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[wrong][crazy][spam][rambling][ot] language and thought as a cryptography
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

this is a silly rambling to be a little fun and grounding for me, a little more topical to the list. i think nowadays of language and thought more and more as emergent biological cryptographies --

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

On 6/14/23, Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > --- > once upon a time a worker chimera (mcboss, rw2, ga) was walking in a > pretty fores >

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

On 6/14/23, Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > how to make a chimers of human beings > > surprisingly this is an exotically hard task that i have not spent > much time daydreaming how to do, more time spent on timetravel and > levitation. i propose using extensive AI in extensive simulation, > being sure to include the happiness of the participants for the rest > of their lives in reward functions, and full communication with one thing i noticed in other AI daydreams is you want the happiness of people in their communities as well as their own happiness, this deters addiction and wireheading which observers respond more negatively to > consenting test subjects so as to discover nasty things in harmless > ways before harmful ones >

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

mcboss: “would you send some leaders or diplomats or leade

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Rights group: World Bank, Jordan use flawed formula for aid to kingdom, excluding some poor people | AP News
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

JERUSALEM (AP) — The World Bank and Jordan are using a “flawed” algorithm to calculate aid for the kingdom’s citizens, excluding some people who are impoverished, hungry or otherwise struggling, a leading rights group said Tuesday. Human Rights Watch reported that the automated program ranks the income and socioeconomic status of Jordanian families, a practice known as “poverty targeting.” The report said that approach leaves out some needy people — such as the owners of modest businesses — increasing poverty in a nation of 10 million citizens. “Many people in Jordan are not getting financial support because their hardships don’t fit an algorithm’s rigid model of what poverty should look like,” said Amos Toh, senior technology and human rights researcher at Human Rights Watch. One Jordanian, identifying himself only as Abu Laith, or “the father of Laith,” said he is among those wrongly cut off from benefits. https://apnews.com/article/jordan-world-bank-poverty-9789664208aa433190b230…

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Berlusconi’s Death Puts Italy’s Future in the Hands of Two Women
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

It was a scene worthy of Succession. Silvio Berlusconi’s five heirs hurried to a private hospital in Milan to bid farewell to their ailing father, who had shaped Italy like no one else in its tortured postwar history. Berlusconi’s Death Puts Italy’s Future in the Hands of Two Women https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-14/berlusconi-s-death-gives…

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Pfizer, Others Must Share Ad Records In Meta Suit, Texas Says In the legal profession, information is the key to success.
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

Pfizer Inc., Procter & Gamble, and a host of other big-name companies must turn over their communications with Meta related to their advertising and marketing practices, including fees, Texas said in a series of subpoenas issued in its data privacy fight with the social media giant. https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1688438?nl_pk=e8718aa1-2adc-4c2d…

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TelexFree Victims Are Seeking Irrelevant Documents, PNC Says
by Gunnar Larson 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

PNC Bank on Tuesday urged a Massachusetts federal judge to reject a subpoena that would force it to turn over certain documents to victims of the $3 billion TelexFree Ponzi scheme, arguing the victims have failed to demonstrate the relevance of the documents. https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1688450?nl_pk=99a2a594-20ad-4b2f-a2…

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The Wall Street Journal: Abolish the FBI
by jim bell 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

The Wall Street Journal: Abolish the FBI. https://www.wsj.com/articles/abolish-fbi-durham-indictment-russia-collusion…

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Throwing Molotov cocktails at police cars! FUCK YEAH!
by professor rat 14 Jun '23

14 Jun '23

Key actions are still based on modern uprisings: building barricades, confronting the police, occupying districts, looting shopping centers and creating mutual aid networks. Fun parts like spraying ACAB on walls and throwing Molotov cocktails at police cars are also present. https://anarchistnews.org/content/revolt-isn%E2%80%99t-game-unless-it-insur… Reposts not games people play now every night and every day now

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