What China has been doing with open-source models these past few years comes closer to the phrase “keep humans in the loop” than any alignment manifesto does. and how to keep everyone in the loop.

https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/we-must-not-be-scared-by-silicon-valleys-ai-slowdown-theory/
What China has been doing with open-source models these past few years comes closer to the phrase “keep humans in the loop” than any alignment manifesto does.
and
how to keep everyone in the loop.
https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/why-south-korea-is-giving-51-million-people-unlimited-ai/

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Class Struggle and the Left in 3 Articles - Theory, Practice and Solution

Theoryhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/15/whats-wrong-with-the-american-left-captured-by-the-professional-class/

and Practice
https://barnraisingmedia.com/2026-election-rural-california-voters-defy-dccc-and-israeli-lobby/

A solution:
What is Platner’s class position? What class does he represent? These are the questions that will tell us his true politics. These questions are the fundamental guide to revolutionary politics, and as long as we keep them at the forefront of our analysis we won’t be lured into blind alleys.
https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/2026-06-11-let-daddy-pay-the-bills/

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Getting Beyond the Politics of Powerlessness

 https://jacobin.com/2026/06/social-movements-occupy-organizing-powerlessness

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White Supremacy Protects Power, Not White People

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/24/white-supremacy-protects-power-not-white-people/

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Caligula in the 21st Century: What the Epstein Files Reveal About U.S. Power

https:/scheerpost.com%2F2026%2F02%2F04%2Fcaligula-in-the-21st-century-what-the-epstein-files-reveal-about-u-s-power%2F%3AyyjZn-ssdUNmPVbRecXtjpTjiDw&cuid=7196810

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Why the Powerful Fear Mamdani

https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucWFzaW1yYXNoaWQuY29tL3Avd2h5LXRoZS1wb3dlcmZ1bC1mZWFyLW1hbWRhbmk_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWVtYWlsLWhhbGYtcG9zdCZyPXJvdmhrJnRva2VuPWV5SjFjMlZ5WDJsa0lqbzBOalV4TURFNE5Dd2ljRzl6ZEY5cFpDSTZNVFkzTXpReU9UVXhMQ0pwWVhRaU9qRTNOVEUzTWpjM09UVXNJbVY0Y0NJNk1UYzFORE14T1RjNU5Td2lhWE56SWpvaWNIVmlMVEkxTlRBeU1qTWlMQ0p6ZFdJaU9pSndiM04wTFhKbFlXTjBhVzl1SW4wLkNGWXNZalh5Uk9FM3RyZ1NWbWRxR3gzVlozYWhCUVdWcExOMEYxZV9DUTgiLCJwIjoxNjczNDI5NTEsInMiOjI1NTAyMjMsImYiOnRydWUsInUiOjQ2NTEwMTg0LCJpYXQiOjE3NTE3Mjc3OTUsImV4cCI6MjA2NzMwMzc5NSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTAiLCJzdWIiOiJsaW5rLXJlZGlyZWN0In0.Hd8RmVZB8mDreMhN9bDdvnFPkckNQ5xJDJdbpTbJ5ZE

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Musk, DOGE - Failure and Abuses of Power

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=3569073&post_id=163078163&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTYzMDc4MTYzLCJpYXQiOjE3NDY2NDQyMTEsImV4cCI6MTc0OTIzNjIxMSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTM1NjkwNzMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.CHHZEEZfYtYJpn94KMs3vEu2VauGv-XgwRxVRm1-VR0

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=163109961&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTYzMTA5OTYxLCJpYXQiOjE3NDY2ODUwMTksImV4cCI6MTc0OTI3NzAxOSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTIwNTMzIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.d8O1mY9HMR13cw76cuEo35EsFcjtQO3dnTHCA0GymvY

(Two articles today about how Musk's DOGE both FAILED to deliver savings in "waste fraud and abuse" and at the same time is succeeding in stealing our data for the purpose of using it for Musk's AI, and other aspects of Musk's unchecked power and corruption as he insinuates his way into our government and lives - without our consent.  Truly disheartening and terrifying, NB)

Black PressTrump Orders Purge of Black History from Smithsonian, Targets African American Museum

 https://blackpressusa.com/trump-orders-purge-of-black-history-from-smithsonian-targets-african-american-museum/

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Rich and powerful

 https://www.dawn.com/news/1895471/rich-and-powerful

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‘The rich are on course to destroy all our lives’

 https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/the-rich-are-on-course-to-destroy-all-our-lives

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The rule of the Oligarchs and Machines is here - Pearls and Irritations

 https://johnmenadue.com/the-rule-of-the-oligarchs-and-machines-is-here/

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Message to Congress on the Concentration of Economic Power Franklin D. Roosevelt April 29, 1938

 https://publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu/academics/research/faculty-research/new-deal/roosevelt-speeches/fr042938.htm

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: We Must Understand Israel as a Settler-Colonial State and NEW) The Colonial Roots of Gun Culture

 https://inthesetimes.com/article/roxanne-dubar-ortiz-zionism--israel-palestine-israel-settler-colonialism

and 

***** UPDATED WITH SECOND ARTICLE ****

https://inthesetimes.com/article/settler-colonialism-second-amendment-guns-white-supremacy-slavery

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Matt Gaetz Case Has Echoes of the Justice Department’s Failure to Prosecute Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex-Trafficking Ring ~~ Pam Martens and Russ Martens

 https://wallstreetonparade.com/2024/11/matt-gaetz-case-has-echoes-of-the-justice-departments-failure-to-prosecute-jeffrey-epsteins-sex-trafficking-ring/

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The Endless Struggle to Control Local Government: And how Republican Hardliners are Using that Power to Maintain Minoritarian Rule

1). “In Texas’ biggest purple county, this far-right Republican is creating a playbook for local governing: From cutting social services to changing election rules, Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare has pushed his agenda with an uncompromising approach”, Oct. 11, 2024, Robert Donen, The Texas Tribune, & Jeremy Schwartz, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, The Texas Tribune, at < https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/11/texas-tarrant-county-tim-ohare-far-right/ >.

2). “Tarrant County GOP sought an election advantage with failed effort to shutter college voting locations: In a resolution signed Friday, the party blasted two Republicans who voted against the measure and accused them of undermining its electoral chances”, Sept. 18, 2024 Updated: Sept. 19, 2024, Juan Salinas II, The Texas Tribune, at < https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/18/tarrant-county-gop-college-voting-locations-election-advantage/ > .

3). “These Are the Right-Wing Ideologues Taking Over School Boards: Conservative consultants and PACs are turning Texas school boards into partisan ``battlegrounds”, Nov. 13, 2023, Steven Monacelli, Texas Observer, at < https://www.texasobserver.org/school-board-pacs-consultants-right-wing/ >.

4). “How the ‘Southlake Playbook’ brought partisan battles to America’s school boards”, May 10, 2024, Mike Hixenbaugh, Chalkbeat, at < https://www.chalkbeat.org/2024/05/10/they-came-for-the-schools-southlake-playbook-partisan-school-board-battle/ >.

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Who Is the Ex-Israeli Soldier Serving as Biden’s Lebanon Envoy? ~~ Prem Thakker Oct 11 ∙ Preview

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2325511&post_id=150066664&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTUwMDY2NjY0LCJpYXQiOjE3Mjg2MDUxNDUsImV4cCI6MTczMTE5NzE0NSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTIzMjU1MTEiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.vI95hUJvm8DB3tuukNK0wPSfVkQAAsSWu7FeIAeinNQ

How is this not a conflict of interest?, NB

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Capitalism Hits Home: Birth Strike in the USA

 https://youtu.be/3fa_93hgqVU?si=VbuKjTdURDaO1-Xq

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How The US Took Over The World

 https://youtu.be/NpjDyhGyjNk?si=HWNk8zeS2wuOZYlB

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Thousands Protest in France and Brussels to Denounce Sexual Violence

 https://truthout.org/articles/thousands-protest-in-france-and-brussels-to-denounce-sexual-violence/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

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