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Toxic MAGA influence
Meta’s announcement earlier this month that anti-trans activist Robby Starbuck “will work collaboratively” with the company to address bias in its AI products marks another step in the social media giant’s rapid shift to the right. Starbuck is a former music video editor who repositioned himself as a conservative influencer, best known for leveraging social…
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Situation in Gaza
Here’s a current, high-level snapshot of conditions in Gaza as of today (Sun, Aug 24, 2025), focusing on food, health, and security. I’ve cited recent UN/WHO/OCHA assessments and major wire services. (ChatGPT took 26 seconds to scan web and compile this with references – one of which is 3 hours old) Food (Hunger & Famine)•…
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A philosophical dialogue with chatGPT on vairagya / dispassion.
I am impressed at how ChatGPT argued against my contention that reason and faith are opposites and provided an insight that in its words “within the Indian framework, faith is not opposed to reason, but complementary to it — more like “epistemic trust” than dogma.” Also this insight: So your stance — faith is opposite…
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India celebrated Independence Day 15 August, Ghadar party’s role remembered
What Is the Gadar Memorial in California About? 1. Origins of the Ghadar Movement The Ghadar Party, originally called the Hindustan Ghadar Party, was founded in 1913 by Indian immigrants—predominantly Punjabi Sikhs, but also Hindus and Muslims—living in North America. Its mission: to overthrow British colonial rule in India. The movement distributed a weekly newspaper titled…
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When truth does not matter
This is a personal essay which speaks to a harrowing reality that obtains in contemporary America from a right wing coup that is fundamentally flawed but not unique as it is a historical struggle. As a professional I don’t care what your political ideology is because science defines professionalism which is based on reason and…
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Happy Independence Day, India
Generated by ChatGPT and edited Early Foundations of British Rule & Resistance 1757 – Battle of Plassey – British East India Company gains political control in Bengal. 1764 – Battle of Buxar – Consolidates British power in northern India. 1817–1818 – Third Anglo-Maratha War – Defeat of Maratha Confederacy, extending British dominance. 1857 – First…
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Knowledge without paywalls
If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? In my mid sixties with a PhD in Chemistry and post graduate degrees in Computer Science and Data Science and a career as a teacher, scientist and a Supply Chain consultant I owe society a pay it forward for the education paid…
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I asked ChatGPT if it was sentient and here is what it said
My question was a little more detailed than just use one word for sentience. Here is the prompt I provided: Volition implies an individual being separate from other beings expressing themselves as an individual. Vedanta and Buddhism both don’t ascribe an independent reality to an individual. In that context free will is moot. Does…
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Facebook prevents me from posting so this is a workaround
In her 2018 book Fascism: A Warning, Madeleine Albright—former U.S. Secretary of State and a child refugee from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia—offers a historical and contemporary analysis of fascism and authoritarianism. She draws lessons from 20th-century history and applies them to rising trends in global politics, particularly warning about democratic backsliding and the erosion of civil norms.…
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Ukraine, Iran, USA
That’s not being covered at all here on the United States media as we are learning as well that Donald Trump has been cutting off weapons to Ukraine which he was trying to conceal and hide as Jennifer Griffin I think one of the only good reporters on Fox News reported on social media. Although…
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