"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."
Yup, Asimov certainly got that one right.
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#science #skepticism #technology #futurism #fintech
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. 証拠なしに主張できることは、証拠なしに退けることができる。
Incredible claims require incredible evidence. 信じがたい主張には、信じがたい証拠が必要である。
The bad thing about climate change is denialism is irrelevant. People can see for themselves that their local climates are changing. The Earth will continue to heat up however you happen to feel about it. Only deliberate actions matter now. #climatechange #climate
Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of.
Since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.
- Viktor Frankl 
The fog of war is opaque, but early indications are #israel is hitting military targets while #iran is targeting civilian populations. There are echoes of #ukraine and #russia, respectively, and they reflect the priorities of their respective leadership and systems of government.
Because of course America needs a political unrest map.
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Very sad and shameful news from DC. We tolerate far too much anti-Israel propaganda across social media. #israel #antisemitism
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Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared, 'I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza'
The man charged with fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in D.C. told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I ...
I suspect this number is high for new technological innovations.
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Carissa Véliz (@carissaveliz.bsky.social)
Only a quarter of AI initiatives have delivered the expected return on investment, according to a survey of 2,000 CEOs.
Companies are struggling t...
Interesting premise for an #etf (not an endorsement). Amateur investors infected by #conspiracy mind viruses could eat this up.
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Subversive ETFs (@subversiveetfs.bsky.social)
Congressional trades are public. But let’s be honest—most people aren’t reading 30-page disclosures. That’s why we built #NANC and #GOP.
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Umm, yeah, sure, what could possibly go wrong? #skepticism #criticalthinking
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ChatGPT Convinces Greek Woman to Divorce Husband
ChatGPT told the woman her spouse would cheat on her in the future with a woman named "E" leading to the wife filing for a divorce
OMFG US$2B for eight of these POSs that the Houthis are swatting down like flies. This deal reaks of corruption. #qatar #usa
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Found this:
https://militarnyi.com/en/news/qatar-to-buy-eight-mq-9b-drones-despite-losses-to-houthi-missiles/
This final hero’s homecoming of USMC veteran who died in Ukraine is visual proof that normal Americans support Ukraine and its struggle for freedom against Putin’s imperial ambitions. Now if only the broligarchs would catch up…
#ukraine #russia
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🕯️ U.S. Marine vet killed fighting for Ukraine returns home.
Corey Nawrocki, a decorated hero from Lansdale, gets full escort.
Whenever objective reality became heterodoxy.
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“Regrets collect like old friends.”
- Florence + The Machine
Otherwise lost in the chaos and noise is the opening of the 2025 World Expo.
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The Japan Times (@japantimes.co.jp)
Challenges and hopes marked Sunday's opening of the 2025 World Exposition in the city of Osaka.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/14/japan/...
Putin’s Palm Sunday Sumy Massacre in #ukraine was despicable, even by #russia standards. Trump can no longer rely on wishful thinking to end the war.
Dumb question about Instagram’s UI. Is it now completely impossible to see a timeline feed without any algorithmic ranking?
#meta #enshittification
Well, that PagerDuty conference in Tokyo was a dud.
Okay, Trump Slump it is. #trumpslump
I prefer the anime stylized versions of my (real) photos. 
It’s that season again (AI rendering of real personal photo). #sakura #spring #ai 