is reasonably accurate on a gold basis.
July 1971 federal min wage: $1.60/hr = $64/week (40 hrs).
Official gold price: $35/oz.
That wage bought ~1.83 oz of gold per week.
At ~$4,000/oz today: 1.83 × $4,000 = $7,320.
Using gold as the constant shows the dollar's loss of purchasing power since the end of Bretton Woods. Actual mid-1971 market gold was slightly higher (~$40), which would push the equivalent a bit lower, but $35 is the standard reference for these comparisons and the number holds up closely.
Here's something I would love to see enacted:
For every spam call I receive, my phone provider must refund me $0.25.
If this was made into some kinda law, I bet those fckers would figure out how to block that sh*t right quick.
🚨 BREAKING:
Colombian President Gustavo Petro to Trump:
"Instead of arresting the President of Venezuela over oil, you should have arrested Netanyahu, the genocide leader wanted by the International Criminal Court."
The purchasing power of $100 since the Federal Reserve was created:
1913: $100.00
1923: $57.89
1933: $76.15
1943: $57.23
1953: $37.08
1963: $32.35
1973: $22.30
1983: $9.94
1993: $6.85
2003: $5.38
2013: $4.25
2026: $2.99
The U.S. dollar has lost 97% of its purchasing power.
In a sane world, automation would pave the way for true abundance and even a post-scarcity society, where humanity could truly flourish.
But in our world, all it does is create unemployment, widen the wealth gap, and pave the way for a police-state.
Ngl its super scary that society as a whole isn’t this upset that our elected officials are deadass protecting rich pedophiles. In any other timeline heads would be rolling.
Hey @realDonaldTrump, just a few questions for ya… what ever happened to:
��Doge Dividend Checks
•Tariff Rebate Checks
•Slashing Energy Prices
•10% APR on Credit Cards
•1000% Cheaper Meds
•$2 Gas
•The Epstein Files
•Cheaper Groceries
•Ending Wars in 24 hours
•The “Privately Funded” Ballroom
•Lower Interest Rates
•That Great Healthcare Plan
Israel said no?
18 months. $5 trillion fucking dollars in 18 months. And we still don't have healthcare. And they gutted education. And food assistance. And food safety, and clean air, and clean water. And cut 300k federal jobs. Where the actual fuck is that new spending actually going?
I’ll soon be sponsoring a bill to withhold federal money from municipalities and police departments that deploy Flock (and other style) cameras to surveil law abiding citizens.