Nobody Cares: PRS

[Argent Stonecutter]

Predictions markets were cool when John Brunner had them in Shockwave Rider as "Delphi". As always, the bros have taken the wrong lesson from Science Fiction.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Tate brothers indicted in Romania for child trafficking, sexual abuse of a minor and money laundering

Tate brothers indicted in Romania for child trafficking, sex with minor, money laundering - AGERPRES

Cele mai noi ştiri interne, externe şi multimedia oferite de Agenţia Natională de Presa AGERPRES.

agerpres.ro

(the link should open the English language version of the page).

 

[Free]

US urged to consider military strikes to stop China achieving AGI first [South China Morning Post via archive.today]

The United States should start preparing for scenarios where extreme measures must be taken to stop China from achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), according to a former White House official, including state-backed espionage and military strikes on Chinese data centres.

Jacob Stokes, deputy director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Centre for a New American Security (CNAS), said at an online event on Thursday that various US agencies, including the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency, should begin assessing what intelligence they need to justify taking such actions.

“Trying to think through the particulars of that will be especially important, in part because it will help policymakers … start to work backwards based on the unique nature of the technology, in the same way that in a past era, policymakers would learn about nuclear weapons and … work backwards from the science to the policy implications,” he said.

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Another manifestation of AI psychosis, IMO.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

According to this https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20240924/117685/HHRG-118-GO00-Bio-StokesJ-20240924.pdf he

previously served in the White House on the national security staff of then-Vice President Joe Biden, where Stokes was senior advisor to the national security advisor, as well as acting special advisor to the vice president for Asia policy. He has also worked in the U.S. Congress as a professional staff member for the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, and as foreign and defense policy advisor for Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).

so I doubt his views carry much weight in Washington right now.

 

[Free]

so I doubt his views carry much weight in Washington right now.

Doesn't lessen the amount of WTFism I feel about him. Even if someone listening to him has little to no power, that's still not good.

 

[Soen Eber]

And with Klobucher running for Governor, as a citizen I need to send out paper mail, wit: ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FREAKING MIND?!!?

Good grief, we're supposed to resistant to that kind of thinking up here ...

 

[Casey Pelous]

US urged to consider military strikes to stop China achieving AGI first [South China Morning Post via archive.today]



What the fuck is wrong with these people?

Some of them have nice suits and well-shined shoes.

Other than that, pretty much everything. Every god damn thing.

 

[detrius]

According to this https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20240924/117685/HHRG-118-GO00-Bio-StokesJ-20240924.pdf he


so I doubt his views carry much weight in Washington right now.

The current administration is full of lunatics who used to be far more to the left but became fiercely loyal to Trump because he provides them with an outlet for their fringe beliefs. RFK jr. is probably the most prominent example for that type of character.

So he wouldn't be the first to switch sides.

 

[Free]

CNN (@cnn.com)

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he will attend ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, responding after former Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Mamdani's presence would offend him.

bsky.app

I could never be as tactful as he is, so I'll say for Mamdani what he won't: Fuck you, Giuliani, you aged turdweasel. You're nothing more than America's Deadbeat, an undersized and overused wifebeater long ready for the trash. Go back to your Rudia days, when you displayed the tiniest bit of panache I might have respected.

 

[Noodles]

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

They used to say "Those who can, do, and those who can't, teach."

But teacher pay has gone to shit, so now those who can't go into politics.

 

[Noodles]

CNN (@cnn.com)

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he will attend ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, responding after former Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Mamdani's presence would offend him.

bsky.app

I could never be as tactful as he is, so I'll say for Mamdani what he won't: Fuck you, Giuliani, you aged turdweasel. You're nothing more than America's Deadbeat, an undersized and overused wifebeater long ready for the trash. Go back to your Rudia days, when you displayed the tiniest bit of panache I might have respected.

Why isn't Giuliani in jail yet?

 

[Free]

Why isn't Giuliani in jail yet?

Why isn't any of the MAGA crowd? Answer: President Trump.

 

[Ellie]

Why isn't Giuliani in jail yet?

They went to arrest him at Four Seasons Total Landscaping.

 

[Free]

They went to arrest him at Four Seasons Total Landscaping.

So the police are as stupid as Rudy is? Is that possible?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

UK ministers urged to act after US flies out diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children

 

[Innula Zenovka]

How to Understand Global Politics in 20 Charts (Evernote link because paywall)

most people still go about understanding global politics the wrong way. Political junkies tend to follow the 24-hour news cycle obsessively. That’s a problem for two reasons.

First, the news—particularly in the United States—focuses on controversies above substance. What did Trump just say on Truth Social? How did the Democrats respond? What’s the latest culture war or scandal? These are questions that too often distract from gargantuan shifts in global power and behind-the-scenes machinations of shadowy political kingpins.

Second, the news is mostly an aggregation of every bad event that happened in the last twenty four hours, anywhere on Earth. But they are events, and because the news focus lies squarely on them, we lose sight of the major, gradual trends in our world that, like slow drips of water, seem insignificant on any given day, but can eventually cause a flood. Drips add up.

That’s why, when I teach global politics, I start by quizzing students—often political junkies themselves—on seemingly basic questions. How many countries have nuclear weapons and how many do they have? How many people live in extreme poverty and is that figure rising or falling? How has the child mortality rate changed over time? What proportion of rare earths minerals are controlled by China compared to the United States? Which country’s economy is larger: Italy or Russia? Which 10 countries have the largest military budgets? Has the global use of coal increased or decreased over the last 25 years? Do any countries have majority-female parliaments?

 

[Noodles]

How to Understand Global Politics in 20 Charts (Evernote link because paywall)

> More countries are moving toward dictatorship than democracy

> Women are rapidly gaining political power almost everywhere

These two right next to each other are kind of amusing.

 

[Erich Templar]

> More countries are moving toward dictatorship than democracy

> Women are rapidly gaining political power almost everywhere

These two right next to each other are kind of amusing.

I always knew them wimmin were up to no good.

 

[Noodles]

I always knew them wimmin were up to no good.