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Thing is? when you venture into virtual worlds [eg Second Life] you find that emotions do not differentiate between RL and SL, so I can see where someone could get overly involved with AI.
https://www.404media.co/ai-psychosis-help-gemini-chatgpt-claude-chatbot-delusions/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
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Maybe we need international observers like we sent to other countries to ensure "free and fair" elections?
The playbook for the US midterms is in place - if you can't win the popular vote? Just change to rules to make it easier.
https://open.substack.com/pub/beingliberal/p/republican-chair-says-the-quiet-part?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Banking on Tomorrow:
#SilentSunday 03.08.2026v
https://bankingontomorrow.blogspot.com/2026/03/silentsunday-03082026v.html
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Banking on Tomorrow:
what am I here for?
https://bankingontomorrow.blogspot.com/2026/03/what-am-i-here-for.html
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THIS is what leadership without empathy looks like
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/03/pete-hegseth-american-soldiers-iran-media/686240/?gift=lzKbu9Uuk15UXn_aMr7tG6KxqCnudvRpOlhCVrweA_4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Their CEOS are rich
Their investors are rich
And taxpayers are helping the workers that make both rich just live day-to-day
THIS how "trickle down economics" actually works
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/04/workers-medicaid-snap-low-pay?CMP=share_btn_url
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In financial services, the back office is considered a cost center and treated like housekeeping with the result that insufficient resources [knowledge, skills, and abilities] are allocated to the very things that would enable organizations to utilize AI effectively
https://www.crnrstone.com/gonzobanker/if-your-data-quality-is-low-your-ai-strategy-will-blow-or-you-might-be-a-data-redneck
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Can they be brought back and survive?
https://www.thebanner.com/economy/science-medicine/panamanian-golden-frogs-maryland-zoo-ROO3LRU3VRH3PMBO6UUIDIO45A/?bis=article-action-blueSky
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When an oligarch has a monopoly, like it or not, you are dependent on their goodwill
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/02/elon-musk-ukraine-russia-starlink/686155/?gift=lzKbu9Uuk15UXn_aMr7tG7Y2TldOObONMSvZ6aTgtL8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Environment and language shapes culture and outcomes
https://www.gapingvoid.com/omoiyari/
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rewatching B5 all the way through is something I take on now and then when I need my mind to become engaged in something other than this RL
https://reactormag.com/babylon-5-rewatch-fourth-season-overview/
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take a selfie on Friday with the Vulcan salute
https://trekmovie.com/2026/02/25/nimoy-foundation-asks-fans-to-share-vulcan-salute-selfies-honoring-leonard-on-anniversary-of-his-passing/
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Intelligence Agencies have pinpointed the risks to countries and people due to climate change. Politicians have ignored the reports
https://thebulletin.org/2026/02/deny-delay-downplay-how-governments-hide-climate-change-intelligence/
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Slava Ukraini
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/february-24-2026?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Dear world: please keep track of what is going on... The regime is making sure that it has plenty of firepower to turn upon anyone and anything it deems as "internal threats".
https://newrepublic.com/article/206994/ice-stockpiling-military-weaponry-trump-forever-war
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History chronicles who was warned, and when, and how clearly in great detail.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thinkbigpicture/p/perfect-storm-trump-nazi-germany?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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We are taught that form follows function, but there are a lot of pathways that could've been followed.... https://open.substack.com/pub/bigthinkmedia/p/snouters-dinosauroids-and-other-animals?utm_camp
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I've always thought that dismissing speculation about alternative forms of life because man was created in God's image was a bit of hubris on man's part ...
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We are taught that form follows function, but there are a lot of pathways that could've been followed....
https://open.substack.com/pub/bigthinkmedia/p/snouters-dinosauroids-and-other-animals?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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a fascinating journey
https://blog.familytreedna.com/otzi-the-iceman-dna/
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"One story is a government attempting to unhook the legal wiring that allows the country to treat climate pollution as a public danger; the other is a coalition of humans treating a damaged ecosystem as a living responsibility.+
https://open.substack.com/pub/marygeddry/p/not-to-be-dramatic-but-id-follow?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Banking on Tomorrow:
just another Monday
*hums* Momma said there'd be days like this....
https://bankingontomorrow.blogspot.com/2026/02/just-another-monday.html
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Banking on Tomorrow:
the last #SilentSunday of February 2026
https://bankingontomorrow.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-last-silentsunday-of-february-2026.html
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but not to worry, it only likes cold temps
but then again, maybe it can used to make new antibiotics
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/science/romania-ice-cave-resistance-antibiotics
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"The goal was never to live forever. The goal was to live like myself for as long as possible."
Frank made the choice not to have the recommended surgery to remove a clot. He gave up smoking but kept drinking coffee.
It was his life, his decision.
And then I was alone
https://open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/fine?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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As the dear leader contemplates plunging our military back into war, a reminder that "Leadership means understanding that the consequences are real, and they are human."
https://open.substack.com/pub/fpwellman/p/thirty-five-years-later-i-still-hear?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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have dabbled with Kiva, but never really engaged after I learned the money was not going directly to the borrowers but to another organization. The microlenders' concerns about how the money is being spent is very valid
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/14/1077351/microfinance-money-making/
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well that didn't last long...
https://cordcuttersnews.com/warner-bros-discovery-removes-babylon-5-from-youtube-after-brief-free-run/
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This is sad news - Substack has become the defacto home for much independent journalism
https://open.substack.com/pub/newmeans/p/substack-doesnt-want-writing-or-journalism?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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When the facts don't match the regime's narrative, then those reporting the facts should be "disciplined"
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/18/hassett-trump-tariffs-ny-fed
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@NSFVoyager2@techhub.social
It's now been six weeks since the last update. I know I'm not the only one who misses knowing just how far humans have penetrated space....
We miss you, hoping that you and yours are well
May the stars shine at the end of your road!
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what a fascinating trip back in time!
#climateChange
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-antarctic-drill-reveals-million-years.html
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Asian tiger mosquitoes have been in southern and mid-west US states since the 1980s
#climateChange
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/18/tropical-disease-chikungunya-transmitted-europe-study
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B5 is now on YouTube!
https://cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is-now-free-to-watch-on-youtube/
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I wish I had the $ to splurge....
#MiddleEarth
https://www.wetanz.com/us/fellowship-in-moria-masters-collection
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Prices soar for guests and cast member numbers are cut, but the CEO is lavishly rewarded
#Disney
https://insidethemagic.net/2026/02/disney-bob-iger-over-500k-on-private-jet-last-year-jc1/
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Banking on Tomorrow:
The first #SilentSunday of February
https://bankingontomorrow.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-first-silentsunday-of-february.html
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one more day to go
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The FBI isn't the pillar of law enforcement anymore - and it has only taken one year to tear it down
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/magazine/trump-kash-patel-fbi-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IVA.88mA.V7BLp-4DovY7&smid=bs-share
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Don't look away - this is what taxpayer money is going for instead of food, medical care, and education
THIS is America on ICE
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/minneapolis-nicollet-avenue-alex-pretti.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IFA.Y4kE.RJRFg5hPLQUN&smid=url-share
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