Tootfinder

uspolitics, trump
I keep seeing smart people writing stuff like
> [the US] kept peace through strength balanced with restraint, and wielded influence through culture, values, and diplomacy
I understand that #Trump is terrible and some people feel tempted to idealize what they had before him, but we should be more discerning, or otherwise it becomes impossible to understand how this happened in the first place.
Let's start with some questions:
- peace where? and for who? was it true peace, or "Pax Romana"?
- are we going to take seriously that statement on "restraint"? after all the lies, internal witch hunting, sanctions, coups, wars, invasions, genocides, and last but not least, 2 unnecessary nuclear strikes on Japan?
Now, on "culture, values, and diplomacy". Sure. Why not. Not everything was going to be bad, right?
But the thing is, abusive husbands aren't bad all the time either. From time to time they know how to be sweet and seem to care: one present here, flowers the next day, a little bit of gaslighting, and fake apologies after that "accidental" slap.
Given enough time (if the wife is still alive), at some point the victim decides to leave, and then all hell breaks loose. Trump is the manifestation of that moment. He does not represent a change in #USA's nature, but a hidden side that was "always" there, just waiting to play its role.
Others believe this is because #US citizens have been intentionally dumbed down by a combination of propaganda and a disfunctional education system, and I'm sure it's partly true... But let's see what many of their most brilliant and educated citizens are choosing to do with their lives today: https://sfstandard.com/2025/03/12/stanford-students-want-in-on-the-military-tech-gold-rush/
So, all I'm asking is: please drop the act. It was always a clusterfuck.

Amnesty International a dénoncé mardi "un génocide en direct" commis par Israël dans la bande de Gaza, où la guerre et le blocage de l'aide humanitaire poussent la population dans une situation désespérée.
#Gaza #AmnestyInternational

Quanta Magazine Staff Writer Yasemin Saplakoglu describes the various ongoing inter-disciplinary efforts to advance our scientific understanding of the Human brain. Computer scientists and computational neuroscientists collaborate as the latter borrow mathematical models from the former, and studies ways to incorporate new biological data to enhance, or supplant existing computational models.
"AI Is Nothing Like a Brain, and That's OK."

AI Is Nothing Like a Brain, and That’s OK | Quanta Magazine
The brain’s astounding cellular diversity and networked complexity could show how to make AI better.

Ein kleiner Lichtblick in den #Koalitionsverhandlungen, auf den #NFDI4Culture @… zum Glück letzte Woche aufmerksam wurde:

Un avion Š 60 millions de dollars tombe du porte-avions Harry S. Truman
#jaiglissechef #7èmecompagnie

Heute mal wieder eine persönliche Premiere an einer für mich neuen #Orgel gehabt. #Kirchenmusik-Einflusssphäre ausweiten und so. 😈
Vor dem Gottesdienst noch geschäkert mit Pfarrerin und Vertrauensfrau:
– „Na wenn es den Leuten heute gefällt, dürfen Sie natürlich demnächst nochmal bei u…

"Malgré des semaines de couverture médiatique négative, des déportations très médiatisées de migrants et d'étudiants munis de visas, et une décision négative de la Cour suprême, l'immigration reste le dossier le plus populaire de M. Trump : 47 % l'approuvent, tandis que 51 % le désapprouvent, selon un sondage New York Times/Siena College réalisé ce mois-ci."
#Trump

Jamais en retard d'une connerie, Tony Blair déclare que la suppression des combustibles fossiles était "vouée Š l'échec".
#transitionénergétique #climat

La Cour des comptes européenne accusée d’entraver une enquête pénale. Le fond de l'affaire : une fausse domiciliation au Luxembourg de son ancien président (ex-CDU soit dit en passant) Klaus-Heiner Lehne.
https://www.euractiv.fr/section/all/news…

Paul Krugman : "Trump est un Parrain Š l'envers, faisant des offres que les autres pays ne peuvent pas accepter."
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-the-godfather-in-reverse