Tootfinder

i hope all the people who had endless debates with me in 2021 about how NFTs are the future and not just some grift bubble feel... something. like, are you okay, man? how have you been???

(This was not by me but I very much relate)
https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/114772417335001235

Whatever success Trump had in his career was built on insight
-- not into the workings of capitalism but into the darker corners of human nature.
He succeeded through scams, lies, and bullying,
using the power he had over others to enrich himself at their expense.
So no one should be surprised that he brings the same spirit to policymaking.
In his second term, Trump is at last unleashed to fully realize his vision,
and on economics, that means a new kind…

Chairman Trump's Great Grift Forward
Move over, Mao.

It’s almost like it’s a grift idk

Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-qatar-air-force-one-corruption

Grifter-in-Chief Trump and the Grift That Keeps on Grifting | Common Dreams
In case you haven't noticed, the bribes Trump is taking are getting bigger and bigger.

'The grift never ends': Critics blast Trump over 'cheap Chinese android device' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/donald-trump-2672385937/

Dark prediction:
- Intellectual Property Class Action against AI companies gains traction
- AI companies use this as a plausible excuse to bail on AGI tech (that doesn’t exist)
- We see a pop like we saw “shipping heavy items by mail isn’t sustainable?!” pop in 2001
- AI companies fail, overwhelmingly, blaming only the IP Class Action
- The Money switches to a new/old grift; maybe back to crypto… lots of GPUs available
- In 5 years, everyone forgets and we have…

“If you looked into the resignation and bewilderment in his eyes as he scuttled off the stage at Elmendorf, you couldn’t help but wonder if he wasn’t starting to think it will be easier to return to the kind of low-level grift that is his main line of work”
Low energy' reality TV star Trump looks 'too old for the job': analysis - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/too-old-for-the-job-trump-looked-like-a-fading-reality-tv-star-playing-at-being-president/

It’s authoritarianism and in-your-face grift all in a neat little uniquely American package
That it it’s his personal brand, not the state, is just the cherry on top.
https://bsky.app/profile/scottlincicome.bsky.social/post/3lrqa6jslpy2x

Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome.bsky.social)
So the guy who can singlehandedly set US tariffs on smartphones is launching his own US smartphone company do I have that right

Even if “AI” worked (it doesn’t), there’s many reasons why you shouldn’t use it:
1. It’s destroying Internet sites that you love as you use chat bots instead of actually going to sources of information—this will cause them to be less active and eventually shut down.
2. Pollution and water use from server farms cause immediate harm; often—just like other heavy industry—these are built in underprivileged communities and harming poor people. Without any benefits as the big tech companies get tax breaks and don’t pay for power, while workers aren’t from the community but commute in.
3. The basic underlying models of any LLM rely on stolen data, even when specific extra data is obtained legally. Chatbots can’t learn to speak English just by reading open source code.
4. You’re fueling a speculation bubble that is costing many people their jobs—because the illusion of “efficiency” is kept up by firing people and counting that as profit.
5. Whenever you use the great cheat machine in the cloud you’re robbing yourself from doing real research, writing or coding—literally atrophying your brain and making you stupider.
It’s a grift, through and through.

Another warning email: “Your Google Workspace subscription is scheduled for cancellation.”
Uh, oh. That would be bad for this client. Losing all of their email would be a wreck.
Google actually means “Your Gemini Business subscription is scheduled for cancellation.”
The AI grift is exhausting.

Trump is so open for (corrupt) business that he’s potentially profiting millions
from a deal with a mysterious crypto company
whose owners and intentions are essentially unknown, at least to those outside Trump’s circle.
However, as is the norm under this administration, the losers are crystal clear: the American people.

Week 24: President Trump Notches Another Mysterious Benefactor
A mysterious investor is the latest entrant into the Trump crypto grift, and more stories from the MAGAswamp.

Another warning email: “Your Google Workspace subscription is scheduled for cancellation.”
Uh, oh. That would be bad for this client. Losing all of their email would be a wreck.
Google actually means “Your Gemini Business subscription is scheduled for cancellation.”
The AI grift is exhausting.

Just musing: Someone could bring in "gold" objects to their temporary residence and take back *gold* objects when they leave. 🤔
I can imagine ways and reasons that switch could happen.
#grift #gold #usa #decoration #interiorDecoration