21 pointsby megamike5 hours ago2 comments

stevenalowean hour ago
'“Welcome, but be good” is not the language of citizenship. It is the language of a landlord. Or a bouncer. Or a king.'
Double creepy with the dog-growling posture in the picture, with a side of dumb, as passports are not visas.
The point about merging the "brand" of the USA with the "brand" of Trump is spot on; definitely a disturbing pattern here. Narcissist of fascist? Why not both?
sscaryterry5 hours ago
Is this for real?
- ccvannorman5 hours ago
  yes but it's an optional limited edition run
  - rorylawless5 hours ago
    And only available in person at the Washington Passport Agency.
- joezydeco5 hours ago
  The passport is real, this style of book will be a limited-edition option when you renew.
  The article, though, is AI slop.
  - mtmail5 hours ago
    The author is a macro economy writer with a 10 years old Twitter account. Most of the article is a quote, then his personal opinion. https://mishtalk.com/about/ I'm all for calling out automated content written by AI/LLM but this one doesn't seem to be.
    tough4 hours ago
    Its entirely possible they still used some sort of AI to either transcript or edit their content tho, even if personally dictated by them etc. At which point slop becomes human authorship depends on your POV i guess
    forestryan hour ago
    That’s not what “AI slop” means and I’m confident you know that.
    netsharc2 hours ago
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