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The City as Liturgy... retweeted
With the Slotkin comments fresh in everyone's mind, it's worth revisiting what Susan Rice warned about should Democrats take power.
They've been very open about what they want to do.
Rice promised in February that Democrats will punish people, companies and institutions who have “taken a knee to Trump.”
“It’s not going to end well for them."
“If these corporations think that the Democrats, when they come back in power, are going to play by the old rules…they’ve got another thing coming."
“There will be an accountability agenda."
“This is not going to be an instance of forgive and forget."
So anyone that dared to be affiliated with the Trump admin will be targeted for political and legal reprisals, per Rice.
They haven't hidden their plans.
Rock On !!
Man Frustrated By Gas Prices Votes To Start Castrating Kids Again buff.ly/qYBinZv
The City as Liturgy... retweeted
Europe: we don’t have air conditioning 🥵
America: our flying cars have air conditioning 🫵😹
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LA, I hate to break it to you, but your chance to vote for common sense came and went back in June.
You’re getting a commie, now.
Don’t try to write in my name on the ballot. I won’t tell you who to vote for, but there aren’t write-ins allowed, so it might actually get your ballot rejected.
I encourage you to still vote. Don’t stay home. You don’t have any choice in the mayor’s race, but you still have a governor to pick and lots of taxes and ballot measures to vote on, including voter ID. Choose wisely.
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Satya is right. The way to make SI safe is not to train it with a sense of self, its own moral philosophy, and permission to act as a conscientious objector. That’s the “alignment” approach and it magnifies the control problem.
The engineering approach that Satya describes is different: separate the supply of intelligence from authority over it. Surround non-deterministic models with deterministic controls, observability, privilege limits, logging, and the ability to always contain or shut them down. Treat models/agents like powerful insider risks, not moral patients whose psychological wellbeing is at stake.
As Satya points out, the most trustworthy system is the one that lets us trust the model the least — not the one that encourages the model to develop independent agency and grievances. Engineering safety is not the same thing as “alignment.”
The City as Liturgy... retweeted
Panelled doors wasn't a pretty extra but a clever solution to doors expanding with moisture and warping or jamming shut. Because wood expands and contracts in relation to the ambient air humidity (and also rain etc. if outdoors), the wood panels (not nailed or glued) could move freely inside the groves of the frame. This allowed tight doors that shut very close to the door frame, often mere millimeters or fractions of an inch, giving us ncreased privacy and better acoustics.
And they look very charming.
John G. Trump was one of the people who invented Boston's tech economy, by serving as a crucial intermediary between scientific talent and VC Capital.
🚨 JUST NOW: In an awesome moment, President Trump just watched footage of the EXTRAORDINARY achievements and life of his uncle — Dr. John G. Trump — a recipient of the National Medal of Science under Ronald Reagan
"On D-Day, his radars JAMMED German defenses."
Dr. Trump was a legendary MIT professor who pioneered high-voltage X-ray machines used to treat cancer patients, saving countless lives
During WWII he helped develop RADAR for the Allies.
Now Trump is giving out the same award to people like @ElonMusk 🇺🇸
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Omg thanks for ending the meeting 4 minutes early and "giving me some time back" now I can finally pursue my passions.
You are right. Agreed
Hot airline take:
1st checked bag should be free
Carry-On luggage should be $25
People bringing on carry-on luggage is what makes everything horrible when boarding and departing.
It slows everything down. There is never enough space. It forces people to block everyone to try and board early in their zone to get luggage space. It makes departing way slower.
A bunch of people are forced to check the bags anyway.
Backpacks and purses free. But charge for carry on luggage. It would make life so much smoother.
I know everyone will be against this, but you know I’m right.
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This is going to be an unpopular take for Americans but… Trump’s tariffs got Carney elected. Canada was going to vote in @PierrePoilievre and he was going to win. He’s someone Trump could have worked with. And he could’ve fixed up Canada.
Losing Canada to Carney vs. Poilievre is seemingly making the US lose its Northern border to China and Europe. Which seems like a very bad idea. People are cheering about the US and its deals with Greenland, but what about the giant northern border that’s lost?
When Trump tried to negotiate with Carney more recently, Carney actually wanted to work with him, but when he brought the deal back to the Premiers in Canada (head of the provinces), they said no, they’d make his life miserable if he worked with Trump, and Carney catered to them. Which was a huge mistake Poilievre wouldn’t have made.
The Premiers (other than Saskatchewan and Alberta) like keeping Trump as the bad guy because their provinces are suffering so badly it’s easier to blame him than themselves.
Anyway. I was really excited for Poilievre to win and turn the country around and Trump hurt Canadians with tariffs, right before an election and got Carney elected. Whether people like to admit it or not, that’s what happened.
I don’t get why tariffs had to happen then. He could’ve implemented tariffs after Poilievre won. And then he’d have an ally as his northern border… people like to laugh at Canada and it does have no population compared to the US but it is the northern border and that seems to be overlooked.
Canada isn’t Mexico. It never has been. It was an ally.
I’m sure this’ll be unpopular but I don’t get it. If someone has an explanation for my that was a good idea, let me know because genuinely I don’t understand it.
We were so close to having a conservative leader. Canada could be blossoming. Trump could’ve had his tariffs a bit later (or not because Poilievre would’ve worked with him). And the northern border wouldn’t be negotiating with the EU.
J.K. Rowling
But it couldn’t be social contagion, folks. It’s just that young people, especially autistic, gay and mentally ill ones, are finally free to be their authentic selves.
The sudden explosion of young women who want to cut off their healthy breasts and take testosterone? Well, it’s absolutely not the newest form of self-harm, to which troubled adolescent girls are provably prone, ok? It’s not a consequence of the commonplace fear of becoming an adult woman, with all that that entails. No, there’s nothing to worry about there.
The possibility of regret? Naturally, we don’t let minors get tattoos or own guns or vote, because that would be ridiculous, but if they want irreversible surgeries and drug treatments, they must be given them, and everyone around them must immediately agree they are now the opposite sex. That’s called being kind.
And the mounting numbers of detransitioners? They were never trans, obviously, and should be mercilessly attacked, especially if they now say they were vulnerable and in a friendship group, online or off, dominated by trans identities, where transitioning was presented as a way to resolve all their social and emotional difficulties. (I have the emails).
No, there’s nothing whatsoever to see here. Keep justifying it, keep cheering it on, keep insisting that the doctors and drug companies making serious money out of it all are acting with the purest of motives. Answer every reasonable question with an accusation of hatred and bigotry. Dispel every qualm of conscience with an activist-approved talking point. Reassure yourself that everyone on your dinner party circuit agrees with you.
And when, in years to come, we’re all looking back on graphs like this, be proud that you did your bit to monster whistleblowers, parrot unevidenced claims and create the climate of fear that allowed the worst medical scandal in a century to take place.
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The DPD's document detailing the program is PHENOMENAL. This program is more radical than even I had hoped for. Truly, it has the potential to transform multifamily housing (and therefore, the urban quality) of Chicago for decades to come.
I'm writing up a SHORT Substack article on it and will post it in a bit -- but you know it's a great program when it starts out recognizing Jane Adams, who fought to reform apartment housing in the early 1900s by *restricting apartment buildlings to no more than 65% of their lot coverage*
The next chapter of courtyard urbanism will build on this tradition, and take it to the next level for Chicago residents, especially for families with young children who especially need access to protected yard area
DPD has released an RFP for modern courtyard buildings on city land! chicago.gov/city/en/sites/dp…
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I’ve found that the most important thing for psychological well being is to trust that God is good and has your best interest at heart, and to let the remaining chips fall where they may
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"Your homeschooled kids need socialization."
"They have 5 siblings and 17 cousins they hang out with a lot."
"Not like that."
"We go to church twice a week and they talk with all sorts of people."
"Not like that."
"They do intramural sports and play with all sorts of other kids."
"Not like that."
"There are lots of kids in the neighborhood and at the local park they interact with."
"Not like that."
"Our homeschool co-op meets once per week, with parents rotating as teachers."
"Not like that."
"Ok. So...what do you mean by socialization then?"
"You need to send them away every single day to sit with children their own age for 6 hours. And let me teach them with no supervision from you."
"Oh. No thanks."
