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The Desperation of Backerkit
So, I received an email from Backerkit this morning, which tends to indicate the would-be crowdfunding platform is flailing and failing: Hi, Less than 3 days to go for HYPERGAMOUSE Volume 1! There’s still time to see a detailed breakdown of your pledges and reach out to your fans. Import your project to BackerKit Launch […]
https://voxday.net/2024/11/23/the-desperation-of-backerkit/
So, I received an email from Backerkit this morning, which tends to indicate the would-be crowdfunding platform is flailing and failing: Hi, Less than 3 days to go for HYPERGAMOUSE Volume 1! There’s still time to see a detailed breakdown of your pledges and reach out to your fans. Import your project to BackerKit Launch […]
https://voxday.net/2024/11/23/the-desperation-of-backerkit/
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🇬🇧 Prominent conservative Telegraph writer comes out in favour of mass deportation.
https://x.com/SAshworthHayes/status/1857009464978673811
https://x.com/SAshworthHayes/status/1857009464978673811
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Forwarded from Mega Geopolitics
BREAKING: 🇫🇷 France declares that Ukraine can use French SCALP missiles against Russia.
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Media is too big
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Watch: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya called out Los Angeles health officials who are trying to push another mask mandate, saying they have this illusion of control.
"I just can't fathom that a public health professional looking at the data on mask mandates in the past, completely making no dent on case rates, then concluding that we need another mask mandate. I mean, the case rates are coming down in L.A. County without a mask mandate. What does she think causes case rates to go up and down? They have this illusion of control over the spread of the virus that they cannot let go."
Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/media/medical-expert-slams-la-county-health-director-mask-mandate-push
"I just can't fathom that a public health professional looking at the data on mask mandates in the past, completely making no dent on case rates, then concluding that we need another mask mandate. I mean, the case rates are coming down in L.A. County without a mask mandate. What does she think causes case rates to go up and down? They have this illusion of control over the spread of the virus that they cannot let go."
Read more: https://www.foxnews.com/media/medical-expert-slams-la-county-health-director-mask-mandate-push
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Forwarded from Science in telegram
The top image shows the final results of the recent U.S. presidential election, won by Trump with a score of 312 to 226. Remarkably, no human could predict this outcome—not experts, super-forecasters, exit polls, prediction markets, nor even psychics. But the AI model ChatGPT-4o did, as shown in the bottom image, where it accurately forecasted a 309 to 229 outcome back in September at Wuhan University (yes, once again China and once again Wuhan).
The precision of this prediction is rooted in an extraordinary foundation. Instead of relying on real human opinions, the AI analyzed simulated “social replicas.” Two years ago, a breakthrough technology emerged, enabling the creation of algorithmic replicas of any social group. Astonishingly, these algorithms proved indistinguishable from real people in surveys. This discovery, sitting at the intersection of natural language processing, cognitive science, and sociology, offers enormous potential for social hacking.
In 2023, this technology evolved to create algorithmic replicas of citizens from any nation. While still far from achieving AGI, these systems now simulate the collective unconscious of entire societies. From this, I formulated two key hypotheses:
✔️ A paradigm shift transforming psychohistory into a practical science—one akin to Asimov’s fictional discipline that mathematically examines societal processes to accurately forecast the future.
✔️ A cultural phase shift ushering in a new era: algocognitive culture.
Now, just three months later—at a pace unimaginable before the age of technological singularity—researchers in Wuhan have provided experimental support that these hypotheses are not mere futurist speculation; they may indeed reflect reality.
In other words, it’s likely that our world has already undergone a profound transformation. The roles of humans and algorithms in science, culture, individual lives, and the “algorithmically enriched societies” of today will never be the same. What’s next? Let’s find out!
#AIRevolution #CognitiveScience #FutureSociety
#science
The precision of this prediction is rooted in an extraordinary foundation. Instead of relying on real human opinions, the AI analyzed simulated “social replicas.” Two years ago, a breakthrough technology emerged, enabling the creation of algorithmic replicas of any social group. Astonishingly, these algorithms proved indistinguishable from real people in surveys. This discovery, sitting at the intersection of natural language processing, cognitive science, and sociology, offers enormous potential for social hacking.
In 2023, this technology evolved to create algorithmic replicas of citizens from any nation. While still far from achieving AGI, these systems now simulate the collective unconscious of entire societies. From this, I formulated two key hypotheses:
✔️ A paradigm shift transforming psychohistory into a practical science—one akin to Asimov’s fictional discipline that mathematically examines societal processes to accurately forecast the future.
✔️ A cultural phase shift ushering in a new era: algocognitive culture.
Now, just three months later—at a pace unimaginable before the age of technological singularity—researchers in Wuhan have provided experimental support that these hypotheses are not mere futurist speculation; they may indeed reflect reality.
In other words, it’s likely that our world has already undergone a profound transformation. The roles of humans and algorithms in science, culture, individual lives, and the “algorithmically enriched societies” of today will never be the same. What’s next? Let’s find out!
#AIRevolution #CognitiveScience #FutureSociety
#science
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Forwarded from Hans G. Schantz
I had to look this up. Now, I'm not sure if I should have. https://www.ranker.com/list/phantom-hat-man-facts/erin-mccann
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All Shadow People Are Terrifying, But The Phantom Hat Man May Be One Of The Worst Of All
Dark apparitions that reveal themselves while you're sleeping are scary enough, but of all the Shadow People that visit you at night, the Hat Man may be the ...
Forwarded from Russians With Attitude (pd)
Magnetic North Pole is rapidly moving towards Russia
From 1600 to 1990, it is estimated to have moved about 10-15km a year. In the early 2000s, it sped up to around 55km a year.
Santa has left Canada and is heading straight to Siberia. His new passport says "Ded Moroz".
From 1600 to 1990, it is estimated to have moved about 10-15km a year. In the early 2000s, it sped up to around 55km a year.
Santa has left Canada and is heading straight to Siberia. His new passport says "Ded Moroz".
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Forwarded from Today I Learned
TIL that during the 2001 anthrax attacks were exacerbated by mail sorting machines that diffused the spores into the air. Attempts to clean these, again made the situation worse.
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Forwarded from ZeroHedge
Notre Dame Apologizes After Telling Hockey Fans Not To Wear Green, Shamrocks, 'Fighting Irish'
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TIL Hetty Green, the "Witch of Wall Street," became the wealthiest woman of the early 20th century, amassing a $100M fortune (~$2.7B today) by investing in real estate, railroads, and mortgages. Green was also a miser who wore the same black dress daily, ate only oatmeal, and lived in cheap housing.
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Forwarded from Middle East Spectator — MES (½ Dead)
— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇳🇱 NEW: U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) implicitly threatens the Netherlands with invasion, suggesting that the U.S. could invoke the 'Hague Invasion Act' to protect Israeli officials from an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.
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Forwarded from Maryann Gebauer
⚠️ Blackrock targets British farms in 7 steps🇬🇧
Yesterday UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the British economy could only grow with the help of massive private equity firms like BlackRock, who have a reputation for being aggressive, monopolistic and extortionate. This is how BlackRock could do considerable damage to British family farming in 7 easy steps:
1. They will start buying up small plots of agricultural land at double the normal price. They will issue a directive to all of their energy companies simultaneously to aggressively acquire plots for carbon capture. These third parties will start bidding against each other and force the value of agricultural land up.
2. Initially farmers won't believe their luck - “These city folks are mad! If they want to buy an acre for £50K, who am I to say no to these fools,” is what you'll hear down the pub.
3. These crazy prices will set record high comparisons for agricultural land. When a farmer dies, their farm will be valued using these new metrics and the next generation will discover the farm they thought was worth £3M is worth £9M and they don't have anything close to the money needed to cover the tax.
4. In swoops a BlackRock subsidiary with a "Agri Debt Finance Tax Relief" product to lend them 20% the "value" of their farm so they can pay the taxes.
5. The debt will come with conditions (a covenant) that the farm has to adopt and maintain certain practices. It has to use certain BlackRock owned fertilisers, software, machinery and labour solutions that get the farm ready to interface with a larger conglomerate.
6. When a farm cannot make its debt payments, it is sold at auction. BlackRock subsidiaries are instructed NOT to buy these farms at auction. They have a special arrangement to buy the unsold farms at a rate that covers the unpaid debt plus outstanding fees and taxes to government... basically what the farm was originally worth.
7. A BlackRock subsidiary then takes over the farm, consolidates it with a massive group of farms that uses illegal immigrant labour to staff the farms (which will be another government program they institute to deal with the immigration crisis). The government will subsidise the labour costs as part of this plan making the farms wildly profitable and making small family farms unable to compete.
To anyone unfamiliar with the mind of a Private Equity General Partner, this will seem totally far fetched. To anyone who's had even the smallest dealings with the private equity world, you will recognise this as a standard playbook for extracting value at a large scale. Mark my words, save this post and watch it all play out.
Daniel Priestly
LinkedIn
Yesterday UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the British economy could only grow with the help of massive private equity firms like BlackRock, who have a reputation for being aggressive, monopolistic and extortionate. This is how BlackRock could do considerable damage to British family farming in 7 easy steps:
1. They will start buying up small plots of agricultural land at double the normal price. They will issue a directive to all of their energy companies simultaneously to aggressively acquire plots for carbon capture. These third parties will start bidding against each other and force the value of agricultural land up.
2. Initially farmers won't believe their luck - “These city folks are mad! If they want to buy an acre for £50K, who am I to say no to these fools,” is what you'll hear down the pub.
3. These crazy prices will set record high comparisons for agricultural land. When a farmer dies, their farm will be valued using these new metrics and the next generation will discover the farm they thought was worth £3M is worth £9M and they don't have anything close to the money needed to cover the tax.
4. In swoops a BlackRock subsidiary with a "Agri Debt Finance Tax Relief" product to lend them 20% the "value" of their farm so they can pay the taxes.
5. The debt will come with conditions (a covenant) that the farm has to adopt and maintain certain practices. It has to use certain BlackRock owned fertilisers, software, machinery and labour solutions that get the farm ready to interface with a larger conglomerate.
6. When a farm cannot make its debt payments, it is sold at auction. BlackRock subsidiaries are instructed NOT to buy these farms at auction. They have a special arrangement to buy the unsold farms at a rate that covers the unpaid debt plus outstanding fees and taxes to government... basically what the farm was originally worth.
7. A BlackRock subsidiary then takes over the farm, consolidates it with a massive group of farms that uses illegal immigrant labour to staff the farms (which will be another government program they institute to deal with the immigration crisis). The government will subsidise the labour costs as part of this plan making the farms wildly profitable and making small family farms unable to compete.
To anyone unfamiliar with the mind of a Private Equity General Partner, this will seem totally far fetched. To anyone who's had even the smallest dealings with the private equity world, you will recognise this as a standard playbook for extracting value at a large scale. Mark my words, save this post and watch it all play out.
Daniel Priestly
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Forwarded from Vox Day
Complete Detachment From Reality
A French regulator has ruled that since unborn children are not “living beings” it is forbidden to state that abortion can be a cause of death on the airwaves. Even though abortion is observably the world’s leading cause of death among homo sapiens sapiens. The French media regulator has fined the conservative channel CNews €100,000 […]
https://voxday.net/2024/11/24/complete-detachment-from-reality/
A French regulator has ruled that since unborn children are not “living beings” it is forbidden to state that abortion can be a cause of death on the airwaves. Even though abortion is observably the world’s leading cause of death among homo sapiens sapiens. The French media regulator has fined the conservative channel CNews €100,000 […]
https://voxday.net/2024/11/24/complete-detachment-from-reality/
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Forwarded from Shortages Inflation & Water Wars
British General says Army 'ready to fight' Russia as WW3 fears skyrocket
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1979612/ukraine-war-britain-ready-to-fight-russia-ww3-tensions
The British Army would "fight tonight" should a new war in Europe erupt, a senior military officer said.
"I don't think anybody in this room should be under any illusion that if the Russians invaded Eastern Europe tonight, then we would meet them in that fight."
"We're not at war, but Ukraine certainly is, because Ukraine has been invaded by Russia, and that war has now been going on for just over 1,000 days.
"That's 1,000 days of aggression from Russia and 1,000 days of sacrifice for Ukraine, and that is why we've said consistently that we stand by Ukraine. We cannot allow Putin to win this war."
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1979612/ukraine-war-britain-ready-to-fight-russia-ww3-tensions
The British Army would "fight tonight" should a new war in Europe erupt, a senior military officer said.
"I don't think anybody in this room should be under any illusion that if the Russians invaded Eastern Europe tonight, then we would meet them in that fight."
"We're not at war, but Ukraine certainly is, because Ukraine has been invaded by Russia, and that war has now been going on for just over 1,000 days.
"That's 1,000 days of aggression from Russia and 1,000 days of sacrifice for Ukraine, and that is why we've said consistently that we stand by Ukraine. We cannot allow Putin to win this war."
Express.co.uk
British General says Army 'ready to fight' Russia as WW3 fears skyrocket
Russia continues to escalate tensions with the West, more than 1,000 days into its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
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Forwarded from /CIG/ Telegram | Counter Intelligence Global (jd)
🧵"Strong Democrats" have, in the past 10 years, swung away from the median voter on cultural issues
https://fxtwitter.com/_alice_evans/status/1857307840248947196
https://fxtwitter.com/_alice_evans/status/1857307840248947196
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Alice Evans (@_alice_evans)
"Strong Democrats" have, in the past 10 years, swung away from the median voter on cultural issues
New analysis by @jburnmurdoch 🧵
New analysis by @jburnmurdoch 🧵
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Forwarded from Vox Day
Panic in the Clown Media
MSNBC employees discover that they’re about to be thrown from the high horse now that their utility to their masters is in serious decline. And they’re not taking it well. X owner and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk has shown interest in potentially acquiring the left-leaning cable news channel MSNBC amid rumors that its parent […]
https://voxday.net/2024/11/24/panic-in-the-clown-media/
MSNBC employees discover that they’re about to be thrown from the high horse now that their utility to their masters is in serious decline. And they’re not taking it well. X owner and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk has shown interest in potentially acquiring the left-leaning cable news channel MSNBC amid rumors that its parent […]
https://voxday.net/2024/11/24/panic-in-the-clown-media/
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Forwarded from Azazel News (Tee⛳️)
Media is too big
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FRANCE 🇫🇷 The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has been restored after the fire on April 15, 2019. It is scheduled to reopen on December 7, 2024.
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Forwarded from Today I Learned
TIL in order to look strung out Charlie sheen stayed up for 2 days straight to achieve his role in Ferris bueller’s day off
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TIL the uniform dark gray background color that many people report seeing in the absence of light is called Eigengrau or dark light or brain gray.
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"Dr Meltdown appears to have incorporated the dazzling mandalas and mystical methamphetamine of "Symbolen der Wandlungen", and it shows.
"His book appears to be an unattributed tribute to this, which sees Peterson advance the Jungian foundational belief in the immortality of non-human entities who are here to teach us to be just like him."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-152014658#:~:text=Dr%20Meltdown%20appears,just%20like%20him.
"His book appears to be an unattributed tribute to this, which sees Peterson advance the Jungian foundational belief in the immortality of non-human entities who are here to teach us to be just like him."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-152014658#:~:text=Dr%20Meltdown%20appears,just%20like%20him.
Frank Wright
JORDAN PETERSON: CANADIAN PSYCHO
Peterson has published a book about his personal God Delusion.
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