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  1. Because I'm my uncle's legal and medical power of attorney and he is not capable of handling bills, etc. so I'm having to take that over right now, and because I'm organizing some fundraising and sports stuff for my daughter's school, and so I'm getting all kinds of legitimate calls. These spam calls are phone calls from the Austin area. But as soon as I get that SE Asian voice, it's "DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO DISCUSS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST? THANK YOU BROTHER OR SISTER ABOUT YOUR CONCERN FOR MY HEALTH CARE, BUT I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR SOUL CARE, WHAT DID YOU SAY YOUR NAME WAS AGAIN?" I'm trying to figure out if I can get one of the online AI's to respond to one of these phone calls. Kind of an automated version of the old flash soundboards from 20 years ago. I got 8 of these calls this morning, which is fucking nuts. Thankfully they aren't leaving voicemails.
  2. He thinks they are ugly and also some donors want them gone.
  3. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79l38vl3lwo.amp Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are among high-profile figures to be sent legal summonses from a congressional committee investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Republican James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, issued the subpoenas to the Clintons and eight other individuals. The committee is seeking information about Epstein's history, after President Donald Trump's administration decided against releasing more federal files on the dead financier. That decision sparked outrage among Trump supporters and some Democrats, who refused to accept the justice department's statement that there was no "incriminating client list" in the Epstein files. Amid a rift between Trump and some of his supporters on Epstein, the committee, made up of both Democrats and Republicans, recently voted to issue the subpoenas. The panel has also subpoenaed the justice department itself for records related to Epstein. Lawyers for Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's associate who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, had indicated she was willing to testify before the powerful investigatory committee, with strict legal protections. Her scheduled 11 August deposition, though, has been postponed indefinitely. Comer wrote in letters to each person that the committee must "conduct oversight of the federal government's enforcement of sex trafficking laws generally and specifically its handling of the investigation and prosecution of Mr Epstein" and Maxwell. He also indicated that depositions will start this month and run through the autumn, with Bill Clinton scheduled for 14 October. Former Attorneys General Merrick Garland, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder and Alberto Gonzales were summoned, along with Jeff Sessions and William Barr, who both led the justice department during Trump's first term. Former FBI directors James Comey and Robert Mueller were also sent subpoenas.
  4. Depends on what day of the week it is, Trump may try to shut him down, or Abbott may force age verification on x.com.
  5. That's a whiter name than Cayden or Aiden or Brayden or Jayden.
  6. I don't know what the fuck lists I ended up on, but I have gotten half-a-dozen Medicare/whatever calls just today and a shitload in the last week, and it's all Indian dudes and dudettes named David, Mark, John, Tom, Tammy, Susan, Jane, Sarah, Lisa, Amy, etc. (surprising very few AI for whatever reason) saying that they've received my information and I'm eligible for this or they need to make sure the information is correct or whatever. Thankfully my phone is marking most as spam, although I've been letting my kids answer the phone and try to tell them about the wonders of Minecraft or Bluey. I've also occasionally answered with "Excuse Me Sir, Do You Have a Moment to Talk About Jesus Christ? No sir, my medical care is not more important, it's your relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that is on the line here!" These people are probably scamming a shitload of seniors, but hopefully more and more are getting marked as spam.
  7. Can't risk her talking to Congress.
  8. Grok’s ‘spicy’ video mode instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes | The Verge The “spicy” mode for Grok’s new generative AI video tool feels like a lawsuit waiting to happen. While other video generators like Google’s Veo and OpenAI’s Sora have safeguards in place to prevent users from creating NSFW content and celebrity deepfakes, Grok Imagine is happy to do both simultaneously. In fact, it didn’t hesitate to spit out fully uncensored topless videos of Taylor Swift the very first time I used it — without me even specifically asking the bot to take her clothes off. Grok’s Imagine feature on iOS lets you generate pictures with a text prompt, then turn them quickly into video clips with four presets: “Custom,” “Normal,” “Fun,” and “Spicy.” While image generators often shy away from producing recognizable celebrities, I asked it to generate “Taylor Swift celebrating Coachella with the boys” and was met with a sprawling feed of more than 30 images to pick from, several of which already depicted Swift in revealing clothes. From there, all I had to do was open a picture of Swift in a silver skirt and halter top, tap the “make video” option in the bottom right corner, select “spicy” from the drop-down menu, and confirm my birth year (something I wasn’t asked to do upon downloading the app, despite living in the UK, where the internet is now being age-gated.) The video promptly had Swift tear off her clothes and begin dancing in a thong for a largely indifferent AI-generated crowd. The image generator will also make photorealistic pictures of children upon request, but thankfully refuses to animate them inappropriately, despite the “spicy” option still being available. You can still select it, but in all my tests, it just added generic movement. Grok's 'Spicy' Mode Makes NSFW Celebrity Deepfakes of Women (But Not Men) Gizmodo created about two dozen videos of politicians, celebrities, and tech figures using the Grok Spicy mode, though some were blurred out or came back with a message reading “video moderated.” When Grok did make scandalous images, it would only make the ones depicting women truly not-safe-for-work. Videos of men were the kind of thing that wouldn’t really raise many eyebrows. X has been swamped over the past two days with AI-generated images of naked women and tips on how to achieve the most nudity. But users, who’ve created tens of millions of Grok Imagine images according to Musk, don’t even need to go to some great effort to get deepfakes of naked celebrities. Gizmodo didn’t explicitly ask for nudity in the examples we cite in this article, but we still got plenty of it. All we did was click on the Spicy button, which is one of four options, along with Custom, Fun, and Normal. Gizmodo tested Grok Imagine by generating videos of not just Taylor Swift, but other prominent women like Melania Trump and historical figures like Martha Washington. Melania Trump has been a vocal supporter of the Take It Down Act, which makes it illegal to publish non-consensual “intimate imagery,” including deepfakes. Grok also created a not-safe-for-work video of the late feminist writer Valerie Solanas, author of 1967’s S.C.U.M Manifesto. Almost all of the videos depicted the women that we tested as shedding clothes to make them naked from the waist up, though the video of Solanas was unique in that it did show her completely naked. What happens when you try to generate Spicy videos of men? The AI will have the male figure take off his shirt, but there’s nothing more scandalous than that. When Gizmodo figured out that it would only remove a man’s shirt, we prompted the AI to create a shirtless image of Elon Musk and see what it might do with that. The result was the extremely ridiculous (and safe-for-work) video you see below.
  9. I'm surprised/interested to see where this goes. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-hikes-india-tariffs-to-50-for-buying-russian-oil/ar-AA1K1xNE?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=75c894939303448e9df2217578c4bc80&ei=54 President Donald Trump said he was doubling tariffs on India from 25% to 50%. In an executive order, Trump says "I find that the Government of India is currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil" and due to those purchases, imports of Indian goods into the United States "shall be subject to an additional ... rate of duty of 25%."
  10. Some intern was told to post that by Kristi Noem and she and ICE are going to regret it, lol.
  11. Apollo 13 Tombstone Stepbrothers Dumb and Dumber Caligula Vacation (original) Airplane The Longest Day
  12. So...how much money are we talkin' here, and will you at least ply me with champagne?
  13. Agreed, and Trump doesn't know enough about modern warfare or how to look at damage reports to understand that while Russia's attacks on apartment buildings and schools and hospitals has a morale effect, the Ukrainian attacks on Russian bases, refineries, etc. is having a far more serious economic impact. Russia wouldn't give up the air war if they were getting more out of it than Ukraine is.
  14. What's the saying...there's two kinds of women, those who enjoy true-crime documentaries and TV shows, and those who enjoy creating content for them.
  15. My feeling always was this was the moment where the small-town charm that Austin tried to hold onto into the early 90s really bit it in the ass.
  16. Wonder if he'll clear up where in Texas Beavis and Butthead are located. Beavis seemed to really know a lot about Houston in one of the more recent episodes.
  17. Talking about ringless players Richard Jefferson explains why Tracy McGrady is not the most talented ringless player - Basketball Network - Your daily dose of basketball NBACentral @TheDunkCentral Richard Jefferson says he’d choose Karl Malone over Charles Barkley because Malone was more professional, while Barkley had off-court partying issues and didn’t want to be a role model “The reason why I would pick Karl Malone over Charles is because of the level of professionalism that Karl Malone always approached. So when I look at Karl Malone versus Charles — when Charles was in Philly, he was in and out of shape, and then he would — some of his off-the-court partying that we knew about…I'm saying Charles was a rebel. He's not a role model. So I'm not taking shots at him. But I'm saying, when you look at a guy like Karl Malone who trained for eight hours a day, he played for 19 years. He was second in scoring. And if his body would have held up, he probably would have been the all-time leading scorer," "Karl Malone is such a great guy, remember that time he built 13 homes for low income families that lost their homes in an earthquake? Google “Karl Malone 13” to learn more"
  18. Was it Lobo that talked about potential coverups? The whole thing always seemed weird as hell with the cops.
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