@_benui What my theory presupposes is: every one of the cross-ticks on this board represents a real example of SV & TECH market manipulation.
now all i have to do is solve this arcane 27-element lateral logic puzzle. Using everything that I already know about high-tech and insider Sandhill Road gossip. 💋
i only hope i don’t get killed before—- urk, hey, how did you get in here what? why do you have a gu
AI is ushering in a 'tiny team' era
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We know, that was the entire point of the strike.
🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 - Iranian Media Mehr News: "From now on, every American citizen and expert in the region will be a legitimate target."
Neoconservatives have finally gotten the war with Iran they wanted. Trump has acted like a perfect thug and an easily manipulated one at that. My early reaction to the news of the attack.
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President Trump announced on Saturday night that he ordered military strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.🤨
Sad indeed..... Seven countries in five years has now been fulfilled. minds.com/newsfeed/17833274107…
...ed military strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.🤨 Sad indeed..... Seven countries in five years has now been fulfilled.. Subscribe to @autonomous_collective on MindsMinds
Im currently most excited about how butthurt everyone is gunna be.NAS
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Democratic leaders quiet on Trump’s strikes:
As a handful of progressive US lawmakers condemn Trump’s decision to attack Iran, the primary congressional leaders of the Democratic Party have yet to issue statements on the unprovoked US strikes.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer, who lead the Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, have yet to issue statements on the attacks.
Both are outspoken supporters of Israel and have taken a hawkish stance on Iran.
In a statement on Friday, Jeffries said that Iran could not become “nuclear-capable” and that Israel has a “right to defend itself”, but noted that only the US Congress has the right to declare war.
A recent poll found that 65 percent of people who identified with the Democratic Party are opposed to US involvement in Israel’s war against Iran, with just 15 percent in favour.
- Al Jazeera
#Iran #Israel #Trump #War #Gaza #UN #USA #Hyprocrites #Europe #FreePalestine #SaveGaza #Genocide #Uk #EU #West #Palestine #USPol #Zionism #UsPol
@ml@mitexleo.one #Iran has a right to defend itself from an unprovoked attack by #Israel. Full stop. Goddamnit this is one of the reasons I am so fucking fed-up with the #DemocraticParty in the #US. Fuck every last one of them!
Democratic leaders quiet on Trump’s strikes:As a handful of progressive US lawmakers condemn Trump’s decision to attack Iran, the primary congressional leaders of the Democratic Party have yet to issue statements on the unprovoked US strikes.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer, who lead the Democratic caucus in the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, have yet to issue statements on the attacks.
Both are outspoken supporters of Israel and have taken a hawkish stance on Iran.
In a statement on Friday, Jeffries said that Iran could not become “nuclear-capable” and that Israel has a “right to defend itself”, but noted that only the US Congress has the right to declare war.
A recent poll found that 65 percent of people who identified with the Democratic Party are opposed to US involvement in Israel’s war against Iran, with just 15 percent in favour.
- Al Jazeera
#Iran #Israel #Trump #War #Gaza #UN #USA #Hyprocrites #Europe #FreePalestine #SaveGaza #Genocide #Uk #EU #West #Palestine #USPol #Zionism #UsPol
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A parliamentary committee overseeing #intelligence confirmed earlier this month that #Italy had used mercenary spyware made by Israel-based Paragon Solutions against two Italian #activists.
#technology #EU #Europe #journalism #press #freedom #problem #justice #fail #activism #democracy #software #smartphone #surveillance #bigbrother #Orwell #news #government #politics #humanRights
Citizen Lab says it found ‘digital fingerprints’ of military-grade spyware that Italy has admitted using against activistsStephanie Kirchgaessner (The Guardian)
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Worst case scenario, evacuations and orders to take shelter will have to be issued for areas within several hundred kilometres.AFP (DAWN.COM)
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There are 499 days until the Midterms, 1234 days until the next theoretical Presidential Election, and 1308 days until the next optional Inauguration Day. Midterms progress: ██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 23% Presidency/Regime progress: █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 11% Until Next Inauguration : █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 10% #protest
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U.S. strikes Iran's nuclear facilities
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I wrote this three months ago, for the county Democratic party blog.
I didn't imagine we'd be bombing Iran, but it still all applies.
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Get Your Anti-War Signs Ready...Just In Case by Stefan Jones, Washington County Dems Communications Committee Member Oh, cripes for dumb.Karolina Newcombe (Washington County Democrats)
Because the US starting wars in the Middle East always works out so well for all sides.
Feeling nauseated.
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Just when I thought Google couldn't get worse, it went in for more enshittification. We've got special brand map symbology for national brands & slogans for some! We've got suggested activities while there! (Telling me I might want to replace my car keys is funny; I don't have a car.) We can have a chat with the brand (probably a shitty chatbot) in Google maps. We can also be followed now, as if Google maps were a social media!
SO CREEPY!! @pluralistic have you seen this stuff?
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US #president to address nation, says ‘now is time for peace’ after ‘full payload of bombs’ dropped on underground #Fordo site; #Natanz and #Isfahan also hit * ‘This is historic moment for US, #Israel and the world’ — #Trump
@ArdainianRight Trump ran as an antithesis to people like Bush and then turned outed to be even more egregious in their worst qualities than they were.
Bush invaded Iraq, but did so only by cynically exploiting America’s rage over 9/11 as a justification. What justification did Trump have to do this, especially when 99% of the country was vocally against it. He’s brazenly doing Israel’s genocidal work with OUR resources and daring anyone to do something about. I think that makes him magnitudes worse than even Bush.
In a recent call with French President Macron, Iranian President Pezeshkian reiterated that Iran will never renounce its right to possess peaceful nuclear capabilities.Sputnik International
Trump is ushering in the Golden Age for the entire world.
He is forcing all other countries to become competitive.
The system that Trump is implementing is forcing other countries to adopt similar measures in order to be competitive.
The other countries also realize that if they delay their structural reforms, they will be left behind.
The reforms include:
Competition leads to maximum prosperity, stability and personal freedom
Caitlin Johnstone- I feel so stupid for having bought into Gabbard’s antiwar schtick early on. Fuck this asshole, fuck Trump, fuck Israel, and fuck the US empire.thealtworld (TheAltWorld’s Newsletter)
Back in the day, there was a fad among programmers for, well, having blood in their caffeine stream. See Jolt Cola: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolt_Col…
Is being highly caffeinated still something people brag about (more than in the larger culture)?
Or is it all microdosing hallucinogens, etc.? Or whatever replaced that?
(It’d be interesting to see the demographics of microdosing. It feels like something driven by Thought Leaders rather than bottom-up, but I’m out of touch.)
people in my circles didn't drink jolt for bragging rights
jolt cola was a tool. a means to an end. we wanted to Get Shit Done and jolt cola was how we stayed up long enough to see it through. benezdrine was hard to find and marching powder was expensive, but the gas station sold jolt all night.
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Don't go top off your tank and/or panic buy fuel.
This will only create the shortages that you are worried about happening.
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President Trump Sends Warning to Lindsey Graham and Mike Pompeo For Going to Ukraine and Provoking Ukrainians to Keep Fighting Russia (VIDEO)
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President Trump warned Senator Lindsey Graham and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for going to Ukraine and encouraging them to continue fighting Russia.Cristina Laila (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
U.S. attakcs Iran. The move is the first time the U.S. regime has attacked Iran and a major escalation of the conflict.
nbcnews.com/politics/national-…
The United States bombed multiple nuclear sites in Iran, President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Saturday.Alex Koppelman (NBC News)
The United States bombed multiple nuclear sites in Iran, President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Saturday.Alex Koppelman (NBC News)
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Sidelining US intelligence, Trump and top principals rely on Israeli fabrications to promote war on Iran.Aaron Maté (Aaron Mate)
> A friend of mine runs an image board for furry art. He thought that people would use generative AI tools as a part of their workflows to make better works of art faster. He was wrong, it just led to people flooding the site with the results of "wolf girl with absolutely massive milkers showing her feet paws" from their favourite image generation tool in every fur color imaginable, then with different characters, then with different anatomical features. There was no artistic direction or study there. Just an endless flood of slop that was passable at best.
oh come on, the only issue here is the volume of slop it enables, humans create tons of this furry beatoff material purely by hand with no regard for "art".
Ok. Trump just used the stick.
Watch now for the carrot.
Peace is the prize.
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@gme Heard of it, yes. Never used it though.
Looking at it though, it doesn’t seem to let me search their catalog without a subscription.
Earlier, Iran's foreign minister warned against US involvement in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran saying it would be "very very dangerous".BBC News
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@patricks@mas.to What's even worse is #Republicans aren't going to do a damn thing about it. The son-of-a-bitch is starting #WorldWar3 and those wankstains in #Congress are gleefully going to sit by and let it happen. #USpol #Trump #Iran
So I guess we're all just gonna pretend it's normal that the president is committing acts of war and we're all finding out about it from his personal social media account? Cool.
Trump is facing mounting pressure from both MAGA allies and GOP hawks as he delays a decision on military action against Iran.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
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I’m curious about how DuckAI is able to stores chat conversations.
How is it able to store my conversation for over a month?
Funny thing is, in the past 4 years or so, I've been using those cookies to my advantage.
As far as Google knows, I've been at the same location for the past 4 years. I have other private devices when I'm out and about that have never signed into Google nor had location services activated.
I walk both sides of the fence, just to confuse the system..
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Jon Elmer, contributing editor, reports on the first week of the war with Iran launched by Israel on the morning of 13 June 2025. The full broadcast is avail...YouTube
"Billie Jean" was the first short film made for 'Thriller,' the biggest-selling album of all time. The short film for this No. 1 single, directed by Steve Barron, made history as the first video by a black artist to receive heavy rotation on MTV, and was later ranked by the network as one of the 100 greatest music videos of all time.
Michael Jackson's short film for "Billie Jean" was the first of three short films produced for recordings from Thriller, which continues its reign as the biggest selling album of all time with worldwide sales in excess of 105 million as of June 1, 2016 and in December, 2015 became the first ever album to be awarded triple diamond status by the RIAA for US sales alone. The ""Billie Jean"" single reached No. 1 in 10 countries in the spring of 1983, including seven consecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 - becoming the second-highest selling single in America that same year.
"Billie Jean" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on April 4, 1983, and Platinum on February 4, 1989. The song won two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance - Male, as well as an American Music Award for Favorite Single - Pop/Rock and was also named the Single of the Year on The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll in 1983.
The short film featured a paparazzo attempting to photograph Jackson as he danced through an urban landscape. A specially created set featured steps and sidewalk tiles that lit up underneath Michael's feet. It is here that fans first saw some of Michael's best-known dance moves, such as spinning and landing on his toes. Many of Michael's steps and mannerisms in the video would become forever associated with The King of Pop.
When the chorus hit.he sprung into this dance that was unlike anything I'd ever seen, director Steve Barron recounted of Jackson's choreography in the video. "It was just extraordinary, instinctive. He pulled it all together and turned it into what we saw.The camera literally steamed up, the eyepiece steamed up, because of my heat from what I was seeing." Barron also recalled the crew breaking into spontaneous applause after Michael finished dancing.
The "Billie Jean" short film made history as the first video by a black artist to be played in heavy rotation on MTV, then in its second year. In 1992, the short film was inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame. MTV ranked "Billie Jean" as the 35th greatest music video of all time in 1999, one of three entries of Jackson's on the chart alongside "Thriller" and "Beat It."
🎵 L Y R I C S 🎵:
She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said, "Don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round?"
She said I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
She told me her name was Billie Jean as she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
People always told me, "Be careful of what you do
Don't go around breaking young girls' hearts" (hee-eeh)
And mother always told me, "Be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do (oh, oh)
'Cause the lie becomes the truth" (oh, oh), eh-eh
Billie Jean is not my lover, uh
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one (oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son (ooh!), uh
She says I am the one (oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son
(Hee-hee-hee, hee-hee-hee, ooh!) no, no
For 40 days and for 40 nights, I was on her side
But who can stand when she's in demand? Her schemes and plans
'Cause we danced on the floor in the round (hee)
So take my strong advice
Just remember to always think twice
(Don't think twice!) Do think twice! (Ah-hoo)
She told my baby we'd danced 'til 3:00, then she looked at me
Then showed a photo of a baby crying, his eyes were like mine (oh, no)
'Cause we danced on the floor in the round, baby
(Ooh, hee-hee-hee)
People always told me, "Be careful of what you do
And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts" (don't break no hearts)
But she came and stood right by me
Just the smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon
She called me to her room, hey
Billie Jean is not my lover (hoo)
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one, uh
But the kid is not my son
No-no-no, no-no-no-no-no-no (hoo)
Billie Jean is not my lover, uh
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one (oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son (no, no)
She says I am the one (oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son
(No, hee-hee)
Hee! Hoo!
She says I am the one, uh
But the kid is not my son
No-no-no, hoo (oh)
Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one (you know what you did to me, baby)
But the kid is not my son
No-no-no, no-no-no-no
She says I am the one (no)
But the kid is not my son (no-no-no)
She says I am the one (you know what you did)
She says he is my son (breakin' my heart, babe)
She says I am the one
Yeah, Billie Jean is not my lover, uh
Yeah, Billie Jean is not my lover, uh
Yeah, Billie Jean is not my lover, uh
Yeah, Billie Jean is not my lover, uh (don't call me Billie Jean, hoo)
Billie Jean is not my lover, uh (she's not at the scene)
Yeah, Billie Jean is not...
Written & Composed by Michael Jackson
Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones Productions
Co-Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Productions, Inc.
From the album Thriller, released November 30, 1982
Released as a single January 2, 1983
THE SHORT FILM
Director: Steve Barron
Primary Production Location: Los Angeles, California
Album Artist: Michael Jackson
Album(s): Thriller, HIStory - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - BOOK I
Written by: Michael Jackson
Music genre(s): Pop
Released: 1983
Decade for first release: #1980sMusic
#MichaelJackson #Thriller #BillieJean #Pop #1980sMusic #classicHits
Official Music Video for "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson
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Far better than anything Disney's done with it.
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Experience the enchanting collaboration between Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Wuh Oh in their latest track "Hypnotized." This dynamic duo brings together their unique sounds to create a mesmerizing pop anthem that captivates listeners. With its infectious beat and stunning visuals, "Hypnotized" is sure to be a standout hit in 2025.
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You always knew how to creep into my head
Always finding ways to sleep in my bed
You have always kept me hypnotiz-ed
You will never have the key to my heart
Pay attention to the things that I said
I had told you I was sick of crying
When you gave me promises of paradise then
Took them back again before my eyes
Verses 1 & 2:
Here we go, at it again you see this
Position is not for me and
It just wasn’t meant to be the
Decision is mine to leave you so
Pre chorus 1:
I’ve grown so tired of the mind games you play
So warm in the night yet so cold in the day
Pre 2
I’ve seen the light and I’m moving along
It never was right and I’m done with your wrong
Album Artist: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wuh Oh
Album(s): Perimenopop
Written by: Jonathan Shave, Sophie Bextor, Uzoechi Emenike
Music genre(s): Pop
Released: 2025
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On the eve of Day of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners, under a full moon, we disabled 10 police surveillance cameras here in New Orleans. We’re inspired by the uprising in Los Angeles, by Weelaunee Forest defenders facing repression in Georgia, by all people under occupation fighting to be free. We encourage like-minded folks to find each other in the night and attack–for the wild joy, for the burning rage, for Mother Earth. Fuck city council and their facial recognition bullshit. Fuck the police. Fuck a “peaceful” protest. There is no peace! Free Palestine! Free Turtle Island! Free Planet Earth!
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Could we please get away from labeling "destroys jobs" being a bad thing?
Because everything that reduces workload "destroys jobs". The problem is not that technology reduces workload. The problem is that we live in a society, that makes people depend on doing work that can be automated.
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