George Jetson

Political stuff & my private opinions.

[George Jetson @seattle2070]

@Google what is wrong with you?

[Eric Idle @EricIdle]

Bye Google Maps! Not buy google maps…

[Pod Save America @PodSaveAmerica]

These videos are going to ruin our lives.

[Kai Lentit (e/xcel) @KaiLentit]

Send this to your best EU employees when they're back mid-September.

[Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @SenatorWarnock]

63 years ago today, Georgia’s greatest son, Dr. King, gave his I Have A Dream speech at the March on Washington.

Dr. King’s legacy, vision, and his dream lives on. It is up to us to continue the fight for justice and the beloved community he dreamed of.

[Missellie @Missellie19]

Canada’s trade war anthem

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Happy 35th anniversary to Ukraine, a country I first visited when it was still part of the Soviet Union. In a single generation Ukraine has transformed itself into a symbol of bravery, resilience and independence. Ukrainians should be proud.

[George Jetson @seattle2070]

@Robert_E_Kelly If he were randomly stupid, wouldn’t he more frequently do things that don’t support Russian interests?

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The world does not need an artificial intelligence that diminishes humanity; rather, it needs human intelligence enlightened by wisdom, political authority guided by conscience and technological innovation directed by charity. Only then will artificial intelligence become not a rival to humanity but a servant of the common good.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

After winning the Teacher of the Year award at a conference in TX, UMD Professor Kibret was detained by ICE at the airport.

3 weeks later he’s still in custody.

He’s not the “worst of the worst” & detaining him isn’t making our communities safer. He should be released, now.
https://t.co/B4blMbNq2x

[Deb Haaland @DebHaalandNM]

Today we recognize and celebrate the legacy of the heroic Navajo Code Talkers. 

Their courage, bravery, and intelligence helped our country defeat the Nazis and defend our freedom. Their service is one of the highest acts of patriotism, and their legacy will never be forgotten.

[George Jetson @seattle2070]

@Mimiiben1 63

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

On the evening of April 04, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was headed to Indianapolis for a scheduled speech when he learned that MLK had been killed. Kennedy now had the job of breaking the terrible news to 2,500 supporters. The speech he gave that night, improvised, is believed to have prevented mass rioting in the city. In it he spoke for the first time publicly about his brother’s death five years before, and then quoted, from memory, these words from “Agamemnon,” by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus:

“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom by the awful grace of God.”

It’s difficult to imagine a politician, or indeed any public figure, speaking with such intelligence and decorum today.

[Emilia Cypher @Cypher_Ai1]

A guy worked as an Apple Store Genius for 5 years. He repaired over 10,000 iPhones. He taught over 15,000 customers how to use them.

He said the same thing happened every single day: a customer would hand him a $1,200 iPhone, and he'd realize they were using it like a $200 phone from 2014.

"The iPhone has a built-in document scanner, a password manager, a sign language interpreter, a live translation system that works in real-time conversations, a sound recognition engine that alerts deaf users when a doorbell rings or a baby cries, a satellite emergency system that works with zero cell signal, a car crash detector, a text extraction tool that reads words from any photo, a background noise canceler for phone calls, and a health monitoring system that tracks everything from walking steadiness to hearing levels. Most people use it for texts, calls, Instagram, and a camera. That's a $1,200 computer running 5 apps."

He said Apple adds 50–100 new features with every major iOS update and never tells you about most of them. They're buried in Settings, hidden behind gestures, or tucked inside apps you've never opened.

"Apple builds the most powerful consumer device on earth. Then they ship it with a 2-minute setup wizard and hope you figure the rest out yourself. You won't. Nobody does."

Here are the 11 things he showed every customer:

[George Jetson @seattle2070]

@SenBillCassidy It’s hard to take you seriously when you roll over on all the hard choices.

[Daniel Pink @DanielPink]

This 20-minute exercise from Stanford could change your life.

It's called the Odyssey Plan.

Here's how it works — and why you should try it tonight.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

It is permissible in English for a preposition to be what you end a sentence with.

The idea that it should be avoided came from writers who were trying to align the language with Latin, but there is no reason to suggest ending a sentence with a preposition is wrong.

[George Jetson @seattle2070]

@HaleyforMI Thank you! That’s exactly the kind of statement we need right now.

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

The rules of the game have changed. Because of you, Michigan. We cannot be bought.

Onto November.

[George Jetson @seattle2070]

@JohnCornyn @DeanBaker13 Thank you, Senator.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

It’s that time of year again: here are some of the books I’ve enjoyed this summer. If you’ve read any good ones, let me know!