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I’ve been part of what people call “the Deep State” for years. Now I’m exposing it and the people that created and run it. Bit by bit.
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Just Ask the Robot (opens the original)
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Three students showed up to a high school newspaper club one afternoon. One of the two teachers who ran it gave them a choice: cancel for the day or stay and work on their stories. She was going to run to the bathroom, and they should decide by the time she got back. As soon as she was out the door, one of the boys had his phone out. He typed: “Should I stay for my club today, or should I go home?”The other teacher asked him whether he had just asked ChatGPT.“No, don’t worry,” he said. “It’s Gem
The War for My Daughter’s Mind (opens the original)
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I bought from a school supply list for the first time this August. You get a printed sheet, you drive to Target, and you find out that a third grader needs four glue sticks of one particular brand, a box of tissues for the classroom, and a folder in whatever color the teacher picked for her. Purple, in our case. They were out of purple. I stood in the a… Read more
Economically, You Are Already Living in Nazi Germany (opens the original)
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The grinning political sock-puppet you treat like a savior is in on the exact same totalitarian piece of s✱ as the one you despise, just slathered in your favorite saccharine “wholesome values” bullshit ideology frosting so you’ll gulp down the control like it’s a goddamn marshmallow. Here’s the proof:I have written about stakeholder capitalism until my fingers bled. Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum, environmental, social, and governance scoring, the Great Reset, the whole traveling carniv
A Short Note About my Silence (opens the original)
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You pay for a newsletter that has not shown up in a while, so you are owed an explanation.Earlier this year, my partner’s closest friend and her husband were killed in a car crash. They left a child. My partner is her godmother, a title that had until then meant a card at Christmas and standing in a church holding somebody else’s baby while a photograph… Read more
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