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Excerpt from pages 166-73 of They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer (interview with German citizen) who lived through Nazi regime
March 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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This is how it feels right now
Funny lookin guy pensively waiting
February 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Recognize any of the guests
February 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Her: why are you in the shower for so long? What are you doing in there?

Me:
Pondering the orb
January 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Yes we were
January 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Guy who was right about merrick garland since 2021 is tired of being right
January 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I was trying to warn people about merrick garland the entire time
January 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Since basically 2021 I said Merrick Garland was going to screw us over by protecting Trump. “Somehow” I was right and every esteemed “legal analyst” was wrong.
January 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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There's one scenario we have to talk about which is if all the media and worst people online suddenly show a sudden and unusual interest in getting people to protest after a decade of trying to throttle it, it could be a set up.
January 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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I asked Grok whether my posts would be considered “negative” under the new algorithm and it’s basically my entire account - and maybe also yours
Answer Under the new algorithm, posts by @benfranklin2018 that could be considered too negative might include those that express strong dissent against established narratives or institutions, or those that portray a very bleak or cynical view of societal or political outcomes. Here are some examples based on posts found on X: • Posts that directly attack or insult powerful figures or institutions could be seen as too negative, especially if they suggest systemic manipulation or deceit. This includes posts that question official narratives or imply widespread misinformation by political influencers. • Comments on the manipulation of public sentiment or the encouragement of negative social behaviors, like casual sadism or misinformation, would likely be viewed negatively under an algorithm designed to reduce the spread of content that could be seen as objectionable or divisive. • Posts that highlight a perceived collapse or failure of systems, particularly those that use sarcasm or humor to critique the current state of affairs, might be flagged for promoting a negative outlook. • Any content suggesting that the public is being systematically misled or conditioned in a certain way, especially if it involves political outcomes or public health crises, could be deemed too negative. These types of posts might be deboosted or have their visibility reduced as they could be seen as promoting negativity, misinformation, or discord, which are often targeted by algorithms aiming to maintain a more positive or balanced user experience.
January 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Now reading
December 22, 2024 at 3:21 AM
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Now reading
December 21, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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Now reading
December 2, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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This is what it feels like listening to your normie friends talk about politics
Hector Salamanca from breaking bad looking like he’s gonna have a stroke
December 1, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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"I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time - when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance." - Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
November 26, 2024 at 3:26 AM