Greg Spradlin @spradlig@qoto.org
Math guy, computing wannabe, classical music lover, politico. Same handle on Instagram.
Joined Nov 2022
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Mockery online as slurring Trump steamrolls Musk 'sounding like Sylvester the Cat' - Raw Story
@courtcan Google Search is the iconic example of enshittification 😅.
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trump told TWO LIES A MINUTE at his so-called press conference⁉️ I believe it—that’s probably everything he said—he never gets to the point.
Another useful statistic to keep in politics is: “How Many Times the Candidate DID NOT Answer the Question”. Yes, I know politicians are known for pivoting & deflecting, but at least they start out by responding to the topic. In trump’s recent at his club/home, he rigged his sound system so that the reporters’ questions couldn’t even be heard! #weird
If the point of the “press conference” was to show trump’s prowess at unscripted answers, he failed. trump exposes himself over and over as a candidate who is ignorant of the issues confronting the nation, and unable to speak of anything other than his persecution & grievances. Giving timeworn lie-filled responses IS NOT showing an ability to ad lib.
It’s laughable for an inadequate & ignorant candidate like trump to charge his opponent with being scripted.
@qkslvrwolf The New York Times is helping JD Vance smear Tim Walz’s military record by running “both-sides” articles on it containing lots of innuendo. It could be their 2024 version of “but her e-mails”.
@courtcan I hope the antitrust suit against Google eventually leads to better search engines.
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Surprised more people on “The Dick Van Dyke Show” didn’t become ill when having dinner at Rob and Laura’s.
Every meal was a Petrie dish.
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If OpenAI were a serious and responsible company they would enable their watermarking feature. But they know that it would completely undermine their product: Nobody wants to read "AI" generated shit and having that easily detectable would shed a bad light on their users. Which it should: If you don't want to write it, I don't want to read it.
(Original title: OpenAI won’t watermark ChatGPT text because its users could get caught)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/4/24213268/openai-chatgpt-text-watermark-cheat-detection-tool
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“I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris.”
- 99-year-old Jimmy Carter
He's been in hospice for over a year and wants to live long enough to vote for Kamala Harris. What's your excuse for not voting? #VoteBlue
The URL of Musk's #BillionaireDeception site is https://theamericapac.org/ . It would be a shame if people flooded it with false data. A darn shame.
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#MAGAisWeird #VoteBlue
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So proud that #MastodonforHarris is part of this surge in funding for #HarrisForPresident. CNN coverage of July reporting by the campaign here https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/02/politics/harris-fundraising-july/index.html.
Let’s keep it up. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris
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Superb line, superbly delivered. Needs to be seen to be appreciated. #kamalaharris cc: @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
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Via Elie Mystal:
Really mean thing for JD Vance to say about Ginni Thomas
Kamala HQ:
Unearthed video: #JDVance says people who don’t have children are “sociopathic,” “psychotic,” and “deranged”
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"These diversified businesses are, in fact, some of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital systems. And they have somehow managed to keep myriad for-profit enterprises under their nonprofit umbrella — a status that means they pay little or no taxes, float bonds at preferred rates, and gain numerous other financial advantages."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/commentary-nonprofit-hospitals-rolling-in-money/
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I'm watching the White Dudes for #Harris zoom call on YouTube, and it's really touching to see all these white men rally around a WOC presidential candidate and advocate for each other, all the women in their lives, labor unions, political activism, etc. It's heartwarming to see men lift each other up and create a culture of male positivity.
Never thought I'd say it, definitely never thought I would see it. This feels way more inclusive than most clubs for white men.
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"After nearly a decade of being forced to take Trump seriously, Democrats increasingly call BS on the whole charade"
"Old and quite weird": Democrats finally discover new effective attack — and Republicans hate it | Salon.com
@wdlindsy
The Guardian is a treasure. So much better than most U.S. legacy media. Time for me to donate again.
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Carol Cadwalladr is a hero. She was the reporter who broke the Cambridge Analytica social media story, and has been subsequently hounded by some of the most powerful shady operators on the planet. If she is talking about something way beyond anything we have ever seen before pay attention. It's certainly coming. It will be sophisticated and infect every corner of media and social media.
JD Vance wants the US to be a confederation of semi-autonomous vassal states whose central government is a theocratic dynasty.
You know, a modern-day Ottoman Empire.
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People say he’s a homosectional. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
What I like about him is his responsible use of firearms. He keeps his "pistol" safely "upholstered".
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I like futons and I cannot lie
You MAGA lovers can't deny
When you walk in Ikea, the first time you see it
Cotton mattress in your face, you get sprung
-- JD Vance campaign song
Greg Spradlin
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Math guy, computing wannabe, classical music lover, politico. Same handle on Instagram.
Joined Nov 2022
