"If, alternatively, large models are not the near-term harbingers of AGI, but social and cultural technologies, then DOGE style changes are plausibly a horrific mistake. We are lobotomizing government, and ripping out the funding structures that support key forms of basic and applied scientific research without any plausible replacement. The short, medium and long term consequences are likely to be terrible, unless these changes are reversed quickly."

#AGI #DOGE #USPolitics
https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/should-agi-preppers-embrace-doge

The judge who tried to stop the deportation planes is not happy with the Trump administration

Judge James Boasberg is demanding answers about the three planes that rushed Venezuelan nationals from the U.S. to El Salvador over the weekend.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/17/judge-boasberg-trump-deportation-hearing-00234945

Reason #257834 not to visit the US

'A routine traffic stop in Ohio turned into a bizarre loyalty test for a Halifax-based folk duo last week. The Celtic-music sisters Cassie and Maggie say they were on a short American tour when they were pulled over for distracted driving by two highway patrol officers who separated the siblings and asked them each if they preferred Canada to the United States.'

#CDNpoli #USpol #USpolitics

https://archive.ph/M9dRi#selection-2545.0-2545.362

US disruptions to science could transform global research landscape

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00824-7

Paywall Free: http://archive.today/tqSJG

Canadian actor Jasmine Mooney detained for 12 days by ICE

She says she wasn’t given a blanket or proper food

https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/culture/jasmine-mooney-american-pie-ice-detained-trump-b2717123.html

You would think that a US president - one who has already been convicted of multiple felonies, held liable for rape, and settled multiple fraud cases - who, in just his first two months of office, has already been rebuked by courts for unconstitutional acts multiple times and has already ignored court orders, again multiple times...

You would think that such a president would be immediately impeached and removed from office.

You know, in a reasonably functional country.

On March 17, 2025, President Donald Trump addressed escalating tensions with Yemen’s Houthi rebels, stating:

“Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from the weapons and leadership of IRAN ..."

Reality Check
​Threatening Iran can escalate regional tensions, potentially leading to military conflict, disrupting global oil supplies, and destabilizing the Middle East.

#usPolitics #trumpSaid
https://buff.ly/H2eVqps

The role of this "human in the loop" isn't to prevent errors. That human's is there to be *blamed* for errors

The human is there to be a "moral crumple zone"

The human is there to be an "accountability sink"
- @pluralistic

#Enshitification #AISlop #USPolitics
https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asbestos-in-the-walls/#government-by-spicy-autocomplete

People with valid documents are now being deported based on bogus proof.

Their trials are being skipped, and due process is being violated.

That was the main argument most #maga supporters were using when I posted a video about deportation, that only undocumented people were getting sent away.

Well that is blatantly false now, and I wonder when he is going to start sending away Americans he doesn't like to random places.

https://scoopzapp.com/n/0zllbul7?ctype=native_video&nid=3861328018408&s=a7&pd=0LRF5CpA&hl=en_US&send_time=1742314301&actBtn=null

The “free speech” facade fronting political censorship

The more censorship Trump pursues, the louder his boasts about “free speech” will get

https://www.salon.com/2025/03/18/the-free-speech-facade-fronting-political-censorship/

Elon's Exploding Rockets Are 100% Wasteful Corruption

They cost taxpayers $$$ Billions.

They will never work.

It's one massive scam.

https://www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/starship-was-doomed-from-the-beginning

read this

https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/behold-a-pale-horse-race

If you can, try to find time to visit your Congressperson's local office. Tell them in person that they must do everything possible to impeach the lawless scumbag dictator who is shredding our democracy.

There was a time when Members of Congress thought that illegal activity, like defying court orders, by the Executive Branch was grounds for impeachment.

We need to demand that the House of Reps take decisive action to restore the rule of law immediately.

Call your Congresspeople. Ask them if they think it's ok for the president and his staff to break the law any time they feel like it.

Will the Trump administration defy or ignore a Supreme Court order before the end of 2025? #USPolitics

Sometime soon we're going to learn about activists being terrorized and blackmailed because Musk or Zuckerberg handed their private information directly over to Trump's goons.

And not one user will leave.

"Black Saturday: The Day the United States Ceased to Be a Constitutional Democracy"

https://theintellectualist.com/black-saturday-us-constitutional-crisis-2025

I am finding that #scoopz is about a 30/70 split on #maga folks and more liberal people.

Most people have my side. There is still a significant following who do not really pay attention to news, and just blindly regurgitate everything #trump says, which is my main goal with these videos - to make them say stupid stuff, and turn people against them.

None of them realize #canada is fighting and still think it'll be the 51st state.

https://scoopzapp.com/n/0zkrwtUU?ctype=native_video&nid=3860435345601&s=a7&pd=0LRF5CpA&hl=en_US&send_time=1742267468&actBtn=videoShare