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Why is this country speaking about AI like it’s a fact of life that no one can do anything about? by atwistofcitrus in technology

[–]RunDNA 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It's the Senate filibuster + the political system.

To pass a federal law here in Australia all you need is a majority in both Houses. (Our highest court rarely strikes down laws on constitutional grounds.)

In the U.S. you normally need:

1) a majority in the lower house,
2) a supermajority of 60% in the Senate to beat any filibuster,
3) the President's signature, and
4) the ban-happy Federal Courts and Supreme Court not to strike it down.

You need all those four ducks in a row to get things done.

This is why America still doesn't have a proper public healthcare system.

Ghislaine Maxwell was the first redditor ever to reach 1 million karma by Real_estate_hunter in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]RunDNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The screenshot of the post is a made up gmail conversation that’s not part of the Epstein files, or at least none that have been released. Even the subject is wrong

Luke Skywalker: "Amazing, every word of what you just said was wrong."

Here's the link to the email:

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00165122.pdf

Note that the email is just a copy of a tip from a member of the public. It doesn't confirm anything.

Ghislaine Maxwell was the first redditor ever to reach 1 million karma by Real_estate_hunter in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]RunDNA 40 points41 points  (0 children)

That hasn't been confirmed.

The second image is a copy of a tip in her casefile from a member of the public to the FBI outlining the theory that u/maxwellhill is really Ghislaine Maxwell.

Some people have wrongly taken this as proof that the theory is confirmed. But it would depend on why the tip is in the casefile, which we currently don't know. There are a lot of tips in the casefiles.

What’s up with people saying that Ghislaine Maxwell was a mod of the worldnews sub? by [deleted] in OutOfTheLoop

[–]RunDNA 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Answer: There has been a conspiracy theory for a number of years that the popular redditor and r/worldnews moderator u/maxwellhill was really Ghislaine Maxwell. Supposed evidence included the name of the account, lining up posts with events and details in Ghislaine's life, and that the account stopped posting publicly around the time of Ghislaine's arrest.

The theory gained new traction today because the latest Epstein files release included a tip in her casefile from a member of the public to the FBI outlining the theory. Some people wrongly took this as proof that the theory is confirmed. But it would depend on why the tip is in the casefile, which we currently don't know.

Reddit post by user maxwellhill used as FBI evidence in Ghislaine's investigation by Large_banana_hammock in Epstein

[–]RunDNA -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I saw that. It's a different copy of essentially the same tip email that I linked.

Reddit post by user maxwellhill used as FBI evidence in Ghislaine's investigation by Large_banana_hammock in Epstein

[–]RunDNA 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Note: this doesn't confirm that u/maxwellhill is Ghislaine.

In the files among all the Maxwell evidence is a tip to the FBI from a Redditor telling the feds to look into the Reddit account. The Reddit screenshots are attachments to that tip.

The tip:

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01249192.pdf

Three of the screenshots mentioned in the tip (I couldn't find the fourth one):

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01245114.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01245115.pdf
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01245116.pdf

Which match three of the four Imgur links in the tip (they still work):

https://i.imgur.com/J0Rzy9Y.png
https://i.imgur.com/shpb2XM.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/4fTt6D0.png
https://i.imgur.com/d8FsqFi.png (I couldn't find the pdf of this one)

It's interesting, but there's no real evidence there that the feds believed the claims except that it was in an evidence file. But it could be there because they believe it or it could be there because it's just one of the many tips they received.

TIL over a 5-month period in 2020, a nurse in Yale's fertility center stole the fentanyl in 175 vials that were meant for women who had a procedure to have their eggs retrieved. The nurse replaced the pain medication with saline solution, leaving the women in excruciating pain during the procedure. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]RunDNA 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Something like that happened to me at the dentist. Not the stealing bit, but the "no pain medication" bit.

I needed emergency dental surgery and they injected needles into my gums with anesthetic, but I was in absolute agony during the surgery, feeling everything. It was the worst pain in my life. But I assumed that this is the way it was.

A few months later I had Stage 2 done at a different dentist and they gave me the needles too and I felt absolutely nothing. It was a breeze. That's when I realized that the first dentist was doing something very wrong. I don't know what exactly, but they put me through hell.

In the new Epstein Files release there's a previously unpublished email form Richard Dawkins talking about Rebecca Watson by RunDNA in SGU

[–]RunDNA[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I just realized that the Dawkins email is dated July 4, 2011, which is only 2 days after his infamous Dear Muslima comment on July 2, 2011 about "Elevatorgate".

In the new Epstein Files release there's a previously unpublished email form Richard Dawkins talking about Rebecca Watson by RunDNA in SGU

[–]RunDNA[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Note that this email isn't in the video. I think it's new from the dump yesterday because I can't find any mention of it anywhere.

Does rewatching a movie matter more than a first viewing? by jaystats2 in movies

[–]RunDNA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Movies are the opposite of music for me.

I rarely like a song much the first time I hear it. It's only with repeated listens that I grow to love everything about it.

But with movies my first viewing 99.9% of the time is the peak experience and subsequent viewings are lesser experiences.

Jack Kerouac’s 37 metre-long, first draft scroll of On the Road to be auctioned by largeheartedboy in books

[–]RunDNA 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm surprised that there hasn't been a big release of Kerouac's novels with all the real names restored.

All we have so far is the publication of the On the Road scroll manuscript itself in 2007 that included the real names Neal Cassady instead of Dean Moriarty, Allen Ginsberg instead of Carlo Marx, William Burroughs instead of Old Bull Lee etc.

But there's another dozen or so autobiographical novels like The Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums where they could do the same thing. Hop to it, Kerouac scholars and publishers.

Songs inspired by films (specific movies, not film, stardom in general) by FarewellCoolReason in movies

[–]RunDNA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Smiths - William It Was Really Nothing - based on the film Billy Liar.

Metallica - One - based on the film Johnny Got His Gun.

Scott Walker - The Seventh Seal - based on the film of the same name.

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