Posts by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
(DIR) Post #AavyNSZfPgdyKObBxo by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-10-19T15:08:43Z
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SpaceX successfully buffaloed federal agencies to permit a launch which failed to use standard technology in place since before Apollo, resulting in giant chunks of concrete being thrown thousands of feet into wetlands.Now the agencies are sort-of doing their jobs, so SpaceX is really mad and claiming there's a 'red tape' problem.https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/10/18/spacex-battles-regulatory-process-that-could-hold-up-starship-test-flight-for-months/
(DIR) Post #AbCATlc4i7Zk9JcJqy by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-10-27T11:38:57Z
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I totally want to move my financial life over to the website that promotes Nazis and where every single post of mine gets instant auto-spam replies. https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/23934216/x-twitter-bank-elon-musk-2024
(DIR) Post #AbWwh7rSQ7Ex5oo9k8 by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-11-06T12:49:51Z
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Hey Americans, feeling politically powerless? You have an election tomorrow. Fascists are targeting those boring state and local positions and using them for everything from abortion restrictions to book bans to criminalizing trans healthcare. It's up to you to stop them.
(DIR) Post #Abq4YNfi0yVUnLLcG0 by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-11-15T18:24:48Z
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Iran now has >20x as much enriched uranium than it did when Trump cancelled the JCPOA. This outcome is 100% Trump's fault, and the whole Republican party loudly cheered him along as he did it, too, and still believe he was right to help Iran expand its nuclear capabilities in exchange for nothing.https://www.barrons.com/news/iran-s-enriched-uranium-stockpile-over-22-times-limit-of-2015-deal-iaea-3eda5caa
(DIR) Post #Ac4AEEpIVlqZVY3ASe by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-11-22T12:16:51Z
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Nothing says "this company's purpose is to defend the status quo and reinforce existing economic power disparities" like putting Larry Summers on your board.https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altman-return-openai-ceo-2023-11-22/
(DIR) Post #Ac9ATONmEg03HPCfAW by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-11-24T19:44:26Z
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Find someone who loves you as much as conservatives love downplaying the Nazis.
(DIR) Post #AcCe4l4ALE6SUX50Bk by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-11-26T15:07:15Z
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1) Saying "I won't vote for you if you _____" is one of the few tools voters have to influence incumbents. It's often not true anyway.2) If you spent the 2020 Dem primary saying you'd never vote for Sanders or Warren, you don't get to lecture people about using this tactic.
(DIR) Post #AcEgxToykPkH9u7Jsu by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-11-27T13:44:32Z
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Conservative men have made themselves unfuckable with their abhorrent views, but somehow this is a problem liberal women should solve by lowering their standards.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/22/marriage-polarization-dating-trump/
(DIR) Post #AcROXMriiKX5w8HGU4 by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-12-03T15:41:06Z
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Everyone in this article has a penis and most of them are just moneymen so I have fixed the title for NYTimes.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/technology/whos-who-modern-artificial-intelligence-movement.html
(DIR) Post #AcaFgSPFE5uTA668Rc by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-12-07T14:11:43Z
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Note to journalists: retail companies never said anything like this on investor calls because they'd get sued by shareholders for securities fraud. It was all a PR stunt. Don't listen to the lobbyists, look at the disclosures to investors.https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/us-retail-lobbyists-retract-key-claim-organized-retail-crime-2023-12-06/
(DIR) Post #Aco8KxPtGphHVBdkC8 by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-12-14T14:07:37Z
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If you've ever complained about people getting too much in food stamps and now you're complaining about the cost of food, the Ghosts of Christmas will come to your bed and stab you.
(DIR) Post #Acq52KAvdHcqWlIm7k by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-12-15T11:44:18Z
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You can say Substack should host Nazis, but don't pretend there's some "free speech" principle to it. Substack has a strict ban on pornography. Welcoming Nazis while banning sex workers isn't a principled stand, it's a choice, an expression that you like the former and dislike the latter.
(DIR) Post #Ad09eNi0FEWDVqJiHg by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2023-12-20T13:01:13Z
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This is why billionaires hate unions. "Tesla hikes wages 10% at Nevada factory as United Auto Workers push to unionize"https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/19/tesla-hikes-wages-at-nevada-gigafactory/
(DIR) Post #AdRZeolEprHMy6DLc0 by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2024-01-02T15:29:27Z
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I was a teenager in the 90s. I did not realize I am a relic of an ancient, long-forgotten past.
(DIR) Post #AdViiEshqwrj4HFlh2 by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2024-01-04T15:22:41Z
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One cool thing is how, within 6 months of Trump becoming President, DC & Maryland sued because he was obviously breaching the Constitution and then the federal courts sandbagged the case for four years then dismissed it as moot when he left office.House Oversight Dems just reported, based on *partial* records, Trump accepted at least $7.8 million in foreign government payments while President.https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2024-01-04.COA%20DEMS%20-%20Mazars%20Report.pdf
(DIR) Post #AhUOwGzSeC36G0fwtE by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2024-04-03T18:00:30Z
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So the way the IDF chose targets was (1) an AI spat out tens of thousands of names of potential Hamas members; (2) those people's homes were made bombing targets; (3) no one bothered to review any of it or even see if the person was home; (4) the potential for civilian casualties didn't matter.https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/
(DIR) Post #AhqhEDHbWLEjdZQAPA by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2024-05-13T11:47:11Z
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I'm sorry, but if you call yourself a "moderate" or "conservative" while also advocating for "major changes" or to "tear down the system," then you're not any of those things, you're just an angry reactionary dimwit who doesn't even know what words mean.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/politics/biden-trump-battleground-poll.html
(DIR) Post #Ai6eJgiWK0Jb2YHxOi by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2024-05-19T16:24:06Z
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Marco Rubio is, of course, a spineless toady and an AIPAC favorite. The only reason Netanyahu would prevent him from meeting the directors of Mossad & Shin Bet is if he felt what they had to say would compel even a spineless toady to action. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-2cf638e6-57b9-4c86-8655-6123ca00ba58.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1
(DIR) Post #AiGWOglMipl2Zt5mca by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2024-05-21T01:20:36Z
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Trump and Musk get all the attention for "worst legal client ever," but may I direct your attention to Sam Altman.https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1252495087/openai-pulls-ai-voice-that-was-compared-to-scarlett-johansson-in-the-movie-her
(DIR) Post #AjN1T3EhZhKvLSVL16 by maxkennerly@mstdn.social
2024-06-27T14:54:22Z
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Pretty cool how we have a robust right to jury trial if you're some lawbreaking hedge fund or corporation trying to delay agency action, but if you try to sue one of them, there's an endless gantlet of federal statutes and procedural rules designed to throw your case out before you get to a jury.https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-regulatory-agencies-sec-36f16444b1d4fc52985fdb68896362bb