Evidence shows outbreaks are not directly linked to protests.
If that was the case, every major city, including New York, would’ve seen an enormous resurgence. They didn’t. You know why? Because the protestors wore masks and weren’t in a closed space.
I was worried the protests would lead to surges in cases, but after looking at the case counts in cities with the most protests there just hasn’t been a correlation between protests and surges in cases. There are, however, correlations between premature reopenings and surges.
So before you reply to this thread or DM me saying I’m ignorant, I suggest you do what Jim Jordan obviously hasn’t done and read what experts have said on this or google the case trends in the cities with the most protests and you will see no direct correlation with the protests.
Bottom line: if the protests led to a resurgence of cases, we would’ve seen a surge in all 50 states, not just the states who reopened too soon.
Fake elite “populists” are exploiting anti-elite messaging from real populist movements.
They are “elite” themselves but claim they’re fighting oppressive systems while perpetuating them. They do this by making their fake populism not about economic class, but ideological class.
The right knows they can’t make credible economic arguments, so they’re waging an ideological war on progress or what they call “woke.” They shamelessly prey on people’s grievances and fears of change. They feed their supporters anger while they fatten their own pockets.
While the idea of democratizing access to AI models sounds great on paper, it has a lot of risks in the unregulated, pre-ethical AI governance environment we’re currently it
Extremists getting their hands on these sophisticated AI models can be dangerous
This is how Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, in a nutshell:
SVB over-invested in long-term mortgage-backed securities. As rates rose, value of those securities dropped—they sold at a $1.8B loss. SVB said it needed to raise $2.25B to offset the loss. Then VCs triggered a bank run…
Peter Thiel & other VCs told their portfolio companies to withdraw cash. SVB customers withdrew $42B by the end of Thursday. SVB went cash negative as it tried to cover the withdrawals. By Friday morning, regulators shut down SVB and FDIC said it would insure $250k of deposits…
The same VCs who attack the government began begging for a bailout for a bank run they helped cause.
By Monday, the Biden Admin guaranteed 100% of deposits, promised SVB accountability, and Biden said they did it without spending any taxpayer money. Companies could meet payroll.
Watch for yourself. In the same breath, Kanye West praises Hitler and attacks Jews.
Kanye West is blaming the entire Jewish community for his bad business deals. That’s what’s happening. He is echoing centuries-old antisemitic tropes, straight up praising murderous Hitler, and targeting millions of people all because he’s unhappy with his contracts. Just sick.
This is rock bottom for Kanye West. There is no coming back from this
This is a massive deal. Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers, is guilty of seditious conspiracy. The Oath Keepers coordinated with Trump advisor Roger Stone ahead of January 6
The fact a jury convicted on seditious conspiracy charges is remarkable. This isn’t a guilty plea like the Proud Boys. A jury found seditious conspiracy charges to be viable in relation to January 6. This could have massive ramifications for how the DOJ approaches future J6 cases
To put it more simply: The chances the DOJ charges people higher up in the January 6 plot with seditious conspiracy just went up