David Klamet

Other countries trust China more than the U.S. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kah...

www.cnbc.com/2026/08/25/u... United Airlines expects more premium travel next year. Other airlines are, too. What does that mean about the distribution of wealth? Yes, we know.

Credible people have continued to point out that hyperscalars and chip makers have been misleading about their expenses, debt, and future earnings. The public clearly is either skeptical or strongly opposes massive data centers. One of many voices shedding light on this. bit.ly/3RSQ935

Profits in billions, fines in millions.

A history of "AI" by Richard Campbell. Maybe I like it partly because he also hinks "AI" is a terrible term for what are actually LLMs and are absolutely not intelligent. (Though they can be useful) Rational and hopeful predictions about the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWnU...

Not sure... when did Putin pass Trump in doing more damage that will cause generations for their country to recover from?

When I hear "datacenters in space," I react with a mix of mirth and worry. The difficulties of electronics in space and the challenges of getting stuff to orbit (I know more than the average bear) will make it impractical for decades. Funny: it's farcical. Worrying: it's being taken seriously.

The fullest accounting of the economic cost of war includes not just today’s dollars, but tomorrow’s lost opportunities. A dollar spent on war today is a dollar not spent on health care or education or infrastructure. Or it’s a dollar not available to the private sector for capital spending.

Since AI is trained rather than programmed, what keeps them from destroying humanity once they have the capability — and, eventually, they surely will.

I thought Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics would never really be pertinent. Now, I realize that IAI (Imitation Artificial Intelligence) is incapable of understanding this, or indeed anything. It only spits out responses to prompts. #AIDebate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_L...

Do we hate "AI" ? Yes, I think we do. Too much, too fast, and too much hype/lies. youtu.be/Dhx5RoOXrhk?...

This is a problem we've all come to accept. It is another example where choices are made for us that we have no impact on--the infamous YouTube algorithm. youtu.be/AJP6K2_rr90?...

Something hilarious I see no one talking about. SpaceX IPO— likely to be the largest in history — at the same time, the Kessler Syndrome could easily make that company worthless.

We need to be concerned not only about the problems AI will cause, but also about what it will enable those with evil intent to do. Just another on the list of tools co-opted to cheat and steal..

Now this is what I'm talking about. We are only powerless if we choose to be.

When I hear foreign leaders refer to U.S. actions, I fervently wish they would be specific and correct and refer directoy to Trump and not what is still our country. Trump may represent the US on the world stage, but he IS NOT the U.S. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

This is a TEDx talk from 11 years ago. For a while, the organizers refused to put it on their site, but eventually relented, and it is still up. Keywords: plutocrats, pitchforks. More relevant today than ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO...

You don't need to like someone to respect what they have to say. youtube.com/shorts/J5upA...

“Who are you with” and “You’re a terrible reporter” are the last remaining clues that a question with any merit was asked. @nbcnews.com

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Fucking Dangerous!!

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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I wonder how things might have turned out differently if John McCain had selected someone besides Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 election.

This did not change my mind, but it challenged my assumptions more than anything has in a long time. The anger is still there, replaced partly by confusion. I'm sure the anger will return. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxlo...

us government went from telling miners “learn to code” to telling coders “learn to mine” in less than ten years

"If you can prove someone's a gang member or has committed a crime or is violent, round them up, put them on a plane, get them out. But you have to prove that, right?" Right? Rep. Jason Crow joins @timmiller.bsky.social on the latest Bulwark Podcast:

Prediction: Today (4/9/25) registered the greatest ill gotten gains from insider trading in history.

The failure isn’t the insane President. The failure is all the supposedly sane people pretending he’s not.

The top five egg producers own roughly half of all U.S. laying hens. The biggest of those corporations is Cal-Maine, which just announced quarterly profits of $509 million — more than 3x what it made a year ago. Corporate concentration + bird flu = a price-hiking free for all.

War hero schools a chickenhawk.

How long will it take Trump to realize that by calling Navarro a moron, Musk is calling him one, too? www.bbc.com/news/article...

As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.

Chinese 🇺🇸 embassy shares the anti-tariffs Reagan clip mwe have shared multiple times…

Powerful words from attorney Brenna Trout Frey, who resigned from Skadden after the law firm bowed to Trump's threats and signed a disgraceful deal with the Trump administration: "There is only one acceptable response from attorneys to the Trump administration's demands: The rule of law matters."

If TdA were as bad as they “determine,” wouldn’t there be widespread reports of “murders and kidnappings” from around the country? And wouldn’t the Govt’s case be stronger if they told the court about them? Finally, can courts take that lack of specific claims into account?

Dear Martha, next time something like this comes up remind the American that the UK helped America after 9/11 when America asked for help. Remind him/her that the UK fought next to America in Iraq and Afghanistan and lost many troops. Ask the American to say 'thank you' for the help we gave.

Just back from a much-needed end-of-class-term trip to Paris and Provence. Best sign I saw was a display at a British book store in Aix-en-Provence. The books on display were top notch also.

The only legitimate reason for not investigations because you don’t believe a crime was committed, not because “the mission was successful” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...

Is this hilarious or what? Bezos: "the president has "grown" significantly since his first term ..." "...appears calmer, more confident, and more settled this time a ..." timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/...