Drives me crazy that "human beings are basically out-of-control rabble Strong Men With Weapons (or Muscles) need to beat in submission" is such a popular movie framework. Since it's so authoritarian. And so not what most people do in times of crisis.

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Should slop be a verb? Kind of like slime and slobber? Because looking for the cover of this book (on right) I came across this trash on the left, and all the ai misrepresentations I've been subjected to do feel like being slimed, or slobbered on by something extra-disgusting.

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#EdwardGoreyMusic #MusicChallenge Day 20 - 'Miss Emily Toastwater' "An Illustration of Lonelines" by Courtney Barnett music.amazon.com/albums/B0GQJ...

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Poverty is a policy decision. Concentrated wealth is a policy decision. Inequality is a policy decision. Economic inequality is not some naturally occurring phenomenon. It is the consequence of choices. One question I always urge my students to ask: who is the market organized for — and why?

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who's spent $100M+ against California's Prop 40, spent the weekend dining with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. These billionaires keep accidentally proving why we need a billionaire wealth tax.

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