DO NOT FLY TO HAWAII, we are in a fight to survive as an indigenous Hawaiian people and every single hotel or rental space displaces us. https://t.co/YP4cwccw8i
Happening now in Hicksville, NY:
A #FreePalestine protest gathering, with about 200 people so far. It’s being countered by a “pro-Israel and pro-America” gathering with an SUV covered in far-right feverdream messaging and a guy in a skull mask popular with…neo-Nazis.
Meanwhile, in France, about a hundred weapon-bearing fascists are patrolling the streets of Lyon, screaming racist chants.
To say that these images are scary as fuck is a big understatement.
The doomers think if you concede there's a non-zero chance of species annihilation from AI, then that crowds out every other concern, but I think they've massively underestimated the likelihood and severity of perpetual runaway state power or ecological/infrastructural collapse.
The downsides of state regulation when it comes to AI are in terms of even further locking in social power structures to the point where the thin hope of eventually overthrowing them becomes even more unlikely. And a world of perpetual absolute power functionally = extinction.
So please unpack this scene. A bunch of white people carrying Israeli flags during the 'march against antisemitism' in London scream antisemitic slurs at a group of Jewish people with Palestinian flags. Police in between watching peacefully...
Eyes on Rojava - The turkish army is once again aggressively carrying out airstrikes across Rojava.
- Airstrike on Rmelan in Qamishlo Countryside (Facility)
- Airstrike near Tirbesiye (vehicle)
- Airstrike near Tal Maruf/Maroof (vehicle)
Will try to keep you updated
It's also a social thing. Even if you were to acquire wealth accidentally and slowly hemorrhage it away, the power dynamic completely warps your interpersonal relationships with those that don't have it, and bubbling off with those who do have it creates a vast disconnect.
🔴Activistas están realizando una acción de protesta en la estación de Puerta del Sol de Madrid "en apoyo a Palestina y denunciando el genocidio que está cometiendo el Estado colonial de Israel"
This is Stuart Seldowitz, who served as Deputy Director/Senior Political Officer in the US State Department's Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs from 1999 to 2003. Sinister level of threats & racial & Islamophobic abuse.
BREAKING: South Africa’s parliament votes (248 vs 91) to close the Israeli embassy in South Africa, send the Israeli ambassador home, and suspend diplomatic relations with Israel.
Targeting a fucking weapons manufacturer is not antisemitism Senator! Do not conflate the two!! Stop diluting the meaning of this important term at a time of rising fascism, Nazism, and actual danger to Jews!
His fundraiser is almost at goal!!!
https://t.co/oGaSUz7cK7
The US government has taken so much from him and his family. A 10-year sentence for throwing a Molotov cocktail which is laughable in comparison to the cab right sentences. We want to help him Begin again 🖤