@PaulleyTicks Why would Trump fire Patel when there are still women to fire first?
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Ambivalent Sloth
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Ambivalent Sloth
@avenge_p
Canadian source of occasional humour and occasionally cessant politics. Did X sneak-block an account you like? Check your settings. Who blocks the NFB, FFS?
New Brunswick, Canada شامل ہوئے Nisan 2021
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And all that, just got get his dwarfy little ass fired, because a loser is a loser.
FBI Director Kash Patel@FBIDirectorKash
After just 14 months, we’ve delivered a generational overhaul at the FBI. Cut the bureaucracy, crushed unnecessary approvals, moved over 1,500 agents and Intelligence Analysts out of DC and into the field offices where the mission belongs, and already saved more than $300 million by shuttering wasteful contracts. We’re using AI for the first time across the bureaus entire enterprise to stay ahead of threats and restoring the Bureau’s focus on protecting the American people.
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@ShaunPinnerUA Jumping out of the fire and into the frying pan.
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The former deputy minister of natural resources has fled Russia and is likely to be in the USA. This is the first case of a high-ranking official fleeing Russia👀
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@DonDavies Privatization is just the government stealing public assets and fencing them to their friends.
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Liberals’ plan to sell our airports is a terrible decision. Canadian airports are rated among best in the world, run by non-profits who put every dollar back into improving services. Privatizing will raise prices and decrease service. Great piece here👇
farandwide.beehiiv.com/p/airports?_bh…
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@avenge_p I found a website a few months ago that had AI summaries of my books on it, and they were all nonsensical. They had mucked up plots and mixed up characters. Not sure if that was due to my writing or just the nature of AI slop.
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There is quite a bit of verification of this so ignore the community note that claims nothing happened.
Drop Site@DropSiteNews
More than 200 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla who were seized at sea by Israeli forces and taken to the Greek island of Crete were released earlier today, with photos showing visible injuries including bruising, cuts, and swelling; participants say they were beaten and abused in custody.
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@beachmagoo @LukaszukAB @rakitoon @ABDanielleSmith Good luck selling that in a province where people are proud of never changing their vote.
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@LukaszukAB @rakitoon @ABDanielleSmith While we are at fixing election fairness, I think a proportional voting system would fix the problems of boundary redrawing.
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.@ABDanielleSmith How about you restore the investigative branch of Elections Alberta, which was eliminated by the UCP government.
Also, implement the legislative changes proposed by Elections Alberta, aimed at strengthening the office, transparency and fairness of elections.
Danielle Smith@ABDanielleSmith
We are aware of the situation involving a potential data breach of electors’ personal information. Protecting the personal information of Albertans is of the utmost importance, and those responsible should be held accountable under the law. We understand both Elections Alberta and the RCMP are looking into this matter thoroughly and we will wait for the results of those investigations before commenting further and assessing whether any future legislative changes need to be considered.
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@peggy_blair I like to think no AI would survive trying to copy my mental roller coaster.
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@avenge_p If it isn't already, it's going to be all of them pretty soon. Just like the majority of accounts here are going to be AI bots if they aren't already. Almost all of those long posts I read are AI generated, without disclosure. You can see it in the syntax.
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@peggy_blair I know. I was rating them all No at first but gave up due to the sheer volume of them.
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@avenge_p I hate the fact that they have AI community notes. They're almost always wrong or irrelevant and misunderstand key points.
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@peggy_blair They've added an improvement field, at least to AI notes like that Sumud injuries proposed CN. AI is way too willing to trust liars.
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@avenge_p Good! I think the community notes are really about the only good function left on this platform because there are enough people who participate to designate a note as not being helpful when it isn't true.
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Something tells me this happens to her with a different stranger on EVERY flight.
Laura Loomer@LauraLoomer
2 years ago, I nearly missed a flight after I got stuck in traffic on my way to the airport. Then I sat next to a stranger on the plane. 2 years later, that stranger will soon be called my husband. Every anniversary I celebrate, I still cannot believe I engaged in stranger danger on an airplane while traveling to another country, where I met my soon to be husband who was also traveling. I seriously never thought I would ever get married to be honest. Let alone meet my husband on an airplane. I’m glad I ran through the airport that day and didn’t miss my flight. Life is crazy. ❤️ And Hallmark movies are real after all.
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Heh heh. Just a note of caution, if they come for you, or they bring friends, block quickly. Their game is to interact with you several times with multiple bots. Then gang report you. And to create strange noise in your TL. Twitter's algo then lablels you a bot, and suppresses your account. Or shut your account down for a day or two. Speaking from past experiences. That is why I don't respond to bots, except occasionally to tell them imma block 'em. Then block.
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Patrick Lennox, Former RCMP Intelligence Manager, on Alberta’s election data breach:
That data—the full names, addresses, and phone numbers of almost 3 million voting age Albertans—circulated for at least a month in the Maple MAGAsphere, but has almost certainly been captured by state based authoritarian adversaries including Russia, China, and the United States.
This poses a massive public safety risk and exposes the October 19th referendum process to profound levels of foreign interference from the global far right. Alberta is completely exposed. All of our elections data is in the far right wind.
open.substack.com/pub/plennox/p/…
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@PaulleyTicks @MrsErikaKirk How did you get hold of her screen test for Staying Away from My Child's Play?
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@Xort_TC @Ollieldjifod @PaulStewartII Even in the eighties there were plenty of people with unlisted numbers, and no phone book had data like date of birth.
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@Ollieldjifod @PaulStewartII Oh, because names, addresses and phone numbers are what you could find in one.
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@SDB1542721 @PaulStewartII Yeah, I remember phonebooks, and they had less information than is found on the voter rolls.
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@PaulStewartII Why is this an issue? Anyone remember phone books?
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@Acyn Add an intelligence test, a psychiatric assessment, a forensic audit, and a security clearance.
Every democracy should do this.
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Trump says anyone running for president should take a cognitive exam because you could end being stuck with a moron for years.
“I mean, you get a guy who gets in there, he's got a good line of crap. He gets in and all of a sudden you're stuck with a man who's a moron”
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@DropSiteNews Meanwhile, somebody is trying to community note this information by citing a tweet from an Israeli news account.
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More than 200 activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla who were seized at sea by Israeli forces and taken to the Greek island of Crete were released earlier today, with photos showing visible injuries including bruising, cuts, and swelling; participants say they were beaten and abused in custody.
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@peggy_blair Somebody might give the Swiss players Canadian chocolate bars.
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What rioting are they expecting in Canada???
The Telegraph@Telegraph
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has ordered staff travelling to the World Cup to undergo special training in anticipation of rioting in the United States, Canada and Mexico @ben_rumsby has the full story ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/…
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