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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic

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🥃 Retired: Statistical analyst [Bayes, Chebychev,Taleb, rpart() 🤣], ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, writer, UNLV MA/EPS & adjunct (BGladd.com/unlv), musician, photographer. PD dx: dyskinesiac; Sinemet Still Sux. Grandpa❤️ Great-Grandpa❤️ BGladd.com KHIT.org

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · Nov 18

I didn’t get my first college degree until age 39. Prior to that, I played guitar on the road for a so-called living. Busking.BGladd.com.

I got my MA at age 52, at UNLV. THAT diploma authorizes me to park in handicap spaces. 🤣 Just an old coot now. BGladd.com/NYIrish.jpg

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 5m

Trump keeps wandering off the job to give tours of his White House remodel: report

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Trump keeps wandering off the job to give tours of his White House remodel: report

Donald Trump’s obsession with remaking the White House into something more like his Mar-a-Lago resort is interfering with his presidential duties, as he sets aside time spent running the government to...

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Not the Governor of North Carolina; got the handle first @joshstein.bsky.social · 14h

“We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive…” is one of those statements that (if I were consulting on any of the ongoing or prospective lawsuits against OpenAI) I would snag as evidence of actual knowledge of the risks of their product.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 20h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 13h

NEW: Adrian Fontes has CERTIFIED the results of the AZ-07 election of Adelita Grijalva. Mike Johnson is OUT of EXCUSES and should swear her in.

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 13h

KHIT.org update… “1929” by @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social now released. A bracing read. Will centennial 2029 be as bad, or worse? Would not surprise me. @60minutes.bsky.social @cnn.com @maddow.msnbc.com @nytimes.com @theatlantic.com

BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 16h

@realDonaldTrump Is on the TV right now blabbering away incoherently. @therickwilson.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social

BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 18h

'Amazing': Pam Bondi under fire after 'bragging' about social media takedown orders

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'Amazing': Pam Bondi under fire after 'bragging' about social media takedown orders

Attorney General Pam Bondi is under fire for telling Facebook parent company Meta to remove content on the social media site. Bondi claimed that a Facebook group posts public photos of federal agents,...

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 19h

@andrewrsorkin.bsky.social “1929.” Reading it. Yikes! @netflix.com docudrama miniseries, Andrew. No time to waste, dude. Hmmm… Keri Russell director/ exec producer. Jeez… Citing 1929 & Too Big To Fail here: KHIT.org

BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah 🤣 the jokes just write themselves.

BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 19h

“Let Us Prey” —Archbiscuit Eric The Lesser 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 20h

KHIT.org update… “1929” is now out. A gripping cautionary read. @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social @ebharrington.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @brianklaas.bsky.social @pivotpod.bsky.social @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @nytimes.com

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 1d

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 21h

JPMorgan strategist warns Wall Street investors of 'unfolding' economic disaster

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JPMorgan strategist warns Wall Street investors of 'unfolding' economic disaster

With a temporary victory in hand after getting a tenuous ceasefire in place in Gaza, Donald Trump returned to the U.S., where the government is shut down, the shadow of the Jeffrey Epstein files hover...

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve started reading his new book. Highly recommended. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Lesson of 1929

Debt is the almost singular through line behind every major financial crisis.

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 22h

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America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 23h

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RFK Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 4: Aluminum edition (or: Everything old is new again…again)

Last week, news stories reported that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had convened an "aluminum working group." Among the "scientists" there are antivax scientists about whom I've been writing for

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 1d

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The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 2d

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Hamas asserts control in Gaza and targets alleged collaborators as ceasefire takes hold | CNN

Hamas is reasserting control of parts of Gaza not occupied by Israeli forces as the ceasefire takes hold – amid continuing uncertainty about security in the territory if the group is disarmed.

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 2d

Why do we seem to be increasingly on a hair-trigger to be offended at everything? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Strength You Gain by Not Taking Offense

We all face uncivil behavior or insulting comments at times, but you can choose how to react.

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 3d

“We’re all strangers here.” youtu.be/-b_YC4P59zs?... … @catbohannon.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social @jenmercieca.bsky.social @christinewebb.bsky.social

We're All Strangers Here

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 3d

Sentience? youtu.be/Ofq3w8xNYnM @christinewebb.bsky.social

A Leopard Brought Her Dying Cub to This Man, Then the Unbelievable Happened

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 3d

Judge uses Hamilton quote as she slams Trump's grasp on reality

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Judge uses Hamilton quote as she slams Trump's grasp on reality

A federal judge on Friday night released her full opinion justifying an earlier decision to block President Donald Trump from deploying Texas National Guard troops in Chicago — and she even went so fa...

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 3d

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The Happiness of Choosing to Walk Alone

Going along with an untruth for fear of disagreeing with others is a form of self-betrayal that will make you miserable.

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BobbyGvegas™ … Homegrown Heretic @bobbygvegas.bsky.social · 4d

Data update.