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David Wengrow with a fascinating article on why the historical narrative around #empire as the natural state of #human affairs is total #bullshit. And guess why? Without spoiling it for you, let’s just say it’s another airborne v droplet issue. aeon.co/essays/an-archeological-revolution-tran...
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So help me get this straight … #Bitcoin or #Cryptocurrency is: 1. A #PonziScheme 2. Horribly environmentally destructive 3. Horribly energy intensive, and 4. Now we learn it’ll destroy your health and sanity. Does that about capture it? Excuse me for punching you in the throat if we’re ever in the... show more
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After all the noise, at the end of the day the #SCOTUS #immunity decision amounts to this: Which political party is willing to exercise the power the court just handed the #ExecutiveBranch? Which party is willing to furthest push the “outer-bounds” of official acts? Or, a better question: Which... show more
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The entire philosophy of “individual rights” suffers from #affluenza.
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Whatever happened to the “midlife crisis”? It was all the rage for a while. Don’t hear much about it these days.
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Quelle surprise! The ChatGPT folks lied about the bar exam performance. From the abstract: "Fourth, when examining only those who passed the exam (i.e. licensed or license-pending attorneys), GPT-4’s performance is estimated to drop to 48th percentile overall, and 15th percentile on essays.... show more
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Science finally catching up with what I've been raving about for years. From the article: "At $190 a ton, the utility industry averaged damages more than twice its profits. Materials manufacturing, energy and transportation industries all had average damages that exceeded their profits." There... show more
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This might be a controversial toot, but here goes. The U.S. implicitly endorsing the mass civilian bloodshed #Israel is inflicting on #Palestine only allows #putin to point to western hypocrisy when #russia endeavors to inflict similar levels of civilian bloodshed on #ukraine As in,... show more