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  • One guy's scary interaction with a chatbot

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    @CHAS No, but you should see his electric bill!
  • ahahahaaaaa .... skater turtle

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  • Gaza

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    I think everyone knows what I think we should and should not do by now.
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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    [image: 1755491459481-quiet.jpg]
  • One neurosurgeon, 8 million patients

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    Impressive. And an uphill battle.
  • Piano Party 7/27 Klaus is coming to visit

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    @jon-nyc said in Piano Party 7/27 Klaus is coming to visit: There are some. Klaus is here a week and we’re at the Jersey shore now. Next weekend I’ll post some videos. Back from the shore yet? I would really like to see some videos. Big Al
  • Sad, sad, sad

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    Big Al
  • Trump to detain homeless

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    https://share.google/PFbC7SN8tvLsw9ZPs No. These aren't old people becoming homeless. These are criminals. They deserve to be put in jail. /s
  • New favorites in the condiments aisle

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    @Steve-Miller I like Aloha soy sauce, too. I wish our local Fred Meyer (Kroger) carried a smaller bottle; the big one takes up too much space in my cupboard. The local Asian markets have the big bottles, too.
  • Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YouTube picks

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    Link to video
  • WWII history - $10 for the box

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    Auction results. Pretty good return for his $10. Lots 211 through 217, as far as I can tell. https://hansonslive.hansonsauctioneers.co.uk/auctions/catalog/id/706?page=3
  • Why would a party buy a property for 4 times it's assessed value?

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    From Nashua's "Understanding Property Assessments" page, Determining the market value of a property involves assessing the price most people would pay for it in its current condition. To establish the fair market value, the assessor considers factors such as the selling prices of similar properties, replacement costs, operational and maintenance expenses, potential rental income, and various other elements influencing its worth. Additionally, the assessor examines factors like the current interest rates for borrowing money to buy or build on similar properties in the area. Continuous analysis of sales and trends is essential, and these findings are applied to specific neighborhoods. Fair market value, more precisely, is defined as "the most probable price in terms of money in a competitive and open market, assuming that the buyer and seller are acting prudently and knowledgeably, allowing sufficient time for the sale, and assuming that the transaction is not affected by undue pressures."
  • Crazy Man on another rampage

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    Clever title.
  • Hitler's last 48 hours

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    What I wonder is: Is there credible forensic evidence? What documentation exists if any. And what testimonies exist if any and if so are they in written and/ or oral form.
  • The Zombie Drug

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  • The best they can muster?

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    The institutional facilities in New York State for those with developmental disabilities were large in scale and existed throughout the State. I know because my mother worked for this agency for 20 years and received vesting and a pension. Geraldo Rivera - Wikipedia https://share.google/ihaKUoRcUOvUWbSNG "Rivera was hired by WABC-TV in 1970 as a reporter for Eyewitness News. In 1972, he garnered national attention and won a Peabody Award[14][15] for Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace, his report on the neglect and abuse of patients with intellectual disabilities at Staten Island's Willowbrook State School and Rockland County's Letchworth Village,..." Conditions improved tremendously by the time my mother started working at one the facilities. There was a parallel set of similar State psychiatric hospitals. Reagan started to dismantle these facilities and many of the residents ended up on the streets. So, it's come full circle. Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Incidentally, the money my father left my brother and me was inherited from my mother who inherited from her father. My grandfather was NCO Air Force. He retired with a 20 year vesting. Then he worked for the VA and retired with a 10 year vesting but worked three more. My grandmother predeceased him. She worked for Fireman's Fund and received a 20 year vesting before American Express bought it. She then worked for two years at a Dr.'s office. My grandparents worked for over 50 years. It's my grandfather's, my grandmother's, my father's, and my mother's money my brother and I will be receiving. Yet there are people who do not deign to treat me as being a person from the middle class for various twisted reasons, who know nothing about my family and nothing about me. Where are their stereotypes now? Sometimes ignorance isn't bliss. It's just ignorance.
  • Small city, big ideas

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    My daughter lived there while student teaching. It’s a visually interesting city.
  • FEWS NET

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    It’s a good thing. Skepticism won’t help anything, but it plays into the narrative of Trump as monster.
  • This week's YouGov poll

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  • Where will the 15% go?

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    I wonder if he's familiar with the Constitutional prohibition. Mark Cuban said on Monday that it's a good move to have Nvidia and AMD pay the US government 15% of their China chip sales revenues. "This is a 'billionaire's tax' structured as a royalty or sales tax on semiconductors from the most valuable company in the world, sold to China," Cuban wrote on X, after the Financial Times first reported that President Donald Trump had imposed the requirement on the two chipmakers. Cuban — who spent the 2024 election campaigning for Vice President Kamala Harris — said Trump deserves praise if the government does get a cut from Nvidia and AMD's China chip sales. "Everyone knows how I feel about POTUS, but he doesn't get everything wrong," Cuban said on Monday, referencing his past criticisms of Trump's tariff policies. "Will this make up for the explosion of the deficits we face? Not as it stands now. Not close. But give him credit for knowing how those CEOs approach problems and opportunities, and using his leverage to generate tax revenues," Cuban added. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-cuban-lauding-trump-potus-070045505.html