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Randy Fredlund
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Deter School Shootings
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B Kean

While not in favor of the surveillance state, it seems that AI could be used to read postings of…

While not in favor of the surveillance state, it seems that AI could be used to read postings of known aberrants to detect manifestos and the like that we often see after the fact. Detection of unhinged hate should be straightforward. Of course the same tools could be used by authoritarians to detect "impure thought." Maybe the proper term is "will," not "could."

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ILLUMINATION

·2 days ago

Moms For Fascism

Renaming the group that calls itself “Moms For Liberty” — The conundrum of freedom is that it provides a safe haven for abhorrent thinking. True freedom of speech always allows for dissent and the promotion of ideas contrary to one’s own. Stamping out abhorrent thought is much worse than tolerating distasteful thinking. Recent legislation in states with Republican legislative majorities…

Fascism

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Moms For Fascism
Moms For Fascism
Fascism

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·3 days ago

Paddling an Unofficial Preserve

Birds in the Canada Lake watershed (Fulton County, NY) — The appearance of the eagle was startling as it left its unseen perch and flew low and directly overhead. Paddling upstream through the channel to Canada Lake, it disappeared around the corner where a sawmill once stood in 1867. After the Hornbeck Canoe also turned the corner, it was pleasing…

Eagles

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Paddling an Unofficial Preserve
Paddling an Unofficial Preserve
Eagles

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May 26

…how one gets to become a grandma at just 36. Now, I’m sure many of you are thinking to yourselves, “Surely, no one is really that stupid.” I mean, there is “stupid,” and then there is “Weapons-Grade Stupid.” Well, all I can say is these …

Lauren Boebert Claims She Quit Taking Birth Control Because It’s Cheaper to Have a Kid
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Johnny Robish

It's no sin to do stupid things.

It's no sin to do stupid things. The sin lies in not realizing you have done something stupid. Then the stupidity is compounded by being proud of the stupid deed. Everyone who voted for Ms. Boebert is in the last category.

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May 19

This sound so relatable. It hurts seeing this in front of you every day
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UmmeRumaan21

My wife and I dealt with the inexorable march of dementia for over 10 years with my father, her…

My wife and I dealt with the inexorable march of dementia for over 10 years with my father, her father, and then my mother. Perhaps the worst was seeing vibrant and loving people reduced to shadows of what they once were, and then changed into something unrecognizable. I wish no one would have to go through this, either as the sufferer or the loved one who has to watch it happen.

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Crow’s Feet

·May 18

No One Wants to Be Lonely

And now you don’t have to be — AI Companions™ are here to help. In the twilight of their lives, your loved ones may no longer be who they once were. But they are in no less need of companionship. Studies have shown that those who suffer from dementia benefit from interaction with others. …

Artificial Intelligence

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No One Wants to Be Lonely
No One Wants to Be Lonely
Artificial Intelligence

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·May 15

How to Build a Republican

BabyGPT shows the way — A GPT is a Generative Pre-Trained Transformer. Ignore the jargon. A GPT is a thing that comes up with words after looking at lots of text over time guided by some “intelligence” that uses word characteristics like sentence position to determine context and even rules of grammar. A well-trained GPT…

Politics

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How to Build a Republican
How to Build a Republican
Politics

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May 15

Feinstein Returns to the Senate
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Caren White

About 3% of adults ages 70 to 74 had dementia in 2019, compared with 22% of adults ages 85 to 89…

About 3% of adults ages 70 to 74 had dementia in 2019, compared with 22% of adults ages 85 to 89 and 33% of adults ages 90 and older. https://www.prb.org/resources/fact-sheet-u-s-dementia-trends/ For the good of the country, we need to face these facts. If not "aging out" of governmental positions, at least the need to pass some simple tests would weed out those who are no longer fit. For example, "apple, penny, table," are often the three words the neurologist asks the patient to remember. 5 minutes later, the patient is asked to recite them. If one cannot perform this task, that person is not fit to govern.

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May 15

A Topsy-turvy Republic
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David Martin

"You can't talk to a man

"You can't talk to a man When he don't wanna understand" - Smackwater Jack by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, 1971 Based on the current state of the American Republic, a few changes to the lyrics (e.g. "shotgun" becomes "A-R") this song could replace the Star Spangled Banner.

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May 13

…a white nationalist as a Trump Republican. That’s what we’re called all the time. A MAGA person.”

Lauren Boebert has co-sponsored a bill to make the AR-15, “The National Gun.” H.R.1095 would declare the AR-15 style rifle the “National Gun of the United States.”

Thick Skull Thin Sk
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Spike Dolomite

I think we should do this.

I think we should do this. Let's make it clear to everyone that violence and death for profit is the current American Way.

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Randy Fredlund

Randy Fredlund

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I Write. Hopefully, you smile. Or maybe think a new thought. Striving to present words and pictures you can't ignore.

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