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TapenI am a man with particularly sticky skills.#scotchtapeamovieplotorpoem

Tapen

I am a man with particularly sticky skills.

#scotchtapeamovieplotorpoem

@mmasnick I'm finding this paragraph confusing. Are you saying it would have been good to go more slowly with the introduction of...

@mmasnick
I'm finding this paragraph confusing. Are you saying it would have been good to go more slowly with the introduction of nuclear power, but it's bad to go more slowly with the implementation of AI? You then mix in online speech, which seems to imply curbs on online speech and AI are bad? Seems on one hand you're saying be thoughtful (better nuke implementation), but not the way it's being done with AI and online speech?

Mixing these issues is what is confusing me.

@mmasnick "Over and over again the things he fears as “brakes” on progress are almost always the opposite. They’re attempts to...

@mmasnick "Over and over again the things he fears as “brakes” on progress are almost always the opposite. They’re attempts to make sure that the progress is in its most useful, least damaging form, in part to avoid an overreaction and limitations as we saw with nuclear power and which some are (ridiculously) seeking around AI and online speech."

My issue is (see next post)

Sometimes a a warrior needs a respite to gather their strength for the battles ahead. Do not hide from troubles, but also do not tire...

Sometimes a a warrior needs a respite to gather their strength for the battles ahead. Do not hide from troubles, but also do not tire yourself fighting ghosts. A rest is need to tell the difference.

@ngrossman81 I don't know if you ever check here, but I read you via Nitter over at X and I'm curious about your thoughts on whether...

@ngrossman81 I don't know if you ever check here, but I read you via Nitter over at X and I'm curious about your thoughts on whether what Israel is now doing can be called genocide? You were saying a while back that it was not, but now there are 20,000 dead. Very interested in your opinion. Thanks.

#Mushroom

#Mushroom

Trump and Defendants defense: But we honestly believed the bank was holding our money.

Trump and Defendants defense: But we honestly believed the bank was holding our money.

David Brooks thinks the problem with the collective American psyche was too much looking inward, and not that what they saw inside was...

David Brooks thinks the problem with the collective American psyche was too much looking inward, and not that what they saw inside was troubling. Add in a disillusionment with the consumption economy, religions implosions through sexual and fiscal scandal, feckless leadership and you have a recipe ripe for a demagogue. Surprise? Not. And while Brooks tags the left as the problem, it's the right that festers with conspiracy nut cases and violence.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/opinion/trauma-mental-health-culture-war.html

Sorry to get political here, but every time I see a headline from Ross Douthat I want to say "Shut the fuck up". Please forgive...

Sorry to get political here, but every time I see a headline from Ross Douthat I want to say "Shut the fuck up". Please forgive me.

clematis up front, getting fuzzy to the side. #bloomscrolling

clematis up front, getting fuzzy to the side. #bloomscrolling

Find the cat, know peace.

Find the cat, know peace.

Down the throat of a Wayside King Royale.#bloomscrolling

Down the throat of a Wayside King Royale.
#bloomscrolling

I am fairly new to mastodon and I don't understand what I need to do to follow this account? Any help appreciated.

I am fairly new to mastodon and I don't understand what I need to do to follow this account? Any help appreciated.

Robert Burns:The fear o’ Hell’s a hangman’s whip,To haud the wretch in order;But where ye feel your Honour grip,Let that ay be your...

Robert Burns:

The fear o’ Hell’s a hangman’s whip,
To haud the wretch in order;
But where ye feel your Honour grip,
Let that ay be your border:
It’s slightest touches, instant pause—
Debar a’ side-pretences;
And resolutely keep its laws,
Uncaring consequences.

I am Clematis, hear me roar.#bloomscrolling

I am Clematis, hear me roar.
#bloomscrolling

My kind of selfie.

My kind of selfie.

Red throated yellow daylily sings in the morning.#bloomscrolling

Red throated yellow daylily sings in the morning.
#bloomscrolling

Butter#bloomscrolling

Butter
#bloomscrolling