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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 1h

I don't agree with their assessments on the AGI threat (I also oppose mandatory online ID since it's really about porn), but I'm glad that people are opposing the development of data-centers on both sides: Great work!

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#AI #AIPorn #DataCenter #DataCenters #Porn #SamAltman

Voters TURN On Data Centers As Sam Altman ROLLS OUT AI P0RN

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 6h

Given Trump's authortarian tendencies and the fact that he's ultimately doing this for self-preservation (remember, he'd have gone to prison if he hadn't been elected): This must be taken as a credible threat.

#Bannon #HeWontLeave #SelfPreservation #Trump #TrumpForPrison

Steve Bannon SHOCKS ALL & Says The Quiet Part Loud | The Kyle Kulinski Show

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 6h

Is this for real, or some generic fear-mongering by Trump to justify his authoritarian policies at home? Could this be the basis of a false-flag narrative?

I'd like to hear your opinions on the matter

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#Cartel #DrugCartel #Drone/#Drones #UAV/#UCAV #Ukraine

Mexican and Colombian Cartels Sending Members to Ukraine To Learn To Operate Attack Drones, Changing Drug War Tactics Forever | The Gateway Pundit | by Paul Serran

It’s a clear and present danger to the US.

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 6h

Apparently Deloitte submitted a $440,000 government report to the Australian government which was riddled with faulty citations.

Could you imagine if this escaped detection? Could you imagine if something like this ended up before our Supreme Court?

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#AI #AISlop #Deloitte #Ethics #SCOTUS

Deloitte caught out using AI in $440,000 report | 7.30

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 1d

I could imagine if there was any kind of False Flag that Trump might try to carry out would be orchestrating, inflamming, or orhcestrating violent incidents to justify invoking the Insurrection Act and aggressively crackind down.

#Trump #FalseFlag #InsurrectioAct #NationalGuard #NoRiots

zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 2d

That's that's pretty cool: If the right get to co-opt a drawing Pepe the Frog as their mascot, we should be able too!

Plus, Matt Furie who created Pepe the Frog wanted to take back the image and make it one of peace, love, and acceptance

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 2d

Effectively, Trump is trying to make a case for invoking the Insurrection act and he's apparently trying to arrange the cards to get it by poking and proding people until they respond in the deisred way.

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#FullFash #ICE #InsurrectionAct #NationalGuard #NoRiots #Trump

'The whole point': DC insider warns Trump about to 'unleash the final step in his plan'

Robert Reich, a former Secretary of Labor and a professor of public policy, is sounding the alarm — warning that President Donald Trump plans to invoke the Insurrection Act, and detailing the steps he...

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 4d

This one sounded really nuts but it's actually legit.

"Scientists from Western Michigan University are pushing a plan to supposedly ‘fight climate change’ that involves deliberately spreading a dangerous tick-borne disease that can trigger a lifelong fatal allergy to red meat.”

#WTF #AGS

Forced Meat Allergies: An Unethical 'Thought Experiment' from the Bowels of Bioethics

It may sound like an Alex Jones fever dream, but there are real academics proposing to deliberately infect people with a tick-borne meat allergy to mitigate the effects of climate change. It sounds wi...

www.acsh.org

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 4d

While I'm grateful Trump hasn't: I'm honestly amazed we haven't seen him figure out a way to justify violence against the protesters to this point.

I think he will eventually figure out a way to do so, and I wonder if anything can be done about it that's legal (morality is negotiable if it works).

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 4d

... every member of the GOP would be buried under the jail and about half the DNC probably would as well.

Further, employing Trump's tactics against his followers would be a useful strategy since they obviously work, the key here would be to simply flip the script for a greaer good.

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 4d

... sticking it to the man by pointing out that he's owned by the man.

It's not untrue, as he was bailed out by Wilbur Ross who worked for N.M. Rothschild & Sons following the collapse of the Taj Mahal Casino in the early 1990's, and if it were illegal to use dog-whistles, virtually... (cont'd)

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 4d

...I obviously don't like that, but I am curious if it's ever okay to use a dog-whistle to counteract right-wing groups? For example,. if you told Trump's supporters that he's owned by the Rothschilds, that could greatly undermine support for him since it negates his claims he's... (cont'd)

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 4d

... which I'd imagine would not only endanger marginalized communities, but also set in motion a state where people could be disconnected at whim (after all, if an ID can be given, it can be taken away)

The second one is almost certainly meant to be a dog-whistle, and... (cont'd)

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 4d

Well, the first nations listed are honestly more likely to be used to make this as a national security issue which is more dangerous as it can justify repressive legislation such as The SCREEN Act (S.737 & HR.1623) which requires mandatory ID for online internet access... (cont'd)

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

"Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty..." Joseph Goebbels

zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, but that's why Trump loves the uneducated...

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

Probably

zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

Given the argument that we're in an "A.I. Arms Race" with China is nonsense (as evidenced by China's imposition of guard-rails on AI): This seems more about helping his cronies out.

Are there any environmentalist groups able/willing to oppose this?

#Climate #Datacenter #EarthJustice

Trump Sacrifices Alaska Wilderness to Help AI Companies

Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”

theintercept.com

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

Calling out hypocrisy is a very powerful thing: Look how many GOP politicians ran on anti-gay agendas were brought down by being exposed as being gay?

I don't know how many people would have even been bothered by the person merely being exposed as gay to be honest if they didn't trash gay people.

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

@democracydocket.com / @marcelias.bsky.social are there any groups that can oppose this while the shutdown is currently in effect?

zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

Ironic for a gay guy to be forcing evangelicalism on others: Doesn't the old testament command death upon gay people?

Disclaimer: I do not support harm to people who are LGBT+, I'm merely pointing out the absurdity and hypocrisy of his outlook

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

I think it's important that people in the US & the UK who are opposed this start working together and form coalitions.

We also may be able to cover each other's blind-spots and help each other out.

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#DigitalID #KeirStarmer #MandatoryID #OnlineID #SCREENAct #Starmer #Trump

Why You Should Be Worried About Digital ID - Silkie Carlo

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zipper730.bsky.social @zipper730.bsky.social · 5d

This is a very valid question: Keep reposting this.

#Antifa #Comey #FuckTrump #LetitiaJames #MartialLaw #NationalGuard #NSPM7 #Terrorism #TrumpsPedoFiles

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 5d

Letitia James and James Comey have the best lawyers on earth and will almost certainly be fine. The fact that there’s a zillion stories about them and virtually none about NSPM-7 - which affects countless ordinary people - really says something about who the media writes for