Hard Pass

“At a time of extreme and growing inequality," said one critic, "today’s proposals will drain lending away from Main Street families’ needs and priorities and further enrich the already wealthy on Wall Street."

Putin couldn't have picked a better tool to do it.

Prosecutors have struggled to prove in court what the president and his aides have repeatedly said in public: that a network of leftist activists presents a serious threat to national security.

Probably because the protesters are patriots in a way that Republicans and ICE are not.

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Well a lot is happening in the other side of the planet just in everyday life

they're dating. source: Cleopatra In Space, s1e17, 03:20

According to Breaking Defense, the program was launched after the Army halted internal development of the Extended Range Cannon Artillery system and shifted toward evaluating existing self-propelled howitzers in 2024. The report noted that an official list of competitors has not yet been released.

However, several companies are known to be pursuing the program. These include South Korea’s Hanwha, Germany’s Rheinmetall, U.S.-based Elbit America, and a joint offering from Leonardo DRS and European land systems group KNDS.

RIP? More like, Reassigned Insurgent for Purgatory duty. I guess they need him more than we do. Go get 'em, Walker!
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Chuck facts! Let 'em fly!

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This paper examines how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) could affect labor markets globally, with particular attention to the uneven distribution of risks and opportunities between advanced and developing economies. Cross-country differences in occupational structure suggest that developing economies face lower aggregate automation exposure than advanced economies but comparable potential for task augmentation. However, disparities in digital infrastructure create an asymmetry: workers in positions vulnerable to automation typically maintain sufficient internet connectivity to experience displacement effects even in low-income settings, while those who could benefit from GenAI augmentation face substantial digital infrastructure gaps that may prevent them from realizing productivity gains. This finding suggests that developing countries may experience the disruptive effects of GenAI faster than its productivity benefits.

At the same time, conventional occupational exposure measures systematically overestimate the impact of GenAI in developing countries by assuming uniform task content across economies. Using data from skills surveys, the article demonstrates that workers in developing countries perform substantially fewer non-routine analytical tasks—the primary targets of GenAI—even within occupations classified as highly exposed. These findings highlight the importance of adapting GenAI exposure measures to reflect developing countries’ distance from the technology frontier.

This is Gunther's actual banner. Unemployment does things to people...

Shortly after Trump took office for a second time, his administration made it clear that it felt constitutional rights were merely privileges it would extend only to those who fully supported whatever the hell the administration happened to be doing.

I've encountered this sort of point before, you'll likely find many examples right on Lemmy. Does the US "not have culture"? Does it have lots of different cultures? Has it just been so good at spreading culture that everything feels American?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr8ljRgcJNM

Post picture is something that feels uniquely US, for better or worse

cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/9574042

From WABE Politics News:

During a typical Georgia legislative session, it’s not uncommon for thousands of bills to be introduced. But only a few hundred survive key benchmarks, most notably Crossover Day, when a […]

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It is that broader Trumpian coalition — rather than the core base of MAGA supporters — that some Trump backers fear has been endangered by Trump’s policy choices. As the conservative activist Mike Cernovich put it this week, “A generational coalition, squandered.”

Here are the key issues that threaten to tear that coalition apart.

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/205715

The Trump administration’s directive to federal immigration agents on the detention and deportation of parents of minor children is clear: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents must accommodate a parent’s “efforts to make alternative care arrangements for their minor child(ren) prior to detention.” But a report released Wednesday by the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) and Physicians…

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