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Technologist, coder, interested in tech/culture intersection, pixel art, pulp art, idea films

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[Stephen Jones | @[email protected] @jones1618]

@ShawnMcCreesh I perfect portrait of the Devolution of the GOP: A deep thinking man of integrity, an empty headed actor pretending to have integrity, to a thoughtless TV show huckster hostile to integrity. Well done, MAGA! Your race to the bottom is near complete.

[Stephen Jones | @[email protected] @jones1618]

@iamkylebalmer @johnrush Exactly. He's literally saying, without a hint of self-awareness, "We can take a chainsaw to the lower rungs of ALL skill ladders. What a savings!"
It's not just callous but painfully short-sighted.

[Stephen Jones | @[email protected] @jones1618]

@ChicagoGuppie @CWBChicago What "lack of consequences?"
If you mean the "no bail" policy, it doesn't apply to violent crimes or if the judge thinks the defendant is a threat. Murder might be a red flag, ya' think?

[Andrew L. Seidel @AndrewLSeidel]

Some facts about the Ten Commandments that Louisiana really should have looked up before forcing public schools to display them in classrooms. A thread.🧵

[Stephen Jones | @[email protected] @jones1618]

Clear, direct evidence: We've allowed Vulture Capitalists to hijack American healthcare, degrade care, abuse healthcare workers and steal tax dollars to do it.

We Deserve Medicare for All, But What We Get Is Medicare for Wall Street https://t.co/gwLyLKGoX3 via @jricole

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

“Betsy DeVos said she’s pushing voucher scams to advance God’s kingdom.

But there’s nothing Christian about taking money from poor kids & giving it to rich kids on the other side of town.

These Christian Nationalist billionaires should close their wallets & open their bibles.”

[Stephen Jones | @[email protected] @jones1618]

Why no real crackdown on Price Fixing?

Companies are using "Collusion Laundering" software & judges shrug it off: "Oh, golly, if a computer is involved no wrongdoing is possible." Give me a break.

@doctorow
#PriceFixing #Antitrust #Corruption

https://t.co/QJIsCn7FmS

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

This is the BEST Biden ad I've ever seen. Repost and let's get this trending! #BidenAlwaysDelivers

[Stephen Jones | @[email protected] @jones1618]

@MAGAGurl86 @LMCScanner Not really. It's up to the judges discretion whether he is released pending trial. Before the Safe-T act he would have "gone free" if he made bail. Not much difference, honestly.

[Badd Company @BaddCompani]

"There is no right way to do the wrong thing"

pass it on!

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[David Sirota @davidsirota]

We've lost some subscribers after we put this video/podcast out. And as I say in the video, I'm fine with that.

As the founder of @LeverNews, I'm not interested in cultivating - or comforting - readers who want antisemitism or Islamophobia.

[Michael de Adder @deAdder]

Cartoon for @chronicleherald

[Diane Kay @dsdianern]

@Acyn

[Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt]

“Every prisoner at Auschwitz hit their target weight.”

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

You may have heard about the organization Moms for Liberty. It was founded in early 2021 with the initial purpose of advocating against COVID-era protections in schools, like vaccines and mask mandates.

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[Margie 🌊🌊🌊 @MargieVotes]

On January 16, 2021, four days before President Biden’s inauguration, Trump officials wiped nearly all potential fraud flags on PPP loans above $2 million dollars.

They eliminated 2.7 million flags. These flagged loans accounted for at least $189 billion dollars.

Tell me again how people buried in student debt aren’t “deserving” of debt relief assistance.

#DemVoice1 #FreshResists

[Stephen Jones | @[email protected] @jones1618]

@GCapital_LLC Your logic: Crook brags about having stolen goods, is asked to turn over stolen goods but doesn't return the one he bragged about. "I guess the state's case is weak then." Really? I'd say he's caught red-handed. If he can't produce the goods, he's a thief. If he can, he is too.

[Stephen Jones | @[email protected] @jones1618]

@stonekaiju @icreatelife The idea is that once AI is human-equivalent but machine-efficient, it will rewrite/evolve itself iteratively beyond our abilities & understanding in an accelerating feedback loop.

Once started, if its goals are not aligned w/ ours we'll be toast & it'll be impossible to stop.

[Stephen Jones | @[email protected] @jones1618]

@stonekaiju @icreatelife Not quite, I think. It's not just not being able to see over a horizon. It's knowing there is no bottom after the hill.

Analogy: The singularity is a roller coaster where not only can't we see over the peak but we can easily theorize acceleration thereafter is unbounded.