🚨 The economy is flashing red across every sector. I've been BEGGING the Trump administration to reset expectations. This wasn't caused by tariffs but the trade deals are NOT going to get us out of this trouble

A thread of signals you’re not hearing from the headlines:

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📉 Workers feel it coming.
Job loss fears just hit 15.7%—worst since lockdowns.

People know the layoff wave is building. 2/
📉 You lose your job today? Good luck. Only 49.2% believe they could find work in 3 months. That’s 2020-level despair. JOLTS at very low measures right now

1/🧵 Welcome to the Hall of Woke! The San Diego science museum opened its doors for December Nights and we took all the kids for the lights, food and fun. While the girls were using the restroom I was waiting in what appears to be the Hall of Woke - just outside.

Get ready for the ride.

The wall was emblazoned with rainbows and portraits declaring: New Science! “Queer and intersectional identities are revolutionizing how science gets done”
2/ The hallway, featured a dozen of the craziest most aggressive intersectionality “science people” ever assembled. They even had a queer Sikh with a rainbow Turban: “To me, science is personal. I bring my multifaceted identity into the lab, and it informs the work
I choose to do and the way in which I do it. I enjoy doing interdisciplinary work that combines different methods from neuropsychology and neuroimaging along with advanced quantitative approaches, and I think that this overall strategy comes from an understanding of individual people as layered.
My expression of queerness is influenced by my
Sikh values, which motivate me to be visible and work towards equity within science and beyond.”

🧵As the Good Book says, "there is nothing new under the sun." The absurdity and chaos of the Covid pandemic was an echo. Let's go back 400 years to Milan, Italy where a REAL plague (THE plague) drove that city INSANE. 1/ In his 1827 novel I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed), Italian author Alessandro Manzoni writes about the difficult journey of two lovers affianced in 17the century Milan. The story is fiction but was thoroughly researched by Manzoni from original source journals. 2/

The Judge in the Missouri v. Biden lawsuit dropped a bombshell of a document to add support to his preliminary injunction. LOTS of govt defendants. Here are the 25 instances cited where the White House tried to CENSOR Americans in collusion with social media companies. 1/ On Jan 23, 2021, the Digital Director for the COVID-19 Response Team contacted Twitter to remove an anti-vaccine tweet by @RobertKennedyJr. She asked for oversight on similar tweets.

Trump "father of the vaccine"
--> refused to fire Fauci
--> vax mandates enacted
--> kids harmed

11 yo female, 5 mins after 1st dose said she couldn't hear and she "couldn't feel her ears". Lost consciousness. Seizure for 5 mins. Screamed to mom "Make it stop" 1/ 5 yo girl - AZ - 4 days post dose Pfizer - 5 days in hosp C19+ October Vax 4 weeks later MIS-C "Pt had acute COVID19 in October 2021. Got her first COVID19 vaccine on 11/12/21. Started having fever on 11/16/21 & was admitted on 11/21/21 w/MIS-C with Cardiac involvement" 2/

Some folks have short memories. Let's review this ONE MORE TIME: the evidence against the vaccine:
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1/ Increased risk of myocarditis after vax: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… 2/ Further evidence of vax myocarditis risk: fda.gov/media/159007/d…

Here are the 12 key findings of the Durham report:

1/12 Australian diplomats confirm: Papadopoulos never mentioned direct contact with Russians nor any offer of assistance to Crossfire Hurricane investigators. 2/12: No info from Intelligence Community corroborated the hypothesis that launched the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

It seems like every other day Trump begs DeSantis not to run. Maybe Trump should be the one to drop out. Here are some hobbies he could take up in retirement!

Extreme Crochet: Trump trades in his suit and tie for a crochet hook! Knitted MAGA hats are HUGE! twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Birdwatching: Trump swaps skyscrapers for tree tops as he takes up birdwatching! But are birds real in Trump's world?

Paper quilling is one of my favorite mediums for #AIArtworks & #midjourney. We should always acknowledge the REAL world heroes of this medium (Brodskaya, Runa, and Neli Quilling) but here are some of my own creations. FIRST, I reversed @chetbff's waterfall into this lava flow. ;) This beauty is mesmerizing but you can see how you might be able to create this in real life.

This beautiful #Midjourneyv5 prompt got some gasps from my followers. The detail and simplicity of the composition are matched only by how REAL it all looks. Here's a thread on a best versions. (Notice the delicate skin embellishes on her skin) The wry smile on this version lends tremendous personality to the subject. However, Mj took a little bit of liberty with the instrument. The perspective hides it but its an oblong oddity.

1/ 🎨 Explore the mesmerizing fusion of iconic masterpieces with 10 unique art mediums in this thread. Prepare to be amazed! #AIArtwork #midjourneyv5 2/ 🖼️ Origami: Delicate paper folding techniques breathe new life into classic paintings, creating intricate multi-dimensional expressions of beauty. #OrigamiArt

🧵 A Midjourney experiment in using sequential "/describe" prompts. First, I started with the enigmatic prompt of "1/137" or more specifically "0.007299270072992700" (go Google it).
1/ Running it through "/describe", it came out with these descriptions
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The @FTC @doj @CFPB & @USEEOC have put together a joint statement on AI. Of course, their main concern is discrimination...

How could I summarize this quickly...? Here's the statement: eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-…

🧵Tucker Carlson was the ONLY major media show host to call into question the Covid shot, the creepy worldwide propaganda rollout and the injuries that were very real but no one could talk about. Here's a segment from December 2020! Here's another from Feb 2021 with the first sorties of social media companies trying to QUASH even any humor about the vax.

😢 Vax injury reports: -> She screamed for mom to "Make it stop"

11 yo female, 5 mins after 1st dose said she couldn't hear and she "couldn't feel her ears" Lost consciousness, came to after ~2-5 mins. Had a seizure for 5 mins. "Make it stop" These families deserve justice! 1/ 5 yo girl - AZ - 4 days post dose Pfizer - 5 days in hosp C19+ October Vax 4 weeks later MIS-C "Pt had acute acute COVID19 in October 2021. Got her first COVID19 vaccine on 11/12/21. Started having fever on 11/16/21 & was admitted on 11/21/21 w/MIS-C with Cardiac involvement" 2/

Midjourney Evening Musings: rounds and edges

1) gallup twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2) gallup (again)

Evening Midjourney Musings: Happy and Sad

1) vibrant playtime! 2) muffled sorrow

It’s important to retain a memory of how we let ourselves get sucked into the pandemic response. The masks, the vaccines, the lockdowns, the censorship — collectively, we have a lot to repent for (or they do).

Let's capture this terrible moment: propaganda posters. Art is powerful and nothing is more influential than powerful vicious art. Please note, I don’t believe the many artists who composed are vicious but the policies which influenced them are absolutely vicious.

Tonight's wordy Midjourney Musings.
prism of the mind's eye The universe in your umbrella

*shred* --> Midjourney guitar series
Mystical, shimmering, chaotic, iridescent, alluring, luscious, cosmic, fiery, whimsical, ethereal moonbeams:: slick, neon, edgy, cosmic, metallic, smoky, rugged, sleek, glossy, vibrant, guitar, skyscraper. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

1/ After more than 2 years of debate, new evidence has emerged, providing vindication for Team Reality's stance on COVID-19 vaccines. 🧵 2/ A big tip of the hat to @Robber_Baron_ for compiling this list of vindications week after week.
Let's dive into the key findings: covidreason.substack.com/p/vindication-…