Brian French

YouTube demonetized my channel for "Inauthentic content" a few days ago. I want to tell you my full story because I think people need to hear it. I run a history and education channel on YouTube. Every single video starts with hours of academic research. I pull from real scholarly sources, primary historical records, and published academic works. I write every script completely from scratch. I physically film everything myself. I appear on camera in every single video. I manually edit every cut. I hand design every thumbnail. This is not automated content. This is not mass produced. This is me, showing up, doing the work, every single time. YouTube demonetized my channel for "Inauthentic content" and removed $5,000 from me. Money I needed. Gone overnight with no warning and no real explanation. I made an appeal video walking through my entire creation process step by step. It was never watched. An AI rejected it before a single human ever saw it. The response I received was a copy paste message that thousands of other creators got word for word. I have reached out. I have followed the process. I have done everything they asked. And I keep getting the same automated wall. All I am asking for is one real person at YouTube to actually look at my channel. @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators @YouTube Please do the right thing. If you believe creators deserve to be treated fairly, please repost this. youtu.be/PIW7Qu9Qsj8

@Jethroe111 @_Checkmatey_ @dpuellARK You are the best George. Your posts are a light in the dark of night.

I follow Bitcoin onchain metrics. One of my favorites is True Market Mean, a tool developed by @_Checkmatey_ and @dpuellARK It strips out the noise of old coins to give me a clearer price picture of coin owners who can actually MOVE their coins. Sits at $78k this morning. AND... short term holders are close to reaching the 54% in profit level, a point where there will undoubtedly be liquidations (I WANT OUT of this fucking asset!) Why am I tellling you this? We are still in the Bitcoin Doldrums. A place of duration pain. Be patient, my fellow pleb. Valhalla soon.

@FracSlap Please send the presentation. Thanks!

This was bookmarked 731 times. If you want the PDF of the deck just comment here and I'll have an agent send it to you.

@galenginho @BowTiedColombia Definitely written by AI. Has all the telltale signs. But... while that would normally stop me after the first couple of paragraphs, I read the whole thing because the concept is interesting to me.

@BowTiedColombia ai slop article

@gabyvivassa Great pic! Wish I could take more of them. Three dogs is enough though.

My heart has been breaking this week. Handling relocation cases, I keep seeing situations where people leave their dogs behind. And it’s something I will never be able to understand. You cannot imagine the number of cases I already know of in Dubai this week where people leave their dogs, even while knowing we offer real options and services to relocate them properly.

People pretending to live a luxury lifestyle in Dubai showing the cars, the restaurants, yet when the moment comes to relocate their pets, they suddenly “cannot afford” the concierge, the relocation service, or the proper travel arrangements, so they abandon them. An animal depends entirely on you. You are their safety, their home, their whole world. Walking away from that responsibility is not just careless…it’s cowardly. Whoever abandons their pet in Dubai or anywhere in the world while leaving the country… I have nothing but absolute disgust for you.

@TicTocTick @grok - please explain what the trade was for and if this is true?

Two minutes before that Iran post, someone purchased 42000 lots in a single trade. This trade would have made a profit of $500 million in half an hour for whoever bought this.

@_Checkmatey_ @TXMCtrades @grok what is your analysis?

@TXMCtrades It would create tens of trillions of sell-side, and probably end the market for several decades if they were right in their thesis.

That 👏 would 👏 have 👏 ZERO 👏 impact 👏 on 👏 the 👏 debt

@Fenjita86 @dansemperepico Toyota Land Cruiser all the way. Built to go 500,000 miles. Still drive my 2003 Land Cruiser everyday.

@dansemperepico Agreed, modern Range Rovers and Discovery's are horrendously unreliable and extremely expensive to repair. If you need a capable luxury offroader I'd be going Jap every time. Probably a Toyota Land Cruiser

My wife really wanted a Land Rover Discovery 4 so when we moved to Isle of Man I bought her one. It was an awesome family car, but the reliability was terrible. We spent £6K fixing various issues in the 18 months that we owned. I won't tell you how much money I lost on it, but I bought it at the peak of the covid second-hand car market bubble and sold it during that period where Range Rovers were getting stolen in the UK and it was becoming difficult to insure them so the value of all Range Rovers value was plummeting.

@timevalueofbtc @grok what does this chart mean?

HUG YOUR FAMILY

@BigAl1746198 @mistressdivy @grok is this true? Claims MN is having a curfew and traveling regulations starting Monday?

@mistressdivy We just got notice from our county that there will be a curfew and traveling regulations starting Monday. No reason why - everybody panicking n buying out stores.

I smell another lockdown coming.

@alt_w_v_g Great stuff. Laughed out loud a couple of times while reading :)

Had a parent-teacher conference this morning My wife told me not to come I came anyway She said "please just listen and nod" I said "I always listen" She said "you listen like you're sitting in a boardroom looking for something to challenge" That's how listening works Nice classroom Small chairs I am 6'4" and was seated at a desk designed for someone who still believes in Santa Claus My knees touched my chest The teacher introduced herself Shared her identified pronouns I shared my identified adjectives Smart and handsome My wife closed her eyes The teacher had a folder Color-coded tabs I respected the organization She said our son is "a pleasure to have in class" My wife smiled I waited That sentence is never the whole report It's the executive summary before the risk section She said "however" There it is She said he "asks a lot of questions" I said "good" She said "during quiet time" I said "when is quiet time?" She said "it's when students are expected to work independently and in silence" I said "so he's the only one trying to get information and you've structured the environment to prevent it?" My wife put her hand on my arm I continued The teacher said he recently told another student that "sharing pencils doesn't make sense if nobody brings their own" I said "that's an accurate observation" My wife squeezed harder The teacher said she's concerned about his "resistance to group activities" I said "he's not resistant. He just doesn't see the value of doing more work for the same grade." The teacher said he also corrected her math on the whiteboard I said "was he right?" She paused She said "that's not the point" I said "it's a little bit the point" My wife stood up Sat back down Compromise The teacher pulled out an evaluation sheet Categories like "works well with others" and "follows directions" and "respects classroom norms" All subjective Not a number on the page I asked how these are graded She said "based on observation" I said "so one person's opinion with no second review?" She said "it's professional judgment" I said "my auditors say that too. Right before I disagree with them." She looked at my wife My wife said "I'm sorry about him" I said "I'm sitting right here" My wife said "I know" The teacher said overall he's a bright kid and she just wants to make sure he learns to "collaborate" I said "collaboration is important. But so is recognizing when you're the only one doing the work. He'll learn that again in college. And again in the real world. Might as well start now." Nobody spoke The teacher closed her folder She said "I think we've covered everything" I said "one more thing" She braced herself I said "his reading is above grade level. His math is strong. He asks hard questions and corrects mistakes when he sees them. I just want to make sure this school knows what it has." The teacher looked at me differently My wife looked at me differently I said "that's all" We left In the car my wife was quiet Then she said "he's turning into you" I said "is that a good thing?" She didn't answer From the backseat he said "dad, why does the teacher count off for asking questions? Isn't that the whole point of school?" I looked at my wife She looked out the window I said "yes. It is." He said "I don't think she likes when I'm right" I didn't say anything Neither did my wife Small chairs Color-coded tabs No follow-up items But the kid's going to be fine Sent from my iPhone

@Matt_Pinner duh!!! that would be the easiest thing ever.

If someone paid you $300,000 to not have a single drop of alcohol for a year, would you do it?

@creationman46 @Melt_Dem @CaitlinLong_ Bingo! Winner winner winner!

@Melt_Dem @CaitlinLong_ AI is making it easier to just run AI Agents 24 hours a day to constantly span lists already in public. Will continue to get much, much worse as cost is nearly ZERO to do this with use of AI.

the amount of email and sms scams I’ve been getting the last month is 10x the usual volume (and i get a lot already) what major database was hacked? i feel like this always happens 3-6 months before something massive gets announced OSINT friends any idea?

@gary_wolverton3 @PeterDiamandis There is no question that article was written by AI.

@PeterDiamandis Interesting read. It looks like the article was written by AI

@peruvian_bull Fabulous article sir!

I saw yesterday that a teammate of mine posted a long note that had all the cringey hallmarks of AI-generated text: very short sentences for emphasis, "this is not just...it's...", "...and that changes everything..." , etc. And it struck me all the sudden that for those who haven't done a lot of reading and writing pre-AI, they might not even realize how cringe it is. They might think that is just what good writing is like.

@Aquel19Rojo @tanylake Sorry, but this hasn't been my experience. Lived in the El Poblado and El Tesoro neighborhoods of Medellin. These are very upscale neighborhoods in the city. Still loud at all hours. It is a cultural thing. Not saying it is bad. You just have to get used to it or move elsewhere.

@tanylake This sounds like a wealth problem. Nowhere in affluent neighborhoods in Colombia is there loud music. In Cali, Medellin, or Bogota. Must be difficult to deal with those types of ppl when you can’t afford nicer areas.

I lived in Colombia for 3 months and the biggest thing I noticed is how LOUD they were. At all hours. There were no sound ordinances, and there were parties all night every single night. It made me realize I was incompatible with their culture and that I should go home. But the problem is, those people come here. And of course silence doesn't bother them, and noise is normal to them and so what do they do? Make noise, and then get mad at us for noticing.