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Gabriel
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Obsessive Word Nerd. Books, Space Exploration, Classical Music, Languages, Artificial Intelligence and an iota of Quantum Physics.
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Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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July 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
March 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Truth!
March 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Received today:

Dear Client,
I am **** ******, from china.
I am writing to offer my services in translation of the following pairs: English <>Chines.
March 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
File under “Makes my Head Hurt”
From The Guardian:
King, who co-hosts the CBS Mornings news show, played a video on the program on Thursday to preview her flight. “You can’t possibly go up there and not come back unchanged,” she said.
February 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The view from the UK:

youtu.be/Jk0nUUqG_Ag?...
The Art of The Deal
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
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February 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
More Than a Mayor
A Reason To Smile
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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“The changes that have been made all seem to relate to creating new paths to block payments and possibly leave less visibility into what has been blocked.”
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“A man cannot have a pure mind who refuses apple dumplings.”

Coleridge (British poet 1772-1834)
January 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
According to the press, Mitch McConnell was supposed to have a major following in the Senate and what he did regarding confirmations would influence a significant number of other senators. So much for that!
(Mitch McConnell joins Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins in voting against Pete Hegseth.)
January 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Johnson aide advised against subpoena of star Jan. 6 witness over concerns about ‘sexual texts’ from lawmakers
The move was intended in part to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent Cassidy Hutchinson.

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Johnson aide advised against Hutchinson subpoena over concerns about lawmakers’ ‘sexual texts’
The move was intended in part to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent Cassidy Hutchinson.
wapo.st
January 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Bill Gates: “I was frankly impressed with how well he showed a lot of interest in the issues I brought up.”
Translation: “ I’ve got to say something flattering, but words fail me”
January 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The British opinion:
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Truth & Lies
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
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January 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Fetch… Drop… Good boy!!!
January 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
In November, a ProPublica journalist flagged an inaccurate Apple AI summary of alerts from the New York Times that wrongly claimed that Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested.
January 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
And in breaking AI news:
False news alerts were issued on Friday last week, when Apple’s AI system summarised BBC app notifications to wrongly say that Nadal had come out as gay.
January 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
<Gov. Gavin Newsom> proudly touted the fact that it took only one text for President Biden to issue a fire management assistance grant: “No politics, no hand-wringing, no kissing of the feet.”
January 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky

If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
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Repeat ;-)

Together we can change the world.
January 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Ding Liren loses his world title on a horrific blunder (55 Rf2??) as 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the youngest world champion in history.
December 12, 2024 at 1:27 PM