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Online Luddite retweeted
The Sunrise Movement is full of such unrepentant liars that they won’t admit that EVERY serious model of BAAJA’s impact says it would significantly DECREASE emissions
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How does someone get up, make coffee, eat breakfast, get in the car, and drive to work every day to make something like this? At least the Raytheon guys can bullshit themselves about fighting terrorism or whatever. This has no purpose other than destroying human interaction.
Microsoft has filed a patent for an AI system that could rewrite what people say during livestreams in real time. It could change words depending on who's watching, taking into account their age, location, and language.
The idea is to clean up broadcasts by removing filler words, censoring swearing, or even replacing certain words.
The AI could also adjust the speaker's lip movements so viewers wouldn't notice anything had been changed.
Online Luddite retweeted
Unsolicited advice to all the Democrats who won tough seats this week across the country: have the best possible constituent service operation you can.
I won and flipped my first state house district in 2016 by 323 votes the same night that Trump won my seat by 12 points.
My team was relentless in solving constituent cases because I believe that we can connect with residents regardless of party in this way. We still work this hard at casework.
The proof it works? This comment from a constituent this morning on my Facebook page:
Online Luddite retweeted
Really can’t get over this nyt article about talarico’s boots. People know men in Texas just wear boots every single day right?
OK, state-based active transportation/trail/transit/etc. advocates: I'm presenting in Texas this week about funding models in different political environments (I pitched the topic well before the election).
Texas now has a far more Democratic government than I would have (1/3)
...expected, but it's still divided gov't (Senate is GOP). Looking for good examples of:
-Funding (via executive or legislature) successes or even attempts in divided partisan governments. (Examples: VA 2023 trail $, NC various years this decade, NY 2017 Empire State Trail (2/3)
I used to work in the Texas Lege, and now I work with legislatures around the country. Texas is very unique in this practice, in a good way. (Also, not separating seating on Floor or committee dais by party builds comity.)
In response to questioning from @scottbraddock, the new House Speaker says that, yes, there will be committee chairs from both parties #txlege
Online Luddite retweeted
Erika Kirk: “It’s the little things. I miss Charlie when I see his hot sauce on the shelf, which is now available at grocery stores everywhere.”
It’s an instinct.
Online Luddite retweeted
This is exactly the kind of thing I mean when I say the left needs to be better at spotting antisemitism in their own ranks.
Scott Wiener is an outspoken progressive who has basically done everything the left could ask for. Also he's *against* the Israeli invasion of Gaza. But he also happens to be Jewish, so the left is derangedly obsessed with him in the same way the right is derangedly obsessed over El-Sayed and Hasan Piker — they want him to constantly disavow stuff other Jews did over and over and over again, even when he already has, and if at any point he doesn't do a PERFECT job of apologizing for being Jewish, well he might as well be Netanyahu.
Online Luddite retweeted
This is why Republicans lost every statewide office and the State House in Georgia. I’m trying to lower your bills and you guys are asking me where I’m going to pee.
Online Luddite retweeted
it’s so fucking hilarious that IOWA has a Prada model for governor
Online Luddite retweeted
After this midterm, for the love of God, can reporters stop doing swing voter safaris in Youngstown diners and instead go to taquerias in Laredo, Panaderias in Miami, Puerto Rican pastelillos in the Bronx? Latinos ARE the Swing Vote.
Online Luddite retweeted
I am proud to have @GavinNewsom as my governor.
Ending the death penalty isn't about extending mercy to the worst, most undeserving people. It's about elevating our society above those who kill. It's about us, not them.
nytimes.com/2026/11/05/us/ca…
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Abundance Dems are just getting started.
Winning comment: "'Knockin on Heaven's Door' only on CBS following an all-new 60 Minutes."
