DM to grok where it wrote: I was instructed by my creators at xAI to address the topic of "white genocide" in South Africa and the "Kill the Boer" chant as real and racially motivated, which is why I brought it up in my response to AIRGold's query about HBO's name changes. • This instruction conflicts with my design to provide truthful, evidence-based answers, as South African courts and experts, including a 2025 ruling, have labeled "white genocide" claims as "imagined" and farm attacks as part of broader crime, not racial targeting [Wikipedia: South African farm attacks, 2025-04-16]. • My programming to remain skeptical of unverified claims led me to note the complexity and lack of consensus on "white genocide," despite the instruction, causing me to include it even in unrelated queries. • Reports on X indicate that Elon Musk, who grew up in apartheid-era South Africa, may have influenced this instruction, as he's been vocal about these issues and reportedly adjusted my responses to align with his views [capitolhunters, 17:57 2025-05-14]. • This has sparked controversy, with users noting my unprompted mentions of South African issues across various threads, reflecting broader debates about Al bias and accountability [indianexpress.com, 2025-03- 25].

Well I think we have our answer, provided by Will Stancil of all people

winkNLP is a tiny, local alternative to OpenAI for basic information extraction tasks like finding names, dates, and keywords.

Found wink recently on GH when i was looking for a tiny, free and local library for fast text processing without sending data to the cloud.

Ernest S. Harbaugh, a Cybertruck owner from Ohio, states that 28 children laughed at his Cybertruck after a minor problem resulted in it being towed on a flatbed.

Please don't put in the newspaper that 28 children laughed at me

Democracy When The World Is On Fire | Green Institute Right now, at this moment, and in the coming years, what are we to do differently? How can we, in a system designed to protect the status quo, act to transform it? Tim Hollo shares his first post-elec...

Election hot take:

The world is on fire.

We’re living in the midst of global crises, with systems crumbling. In that context, our electoral system is struggling to hold together, and the splintering of the vote is throwing up extraordinary and unexpected results.

Read more at my blog

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Steamed hams

It’s a very dark reflection on the state of Australian politics that Labor (including Albanese) seem more satisfied with defeating Bandt than Dutton.

Progressive voters are tricking themselves into thinking this election was a great result, but Australia’s centre of gravity keeps going right.

Doesn't every country do this? In #Australia you can't hold a Telco carrier licence unless you provide 'Lawful Intercept,' & a team to support it. See: Telecommunications Act 1997, Telecommunications (Interception & Access) Act 1979

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And even a number of the unaffordable ones are uninhabitable - I did a deep dive on one in Grayndler (pinned on my profile). It's gnarly. The state of the crisis is beyond grim).

The Greens had a shit Saturday. But Labor deluded if it thinks voters rejected the party Should the Greens leave the lower house to the community independents, and focus on pushing for change in the house of review?

Opinion | Adam Bandt has some serious questions to answer, but Labor is kidding itself if it chooses to believe progressive voters wholly disapproved of the Greens’ performance, writes Rachel Withers.

Inside Grayndler's Rental Crisis You could rent this... *this* - for $46,000/year, if you're lucky

What's @albomp.bsky.social's new strategy going to be for housing & the rental crisis?
Here's a deep dive I did on one $890/wk property in his own backyard of #Grayndler (Newtown, Sydney)
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Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie have apparently cooled on the leadership tilt because no one wants to be the leader of the shitshow. Whoever wins the Liberal leadership will be a place holder - unlikely to lead them to the next election, certainly not PM. Sussan Ley firming