KelvarCherry [They/Them]

There’s more to the case than that. Sole presence in a market does not make you a de-facto monopoly.

What makes [Ticketmaster+Live Nation] a monopoly is its mass-acquisition of venues, which are rented out with contracts that stipulate that the event must sell admission through Ticketmaster. This is why performers like Taylor Swift call out Ticketmaster publicly, while still selling tickets through them. For most stadium events; if you don’t use Ticketmaster, you don’t have a place to perform.

For context, Bob Ross is a well-respected painter who passed away in 1995. His “The Joy of Painting” broadcast, originally made for the PBS channel, has been re-streamed on Twitch by the site, making him a notable figure online.

While nowhere near the ongoing existential polycrises we’re battling, there is something disturbing about a real person’s legacy being used to promote a cash-grab video game that squeezes money from kids. I’m certain Bob Ross would not want anything to do with Epic Games or Fortnite. To have one’s existence and fame used in this way is on-par with running crypto scams with deepfakes of a public figure.

Do we really want him to be fired? I’d rather the head of the USA FBI be an incompetent moron serial-drinker who yells at all his staff, than a composed rational individual. I sense this is the reason Cole Tomas Allen specifically said “except Patel”. Kash Patel and perhaps RFK Jr. are (unintentionally) following the sabotage manual better than any other federal employee from what we’ve seen.

This is why it is so bafflingly stupid that Anyone is allowing a chatbot to do things. When that idea was first suggested, I and anyone else with a tragic faith in the intelligence of our society laughed it off as another absurd techbro idea, like all of the bullshit Musk and Zuckerberg spew on stage… but they did it ;-;

They made chatbots, an inherently unpredictable aggregation of all their training data, with systems that link that output to actual commands. This is the type of situation that would normally be deemed a Critical security breach on its own. In November of 2021, an exploit was found to run commands through maliciously-designed strings, exclusively in the Log4J Java debug logging library, and it was a red alert across the cybersecurity world. This is, like, the highest of high vulnerabilities, and for good reason!!!

Everyone who designs these chatbots should be sued to hell.

I agree all of those are terrible, and I hope it’s clear I didn’t ever even remotely consider voting for the guy; but you realize why none of those things really matter to the average American who is struggling to get by every day, right?

Like: mocking leaders’ deaths, mocking people with disabilities, having affairs with porn stars… – those are all terrible, inhumane, and “un-professional” things for the person to do; but when you’re desperate for some change and lost faith in the other party, it makes sense that voters would be willing to ignore those. Perhaps these aspects are indicators of what the guy would do in office; but most people in this country don’t think that deep into anything.

The involvement in Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring is a powerful point because it hits just about every group with disgust. For the rest of this, I’d just focus more on Trump’s ties to Big Tech and Big Finance; because that’s the avenue that people feel the effect of. That and this country’s shitty Medical system.

wait wtf you’re right. did someone hit him over the head with a hammer? Why is there a giant Band-Aid over half his forehead???

I’ve been hoping some MAGA Republican would do the job for over a year now :P

OoooOooooOOh I am the ghooost of Bailey past. WOOOoooOOOOOoooo you have to baaaack Israeeeel.

While bridge traffic in both directions was closed at times on Friday and overnight, the bridge is reportedly open to traffic Saturday morning, though with some lane restrictions, as law enforcement said a “barricade situation” with the protester continued.

He shut down a bridge for a day and closed off a lane. Standing atop a bridge absolutely means something. Even with a lack of disregard to human life, if your body falls onto a vehicle, that would cause real damage.

oh, wow. I was completely unaware of that aspect of it. I will research that now. Thank you for correcting me.

they’ll probably end up sitting in the kitchen of a bunch of divorce-able old men. The only flesh those knives will be cutting into will be steak burnt on a gas stove.

What kind of idiot? A bunch of morons on TikTok who make content either harassing strangers and setting people up for legal and social issues, or who post creep shots of women for their TikTok baby followers.

I agree with everything you wrote except the PPP fraud. IIRC that was all forgiven under Biden, and all the real perpetrators were businesses. They’re absolutely coming for Section 8 people and those on food stamps before the new rules kicked most off, next.

the “Incredible Way”, from the article

The situation has gotten to the point where a baffling proportion of Gen Zers are going as far as to intentionally undermine their bosses’ AI initiatives…44 percent of polled Gen Z workers said they’re “sabotaging their company’s AI strategy in at least one way,” from entering proprietary company information into chatbots to refusing to use AI tools outright.

This is a valid and essential role. Remember when the corporate media was spamming out all those articles on “quiet quitting”? This is exactly what they fear. If you show up to work, clock in, do nothing of value, and clock out, you’re costing your workplace money AND denying them that role.

If I could, I’d do the same. Apply to be some office grunt at Meta or Amazon, sweet talk my manager, do a bunch of meaningless work like configuring things on the PC and taking inventory of random shit, and then clock out. Gamify metrics. Plan stupid projects with the corpo chatbot. Burn money and time. It’s one of those “death by 1000 cuts” actions, and it benefits each individual person because you still get paid. Win-win.

“indentured servitude”, which is what this is, is slavery; especially when the costs are forced upon you. This was a common method of immigrating to the USA back in the, like, 1800s; but that debt was taken by willing people who had the option to walk away.

And the crime is sleeping. Jesus fucking Christ USAmerica has gone from a prison state to a torture state.

ohhhh fuuuuck the “troubled teen industry”. This is a nightmare of a can to crack open and the more you learn about it, the more you’ll hate the medical and legal systems in this country. Reader beware.

seriously… we’re talking about global elites who are raping and killing people. just say the words… ;-;

This is information suppression and narrative control. On top of algorithms influencing what results you see, you’ll now have a chatbot that can be even more strongly biased behind the scenes. Wouldn’t expect any better from Google / Silicon Valley. I’m sure the USA’s Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society are salivating at the thought.

The bill is cosponsored by Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants who, she said, worked multiple minimum-wage jobs just to get by.

They said “a pair” so I’m dropping that for the Illinois folks.