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@BlitztheDragon
Man, wouldn’t it be funny if Catturd gets rolled over by the algorithm like he did his dog?

After days of no word on Trump’s bond appeal, NY AG Letitia James has filed a motion to reject the latest one as Trump’s insurer still could not provide evidence that they have the money to cover the bond.

Oh I know that’s exactly how it’s going to play out. But I am holding out hope that Elon’s track record of recklessness and incompetence will result in him rolling it out and forgetting to assign special protection to Libs of Tiktok, Catturd, and his own account first.

You can bet on there being an overriding factor to all of that: the more an account follows, responds to and retweets users from a particular aisle of the political spectrum, the less likely they’ll get flagged.

If anything, it’s just a matter of time before Grok itself spills the beans on it.

Since we’re talking about Elon, he recently announced that any account caught partaking in “engagement farming” will be “banned and traced to source.” How will he do this? By relying on Grok of course. How does Grok define engagement farming? It listed some examples. Basically everything Elon and his favorite fash accounts are doing.

@Background Pony #1F81
@Ereiam

And Tesla’s largest retail shareholder today said they won’t support reinstating Musk’s invalidated pay package.

It just keeps getting worse for him.

@Background Pony #1F81
Being the main shareholder of said companies makes him kinda hard to fire (but yeah, any company with a governance system worth a damn would’ve already given him the boot by now).

Elon Musk/Tesla has announced a total recall on all of their Cybertruck models (Around 3.9K models), due to a massive design flaw that allows the accelerator pedal to become easily stuck

This man can do literally nothing right yet he’s still put in charge of of companies

Florida Man visits New York City.

@SleepySteve
And in today’s “not a cult” news…

A man outside the NYC courthouse where Trump is being tried set himself on fire.

Trump says he raised $50 million in one night.

Trump is also in court for lying about his worth.

And despite that, the GOP is still cash starved.

And, key word there, Trump raised it. How much of that do you honestly believe will actually be funneled to down ballot causes? I’d bet good money that it’s going into his campaign coffers and then likely diverted to keeping him out of jail.

So in another advancement in AI media tech, Microsoft has announced a new image to video ML model that turns faces into talking heads and it’s shockingly real

Just in time for the elections lol

YouTube is already awash with ai generated ads featuring my country’s prime minister telling people to invest in a shitcoin or a pyramid scheme, I can’t imagine what it’s going to be like for you Americans with your incredibly divise political climate

@Zincy
Didn’t Trump recently do a fundraiser that raised like $50 mil tho?

@Zincy
The seem to not understand how to rent an escort.

Dems are building what is looking like a record setting cash advantage, in some cases absolutely dwarfing Republicans on both the individual candiate level and on PACs.

Dems are also placing huge fall ad buys in the swing states.

Meanwhile, the Trump campaign hasn’t bought any fall ads in key states like Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Trump is also funneling campaign cash into his businesses, which is then spent on his legal defense.

A republican dark money group recently spent 700k…attacking fellow Republicans. Going after 3 Republicans that voted to oust ol Kev.

While money and spending don’t always equal success, you’d still rather be the party making money hand-over-fist than the party that’s paying to punch itself in the face.

@Commune
There’s probably going to be permanent stalemate until it blows up to all out global war should some NATO members decide they can’t wait any longer and start to send troops there (which would be them telling Biden and Scholz to suck dick; a huge mistake given the threat of far right populists being elected in those countries), or the Russian government somehow spectacularly collapses and is unable to sustain the war effort.

Neither is likely.

There’s also the wild card factor of Zelensky losing domestic support after his knifing of Zaluzhnyi, who is beloved amongst the Ukrainians.

Beyond those scenarios, Ukraine’s best hope is Democrats winning a trifecta this year. It’s plausible that Biden could win reelection and Democrats win back the House; the Senate is another matter (and unlike 2022 turnout won’t be low).

@Archivist
Kiev is unlikely to fall

The question is rather, is Ukraine likely to take back its former territories?
It doesn’t look likely I’ll tell you that

Israel’s leadership are a bunch of nasty bloodthirsty bastards.

Israel has struck Iran
And Iran has threatened to strike Israeli nuclear sites, which needless to say would likely cause a nuclear response.

In the latest “The cruelty is the point” news, Florida just signed a ban on heat and water breaks.

One of the hottest states in the union, just in time for summer. After multiple successive “hottest year on record”.

There is some surveillance law rework going on in the US, but instead of improving the situation, a recent proposal might significantly worsen it.

@Poison Trail
Overall I agree, but…

It takes less if you don’t have to respect human rights, due process, and can use brutal methods. It’s Russia we are talking about. Remember how those terrorists that attacked Crocus City Hall were treated? They would be treated even worse if they weren’t expected to be shown on camera and to stand trial. Same applies to Ukrainians.

The cash being spent on the Ukraine war is an overwhelmingly high return investment, not only because it’s funding the US local economy as opposed to that bullshit “We’re airdropping pallets of cash in a warzone!” narrative, but also because of the cost-effectiveness of weakening Russia. A disposable rocket launcher being used to take out a multi-million dollar tank for example.

Even in the scenario that Kyiv is overrun, there is still going to be an active resistance effort. Despite all of their numerous fuckups, Russia is still on the easy part of the war. There’s no such thing as taking a city, stomping your feet and claiming it to be yours, you’ve still gotta hold the territory until there’s a proper takeover without fear of reprisal made easier by, yknow, weapons donated to the effort.

It takes about 1 soldier per 25 civilians to effectively suppress the chance that the local occupying force ends up being vulnerable to the resistance effort. That’s trained soldiers, not just conscripts that have no idea about enforcing shifts just so you don’t end up having your throat slit and your barracks firebombed overnight.

So yeah, those weapons, which are manufactured and benefit the US economy before being sent overseas are very cheap compared to the benefits they bring. Similarly, Russia spends shockingly little to bribe and blackmail Republicans while using troll farms to flood social media with “Bothsides” bullshittery, that’s their high return investment right now.

Ukrainians do believe in Ukrainian statehood and Ukraine actually wants to defend itself. The situation in Afghanistan was that most Afghans either wanted the Taliban to rule or at least were not willing to fight them.

Israel doesn’t deserve another cent towards war.

Ukraine needs all the aid it can get to kept a despot back.