Our self-interest is that Trump gets recked on the Mid-terms so that all the tariff and war madness gets a degree of oversight and setbacks. Reason number one to just let this play out. This will lead to worldwide economic downturn, but an unhinged and unchecked Trump for a further 2/3 years would be even worse for us.

Secondly the Hormuz Strait is not able to be controlled without boots on the ground in Iran. We did not start this war and we should not participate in it in any way.

Instead of participating in the folly, we should use the financial and personal resources to dampen the impact on the economy and speeding up our path to energy independence.

Just send Barron. Then we’ll consider. Actually we won’t, get fucked anyway but send Barron while you’re at it.

Unsurprising. If the war ends with the dollar having lost its place as the world’s reserve currency (only propped up by oil sales currently), then this would be the biggest defeat of the US in their history because it would mark the end of American global hegemony. I’m not sure that’s a good outcome for the world but it would be the result nonetheless.

The speed at which China is electrifying HGVs is truly breathtaking.

The speed at which we are getting overtaken by almost every country apart from dumbfuckistan is mind blowing as well.

New reactors take decades to build. We need to have energy autonomy and move towards net 0 now. We can’t wait for shiny new reactors, which will be ready in 2050, if we start planning now.

Well that’s at least what the right wing media wants you to believe.

Actually things are looking pretty good for the UK. Even Reform seems to have peaked in voter share and is on the way down. The most recent by-election is a race between greens and labour with Reform nowhere near those two.

There’s a subreeddit “GoodNewsUK” which is a pretty good reality check.

It’s bring your child to work day in the US government now every day. Only the child is a geriatric buffoon with the emotional and intellectual complexity of a 3 year old and he’s calling all the shots unchallenged by any adult in the room.

Never forget that more than 50 % of the US voters knew exactly what was coming, had previous experience with him fucking things up for 4 years straight and went “yeah, sounds like a solid guy to vote for”.

Can’t have cancer in the US without going into medical bankruptcy but sure, send ships to other countries to treat other nationals (with a fully working and free healthcare service) for free.

More than 50 % of US voters voted for this.

So what about all these “deals” all the other governments like the UK, SK and EU did with the US to bring tarrifs down to 10 or 15 %? I suppose they are now all void as well?

“Oh no! If those aren’t the consequences of my own actions.”

At this point Musk is a compass facing south. The more upset he is about something you do, the more you know you’re on the right track.

Now please just shut the whole stupid thing down forever.

It feels unfair that in our timeline Bush somehow won against Al Gore and Musk didn’t take out himself and Thiel before they could bring substantial damage to our societies.

Are we somehow just living in like the worst possible timeline after 2000?

Right wing idiots: “we don’t want to give our money to foreign countries!”

Same right wing idiots: “Please Daddy Trump take our fucking one billion Dollar!”

Make it make sense…

A previous statement, external from X’s Safety account said the social media platform had stopped Grok from digitally altering pictures of people to remove their clothing in “jurisdictions where such content is illegal”.>>

This is not an accident. They did not discover, that their AI could produce child pornography and alter images of other people that is unwanted and or harmful to them and then made steps to stop that. They now make it so that this it complies in "jurisdictions where such content is illegal (as long as the user does not use a VPN that is).

What awful people. I hope the EU and UK sue them for as much as legally possible.