I often wonder what the world would look like if Sufism were the dominant doctrine.

I agree, but the problem is that the media (encouraged by tech companies) use the sci-fi definition, and the layman doesn’t know any better.

LLMs are AI in the same way that the lane assist on my car is AI. Tech companies, however, very carefully and deliberately play up LLMs as being AGI or close to it. See for example toe convenient fear-mongering over the “risks” of AI, as though ChatGPT will become Skynet.

He’s just trolling us at this point.

Absolutely, I don’t trust them at all. There’s a reason I’m on Mastodon and not either of the corporate platforms. It is nice to at least be able to follow people there though, and interact with them.

AFAIK that’s still the case, yes. I don’t have a Bluesky (or Threads) account so I can’t confirm.

Bsky federates. I follow several people from Mastodon.

Exactly, it’s such a bizarre statement. It’s like saying ghettoes and the holocaust were the same thing.

I was thinking (and presumably xmunk too) of scenarios where the military overthrows the government.

There are lots of examples of purges not resulting in coups, including the most famous purger of recent times, Stalin.

I don’t think that’s really a coup — if anything it’s the same as what Trump wants to do, but unlike Mr. Pizza Hut he isn’t on the right side of history.

Yeah, I’m trying to think of a recent (<100y) example that didn’t result in a junta or other coups, and I’m drawing a blank.

I thought it was unsuccessful as xitter was already the preferred platform

It isn’t anymore, ad I expect that to accelerate. The Guardian just announced today that they will no longer use it, for example (although individual journalists may still choose to do so)

BRB, going to sell 1/8 lb burgers to take advantage of dumb Americans

A simple glance at his face tells you all you need to know. He has the Goebbels “I got bullied as a kid and can’t want to get my revenge” empty stare.

A shooting at a university seems pretty unusual by US standards. Aren’t they a bit old for that?

Or the first to be sent to internment camps.

Edit: I just realized you’re talking about Dearborn specifically

Yes, because that’s that the article and topic of this thread is about.

Source? Because my Wikipedia link says this:

The city’s population includes 40,000 Arab Americans. Per the 2000 census, Arab Americans totaled 29,181 or 29.85% of Dearborn’s population

And this BBC article from this year says it’s the first Arab majority city in the US. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240429-dearborn-michigan-a-visit-to-the-first-arab-majority-city-in-the-us

Vaxry who got banned from Freedesktop for being an asshat? https://drewdevault.com/2024/04/09/2024-04-09-FDO-conduct-enforcement.html

Rashida Tlaib didn’t outperform Harris because people’s highest priority is Palestine (it really fucking isn’t)

You really don’t think that the city with the most Arabs per capita in the country (and probably all the Americas) had a particular axe to grind about Gaza?