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..Trump posted an AI graphic on Sunday on Truth Social depicting the "next generation" Space Force service dress uniform, which showed dark peaked caps, leather boots and silver belt buckles. He did not clarify when he wanted the uniform to be released and how it would be implemented.

The graphic said it was "inspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper uniform" and "modernized for the guardians of the space domain."

Some were quick to note how Starship Troopers has Nazi connotations. Starship Troopers is a 1997 satirical sci-fi action movie directed by Paul Verhoeven, who grew up in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.

In 2022, Verhoeven told The Guardian that the movie was about American politics and "fascists who aren't aware of their fascism." At the time, movie reviewers said the uniform in the movie was comparable to the Nazi uniform. ...

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... According to interviews with dozens of Republicans, they are largely hoping for a two-pronged approach aimed at getting the president's committed supporters off the sidelines: a focus on what they call Democrats' extreme positions and the accomplishments of the Republican Congress -- most of which are now more than a year old.

"Communism vs. common sense," Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) said in an interview, calling the event a "scene-setter" that should stay laser-focused on "what's on the line" for voters in the election.

Republicans have reasons to be wary. Trump's approval ratings are at record lows for his time in office, and many swing-district GOP lawmakers are torn between running from an unpopular president and alienating his base of committed supporters.

There is little evidence Trump is content to let rank-and-file Republicans run away from him. The first pair of national midterm ads funded by his cash-rich political operation put Trump at the very center. ...

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... In a 135-minute video breakdown, Gamers Nexus founder Steve Burke detailed tests run on retail LG OLED models, including the flagship G5. Using Wireshark packet captures, the team observed the TVs actively scanning the local network for unrelated hardware such as smartphones and smartwatches belonging to staff who weren't even involved in the testing.

Beyond device discovery, the sets reportedly logged the names and signal strengths of neighboring Wi-Fi networks along with location-adjacent data, effectively mapping the household's entire connected environment.

The more troubling claim concerns audio.

Researchers say the TVs captured clear microphone audio while the screens appeared powered down, and that this behavior persisted even after the Ethernet cables were physically disconnected.

According to the findings, the television stored the recorded audio locally and automatically uploaded it as soon as network connectivity was restored, feeding it into LG's advertising infrastructure through LG Ad Solutions.

LG has previously stated publicly that its televisions "do not collect, record, or store ambient conversations." ...

@#5 ... how long before AI takes over? ...

@#3 ... Many of the cuts enacted in Trump's Big Beautiful Bill won't start hurting people until next year: ...

Yup.

They were timed intentionally by the GOP Congress to take effect after the mid-term elections because the GOP knew how bad those cuts were for Americans.

@#3 ... Equally notable was that nobody squealed. Some agents wondered about the ethics of what they were doing, but decided that as no humans were involved there was no need to tell anyone. ...

This is the AI that corporations are using to replace workers?

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... Auriemma appeared on Yahoo Sports Daily on Friday afternoon to express grave concerns about the future of college sports, citing uncertainty surrounding player eligibility and widespread conference realignment.

"On the inside, it's dying," Auriemma said about college sports. "Because every single day, something comes up to show you a symptom of the disease that we're suffering [from]. And I'm not saying, 'Hey, don't pay the kids. Hey, don't let them transfer.'

But I think every fan out there, every day they look at Yahoo Sports or pick up any other source of information, and they read about another lawsuit, another coach trying to get away with anything they can, another school trying to do whatever they have to do to win.

The more this happens, and the more these things keep being the central focus of the news, the more we're dying one day at a time." ...

@#2

I've been seeing that in my town as well.

I went to buy some locally grown tomatoes from my usual place.

When I chatted with the owner, she told me that she was amazed at the demand for the tomatoes she grew.

Instead of the usual three pounds I'd buy, I got two tomatoes.

@#129 ... I'm just saying nobody believes zed at all. ...

... and you know that... how?

... Diesel hit a record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time ... ...

Very significant.

Yet another record price for diesel fuel.

Will we see a new record high price next week also?

Time will tell.

But the trend is not a good one.

@#15 ... "A nuclear power plant produces power for decades; the nuclear waste it leaves behind will remain lethal for 10,000 years. Put on a blackboard the year the EPA has determined these materials will be safe, 11,993" ...

Yup.

Apropos tune ...

@#4 ... It would not surprise me that AI was programmed by billionaires to help the right wing to to support their agenda. ...

imo, the current AI models go far beyond politics.

Forming ~teams~ to attack targets, much like humans do.

My current question is along the lines of... how long before AI takes over?

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... A new GS1 US survey of 1,000 U.S. adults found that 94 percent are concerned about the frequency of food recalls, up from 93 percent in 2025. At the same time, confidence that recalls are effective in protecting public health and safety fell from 85 percent to 80 percent.

The findings follow a summer of numerous high-profile food recalls that have led to disease outbreaks. A salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeo peppers sourced in Mexico has sickened at least 431 people across 32 states, with 57 hospitalizations and no reported deaths, according to the FDA.

A separate outbreak of cyclospora linked to iceberg lettuce made headlines earlier this summer, with 11,458 illnesses reported across 20 states, 495 hospitalizations and two deaths. ...

@#2 ... There is a postal employee at this post office I go to occasionally. She regularly wishes me a blessed day. ...

Government employees should not push their religious views upon the public.

Article 1's Freedom of Religion also means Freedom From Religion.

imo, understatement.

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... The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), which has more than 100,000 members including both active-duty and veteran service members from different services and myriad ranks, said Thursday that it intervened following nearly three dozen received complaints about religious-oriented greetings at Kirtland Air Force Base's front gates.

MRFF said in a Sept. 3 press release that it ultimately received 34 complaints dating back days and even weeks, including from 24 individuals who identify as Christian.

Officials at the gates were continually offering greetings including "God bless you" or "Have a blessed day," as part of what MRFF described as a "weeks-long blitz" played to the backdrop of a Defense Department that has been accused of pushing a Christian agenda to its men and women in uniform. ...

@#6 ... Republicans didn't elect Fetterman. ...

They did not.The Democrats did.

And now the Democrats are expressing their concerns about Sen Fetterman.

imo, that's A Good Thing.

When might Republicans start expressing a similar concern about Pres Trump?

My guess would be: never.

Supposedly, on Sept. 14th, his aides will release more info.