Tootfinder

"Smart glasses offering a combination of sensory substitution based 'raw' vision and AI-based scene description and OCR appears to be technically and economically the most feasible and sustainable way toward meeting expectations, needs and interests of many blind people." https://www.artificialvision…

Susan Collins is LOSING in Maine. Yes!
If Dems flip her seat, we flip the WHOLE Senate
Rush $10 to help Jordan Wood REPLACE her
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Jordan Wood is the former chief of staff to former congresswoman Katie Porter.
Wood's slogan uses Collins' phrase that she is &quo…

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Krugman continues:
❝While there is a cadre of Trumpist true believers who will obey the Leader under any circumstances, most of those doing the dirty work of undermining democracy and the rule of law are cowards and opportunists. They’re willing to participate in the destruction of America as we know it because they believe that many others will do the same. As a result, they believe that they are unlikely to face any personal consequences for their actions and may even be rewarded for their lawbreaking.
And what of those who oppose Trumpism? While there are heroes willing to take a stand against tyranny whatever the personal cost, most anti-Trumpists are reluctant to stick their necks out unless they believe that they are part of a widespread resistance that will grant them some measure of safety in numbers.
In other words, the victory or defeat of competitive authoritarianism will depend to a large extent on which side ordinary people believe will win. If Trump looks unstoppable, resistance will wither away and democracy will be lost. On the other hand, if he appears weak and stymied, resistance will grow and — just maybe — American democracy will survive.❞
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FBI can’t hide behind supremacy clause to defeat lawsuit for wrongly storming ‘quiet family home’ in search of gang members, Supreme Court rules
https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/fbi-cant-hide-behind-supremacy-clause-to-defeat-lawsuit-for-wrongly-storming-quiet-family-home-in-search-of-gang-members-supreme-court-rules/

Defeat Trump by concentrating on consequences (Mark Jacob/Stop the Presses)
https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/defeat-trump-by-concentrating-on
http://www.memeorandum.com/250603/p4#a250603p4

Jordan is TIED with Susan Collins in the country's closest Senate race
This is Dems' BEST chance to flip the Senate.
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Democrats have no other way to win the majority in the Senate in 2026 without beating Collins.
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Waiting for the Neuralink Blindsight brain implant PR BS tsunami after the first implant? Better form your own opinion first, based on what is already known https://www.artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm
ChatGPT 5:

Trump uses tariff threat to undermine the rule of law in Brazil. For those who still treat Trump tariffs as some kind of economic policy: the US has a trade surplus with Brazil.
https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/10/trump-

Trump threatens Brazil with 50% tariff, demands Bolsonaro trial ends
Brazil’s prosecutor-general has filed charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

A new generation of populists is showing Democrats how to defeat Trump | Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/07/populists-democrats-defeat-trump

Philadelphia Eagles betting preview: Five hot takes for the 2025 NFL season, including a Super Bowl defeat

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/philade…

"On June 25th, 1999, Brian Foote published a seminal article that became, for a short while, one of the most commented pages of the early Internet, at least by struggling software developers and prospective architects. Such was the impact that it “was twice featured in Slashdot” (kids: that is the 1999 equivalent of “this article hit the homepage of Hacker News”). After almost 25 years since that publication, one question lingers: when are we going to accept defeat?"

Chris Dillow on "Not Debating Immigration"
"Debates don't work, at least not as they should. They don't favour the truth, but plausible liars and for those who can best appeal to prejudice and cognitive bias."
To defeat the far right, people's living standards must improve Keir, Rachel & Liz.

I missed one of everything while I was deployed to Afghanistan:
Birthdays. Holidays. Recitals. Soccer games.
I missed my husband. I missed our 5 kids even more.
After I returned to Colorado, we were driving home one day when my husband suggested we get two $5 pizzas from Little Caesar’s.
Sitting at the table, I felt an immense sense of gratitude to finally be together again,
just enjoying a simple meal.
"Wow," I told my husband. "This was …

Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher | Democrat for Congress
Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher, a candidate for Congress in Colorado’s 4th District, is on a new mission after a lifetime of service: Defeat Lauren Boebert.

Pondering how to best prepare for the upcoming onslaught of Neuralink Blindsight brain implant hype/PR after the first blind patient receives one in UAE. Most scientists are open to reason, but they make up a tiny minority under funding stress, while the mass media profit from maximizing hype.
https://www.artifi…

What's the angle here? California belongs to Mexico? In Communism, we will drive our own taxis? Baiting the people who love Evola with the defeat of martial order by the unwashed and unchecked proletariat? Kali Yuga fashion show? Just there for the violence? Strange times we live in.

Trump-Putin summit in Alaska resembles a slow defeat for Ukraine (Nick Paton Walsh/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/08/09/europe/trump-putin-summit-analysis-2-intl
http://www.memeorandum.com/250810/p4#a250810p4

Rather than assuming the war can be ended through a comprehensive battlefield victory or a negotiated compromise,
Ukraine and its allies must plan to build a viable, sovereign, and secure state under constant military pressure.
This reality demands a redefinition of what a successful outcome looks like.
In this context, the objective should not be to defeat Russia outright or expect its regime to end the war because of economic or diplomatic pressure
-- but to syste…

Ukraine’s New Theory of Victory Should be Strategic Neutralization
By ensuring that Russia’s war is operationally pointless, Ukraine can survive, adapt, and achieve success, no matter how prolonged the war.

"Fresh off an ego-crushing defeat and a heightened appetite for mind-altering drugs, what workplace debauchery he gets into next is anyone's guess." --Futurism
'In the comments section, users praised Mr Musk for his dedication to his work. "Elon is a bit bizarre, but that's exactly why he's so successful. Boring people prefer to seek security and comfort," wrote one user.' --NDTV

Kobie Turner: Rams have Week 3 rematch with Eagles circled after playoff defeat https://www.nfl.com/news/kobie-turner-rams-have-week-3-rematch-with-eagles-circled-after-playoff-defeat

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Donald Trump illegally deployed the California national guard to suppress protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles
and ordered the force to be returned to the control of the state governor, Gavin Newsom.
The order by the US district judge Charles Breyer will not take effect until noon on Friday,
but it marked a stinging defeat for the Trump administration that is sure to touch off a pitched legal battle destined for the US supr…

It is not antisemitic to call for the defeat of the so called IDF, the genocidal Israeli Occupation Force.
Why do Palestinians not have the right to self defence?

I voted for Zohran because
- he had good social policy
- he had good tax policy
- he sounded like the only candidate who could defeat Ming the Merciless

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
🧵 👇
#RUSSIA IS GONE: NEW WEAPONS & BLACK SEA FLEET DEFEAT IN CRIMEA Vlog 1060: War in Ukraine
The Russian #BlackSea

I’m Brigadier General Shawn Harris.
I served this nation for decades in the US Army and now I’m answering the call to serve again
— this time, to defeat Marjorie Taylor Greene and bring sanity back to Congress.
This week, Donald Trump said has sent U.S. Marines into Los Angeles.
As someone who led troops in combat, I can tell you:
our troops don’t serve to be used as political weapons against Americans.
Marjorie Taylor Greene stood by that reckless idea

I just gave to Shawn Harris!
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What Zohran Mamdani's Defeat of Andrew Cuomo Means for the Democrats (Benjamin Wallace-Wells/New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-zohran-mamdanis-defeat-of-andrew-cuomo-means-for-the-democrats
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p123#a250625p123

This ENG-IND #cricket test is going to turn into a test of Gill's captaincy: India won't score enough runs in the 3rd inning, and the question will be, does Gill overuse the fragile Bumrah or accept defeat in return for Bumrah being available for the whole series.

Aww, the kitty is providing enrichment activity for the museum guard. 🐈‍⬛

Cowboys preseason opener takeaways: Joe Milton has rollercoaster night, defense could use some help

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cowboys

Defiant peers have delivered an ultimatum to the government – calling on it to offer artists copyright protection against artificial intelligence companies or risk losing a key piece of legislation.
The government suffered a fifth defeat in the House of Lords over controversial plans to allow the AI companies to train their models using copyrighted material
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/04/ministers-offer-concessions-ai-copyright-avoid-fifth-lords-defeat?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Andrew Cuomo to drop NYC mayoral bid after blistering primary defeat to Zohran Mamdani: sources (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/06/25/us-news/andrew-cuomo-to-drop-nyc-mayoral-bid-after-blistering-primary-defeat-to-zohran-mamdani-cant-run-a-loser/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p143#a250625p143

Go for a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant, or opt for cheaper and replaceable smart glasses? #BCI

I made a new friend today in Albion Europe.
ZairGT...I think native language is Spanish but also speaks English.
I found this Tree T4.3 in a blue zone and I went to it back and forth. At one point I find ZairGT(both him and me unflagged, no FW) there...and the gathering duel was "short and bloody" and I realized I have no chance to take that.
I admitted defeat and often went there and did the 1 sign and WP...
part 2 soon...

Musk rips Trump big beautiful tax bill, vows to defeat GOP backers
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/30/musk-trump-tax-bill-deficit.html

11-yr-old: I just stole every bed in this village.
Me: What? Why would you want rhat many beds?
11-yr-old: Dad! So I can defeat the Ender Dragon, duh!

Neuralink Blindsight brain implant or The vOICe vision BCI? Informed consent means that Neuralink's blind patients at least know of The vOICe vision BCI #BCI

Travis Kelce on Chiefs' Super Bowl LIX loss: 'I've thrown that thing in the trash' https://www.nfl.com/news/travis-kelce-chiefs-super-bowl-lix-loss-ive-thrown-that-thing-in-trash

It's Hakeem Jeffries. I cannot overstate the urgency of this situation.
Here’s the deal:
– Democrats are targeting 35 seats in Republican-held districts.
– We only need to win THREE to reclaim the House majority.
– Republicans have already raised $36 MILLION to crush our chances.
Now, MAGA extremists are going after ActBlue to disrupt our fundraising and seal our fate.
We cannot let them silence us.
Will you help me turn his attempt to silence us…

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Good Morning #Canada
On June 6, 1944, my father was hospitalized in England, recovering from shrapnel wounds inflicted during the Italian campaign, and he joked that he missed all the excitement. That "excitement" included 1074 casualties on D-Day, including 359 killed, as Canadian troops secured Juno Beach to begin the defeat of Nazi Germany. It took another 11 months of bloody battles before Allied military forced surrender.
#CanadaIsAwesome #WWII #CanadianHeroes
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/wars-and-conflicts/second-world-war/d-day-and-the-battle-of-normandy

Former Senator Claire McCaskill just made a HUGE prediction:
Nathan Sage,
the Democrat running for U.S. Senate against Republican Joni Ernst,
has a real chance of flipping Iowa’s Senate seat blue!
Nathan Sage is exactly the kind of Democrat who can win Iowa.
Nathan grew up in a trailer park, served 3 tours in Iraq,
is president of his local chamber of commerce, and a working class Democrat who can take on Ernst and actually win.
Democrats MUST take…

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Update to white paper on brain implants for restoring vision (notably Neuralink Blindsight) and non-invasive visual-to-auditory sensory substitution (The vOICe) https://artificialvision.com/neuralink.htm Note: blind people with RP may still have central tunnel vision to make eye c…

I just received a shocking phone call that made my heart sink.
Just days after Susan Collins voted to confirm RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard,
the MAGA Republican establishment rushed Susan Collins $842K
to rescue her chances for re-election.
𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭:
𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫
- 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩'𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭
- 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞.

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Hello – my name is Nathan Sage, and I am the Democrat running for Senate against Republican Joni Ernst here in Iowa.
I was raised in a trailer park. Growing up, that got me called a lot of names. After enough times, it’s easy to start to believe it yourself.
We were poor. I never imagined a better life until a military recruiter said that I could maybe one day graduate college.
After I got home from Iraq, I worked nights to support my family while the GI Bill paid for colle…

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Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher (Retired)
United States Navy here
In less than 72 hours, both Lauren Boebert and I are facing a federally-mandated fundraising deadline.
After June 30, both of our campaigns will be required by law to file a report with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) showing how much we’ve raised.
This is our very first FEC report,
and our fundraising numbers are going to be closely compared with Boebert’s.
It’s also our first chance …

Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher | Democrat for Congress
Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher, a candidate for Congress in Colorado’s 4th District, is on a new mission after a lifetime of service: Defeat Lauren Boebert.

This is sickening…
It’s ⭐️Jordan Wood,
Susan Collins’ only Democratic opponent.
When Susan Collins confirmed RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard
after expressing her *deepest concerns*
she left Mainers stunned.
But now, I’m learning that days before the votes:
…Susan Collins jetted down to Mar-a-Lago
…she DINED with Donald Trump 
…the MAGA establishment vowed 💥over $400 MILLION would be spent on her race
I won’t mince words:
👉 Susan Col…

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Donald Trump rolled tanks through Washington, DC, and deployed the USMC to the streets of Los Angeles.
It took him 152 days to break his promise and bomb Iran without a strategy — or any semblance of a plan.
That’s why I helped launch the Save America Movement.
We’re a clear-eyed 50-state movement to degrade and defeat Trumpism.
SAM is rooted in strategy, truth, and moral clarity.
We’re not reacting.
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