Hard Pass

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65783866

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/mop/p/772568/shatter-the-illusion

Recent scare stories obscure the fact that the risk posed by artificial intelligence is most likely to come from its misuse by the powerful

Better get yourself a 50gal barrel before they start rationing fuel.

It's the TP rush all over again but for gas!

The president issued a threat to deploy ICE agents in an apparent attempt to force Democrats to approve a new budget for the Department of Homeland Security.

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Mark Robinson, who ran for North Carolina governor in 2024, tells podcast he had ‘obsession’ with porn and sex

The former Republican North Carolina lieutenant governor Mark Robinson has admitted he misled voters during his unsuccessful 2024 gubernatorial campaign when he denied posting racist and offensive comments on a pornography website – suggesting he did so to protect Donald Trump’s successful presidential run.

Robinson, who worked in furniture manufacturing before entering politics in 2020, told the After the Call podcast on Thursday: “I won’t say that I completely lied. Some of the things about the whole story – some of it — there’s some truth to it.”

The spectacular undoing of Robinson’s political career came after CNN reported in September 2024 that he had been posting under a pseudonym on Nude Africa, an online porn forum.