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Hurling ordure at the TREACLES, especially those closely related to LessWrong.

AI-Industrial-Complex grift is fine as long as it sufficiently relates to the AI doom from the TREACLES. (Though TechTakes may be more suitable.)

This is sneer club, not debate club. Unless it's amusing debate.

[Especially don't debate the race scientists, if any sneak in - we ban and delete them as unsuitable for the server.]

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 7 points 7 hours ago

"billionaires build prosperity" even has the causal arrow wrong. Bezos didn't start amazon as a billionaire for example.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago
[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oh the reference is to that Aella. With the gnomes and LSD.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Lol protest in Pac Heights.

[–] lefaucet@slrpnk.net 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Man, not even enough marchers for me to post the Arrested Development photo of Tobias Funke proclaiming, "There are dozens of us! Dozens!"

Thank god

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"There are dozens of us! Dozens (fractional)!"

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And when our descendants build a museum to these bizarre and painful times, there will be docents of them. Docents!

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 6 points 21 hours ago

i thought that the whole ruling principle of the effective altruists is primum non docere

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 38 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] lagrangeinterpolator@awful.systems 1 points 12 minutes ago

“California is, I believe, the only state to give health insurance to people who come into the country illegally,” Kauffman said nervously. “I think we probably should not be providing that.”

“So you’d rather everyone just be sick, and get everyone else sick?” another reporter asked.

“That’s not what I’m saying,” said Kauffman.

“Isn’t that effectively what happens?” the reporter countered. “They don’t have access to health care and they just have to get sick, right?”

Kauffman contemplated that one for a moment. “Then they have to just get sick,” he said. “I mean, it’s unfortunate, but I think that it’s sort of impossible to have both liberal immigration laws and generous government benefits.”

Do I need to comment on this one?

[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 10 points 14 hours ago

Also a rapist per allegations on twitter.

[–] lurker@awful.systems 5 points 13 hours ago

with the current state of billionaires that was to be expected

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

been mulling about these fuckers over the weekend and it’s absolutely wild how far they are wilful participants. self-identified chosen fuckwits, even if a number of them are (or at least, start out as) weaponised useful idiots

incredibly frustrating

[–] istewart@awful.systems 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I think their brains have just been thoroughly microwaved by social media feedback loops. I remarked elsewhere that I'm not sure these people are or can be earnest about this (cf. the fact that the billionaires they're celebrating are laser-focused on the tech they claim might doom the world); they're simply too conditioned towards creating outrage content for Twitter. To me, this is more akin to LARPing "Leave Britney alone!" than it is serious political activism.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 15 hours ago

To me, this is more akin to LARPing “Leave Britney alone!” than it is serious political activism.

I will be 0% surprised to learn that aella et co got paid 5+ figures for this shit

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Do you reckon it was a net negaive for them? It's heartening (to me) that it was such a damp squib, and it's always entertaining to witness the civillians' reaction to their first taste of TPOT.

Seeing these dingdongs in the sunlight helps observers get over the "It cant be that stupid" barrier, in my experience.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 1 day ago

I don't have enough of a handle on current on-the-ground social dynamics of the bay area so I can't guess about net negative, but other than that I agree with your take

[–] GooseGang@beehaw.org 15 points 1 day ago

Only property. Water, however, isn’t a human right. Right Nestle?

[–] barooboodoo@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The tip your landlord sign has to be satirical right? ...right?

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For my own sanity I’m going to believe it is

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 15 points 1 day ago

March for Billionaires @marchforbillionaires.org · 9h About two dozen people joined the march. Plus some obvious trolls with colored signs who counterprotested. February 8, 2026 at 9:32 AM

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago

Silly world

[–] lurker@awful.systems 13 points 1 day ago

they actually meant "tip your landlord into the nearest garbage bin"

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 19 points 1 day ago

30 rationalists gathered outside and nobody told them to touch grass

[–] lurker@awful.systems 14 points 1 day ago

bootlicking billionaires when they're the main ones supporting the thing you say is an existential threat is definitely a choice. rationalists seem to be getting more and more mask off in the face of the trump administration

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 18 points 1 day ago

Her shirt describes her perception of reality

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 21 hours ago

Those are all the same post, just on different bsky instances.