Tyrphanax

I had that superpower before it was cool.

Hi Frink.

Seems like a lame superpower.

https://scout.ai/story/the-rise-of-the-weaponized-ai-propaganda-machine

By leveraging automated emotional manipulation alongside swarms of bots, Facebook dark posts, A/B testing, and fake news networks, a company called Cambridge Analytica has activated an invisible machine that preys on the personalities of individual voters to create large shifts in public opinion. Many of these technologies have been used individually to some effect before, but together they make up a nearly impenetrable voter manipulation machine that is quickly becoming the new deciding factor in elections around the world.

Most recently, Analytica helped elect U.S. President Donald Trump, secured a win for the Brexit Leave campaign, and led Ted Cruz’s 2016 campaign surge, shepherding him from the back of the GOP primary pack to the front.

The company is owned and controlled by conservative and alt-right interests that are also deeply entwined in the Trump administration. The Mercer family is both a major owner of Cambridge Analytica and one of Trump’s biggest donors. Steve Bannon, in addition to acting as Trump’s Chief Strategist and a member of the White House Security Council, is a Cambridge Analytica board member. Until recently, Analytica’s CTO was the acting CTO at the Republican National Convention.

Really fascinating article, especially in the light of the massive influx of fake/bot accounts following popular Twitter accounts today, one being Trumpy.

Take everything you see on the Internet with a big grain of salt, folks. Especially on social media. They might have started out with good intentions, but they pretty much now exist to sell the user and push narratives.

lol

The Found Footage Festival is doing its yearly tour. If its coming to your town, I highly highly recommend you go see it, it’s full of hilarious clips.

Warbler said:

Tyrphanax said:

Bachmannn

What about her?

Nothing, they just kept spelling it with three "N"s.

Bachmannn

Taken at face value, ignoring Tucker Carlson and just going off the article Frink posted and the linked articles within, I’m with darthrush on this one. The entire concept of a “Day of Absence” “in which white people were invited to leave campus for a day” is just stupid.

JEDIT: Looking into some other stuff, these kids sound insanely privileged and insufferable.

Pretty sure they can only display one color.

Got Your Money - Old Dirty Bastard

Hey, Dirty, baby I got your money.

Help, it’s stuck in my head.

CatBus said:

Must be a day of the week that ends in “Y”.

Why are you trying to distract us from Hillary’s emails?

Fuckin love Lazerhawk. Definitely agree.

Jay said:

Tyrphanax said:

Jay said:

CatBus said:

TV’s Frink said:

Republicans have just elected a man who was charged with assault the day before. Lol.

To be fairer, he was a raging asshole long before he starting hurling people to the floor and even the early voters would have known this.

Exactly. They would’ve voted for him regardless. In fact, I’m sure many supporters like him even more now. There were audible chuckles and an immediate “You’re forgiven!” from the crowd during his apology/victory speech.

Trump’s America: clueless as to how their freedoms are maintained and willingly supportive of those who would strip it from them.

Rampant anti-intellectualism plays a huge role in this.

Remember when it was admirable to seek out higher education and be an informed citizen?

Willful ignorance in the face of overwhelming evidence and common sense are the rule of the day now! Why not save a mint on education and just go off your gut feelings instead?

Jay said:

CatBus said:

TV’s Frink said:

Republicans have just elected a man who was charged with assault the day before. Lol.

To be fairer, he was a raging asshole long before he starting hurling people to the floor and even the early voters would have known this.

Exactly. They would’ve voted for him regardless. In fact, I’m sure many supporters like him even more now. There were audible chuckles and an immediate “You’re forgiven!” from the crowd during his apology/victory speech.

Trump’s America: clueless as to how their freedoms are maintained and willingly supportive of those who would strip it from them.

Rampant anti-intellectualism plays a huge role in this.

I’m sure you did.

Yeah I don’t see any point in erring on the side of “we don’t know everything” and going ahead and giving out condolences. I’d rather be a bit embarrassed when I’m wrong than be a prick about something real.

Bandcamp is popular!

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tyrphanax said:

Chocolate milk.

What, again‽

This stupid forum.

Like you can’t drink it twice?

Chocolate milk.

No words, Solo. Take all the time you need.

I just saw about Roger Moore. Sad times.

D_E and I are currently having a spat.

I don’t regret it.

Man, I loved that Star Wars Cantina song back when I found it on mp3.com before that shit was all made illegal.

NeverarGreat said:

Tyrphanax said:

Worst president in living memory.

FTFY

That’s better. I didn’t want to be presumptuous and say something stupid like “no President has been treated worse in history.”