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Wow... a blistering assessment of Trump and our political environment.
Jeffrey Sachs is an American economist and public policy analyst. He is a professor at Columbia University, at which he was formerly director of The Earth Institute and currently director of the Center for Sustainable Development.
I would ascertain he is most credible to comment on the current environment.
Over a decade ago, he suffered major stroke that left him
diminished. He gave a great interview in 2025 to CBS Sunday Morning, talking about his life before
and after the stroke.
From AP News: "Known for his arch humor, a puttylike face and gift with voices,
Curry earned three Tony nominations — for “Spamalot,” “My Favorite Year”
and “Amadeus” — and a Primetime Emmy nod in 1994.
“I like playing
the more curious corners of the human mind and human behavior, partly
because they’re a tad more interesting,” Curry told The Associated Press
in 1993."
At the conclusion of this morning's Wonkette blog, Rebecca Schoenkopf posted a link to the San Francisco Chronicle on the proliferation of AI advertising in the Bay area. How it has taken hold based on proximity to Silicon Valley, and essentially how the parasite class is forcing the narrative that AI is good and useful.
Sadly, a 2010 San Francisco court ruling is preventing the disclosure of exactly how MANY of these billboards have been set up, so the Chronicle set about to manually count them. Their report, "How many AI billboards are in San Francisco" is quite eye-opening. Reported the Chronicle, "Between March 9 and March 23, [we] collected data on 489 billboards with
ads across the city. Nearly half belonged to AI-native companies — which
we defined as those that described AI as central to their product on
their website.
Most
of the AI billboards in the city are where you would expect them: along
Highway 101 and Interstate 80 and along Lombard Street through the
Marina, perfectly placed to baffle tourists on their way to SFO or the
Golden Gate Bridge.
Longtime Chronicle columnist Carl Nolte recently noted how disorienting the
advertising in the city had become. It’s not just him. Even for those
with a coding background, it’s not always easy to tell what companies
are selling. And that’s probably fine with these companies. The ads are
often targeted at a small set of rich people with investment money to
spend."
More so, in the article, the Chronicle included a questionnaire to see if you can spot the AI generated advertising. I failed miserably.
We try desperately to block AI infiltration on our desktop and devices. Now to take on the world of public advertising. We do it where it counts! It is rapidly entering into election season. This is where it will be imperative to look at ballot measures directed at the parasite class; taxation levies and property restructuring, supporting green initiatives that limit land, water and energy consumption, support for fair labor practices and living wages. All the things that the billionaires are aggressively fighting against. Don't let them win.