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Classic Santos.

Would he want President AOC’s agency heads to be able to cancel any grant at any time if one of them decided the research ‘wasn’t in the national interest’?

Yglesias putt it well - his only qualification is a demonstrated willingness to engage in abuses of power.

@Horace As does Apple stand with you, a voting shareholder.

Erin Brockovich gets involved: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/erin-brockovich-says-people-angry-165957745.html For now she's not taking side (at least not overtly). She's just advocating for more transparency and crowd-sourcing information about plans for data centers.

@Axtremus said: @jon-nyc said: Have you heard [Bernie] on this issue? Not really ... he does not strike me as someone worth listening to. when it comes to cutting edge technology. FIFY

@Horace said: @89th said: Life really does move fast, no? Hardly. Every day is a merciless succession of seconds that feel like minutes, and minutes that feel like years. Welcome to Donald Trump's America. The days drag, the years fly by.

@Axtremus said: @Mik said: He aspires to be a great president. Can you name a U.S. president who did not aspire to be a great president? “Aspiring to be a great president” is not a point of distinction, but rather a common trait, even a de facto prerequisite, for the office. Are you just blithely implying that Trump has America's best interest at heart? The rest of your tribe may draw and quarter you for that. Don't say it on Bluesky.

I was just reading the Homes part of the weekend Financial Times and feel compelled to share this: [image: 1780330183939-20260531_174325-resized.jpg] p/w 🤯

God, to not interfere; and no human completely.

@Andrea-B said: Some douchewagon on Twitter Well that certainly narrows it down

https://x.com/mikelevin/status/2060875703373967576?s=46

It was predictable. And not too scary. And my favorite shows these are ones that wrap up after the first season and don’t make you think too hard. With all the stressful shit going on IRL lately, I absolutely cannot deal with cliffhanger drama in the shows I watch to escape that, lol.

@jon-nyc said: It seems weird in that it’s not really enforceable because if I do share your confidential information with AI and there’s leakage you’d never know the source. Just don’t rebut any of these NDA’s with more than 100 words. You’ve just shown your cards then.

Not that I care, but that video I posted earlier of the tour of their launch pad... I really enjoyed watching it and learning all about it, and MAN that puts the destruction in context about what was lost.

@Doctor-Phibes said: @NobodySock said: I’m beginning to wonder if there is a vibe in here where people of a more liberal mindset are forced to keep the peace in their mind by soft playing their rebuttals to things I don't really have an interest in constantly fighting with people. What's the point? It's not like anybody's going to say 'Shit, Phibes, you've been right all along, I am an asshole!' Believe me if I knew that was the truth of things I’d be the first to say you’re an asshole ha ha ha ha ha ha

Hopefully that’s true.

Oh wow I missed that completely. Shows how musk has won the game.