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New comment by jorblumesea in "Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection"

jorblumesea — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:43:24 +0000

I really don't think he thought it was equivalent, he was just larping and thought he could trick people.

New comment by jorblumesea in "The bridge to wealth is being pulled up with AI"

jorblumesea — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:08:51 +0000

they will get poor people to die fighting each other, as it works today.

New comment by jorblumesea in "The bridge to wealth is being pulled up with AI"

jorblumesea — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:29:47 +0000

As if this isn't intentional or an added benefit. AI is the wet dream of the capital class, no need to negotiate with greedy workers asking for rights and benefits. There will be a chasm between the wealthy and everyone else. the future is looking more and more like feudalism.

New comment by jorblumesea in "American aviation is near collapse?"

jorblumesea — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:10:16 +0000

This is largely true for almost all US public services. Decades of focusing on the needs of the 1% is producing a situation where almost everything is under funded or poorly implemented. Critical infrastructure isn't a priority.

New comment by jorblumesea in "Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War"

jorblumesea — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:30:16 +0000

You mean, what's been happening to the USA? this isn't a new trend. Militarization of police, open attacks on democracy, unilateral foreign policy moves.

the country jumped the shark post 9/11 and has been on a slow rot since then.

New comment by jorblumesea in "US Gov Deploys Grok as Nutrition Bot, It Advises for Rectal Use of Vegetables"

jorblumesea — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:00:58 +0000

probably not far outside the realm of what rfk has actually done.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/rfk-jr-rock-c...

New comment by jorblumesea in "Trump's global tariffs struck down by US Supreme Court"

jorblumesea — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:19:20 +0000

Except for all the other blatantly unconstitutional rulings in his favor. Presidential immunity one will go down in history as a black stain on America and the courts.

and still this current ruling was a 6-3 vote.

New comment by jorblumesea in "Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging"

jorblumesea — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:36:11 +0000

while it sucks, paying for it out of pocket is probably cheaper if you can't get it covered. In the long run, $1500 as a bridge until your 40s feels cheaper than stage 4 cancer.

New comment by jorblumesea in "We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science"

jorblumesea — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:34:02 +0000

It's not surprising. smart, educated people are a direct threat to the current administration and in general the US right has had academia in its sights for awhile. Ultimately it's bad for the country but how the US has been trending. Similarly, US education funding and the content of it has been politicized and it's producing a negative feedback loop.

Political goals and what's good for the average person are completely disconnected at this point.

New comment by jorblumesea in "America vs. Singapore: You can't save your way out of economic shocks"

jorblumesea — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:00:33 +0000

if by "culture" you mean rampant corporate propagandized media then yes. the US has historically been pretty close to europe over the last 100 years on many aspects. In the 70s there was legitimate debate about college being free. Now the debate is how much debt someone should take on. The overton window has shifted significantly since the 80s. We're now more like Russia with an entrenched oligarchy.

New comment by jorblumesea in "Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 20 years' jail"

jorblumesea — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:26:57 +0000

cruel and obviously politically motivated, meant to send a message to HK and anyone who publicly criticizes the CCP.

New comment by jorblumesea in "CISA’s acting head uploaded sensitive files into public version of ChatGPT"

jorblumesea — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:53:43 +0000

It touched a nerve because no one in the trump admin is qualified to do their job. There's a lot of corruption and a lot of people getting access to things they shouldn't due to their relationship and loyalty, not merit. There's a big difference from a sys admin having super user access and some random politically connected hack abusing their privilege.

DOGE/Musk, noem, Kash, hegseth, etc.

New comment by jorblumesea in "FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE"

jorblumesea — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:58:55 +0000

It's literally not a joke, probably the most egregious example of a completely unqualified doormat that will do whatever dear leader wants. It's also by design, no roadblocks for the fanta menace.

New comment by jorblumesea in "'This is sell America' – US dollar tumbles as globe flees US assets"

jorblumesea — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:54:36 +0000

Being a good ally isn't just doing entirely what the US says the should do. The US needs to coordinate responses to China and work with allies to come to a shared understanding. How the current administration operates is assuming these allied country are fiefdoms. The economic situation in Canada isn't great, and the US could make it stronger, but refuses to.

The same feedback is largely true for most US allies. If you want people to decouple from China, you need to offset and fix the underlying reason they are trading with them.

New comment by jorblumesea in "'This is sell America' – US dollar tumbles as globe flees US assets"

jorblumesea — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:28:56 +0000

fair point, forced to break off ties

New comment by jorblumesea in "'This is sell America' – US dollar tumbles as globe flees US assets"

jorblumesea — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:52:48 +0000

Carney's speech at Davos is extremely telling: https://www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_TaVo?si=Ct_1GIQe4Orm0wGU

who would have thought that America's closest geographic and cultural ally would feel the need to ditch that relationship. Wild times.

New comment by jorblumesea in "De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)"

jorblumesea — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:46:55 +0000

I wouldn't count on the people that elected trump, twice (!), to come to their senses. The American voter cannot be trusted to do what is right for the country.

New comment by jorblumesea in "De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)"

jorblumesea — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:25:16 +0000

I'm surprised that people are so surprised by this. Funds operate with risk management models and practices. As the US becomes more unstable, politically, these will weigh in on how much money people keep in US markets. US threats to annex Canada and invade greenland. US kidnapping foreign heads of state. Actively using federal agents as shock troops against blue cities. All of this has true economic impact, either real in terms of losses but also USD as a stable currency run by legitimate people.

Would they implement capital flight controls? if you invest in the US, can you get your money out? No one knows but it seems increasingly less likely. Red lines are being crossed weekly.

The country is heading towards a decline into a developing world style authoritarian dictatorship.

New comment by jorblumesea in "Eat Real Food"

jorblumesea — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:35:38 +0000

The current plan, as proposed, isn't even accurate or helpful. It has butter under healthy fats, which it is not. "meat" is thoroughly vague and red meat is very different from fish and poultry. Red meat of all types are filled with saturated fats associated with cvd and ldl-c levels.

It's not scientific and that's exactly what you'd expect out of RFK and MAHA movement.

New comment by jorblumesea in "Eat Real Food"

jorblumesea — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:24:50 +0000

All of this coming while the administration guts science funding, food inspections, vaccine guidelines, handouts to farmers producing nutrient poor foods, corporatist policies creating more food deserts.

thoroughly discredits what they are trying to do, even if there is some good in here.