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  Wow! I forgot about the whole Tylenol Murders thing, even though they were why everything has five seals you have to break or remove to get into the package nowadays. > Idaho case may be connected to the 1982 Tylenol murders, officials say. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/idaho-case-may-be-connected-to-the-1982-tylenol-murders-officials-say/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news > Once detectives identified Betkouski and began to learn...

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  I see people talking about California's Prop 40, wondering how someone who has that kind of money will be affected in any significant way by a mere 5% tax. But you see, when you are talking those kind of numbers it's not money anymore; it's power. And you don't keep power by giving up even a fraction of it. #uspol #EatTheRich

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  A local guy and I were talking and I accused him of getting all his political information from right-wing TV news. He told me he watched a variety of different news shows, including on 'liberal' networks. "Even CBS and CNN!" he said with emphasis. Oh, you sweet summer child… (FWIW? He had no idea what MSNow was.) #uspol #politics #news

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  That sound you hear is a thousand CEOs suddenly losing interest in #AI. > New AI Designed to Replace CEOs. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-ai-designed-replace-ceos > The team describes their AI system, perhaps with their tongues in their cheeks, as a “senior advisor with Harvard MBA-level knowledge.” Whether you believe that or not probably reflects how much stock you put in Harvard MBAs. NOTE: I've often claimed businesses are usually successful *despite the people...

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  I love it when a company very deliberately produces a product which is, effectively, giving the finger to another company's product. > DuckDuckGo Is Selling Anti Pervert Glasses That Contain Zero #AI, Cameras, or Even Electronics Whatsoever. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/duckduckgo-selling-anti-pervert-glasses #business #biz #privacy

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  It's so odd to me, to see many smart people re-debating and re-iterating the thinking about #AI, which I and so many others in the #SFF community worked through after Vinge published his #Singularity paper in 1993. But today they go further and take it far more literally than we ever did. I suppose this is because AI is current and immediate, while it was pie in the sky to us. But really? It remains naive speculation and we, at least, understood that. > Adopt AI or Die? https://newrepub...

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  Paul Krugman explains why, even though the Federal Reserve didn't recently raise rates to control inflation (which they should have), the Bond Market increased yields anyway. > The Bond Market Doesn’t Like Bullshit. https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-bond-market-doesnt-like-bullshit > … the 30-year Treasury rate spiked and the dollar fell slightly. In plain English, this was the equivalent of bond market traders running for the exits. And now it's FAFO time for the USA dolla...

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  🚨 🚨 #bubblewatch Red Alert! 🚨 🚨 > Investors Laying Groundwork to Profit Massively When #Economy Collapses. https://futurism.com/future-society/investors-shorting-economy > Another glowing red indicator just lit up on the control panel steering the US economy: short sellers have placed a nearly unprecedented magnitude of bets against the domestic stock market. > … the fact that a growing number of investors aren’t just exiting positions, but are actively betting against the US stock...

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  This is just disgusting. I mean, even if they did? This is not something a human being with a shred of decency would say. > Trump Claims Fallen U.S. Soldiers Voiced Support For Ongoing #Iran War. “All of them said very strongly, ‘We can’t let, cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon,’” he said while disputing polls showing growing public opposition. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-soldiers-supported-iran-war_n_6a5a446de4b0f033db1ba580 You don't stand there and try to justify their de...

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  Just a few days ago I saw a lot of inauthentic posts talking about how everyone is buying Teslas now. And if they were here on the Fedi, they were probably all over corporate #SocialMedia. Now I know why… > #Tesla Stock in Freefall After Disastrous Earnings Report. https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-stock-freefall-disastrous-earnings-report > In other words, investors are growing increasingly wary of Musk’s reinvention of his car business… #markets #EVs

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  #bubblewatch update: As they near their IPOs, #AI companies must choose between increasing prices to shore up their balance sheets or losing customers as prices approach their actual costs. It's a lose/lose situation. > OpenAI Execs Are Panicking. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-execs-panicking-price-anthropic > Put simply, the horrible economics of AI are finally starting to rear their ugly head. Astronomical capital expenditures by AI companies are starting to...

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  RE: https://rustedneuron.com/@jackwilliambell/116806512485360504 I've been thinking about this conversation for a while and … I'm convinced I'm right. You can blame #SocialMedia platforms all you like, but that's not where the blame lies. You cannot combine widespread popularity with a thin skin towards assholes. It's simple statistics: Let's say the kind of asshole who *really enjoys* being an asshole represents less than 1% of the population. (Probably higher, using...

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  When an astronaut is a magical girl otaku. > The Astronaut Who Loves #Anime. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2026-06-08/the-astronaut-who-loves-anime/.238185 Serious otaku at that. Just look at the guy's car. #space #NASA

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  They didn't get their PEPs in a row. > #Python JIT compiler project under threat after steering council says proper process wasn't followed. https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/06/08/python-jit-compiler-may-be-removed/5252079 > The Python steering council has surprised onlookers by asking for the suspension of new development on the JIT (just in time) compiler project from the main branch of the Python code repository, pending creation and acceptance of a new...

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  What? It doesn't add up? Who would have thought? > The Math on #SpaceX’s IPO Is Virtually Impossible. https://futurism.com/space/math-spacex-ipo-virtually-impossible > … as Fortune reports, it would require the company to grow and profit more spectacularly than any other venture in the history of capitalism … SpaceX would need to hit a revenue target of $1.1 trillion — almost 60 times what it made in 2025 — to become a worthy buy with an actual return for investors. #in...

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  Saw someone saying Trump's “Anti-Weaponization (slush) Fund” makes the case for reparations to Black Americans. After all, if you can claim rioters who attacked police and smeared shit on walls were 'horribly treated' and deserve reparations, then what about the descendants of slaves and those today still treated horribly by police and the justice system for their skin color? There certainly seem to be two standards here…

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  @janeishly Feeling seen here.

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  I am SO TIRED of all the stupid bullshit laws and regulations politicians come up with to 'protect children'. It's not like I think children should not be protected. Of course I do! It's more the way those politicians either cannot remember being teenagers themselves or else they are using 'protect the children' as a cloak while they reduce everyone's liberty en mass via rules teenagers will simply ignore or work around. And I know which...

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  #Washington State Parks has released their #free #summer concert series calendar. > https://parks.wa.gov/get-involved/folk-and-traditional-arts-events/concert-series Cape Disappointment Waikiki Beach Concerts (Second and fourth Saturdays, 7 p.m.) - July 11 - Duo Takinai - July 25 - No Soap, Radio - Aug. 8 - Awal Alhassan and Sohoyini Dance - Aug. 22 - The Horsenecks [contd] #music #LiveMusic #events

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  Abraham Lincoln > "As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty — to Russia, for instance, where despot...

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  When you see people claim they are 'both an extrovert and an introvert' or say, "There's no such thing as introversion or extroversion." Those people are, without exception, extroverts. Usually pretty extreme ones. The real truth is extroverts can act introverted and introverts can act extroverted. It all comes down to how long you can sustain one or the other without taking a break. #HumanCondition

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  Media Matters for the win! > My organization fought Trump’s FTC and won. Here’s how. The Trump White House used the same intimidatory tactics against much larger companies. They capitulated, but we didn’t. https://www.ms.now/opinion/media-matters-ftc-settlement-trump #uspol #news #newsmedia #journalism

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  You've probably heard how long-lasting and bulletproof Brother laser printers are, right? Well, here's another data point: I've owned an MFC 7345N for going on twenty years now, which has mostly had light use although I did print a book manuscript on it a couple of times. Up until last year it operated flawlessly, but then I started having problems with the sheet feeder and more recently it decided it was finally low on toner. [contd] #computers #stuff #LaserPrinter

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  Went to the BonsaiFest in Fedieral Way today with two of my grandkids. It's free, although you do still need to pay admission to the (larger) rhododendron garden next door. > https://pacificbonsaimuseum.org/events/bonsai-fest-2026/ Besides the usual exhibits there were bonsai club bonsais, demonstrations, and more. If you are in the #Seattle area and need something to do tomorrow (the last day) I'd recommend it. Some pics follow. Edit: It's in Federal Way, not...

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  Scammers use obviously stupid claims to weed out anyone too smart to fall for the scam, "Hello, I am a Nigerian Prince…" Politicians use dog-whistle racism to achieve something similar, only they are weeding out those with empathy for others. Their goal is to attract people open to easy manipulation through their fear and loathing of 'The Other'. Conclusion: Racism is a security hole in human consciousness. #uspol #HumanCondition

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  This quote by Henry A. Wallace, when he was Vice President of the USA in 1944 demonstrates how Populist Fascism hasn't changed one iota between it's first foray into USA politics more than eighty years ago and it's latest incarnation as Trumpism. #uspol

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  Paul Krugman says being MAGA is a #health problem. As always? He brings the charts. > MAGA Will Kill Many Americans. https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/maga-will-kill-many-americans #uspol #WTF

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  Why would anyone be surprised by this? After all, how many of the people running and investing in #crypto companies truly understood how a blockchain works? I suspect it was *far* less than half… > Marc Andreessen Mocked for Accidentally Revealing That He Seems to Have a Deep Misunderstanding of How #AI Actually Works. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/marc-andreessen-mocked-ai-works #stupid #WTF #GriftAllTheWayDown

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  If you believe a chatbot is conscious and self-aware, and you are not agitating for chatbots to have civil rights, you are either not serious or else you believe slavery is just fine, really. #AI #LLMs #HumanCondition

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  Yeah, but #AI agents don't talk back or quit because you're an asshole. > Bosses Are Blowing More Money on AI Agents Than It’d Cost Them to Just Pay Human Workers. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bosses-more-money-ai-agents-human-salary I mean, it's not just about the money. Is it? #business #biz