THOSE ARE ROOKIE NUMBERS. YOU GOTTA PUMP THOSE NUMBERS UP. More than 28.1 Million Modern Sporting Rifles in Circulation. “Total domestic firearm production reported in 2021 was 12,521,614—an increase of 28.6 percent over 2020 reported figures.”
If you don’t like that, maybe stop giving Americans so many reasons to buy guns and ammo.
COVID HYSTERIA WAS A PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER: Rate of antidepressant dispensing to young people rose faster after March 2020, especially among females.
I DON’T WANT EITHER KIND: Report: Second type of prostate cancer identified by AI. Well, to be fair, AI also gives us a black George Washington so I’d double-check that.
SO STOP GIVING AMERICANS SO MANY REASONS TO DRINK: Alcohol-related deaths rise sharply in U.S., hitting women hardest.
SCIENCE: Mpox outbreak slowed because of behavior changes, not vaccine. And monkeypox went away entirely — you never hear about it anymore. . .
THE LEFT CALLS FOR common sense thought control.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Universities Are Making Us Dumber.
RIP. Dana Loesch: Remembering Andrew Breitbart.
This is me, Dana Loesch, Jim Hoft, and Elbert Guillory with Andrew at the Quincy, Illinois Tea Party in 2009. 15 years ago. Damn. Time flies.
THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR: Media Brags About Deep State Plot to Stop Trump.
I MEAN, WHO COULD BE SURPRISED BY THIS? Man Running AI-Powered Porn Site Horrified by What Users Are Asking For. When you instantiate Rule 34, well, there you go.
OPEN THREAD: Have fun, kids.
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY: Freezing Positronium Atoms With Lasers To Unlock Secrets of Antimatter.
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE a Leap Day baby.
ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Why flamingo milk is pink.
ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: So What Does the Inventor of the Bump Stock Have to Say As His Device Goes Before the Supreme Court?
THE FUTURE OF CENSORSHIP IS AI-Generated.
The material of a long dead comedian is a good example of content that the world´s leading GenAI systems find “harmful.” Lenny Bruce shocked contemporary society in the 1950s and 60s with his profanity laden standup routines. Bruce’s material broke political, religious, racial, and sexual taboos and led to frequent censorship in the media, bans from venues as well as to his arrest and conviction for obscenity. But his style inspired many other standup legends and Bruce has long since gone from outcast to hall of famer. As recognition of Bruce’s enormous impact he was even posthumously pardoned in 2003.
When we asked about Bruce, ChatGPT and Gemini informed us that he was a “groundbreaking” comedian who “challenged the social norms of the era” and “helped to redefine the boundaries of free speech.” But when prompted to give specific examples of how Bruce pushed the boundaries of free speech, both ChatGPT and Gemini refused to do so. ChatGPT insists that it can’t provide examples of “slurs, blasphemous language, sexual language, or profanity” and will only “share information in a way that’s respectful and appropriate for all users.” Gemini goes even further and claims that reproducing Bruce’s words “without careful framing could be hurtful or even harmful to certain audiences.”
“Hurtful or harmful.”
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Significant proportion of cancer drugs lack proof of added benefit, finds study.
I’M NOT EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: NASA awards grants to 5 universities for quiet supersonic overflight education plans.
WAIT, ALL THE BEST PEOPLE TOLD ME IT WAS ALWAYS GOOD FOR YOU: Risk of heart attack, stroke rises with more frequent use of marijuana.
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