I think this signal is healthy:
David Hogg, Vice Chair of Democratic National Committee, talks future of the
party and criticism
https://youtu.be/e03bpYyrs-U?si=XN21Qd1LTWcHVXge
I'm still skeptical. But it's nice to see a gentle bucking like this. I'm in no way,
shape, or fashion a Democrat. And his "We need to have a 100% eradication of gun
violence and gun deaths in this country" is absurd, even given his background. But
it's nice to see a little open friction.
On 4/21/25 12:13 PM, steve smith wrote:
Thich Nat Hahn, Jimmy Carter, Pope Francis
taking bets on how Trump tries to nominate himself Pope?
Was that the point of Vance's visit, to claim Francis named Trump his successor?
Mary's protest t-shirt simply states "Is he dead yet?"
I'm not Catholic but have partnered with three escaped/reformed/failed
Catholics and attended Mass with my children until they hit the age they could
refuse confirmation (and further indoctrination). I enjoyed a great deal of
what I experienced in that context and definitely appreciate a *lot* about
Francis' style and nature. But just as I felt the passing of Queen Elizabeth,
that the royalty and now the papacy is dead.
When DJT finally meets his maker, I wonder if the "American Presidency" is
dead. He has distorted the norms and standards of the office, the checks and balances
of our tripartate gubm'nt.
I'm predicting (for better and worse) that our future (self?)governance will be
effected somehow through the leading edge of contemporary technology... (e.g.
LLMs, blockchains, IoT, etc.). Unfortunately the heavy-hitters in each of
those fields are highly suspect. I *want* to believe Altman isn't evil (like
Google wasn't evil?) and I *hope* Hoskinson is as pure of intent as he
aspires/projects, etc.. and I *want* to believe that to whatever extent the
milieu of ML/AI co-evolving with itself these days is *capable* of transcending
our human frailties... but that is a LOT of wanton Hopium...
Anyone see any healthy signal in the disturbing noise rising up amidst the authoritarian
fascism whose colms are breaking through the soil this "spring"?
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