6 thoughts on “Tuesday Open Thread”

1. Be curious…

   “When people ask me…What’s gonna happen if the Flip – Flopping, Laughing Hyena Wins??” Zuchowski wrote in his post. “I say….write down all the addresses of the people who had her signs in their yards!”

   “Sooo…when the Illegal human ‘Locust’ (which she supports!) Need places to live…We’ll already have the addresses of the their New families…who supported their arrival!” his post continued

   https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-sheriff-asks-residents-addresses-kamala-harris-signs-send-illegal-immigrants-homes?dicbo=v2-52TKR9r

   Just law enforcement gathering names of political opponents and dehumanizing the people he’s supposed to protect. 

   Let’s not be judgemental… Let’s gather a list of all

   NO LETS BE JUDGEMENTAL!

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2. Well, at least the Associated Press seemingly has decided to no longer cut Trump any slack.

   Donald Trump claimed without evidence Monday that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ comments that he is a threat to democracy had inspired the latest apparent attempt on his life, despite his own long history of inflammatory campaign rhetoric and advocacy for jailing or prosecuting his political enemies.

   Maybe Mr. Hatemonger, the bible salesman, should take a peek inside and check this section out:

   as you sow, so shall you reap

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   1. Furthermore, there's that little thing in Exodus and the 10 Commandments about "bearing false witness."

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      1. JD "Dud" Vance owns that one.

         JD Vance admits he is willing to ‘create stories’ to get media attention

         Those two are soulmates

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3. Interesting study on using AI to counteract false beliefs

   This Chatbot Pulls People Away From Conspiracy Theories

   In a new study, many people doubted or abandoned false beliefs after a short conversation with the DebunkBot.

   Until now, conventional wisdom held that once someone fell down the conspiratorial rabbit hole, no amount of arguing or explaining would pull that person out.

   But Dr. Costello and his colleagues wondered whether there might be another explanation: What if debunking attempts just haven’t been personalized enough?

   On average, their ratings dropped by about 20 percent; about a quarter of participants no longer believed the falsehood. The effect also spilled into their attitudes toward other poorly supported theories, making the participants slightly less conspiratorial in general.

   When participants were surveyed two months later, the chatbot’s impact on mistaken beliefs remained unchanged.

   While it will never be a panacea, it could help around the margins (on Facebook, etc), particularly among undecided voters.

    

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4. September 17, 2024 — A day the entire world became an exponentially more dangerous place (again).

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