Jason Etheridge @jasonetheridge@qoto.org

When I read a post that takes a lot of words to make a simple point, with a lot of extraneous words, I'm now suspicious that the author was actually ChatGPT, asked to fluff out an idea to maximise word count.

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@Pat So far, but who knows how accurate the data will be that the CCP will provide. The US is indeed a mess, given so many reasonably stubbornly unvax'd, but China isn't really in any better shape, given effectively no background immunity and the less Sinovax, and which a lot of their elderly haven't had.

China's abandoning of its zero COVID policy (effectively letting it rip) was inevitable, and now Omicron is ripping through a population that if vaccinated, has the subpar local vaccine. This won't be pretty. Xi is going to need an invasion to distract from justifiable anger.

@ElsaJansen@mastodon.social Magnificent! Homemade is best, and what a great gift idea.

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@chidgey No! Some things are worth being organised about. And you know you'd forget without the alarm. :)

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@ElsaJansen@mastodon.social Oh, and please vote in this poll: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097

@ElsaJansen@mastodon.social Morning! You can follow Matt at @arthurcdent.

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I wonder if Brandon Sanderson will end up finishing the Game of Thrones saga, as he did for Wheel of Time? George R.R. Martin is 74, and he's apparently got two books left, with the next 75% done after 12 years. It's not looking good.

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@ElsaJansen@mastodon.social Mastodon does make it easy to change server, which is nice. I'm getting used to its interface, and it's really growing in me.

@ElsaJansen@mastodon.social Hopefully more centrists come across. Took me a while to find a server that had reasonable terms of service (i.e. no hate speech, but people can state unpopular opinions), and even that has made its admin something of a pariah.

@jamesmarkels Thank you! It's hard for those of us outside the US to really keep track, so we just see the clickbaity headlines. Nothing is ever that black and white, and I should have known that.