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BeratnaGason Nasdaq Sinks 5% as Investors Retreat from AI Trade After Election

There's not much incentive for institutional change when everyone's making money. Yeah, it'll hurt folks a great deal short term. But may be better for our kids long term.

BeratnaGason Nasdaq plummets 4% into correction territory

Congressional approval isn't required for an AI bailout.

BeratnaGason Evidence of a spying operation by ICE against left-wing social movements

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nspm-7-alarms-law-f...

You may think you have nothing to hide but See NSPM-7. National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 that directs the federal government to disrupt groups “before” they result in violent political acts. In other words, pre-crime.

The DOJ/FBI etc. can now investigate and unilaterally DECIDE if you have something to hide if they believe you hold views "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, anti-Christianity, government overthrow, race/gender/migration extremism, and hostility toward traditional views on family, religion, or morality"

The DOJ/FBI can DECIDE this for any reason they want -- the shoes you bought yesterday, a Reddit comment from 5 years ago, a rainbow sticker on your water bottle. I have everything to fear just opening my Mac or stepping out my door.

BeratnaGason Early progress on accelerating drug development with Claude

A valuable application not mentioned here is streamlining synthesis and manufacturing to lower the costs of current drugs. That would positively impact millions more people than a new treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer. But there's not as much potential profit so....

BeratnaGason Just say no to OpenAI and Anthropic

At this point in time I'd rather China have my data than the U.S. I don't do anything sensitive and China can't arrest me under NPSM-7 for putting the wrong proper noun and active verb in the same sentence.

BeratnaGason Is society growing stupider? The clues are simple and repeated

The "simple/simplified" theme here is repeated numerous times without much insight or exploration. Tragically beyond ironic.

BeratnaGason Hetzner Price Adjustment

Of the 172,000 (adjusted) new jobs in May, 70,000 are attributed to hospitality when 14,000/month is the norm. World Cup temporary jobs. Hourly average earnings rose 12 cents in May while the average price of gas rose $1.17/gallon since the start of the war. One could argue that some of the people participating in the surveys have a vested interest in the numbers looking good.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.a.htm

BeratnaGason Googlebook

Researched men's sneakers last night. Super conflicting TMI for my odd size so going to a store for human sizing and gait evaluation. Info on durability was complete garbage. Suspicious about tuning for favored brands but AI recommended shoes will have the edge in my purchase decision since I've done some research.