★Telepathy Training★ It's swaying so gently, like a cradle... O-oh, no. I'll fall asleep at this rate! Commander, let's move on to our simulation for the next section right away! USS Essex is changing into her new Dynamic attire. She will grace your dock in the near future, Commander. #AzurLane# #Yostar# #AzurLane8thAnniv#

Little things. Captain Jack Hathaway helping the team in so many ways. These scissors open the food packets and he always preps them for tomorrow. Sometimes they sway on their ends like a Forrest of scissors. I love that.

Who stands for our Republic? Who is willing to put their time in? Some go into politics with good intentions and some bad. Some are easy to turn from good to bad. Some do not have the will to stand up for good when confronted. Weak men with good intentions get nowhere. Strong men with bad intentions always do well because of evil company. Birds of a feather flock together. Strong men unwavering for good and truth are the most powerful and feared, because evil knows there is no chance to sway and people love the qualities that make a true hero to the public. And if a people love a truly good strong man, they are reminded of the power THEY have, that they are WE THE PEOPLE, and with TRUE representation and leadership, evil is quickly dispatched. Trump was strong, but he turned bad. VERY bad. Unfortunate, but our Republic's survival depends on TRUE patriotism, not lies sold by political mercenaries. Ronald Reagan in his farewell speech had some good words on the sentiment of real patriotism and the need to always remember what we stand to lose if we forget how special our Republic is: "When you've got to the point when you can celebrate the anniversaries of your 39th birthday you can sit back sometimes, review your life, and see it flowing before you. For me there was a fork in the river, and it was right in the middle of my life. I never meant to go into politics. It wasn't my intention when I was young. But I was raised to believe you had to pay your way for the blessings bestowed on you. I was happy with my career in the entertainment world, but I ultimately went into politics because I wanted to protect something precious. Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: ``We the People.'' ``We the People'' tell the government what to do; it doesn't tell us. ``We the People'' are the driver; the government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world's constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which ``We the People'' tell the government what it is allowed to do. ``We the People'' are free."

The anti-AI coalition continues to maneuver to find arguments to slow down AI progress. If someone has a sincere concern about a specific effect of AI, for instance that it may lead to human extinction, I respect their intellectual honesty, even if I deeply disagree with their position. However, I am concerned about organizations that are surveying the public to find whatever messages will turn people against AI, and how the public reacts as these messages are spread by lobbyists or by politicians seeking to alarm constituents, companies pursuing regulatory capture or seeking to promote the power of their technology, and individuals seeking to gain attention or to profit by being provocative. A large study (link in original article below; h/t to the AI Panic blog) by a UK group tested different messages that are designed to raise alarm about AI. Their study found that saying AI will cause human extinction has largely failed. Doomsayers were pushing this argument a couple of years ago, and fortunately our community beat it back. But AI-enabled warfare and environmental concerns resonate better. We should be prepared for a flood of messages (which is already underway) arguing against AI on these grounds. Further, job loss and harm to children are messages that motivate people to act. To be clear, I find AI-enabled warfare alarming; we need to continue serious efforts to monitor and mitigate the environmental impact of AI; any job losses are tragic and hurt individuals and families; and as a father, I hold dearly the importance of every child’s welfare. Each of these topics deserves serious attention and treatment with the greatest of care. But when anti-AI propagandists take a one-sided view of complex issues to benefit their own organizations at the expense of the public at large — for instance, when big AI companies argue that AI is dangerous to block the free distribution of open source projects that compete with their offerings — then we all lose. For example, public perception of data centers’ environmental impact is already far worse than the reality — data centers are incredibly efficient for the work they do, and hampering their buildout will hurt rather than help the environment. While job loss is a real problem, the “AI washing” of layoffs — in which businesses that had over-hired during the pandemic blame AI for recent layoffs, although AI hasn’t yet affected their operations — has led to overblown fears about the impact of AI on employment. Unfortunately, this sort of propaganda easily leads to regulations that create worse outcomes for everyone. For example, oil companies worked for years to create fear of nuclear energy. The result is that overblown concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants has stifled nuclear power development, leading to millions of premature deaths from air pollution that was caused by other energy sources and a massive increase in CO2 emissions. Let’s make sure overblown concerns about AI do not lead to a similar fate for the many people that would benefit from faster AI development. Last week, the White House proposed a national legislative framework for AI. A key component is a federal preemption framework to prevent a patchwork of state regulations that hamper AI development. I support this. After failing to gain traction at the federal level, a lot of anti-AI propaganda has shifted to the state level. If just one of the 50 states passes a law that limits AI in an unproductive way, it could lead to stifling AI development across all the states and potentially across the globe. The White House proposal rightfully respects each state’s rights to control its own zoning, how it enforces general laws to protect consumers, and how it uses AI. But if a state were to pass laws that limit AI development, federal rules would preempt the state law. The White House proposal remains a proposal for now. However, if the U.S. Congress enacts it, it will clear the way for ongoing efforts to develop AI in beneficial ways. Where do we go from here? Let’s support limiting applications — those that use AI, and those that don’t — that harm people. When the anti-AI coalition argues against AI, in addition to considering the merits of the argument, I consider whether their position is consistent and persuasive, or if they are just promoting whatever concerns they think will sway the public at a given moment. And, let’s also keep using a scientific approach to weighing AI’s benefits against likely harms, so we don’t end up with overblown concerns that limit the benefits that AI can bring everyone. [Original text with links: ]

I’ve always said our nation has a sacred obligation: to prepare those we send into harm’s way, to support their loved ones when they are gone, and to provide for them and their families when they come home. To honor that call, when I was President one of my proudest accomplishments was signing the PACT Act — the most significant expansion of care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances. This Veterans Day, we honor all the brave men and women who answered the call to serve and defend. Our nation is stronger and our democracy more secure because of their service and sacrifice.

while i’m happy ppl are winning on rh, it’s dangerous to sell decent sol bags to rotate and try to catch volume let’s not confuse things: you should play rh, but make sure you have extra liquidity to play it. as someone who, more than once, rotated insanely good bags, i can tell you that the mind plays dangerous games here you’ve been holding coins for weeks and maybe months, from established communities or known people in the space; it’s not worth rotating that to a 2 days old 1M mcap coin. coz it’s way more of a gamble. but it, yes, if you have extra liquidity someone dmed me to buy a coin 2 days ago and i didn’t have my ledger with me. they almost convinced me to rotate some tripleT at 12M and “buy it back lower a day later” triplet went to 27M the next day and the other coin nuked TLDR is, you’ve done your dd. don’t rotate the pico bottom extremely bullish on solana:9cRCn9rGT8V2imeM2BaKs13yhMEais3ruM3rPvTGpump $TripleT $Jotchua

Katherine Boyle on Elon Musk: “I think that Elon’s most important contribution to this country is training two generations of engineers over twenty years on how to work with their hands again. We had lost that capability in the US. The pendulum had moved so far to software that we didn’t have someone thinking from first principles of how to build as quickly as possible and build in new ways and capabilities that didn’t exist before. You don’t learn it at university, and you don’t learn it at existing primes, where they’re given a list of requirements and told, ‘Build it exactly as we say.’ Elon’s way of thinking is how do you engineer something for production and build for manufacturing. You don’t separate those capabilities. You want to make it as simply and cheaply and as quickly as possible so that you can mass-produce something. We’ve watched the diaspora out of SpaceX, with SpaceX talent taking that knowledge and building new capabilities. They’re taking everything they’ve learned from that methodical approach and bringing it to new capabilities that SpaceX isn’t working on. That is what you’re seeing with the diasporas out of companies like SpaceX and Anduril, they all know something they’ve learned from the previous generation of companies.”