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My social media interests include humor, current affairs, politics (we live in interesting times), history, art, cinema, and technology.
Joined Apr 2022
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We are below Idiocracy now!
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cvg03wpp238o
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Japanese troops to start deployments in Australia https://p.dw.com/p/4n59O
Defense pick [Pete] Hegseth paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says
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The memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, alleged he raped the then-30-year-old conservative group staffer in his room after drinking at a hotel bar.
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Hazy memory, rape kit, no criminal charges in 2017. Litigation threat and settlement in 2020.
#Politics #PeteHegseth #SexualAssault
"Gift" article
https://wapo.st/4eumAu1
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It's no mandate but that doesn't matter. MAGA will do all that we hate whether you want it or not.
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Some of Substack’s Biggest Newsletters Rely on AI Writing Tools
A new analysis of Substack’s top newsletters estimated that around 10 percent publish AI-generated or AI-assisted content.
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Many of the newsletters GPTZero flagged as publishing AI-generated writing focus on sharing investment news and personal finance advice.
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There's an important difference between AI-assisted and AI-generated.
https://www.wired.com/story/substacks-writers-use-ai-chatgpt/
@Alfred Who was Agent Josephine during WWII, and why was he (or she) important?
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@Alfred Write a story about the Bowling Green Massacre in iambic pentameter.
Trump is appointing his cabinet as though he were casting a reality TV show. Plenty of characters, lots of conflict, but no one I'd buy a used car from.
RFK Jr. for HHS.
People are going to die.
Trump to appoint friend as new head of the USDA. New standards for meat and fava beans expected
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“It’s going to be a golden era for Musk with #Trump in the White House,” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives said.
Personal comment: The #DOGE commission appears to be a scam. The "report" isn't due until July 2026, and it's only recommendations that Congress would have to take up. It's going nowhere.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-11-14/elon-musk-conflicts-of-interest
French prosecutors seek a 2-year prison sentence and ineligibility period against Marine Le Pen
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The National Rally party and 25 of its officials, including Le Pen, are accused of having used money intended for European Union parliamentary aides to instead pay staff who worked for the party between 2004 and 2016...
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The alleged amount of the embezzlement is €4.5 million.
Finally, an Attorney General with first-hand criminal law experience.
#Politics #MattGaetz
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From the Guardian:
Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin has previously accused Gaetz of sharing videos of girls he slept with on the House floor. He told CNN last year that Gaetz would “brag about how he would crush ED medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night”.
On CNN just now, he said, “I completely trust President Trump’s decision making on this one.”
#politics makes strange bedfellows.
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My social media interests include humor, current affairs, politics (we live in interesting times), history, art, cinema, and technology.
Joined Apr 2022