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    Fun With ChatGPT

    Write a short story about Bernie Sanders becoming president in 2016 In an unexpected turn of events in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Bernie Sanders emerged as the 45th President of the United States. His grassroots movement had captivated the hearts of millions, and against all odds, he...
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    Modern Civilizations: Comparing the USA with Japan

    Someone posted this (in a discord discussion) and was okay with my reposting it: From everything I've seen, Japan is an incredible country. They don't have any of these problems that are extremely common in the U.S.: Rampant crime in cities, forcing families to retreat into the suburbs where...
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    Of Things Retro-Futuristic

    "Retro-Futuristic" here means how people in earlier eras imagined that it would be like "in the future" - flying cars, a continuously-manned base on the moon, and so on. Without more delay, some images:
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    American Middle Class Disappearing?

    I found this little essay on Quora, and thought I'd post it for comments here: https://qr.ae/pytJgn
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    The Anglican Schism

    https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/april/gafcon-rwanda-anglican-communion-global-south-gsfa.html The Church of England has become much too liberal for much of the global Anglican communion, and a parting of ways seems to be unavoidable.
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    Fun with ChatGPT

    Write a short story set in Tolkien's middle-earth, involving Elves and Hobbits ChatGPT: Once upon a time, in the land of Middle-earth, there was a small Hobbit village nestled in the heart of the Shire. The Hobbits were a peaceful and contented folk who lived simple lives, tending to their...
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    Why the Left cannot understand the Right

    I came across this essay by Sarah Hoyt, on why the Establishment Left keep accusing normal people of dog-whistles or the like. https://accordingtohoyt.com/2023/01/25/jokes-and-conspiracies/ Some quotes:
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    A-10 Warthog to be updated

    Seems that old Mr Brrrt won't be retiring soon after all - staying on by popular demand.
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    Saudi Arabia's Oil Reserves

    This video. Accurate? Nonsense? Discuss. :)
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    Wisdom from JRR Tolkien: The Hoard

    ‘When the moon was new and the sun young of silver and gold the gods sung: in the green grass they silver spilled, and the white waters they with gold filled. Ere the pit was dug or Hell yawned, ere dwarf was bred or dragon spawned, there were Elves of old, and strong spells under green hills in...
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    128-year-old Man in Argentina claims to be Hitler

    https://sanelinews.com/argentina-128-year-old-man-claims-he-is-adolf-hitler-2/
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    Another "Did Hitler Escape to South America?" thread

    Got this in my newsfeed this morning. Dunno why people send this stuff to me... https://coolinterestingstuff.com/was-father-krespi-hitler
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    Microwave weapons

    Topic inspired by the following article: https://nationalpost.com/news/world/china-used-microwave-pulse-weapon-to-force-indian-soldiers-off-himalayan-hilltops-report
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    On Masculinity and the concept of a Gentleman

    Something I found on Quora that I considered worth sharing. https://www.quora.com/Are-Traditional-Gentlemen-effeminate-by-design-Or-are-they-masculine-with-a-softer-touch/answer/Mathias-Holzfeller An excerpt or two:
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    Chuck Norris wants to save the A-10

    Air Force veteran Chuck Norris wants to save the A-10
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    Space Mining

    https://www.space.com/trump-moon-mining-space-resources-executive-order.html Trump signs executive order to support moon mining, tap asteroid resources
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    The Trap of White Privilege (website post)

    The Trap of White Privilege, and Rejecting the Cult of Victimology Article by Jason Hill. https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/03/trap-white-privilege-and-rejecting-cult-jason-d-hill/
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    War With China (blog article)

    Jim of jim.com has been blogging about the Orwellian behavior of the modern Administrative State, where they can be deliberately doing something, while at the same time sincerely not believing themselves to be doing it, or even not understanding what you mean when you accuse them of it...
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    Modernity is depressingly devoid of depth (article)

    https://jermdraws.com/blog/modernity-is-depressingly-devoid-of-depth
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    Why do corporations speak the way they do?

    An article I happened to find: https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-corporate-speak.html The essay goes on to further discuss what the author calls "garbage language" - needless verbiage that obfuscates, which either says nothing at all, or takes a paragraph to say something that could...
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