Remember when we used to chase around animals and forage for tasty plants? Nobody went to the gym back then!

The inability to differentiate between the two seems to go all the way to Congress.

"dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth" Pope warms up for UFC cage match.

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Conversion therapy, like all therapy, is 100% successful at generating income for therapists.

Differences between therapy and sex work? Seems one is highly acclaimed and the other denigrated. Both are paid human contact; one discourages physical touch. If the goal is income generation, both are successful. For the client, success varies. Therapeutic practices successfully evade scrutiny.

Free speech and conversion therapy: this is an issue for the professional societies however the professional societies have extremely low standards for behavior. Whether or not they've decided its usefulness, they still allow it, and many other questionable practices. Therapy is all the rage now.

Corner store... you mean ground floor? uh... sorta. [Trump tower] "The building contains several establishments for eating or drinking, including 45 Wine and Whiskey (formerly Trump Bar) in the lobby, and Trump's Ice Cream Parlor, Trump Cafe, and Trump Grill in the basement."

It's like Iran's nuclear stockpile and capabilities. Destroyed, yet still a great reason for more bombing. Or was that about regime change?

Don't they call them bodegas in NYC?

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups

Remember the story about VW cheating on emissions testing? (or was that news in the US?)

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Thanks to what appears to be a woman for debunking this outrage-invoking headline that misrepresents the scope of the problem.

I'm thinking of Gisèle Pelicot - at some point she thought her husband was a decent fellow.

Podcasts are great for when taking a walk or performing mindless tasks.

Podcasts: Strict Scrutiny? On with Kara Swisher? Future Hindsight?

lol I just saw the rest of the thread including penguins.

I worked for a foundation for three years. A person highly regarded in some circles got on her knees to tie the shoe of a benefactor. She treated the Executive Director as hired help. Targeted, strategic humility.

Maybe prestigious institutions attract some extreme personality types who are primed for battle with each other.

I say they're (both) real, but maybe not in the way we imagine them to be. And we sure as hell didn't have a lot to do with earlier mass extinctions, but we may very well be the cause of our own mass extinction. Some bird species haven't survived us, but birds as a morphological type may survive us.

Yes. I'm learning this but haven't quite wrapped my head around the notion that it can potentially be a conscious, winning strategy?! Until someone (Dorothy? Toto?) looks behind the curtain.

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The Epstein Class would prefer incarceration only for the poors. And it seems they're still winning.

If corporations are people with free speech rights and money is free speech (current US law), are AI agents people too? I think current potential crimes are determined by lawsuits and potential liability (monetary fines, no imprisonment).

Or consult Google Maps or consult the transit app #GoogleMaps

AI agent to tell me which bus stop will work better as I leave the house? ****"This feature works best with paid consumer accounts (Gemini Advanced/Ultra) or work/school accounts."
Alternatively, for real-time timetables on demand, you can text your bus stop number to 31100. #okGoogle

because the President always opens the door for strangers with packages?

Republicans vs The Pope on defining Christianity. There's a history of some Catholics not being thrilled with the Pope. I'm not Catholic, but as an ex-Christian, I'm cheering for Catholics against pedophilia.