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Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump given life sentence for molesting two children Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, of Florida among several January 6 defendants charged with new crimes

Florida handyman and Jan 6 Rioter pardoned by Trump given life sentence yesterday for molesting two children. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I want to go to both these places.

All these AI companies train their models on data protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents, oh, and your privacy. They harvest our personal data as well. They mine everything we do and create and then want to sell it back to us, even though they never paid for what they took in the first place.

Yanamami. Nice reference. I'm pretty sure they're not on too many folk's radars these days.

You're not plain, dude. Like the Colonel's seasoning, you come with your own secret recipe of herbs and spices.

The fancy glasses with the manual tagging backstory remind me of learning about the Chinese Room back in the day at UCLA. Is it a computer doing the translation? Or some dude in a room just taking the inputs and following some rules to generate the outputs? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...

So much fun. Sama, headquartered in San Francisco, outsources labelling for machine learning models to Kenyans for $2/hour. Meta uses Sama to help train their glasses. So folks in Kenya get to see everything you do while they label your activities for the models. Progress!

Trail of Tears - Wikipedia

Many white people who are part Cherokee can find their ancestral roots in the sexual violence perpetrated by the military against Cherokee women which came about in the Trail of Tears after the US government passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_o...

recursive descent? ☺️

That is incredibly awesome, sir.

🤣 Dan Crenshaw just got out MAGA’d in Texas too. The MAGAs are just getting more MAGA-y. In short order people might just be missing Noem.

Most politicians are tools. So there’s something to this. 🤔

They have the hearings. They exposed the lies. They expose the corruption. And there are no consequences... What do these people get paid for? I'm pretty sure we could replace all our politicians with AI rhetoric agents and they'd be just as effective at just a fraction of the cost.

🎯🎯🎯

Since the Dow is under 50,000, can we talk about the Epstein files again?

The Power of Attention: What You Focus On Shapes Your Life We all have the power to shift our experience by shifting our attention. Training your focus on yourself, others, and the present can unlock better leadership and relationships.

What we focus on, we find more of. Media companies and politicians know this so they do their best to distract us and get us marinating on some miserableness and/or falsehoods to help shape our perceived "reality". Don't let the bastards get you down. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

Do you think they've ever read The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf?
I'm thinking they did but that they took a totally different lesson out of it than some of us.

Russian tycoon, 67, in the Epstein files and called Ghislaine Maxwell his 'soulmate' found dead — Daily Mail UK Former senator Umar Dzhabrailov, 67, who ran against Putin in the 2000 presidential election , finishing last, was found in a pool of blood at the in central Moscow.

Russian tycoon, 67, in the Epstein files and called Ghislaine Maxwell his 'soulmate' found dead

Former senator Umar Dzhabrailov, 67, who ran against Putin in the 2000 presidential election , finishing last, was found in a pool of blood at the in central Moscow.

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Would Alysa Liu Do 'Dancing With The Stars’? She REACTS YouTube video by Access Hollywood

Alysa Liu is awesome. This kid's bringing a lot of hope and a lot of joy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qsN...

So according to the Washington Post, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman lobbied Trump to bomb Iran. The Public Investment Fund which is controlled by the Prince is also part of a group of Middle East funds backing Paramount's acquisition of Warner Brothers. I'm sure this is just a coincidence.

Trump: "I guess the worst case is we do this and then somebody takes over who is as bad as the previous person. That could happen."

As measles spreads in South Carolina, RFK Jr’s allies work to gut vaccine laws Activists who dispute safety of vaccines are pushing to limit immunization requirements in schools

Meanwhile at home: "a sustained 1% annual decline in the vaccination rate for measles, mumps and rubella could cost the US $7.8bn by 2030, on top of many more people being hospitalized and dying." I don't know about you, but this don't look like winnin to me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir If you run a company whose entire value proposition is the ability to see patterns, predict outcomes, and connect dots that others miss, you’d think someone in the building might have flagged…

Ha!

The government recommends walking to the store to buy your liver and cheap cuts.

According to the WSJ: OpenAI President Greg Brockman and his wife gave a pro-Trump super political-action committee $25 million last year. They are also spending millions more to advance Trump’s AI agenda in the midterm elections. I'm sure this has no influence whatsoever though.

During the midterms 30 republicans and 21 democrats aren't seeking re-election. They're leaving the House for a myriad of reasons. But this is quite awesome, assuming we still get to vote. Time for some house cleaning!

What happened to America first?

I believe that’s domestic as well.

America’s foreign policy is now “How many people have to die before you stop talking about the Epstein Files?”

Bill Clinton basically said this week: "I did not have relations with that man." We need Linda Tripp and Kenneth Starr to show up with Epstein's stained blue suit so we can impeach!!!