New (full, free!) #massforshutins episode, my first with a bona fide best selling author. Her new book RACE TO THE FUTURE went on sale in the US May 14 and has been on sale in the UK since March.
Plus, Question Cathy returns and we answer some of your queries from the mailbag.
If you’re on the fence, Kassia has a delightful British accent. Give it a listen. ...
scene: 2026. Any city street, late at night.
you: my Wells Fargo account has been hacked and all my money stolen. Help.
WellsyAI™: I'm not sure I understand
you: I am a customer. My account has been hit with fraud
WellsyAI™: Can you rephrase?
you: Money all gone, stolen, need help
WellsyAI™: I'm having trouble understanding what you need
you: Let me talk to a person
WellsyAI™: It sounds like you want to hear your account balance. Yes? ...
Not only is this deeply misleading (he’s not even on the ballot in 5 of the 6 states mentioned!) the claim that RFK is polling better than any third party candidate in decades is simply false. The NYT itself ran stories in 2016 when Gary Johnson (lol) was briefly polling at 10-12%. Care to comment on your blatant errors The New York Times ...
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Has it occurred to anyone that the reason Tech Dudes are blown away by the "emotional intelligence" of AI is that they have the emotional intelligence of toddlers themselves so even the most rudimentary fake emotions can reach or exceed their expectations? ...
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1:40 in “Memphis will be laid to waste” vs 1:42 in “Memphis will be laid to waste ...
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MS says:
Trump appoints economic right-wing, social right-wing judges.
Democrats appoint economic right-wing, social mushy-middle judges.
The entire spectrum of economic middle-to-left, and social left is unrepresented. Every single judge anywhere knows that doing anything in that spectrum is a way to never get promoted. It's disqualifying for Democratic administrations as well as Republican ones.
Cumulative result is visible and ugly. (Shoot a black man? You're innocent! Steal gum from Walmart? Five years in jail!) But blaming all of it on Trump is not correct.
jcdenton says:
@MS
Yeah, it's not like Merrick Garland was some kind of progressive superstar. He would have been the Doug Jones or Ralph Northam of the SCOTUS, voting in favor of more Citizens United shit.
Corporate Dems love Kamala Harris, whose big claim to fame has been putting away a lot of PoCs in CA. Obama's COS was Rahm Emmanuel, current mayor of a city that has it's own goddamn secret prison (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/24/chicago-police-detain-americans-black-site).
One of the most laudable things about Erica Garner was how much she appreciated that corporate Dems were utterly worthless when it came to social and economic justice (https://bennorton.com/erica-garner-revolutionary-neoliberal-democrats-whitewash/).
@democommie (to pre-empt your response about "alternatives")
There are tons of decent, progressive social-reform candidates. However, they don't get cash or support from the DNC, DCCC, etc. Also, Erica Garner organized an entire movement (BLM) to fight for social justice.
democommie says:
@jcdenton:
Which is exactly what I've been saying for a while now. And they WON'T be getting cash from people who they call scum. Sorry, it may not be right, but it is the way things are. How people who did not even vote in the last dozen or more years or get involved in politics beyond the hand wringing level expect to defeat the DNC AND the GOP is not something I can begin to understand.