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Player Piano is Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s 1952 debut dystopian novel, set in a future America where machines and a supercomputer have automated most jobs, creating a society divided between a small elite of engineers and managers, and a large, purposeless populace living on basic income in "Homestead".
‘Best way’ to handle mass AI layoffs? Musk proposes universal income
Elon Musk’s ‘universal high income’ plan to tackle AI job losses sparks fierce debate with economist Sanjeev Sanyal warning it could bankrupt governments.
gulfnews.com
April 17, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Player Piano is Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s 1952 debut dystopian novel, set in a future America where machines and a supercomputer have automated most jobs, creating a society divided between a small elite of engineers and managers, and a large, purposeless populace living on basic income in "Homestead".
Looking at you Democratic leadership. Stand for something.
April 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Looking at you Democratic leadership. Stand for something.
"Within weeks ... major artificial-intelligence systems began repeating the invented condition ... The fake papers were then cited in peer-reviewed literature. Osmanovic Thunström says this suggests that some researchers are relying on AI-generated references without reading the underlying papers."
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
www.nature.com
April 9, 2026 at 1:13 AM
"Within weeks ... major artificial-intelligence systems began repeating the invented condition ... The fake papers were then cited in peer-reviewed literature. Osmanovic Thunström says this suggests that some researchers are relying on AI-generated references without reading the underlying papers."
John Kent Tarwater, 55, a Cedarville University in Ohio Christian professor and anti-LGBTQ+ author has been indicted in Ohio on 2 counts of r*pe and 4 other child s*x crime charges. Victims were ages 10 and 13.
Cedarville professor who preached sexual morality charged with multiple sex crimes
John Kent Tarwater preached purity in his writing while allegedly violating it in the worst way
www.friendlyatheist.com
April 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
John Kent Tarwater, 55, a Cedarville University in Ohio Christian professor and anti-LGBTQ+ author has been indicted in Ohio on 2 counts of r*pe and 4 other child s*x crime charges. Victims were ages 10 and 13.
Amy Juravich had some heavy-hitters on her WOSU All Sides show yesterday. And the guests didn't pull any punches.
--David Enrich, Deputy Investigations Editor, The New York Times
--Holly Peterson, Wall Street Journal "Earn Your Luck" columnist
--David Enrich, Deputy Investigations Editor, The New York Times
--Holly Peterson, Wall Street Journal "Earn Your Luck" columnist
The lingering shadow of Jeffrey Epstein
On this hour of All Sides, we’re delving into who Jeffrey Epstein was and why so many supposedly savvy people get ensnared by questionable people.
www.wosu.org
April 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Amy Juravich had some heavy-hitters on her WOSU All Sides show yesterday. And the guests didn't pull any punches.
--David Enrich, Deputy Investigations Editor, The New York Times
--Holly Peterson, Wall Street Journal "Earn Your Luck" columnist
--David Enrich, Deputy Investigations Editor, The New York Times
--Holly Peterson, Wall Street Journal "Earn Your Luck" columnist
I'm liking this new gritty reporting from PBS. Russian troops are being forced to pay commanders for survival and gear as massive corruption plagues the front lines.
Russian corruption fuels massive casualties in Ukraine
Estimates show Russian forces have suffered more than one million casualties in the war against Ukraine. At the same time, its territorial gains have been some of the slowest in modern history. Specia...
www.pbs.org
April 3, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I'm liking this new gritty reporting from PBS. Russian troops are being forced to pay commanders for survival and gear as massive corruption plagues the front lines.
With Russia's help, North Korea is currently developing submarine-launched ballistic missiles, improving its ICBMs, and openly planning to expand its nuclear arsenal. North Korea poses a much larger threat than Iran.
North Korea conducts engine test for missile capable of targeting US mainland
Kim Jong Un observed the test.
www.politico.com
March 29, 2026 at 12:10 PM
With Russia's help, North Korea is currently developing submarine-launched ballistic missiles, improving its ICBMs, and openly planning to expand its nuclear arsenal. North Korea poses a much larger threat than Iran.
No Kings 3 in New Albany, Ohio!
March 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
No Kings 3 in New Albany, Ohio!
"Trump is installing what scholars call patrimonialism. Understanding patrimonialism is essential to defeating it. In particular, it has a fatal weakness that Democrats and Trump’s other opponents should make their primary and relentless line of attack."
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
www.theatlantic.com
March 25, 2026 at 11:41 AM
"Trump is installing what scholars call patrimonialism. Understanding patrimonialism is essential to defeating it. In particular, it has a fatal weakness that Democrats and Trump’s other opponents should make their primary and relentless line of attack."
The Story of $4.3 Trillion
March 21, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The Story of $4.3 Trillion
Reposted
"I feel terrified" - Inventor of "Glock switch" (auto-sear) technology, a $20 device that enables machine gun-style fully automatic rapid fire, says he regrets creation.
Meanwhile, 31 states exempt private gun sales from background checks.
#GunOwnerForGunReform
abcnews.go.com/US/feel-terr...
Meanwhile, 31 states exempt private gun sales from background checks.
#GunOwnerForGunReform
abcnews.go.com/US/feel-terr...
October 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I feel terrified" - Inventor of "Glock switch" (auto-sear) technology, a $20 device that enables machine gun-style fully automatic rapid fire, says he regrets creation.
Meanwhile, 31 states exempt private gun sales from background checks.
#GunOwnerForGunReform
abcnews.go.com/US/feel-terr...
Meanwhile, 31 states exempt private gun sales from background checks.
#GunOwnerForGunReform
abcnews.go.com/US/feel-terr...
The Daily Caller's former editor-in-chief, Geoffrey Ingersoll, is advocating for conservatives to respond with violence to the current political climate. Ingersoll was the Daily Caller’s top editor from 2017 to January 2025. Currently, he is an editor at large.
INGERSOLL: Enough Is Enough … I Choose VIOLENCE!
We need to reinstitute a public debt for anti-social and subversive behavior. In my opinion, some of this cost needs to be summary and ultra-violent.
dailycaller.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The Daily Caller's former editor-in-chief, Geoffrey Ingersoll, is advocating for conservatives to respond with violence to the current political climate. Ingersoll was the Daily Caller’s top editor from 2017 to January 2025. Currently, he is an editor at large.
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student.
This video was taken by the student interrupting the professor to say that course content is "not legal" is chilling.
This video was taken by the student interrupting the professor to say that course content is "not legal" is chilling.
September 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student.
This video was taken by the student interrupting the professor to say that course content is "not legal" is chilling.
This video was taken by the student interrupting the professor to say that course content is "not legal" is chilling.
This isn’t Moscow or Beijing. It’s Chicago. Masked federal agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE and threw them into an unmarked van.
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
September 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This isn’t Moscow or Beijing. It’s Chicago. Masked federal agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE and threw them into an unmarked van.
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
This study measured the causal impact of generative AI on creativity --- comparing short story writers who were given AI-generated plot ideas.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Generative AI enhances individual creativity but reduces the collective diversity of novel content
Generative AI can enhance the creativity of short stories but may limit the variation in diverse outputs.
www.science.org
September 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This study measured the causal impact of generative AI on creativity --- comparing short story writers who were given AI-generated plot ideas.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
If the SCOTUS contorts itself to side with Trump and the tariffs remain in place, Trump will have to own the economy he wrecked.
If SCOTUS sides with the small businesses, then this will be a blow to Trump's emergency power grab.
Seems like a win either way. But only if liberals stay on-message.
If SCOTUS sides with the small businesses, then this will be a blow to Trump's emergency power grab.
Seems like a win either way. But only if liberals stay on-message.
Trump takes tariffs fight to US Supreme Court
Donald Trump's administration asked the court to swiftly hear a bid to preserve his sweeping tariffs pursued under a 1977 law meant for emergencies after a lower court invalidated most of the levies.
www.reuters.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If the SCOTUS contorts itself to side with Trump and the tariffs remain in place, Trump will have to own the economy he wrecked.
If SCOTUS sides with the small businesses, then this will be a blow to Trump's emergency power grab.
Seems like a win either way. But only if liberals stay on-message.
If SCOTUS sides with the small businesses, then this will be a blow to Trump's emergency power grab.
Seems like a win either way. But only if liberals stay on-message.
I'll know the Democratic Party has transformed itself when they bring George Soros on stage at the DNC convention to a 10 minute standing ovation to talk about his life surviving the Holocaust and his lifelong mission to promote and protect open societies.
Seemingly bored, Trump threatens a prominent Jew
President Donald Trump is ramping up his legal crusade against his perceived enemies, this time targeting billionaire George Soros and his son.� In a Wednesday Truth Social post, and seemingly ...
www.dailykos.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I'll know the Democratic Party has transformed itself when they bring George Soros on stage at the DNC convention to a 10 minute standing ovation to talk about his life surviving the Holocaust and his lifelong mission to promote and protect open societies.
A retired US special forces officer: "I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians." He has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population".
Former US Green Beret says Israel committed war crimes at Gaza food distribution site | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A retired US special forces officer: "I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians." He has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population".
Full testimony from Katie Johnson, Trump's 13 year-old rape victim. Katie describes the Epstein party and Trump perfectly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib...
July 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Full testimony from Katie Johnson, Trump's 13 year-old rape victim. Katie describes the Epstein party and Trump perfectly.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib...
1. A French court convicted Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s right wing, of embezzlement.
--> Trump: “The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech, and censor their Political Opponent."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fore...
--> Trump: “The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech, and censor their Political Opponent."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fore...
Trump’s Foreign Policy: Felons First
The pattern is clear—he’s using American power not to help Americans but to shield foreign authoritarians from justice.
www.thebulwark.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
1. A French court convicted Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s right wing, of embezzlement.
--> Trump: “The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech, and censor their Political Opponent."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fore...
--> Trump: “The Witch Hunt against Marine Le Pen is another example of European Leftists using Lawfare to silence Free Speech, and censor their Political Opponent."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fore...
Powell told Senators that doesn't mean he'll have the power to do anything about it. "The Fed doesn't have the tools to address the social issues and the labor market issues that will arise from this. We just have interest rates."
Fed chair Powell says AI is coming for your job
: AI will make 'significant changes' to economy, labor market
www.theregister.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Powell told Senators that doesn't mean he'll have the power to do anything about it. "The Fed doesn't have the tools to address the social issues and the labor market issues that will arise from this. We just have interest rates."
- Congo has some of the largest mineral deposits on Earth.
- Congo's President wants to sell them & wants the U.S. to help him win a decades-long war against Rwanda.
- U.S. tech companies want Congo's minerals so badly, that Trump is signing us up for another foreign war -- and calling it peace.
- Congo's President wants to sell them & wants the U.S. to help him win a decades-long war against Rwanda.
- U.S. tech companies want Congo's minerals so badly, that Trump is signing us up for another foreign war -- and calling it peace.
Congo eyes US minerals deal by end of June, FT reports
Officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo are optimistic they can reach a deal with Washington next month to secure U.S investment in critical minerals alongside support to end a Rwandan-backed rebellion in the country's east, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
www.reuters.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
- Congo has some of the largest mineral deposits on Earth.
- Congo's President wants to sell them & wants the U.S. to help him win a decades-long war against Rwanda.
- U.S. tech companies want Congo's minerals so badly, that Trump is signing us up for another foreign war -- and calling it peace.
- Congo's President wants to sell them & wants the U.S. to help him win a decades-long war against Rwanda.
- U.S. tech companies want Congo's minerals so badly, that Trump is signing us up for another foreign war -- and calling it peace.
A graph of how unsuccessful Trump withdrawing from the Iranian Nuclear deal worked out. Now Israel wants the U.S. to attack Iran.
June 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A graph of how unsuccessful Trump withdrawing from the Iranian Nuclear deal worked out. Now Israel wants the U.S. to attack Iran.
This Trump voter says he has “a little buyer’s remorse” after ICE detained a third of the workers at his small roofing company.
He thought the Trump administration would only deport criminals.
He thought the Trump administration would only deport criminals.
June 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This Trump voter says he has “a little buyer’s remorse” after ICE detained a third of the workers at his small roofing company.
He thought the Trump administration would only deport criminals.
He thought the Trump administration would only deport criminals.