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Bradley A.Smith (PhD), Melbourne, Australia. Studying intonation in spoken discourse.

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Can we actually power AI? | If You're Listening
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth Can we actually power AI? | If You're Listening

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mJL...

07.11.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker β€œif she wins” I am definitely going to prison.

So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

07.11.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8495    πŸ” 3187    πŸ’¬ 294    πŸ“Œ 128

not sure what you mean by 'don't do this', I was genuinely curious how, when giving a press conference to a room of reporters, he was able to sense that something was going on - and all of your suggestions make sense. But yes, it does show a sensitivity to what is going on, which was my main thought

07.11.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

scams funding a con

07.11.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

competence - and how did he sense what was going on behind him?

07.11.2025 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

U.S. HOUSING MARKET RECORD IMBALANCE β€” HOME SELLERS NOW OUTNUMBER BUYERS BY OVER 500,000, THE LARGEST GAP EVER RECORDED.

06.11.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1339    πŸ” 409    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 88

Trump is useless, RFK is worse than useless

07.11.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT β€˜goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.

Exclusive: The parents of a man who killed himself are suing the company that created ChatGPT, claiming the product encouraged him to commit suicide.

07.11.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 186    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 32

selfish cowards, of course

07.11.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Texas… it’s not just Grijalva….

#TrumpEpsteinFilesCoverUp

06.11.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 19663    πŸ” 9178    πŸ’¬ 564    πŸ“Œ 405

where's the all caps?

06.11.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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President Trump pardons former TN House Speaker Glen Casada, chief of staff, after corruption convictions President Donald Trump has pardoned the disgraced former Speaker of the Tennessee House Glen Casada and his co-conspirators after their corruption convictions and sentencing.

OH MY GOD
www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...

06.11.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 40

Dr. BS sums up AI in academia (speaking as a Dr BS myself)

06.11.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the Sandwich Guy saga is producing the best buns

06.11.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No one has figured out the exact scale of the Hispanic vote collapse yet, but I tried to get my arms around it. Read the rest here: www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...

05.11.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 892    πŸ” 206    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 12

we can see there the extent of the Health Secretary's compassion for a sick person

06.11.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

he thinks the acronym protects him

06.11.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm here for the puns (voiceless buns, for the phonologists out there)

06.11.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sub-standard Justice Dept

06.11.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

sounds like the gear is starting to wear off for some already

06.11.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the buildup to their inevitable release has been prolonged and intense - well played Trump!

06.11.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.

news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

06.11.2025 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5937    πŸ” 3369    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 434

'reimagine' these days means AI hallucination

06.11.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

as a con, none better

06.11.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

haha - toddler management on a global scale

06.11.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

so, he's failing his goal, then

06.11.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it is worth reading this thread just for the deadpan account of a serious trial about - a sandwich being thrown at an officer in a bullet-proof vest

06.11.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

jacking off on fantasies of Big Brother techno-feudalism where a compliant, ignorant population would all drink the Kool-aid

06.11.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

surprise, surprise - lawlessness begins when those whose responsibility it is to uphold and enforce the law of the land are themselves behaving outside and with disregard for the law

06.11.2025 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

War is Peace

05.11.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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