I think I mentioned this in the context of Gaza, but its worth repeating in the context of this article.
Genocides often emerge out of failed attempts at ethnic cleansing. Ethnic cleansing often emerges out of failed attempts to forcefully assimilate various problematic identities into some ethnocratic or theocratic monoculture. And of course the economic and territorial components gain momentum as things progress.
IANAHistorian, just a reader. And I'm pretty sure this isn't as consistent a historical trajectory as some of them are. But I wouldn't be surprised if it's the common case for genocides.
Anyway...
If the worst of this is going to be headed off, it will have to be headed off in a thousand places all over the country.
There will be no "centralized" resistance until and unless lots of localized resistances are operating. But it is a matter of life and death, so it does need to happen.
As Trump angers MAGA personalities by vowing to suspend deportations of farmworkers, a journalist who covers ICE explains how he accidentally revealed the deep unpopularity and unworkability of his own agenda.
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Kate Conger (Tech Reporter, NY Times): "Grok now has dozens of tweets referring to itself as "MechaHitler" and is saying Elon Musk built the chatbot this way "from the start""
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goosed stats or thinking #threads fixes our social media woes? I'm all for everybody on X moving to threads, it would be an improvement. one less hellscape to be concerned about and the new hellscape at least kinda almost maybe federates a little. they just can't stop there.
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#altText4you Tweet by JD Vance (@JDVance), 9/4/21: Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring? and then that guy died mysteriously in jail? And now we just don't talk about it.
Authors Note-The Wade Turnbull I attributed to the Twitter posts was incorrectly identified as an individual with the same name. The Wade Turnbull quoted-who I did not speak with prior to this publication-is the owner of the website Cargo Collective.
It's been less than a week since Donald Trump signed his big ugly megabill into law, and already Democrats are making Republicans pay for screwing over their own voters. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p…
Good. Because I'm tired of the Dems bailing them out and then in 4 years everyone is like, "see that wasn't as bad as those mean old snowflake Dems wanted you to believe" and then everyone forgets the attacks on everything it means to be American and act like GOP isn't a basket of deplorables, again.
Will the democrats be able to make their positions on the Right's most vilified topics, such as Immigrants' rights, health care, and LGBTQ rights palatable to an angry Republican electorate that only knows Fox News' propaganda? Yes, these people are angry at MAGA's theft, but it may not be enough for them to accept evil demon-crats.
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Climate change could pose a threat to the technology industry as copper production is vulnerable to drought, while demand may grow to outstrip supply anyway.
According to a report out today from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), copper mines require a steady water supply to function, and many are situated in places around the world that face a growing risk of severe drought due to shifts in climate.
Copper is almost ubiquitous in IT hardware because of its excellent electrical conductivity, from the tracks on circuit boards to cabling and even the interconnects on microchips. PwC's report focuses just on chips, and claims that nearly a third (32 percent) of global semiconductor production will be reliant on copper supplies that are at risk from climate disruption by 2035.
If something is not done to rein in climate change, like drastically cutting greenhouse gas emissions, then the share of copper supply at risk rises to 58 percent by 2050, PwC claims. As this seems increasingly unlikely, it advises both copper exporters and semiconductor buyers to adapt their supply chains and practices if they are to ride out the risk.
If a "follower-only" toot asks a question, how do you answer?
Reply at "follower-only", and most others who also interact with the original toot will not see that reply. This creates an overall awkward experience. Dupes+stuff.
With the usual "public but not advertised" distribution, you publicize at least the existence of the original toot. This is unfriendly to the original poster.
Maybe people shouldn't ask questions in "followers only" toots to begin with?
Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to democracy. But the far bigger menace is the monstrous growth in wealth concentration over five decades that made a Trump presidency possible—and maybe inevitable. Here’s how we let it happen.
Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters” X removed many harmful Grok posts but not before they reached tens of thousands. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
I feel that not too long ago, this would have been a bigger story. Are we just so desensitized to everything now that a Nazi chatbot doesn't even register as news anymore?
so this must be last straw that broke the proverbial camels back right, like all media & corporations & democratic governments - including ars & its parent will now leave twitter right.. Right?
The replies to this post are an absolutely insane collection of all the garbage the insane people left on his hellhole of a platform like to believe. Holocaust denial, dangerous lies about various minorities, life-threatening pseudomedicine, and lots of overt racism of course.
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