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Everything posted by jross
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Unpopular take. The MoD should have been dispatched swiftly after conviction several years ago.
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The real keys to happiness Do kind things for others Be part of something bigger Be comfortable in your skin Routinely express gratitude every day Take care of your health Say yes and have fun Find ways to bounce back
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Smile and node, smile, nod
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Secret to happiness, "yes, dear."
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But that's not the point The point is trust and fairness. The user base will eventually grow beyond where it has been, and the company may become profitable for the first time. The public is informed. More democrats like Tulsi Gabbard and independents (me) may recognize the shady behavior and move center-right. More people will be skeptical of big tech, presidential debates, elections, and mainstream news. Big tech is going to be regulated for sure. Watching people exposed for lack of integrity and who defends it is enlightening.
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Dorsey may have lied to congress
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Twitter was a public company then, and I was a part-owner when this BS was happening. Head of legal policy and trust lied when they said, "We do not shadow ban. And we certainly don’t shadow ban based on political viewpoints or ideology.” They blocked searches of individual users; limited the scope of a particular tweet’s discoverability; blocked select users’ posts from ever appearing on the “trending” page; and blocked content from inclusion in hashtag searches. All without the user's knowledge. Read the unroll; can you also spot the continued use of racist terminology? [hint: its a label]
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Twitter unrolled https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1601007575633305600.html
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Can’t wait to see what’s coming tonight.
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Twitter, Google, and Facebook monopolize the public communication square. If I want to share life happenings with grandma casually, it will be Facebook. Facebook has ~80%, Google has ~90%, and Twitter has ~25% penetration in the USA population. They are applying censorship bias that influences elections, the government is involved in censorship, and the average person has no idea. Folks on this forum tell me I have a tin foil hat when presented with reliable evidence. Why is it that when a company goes public, it must share financial earnings regularly? They must follow the strict rules laid out by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the government body which oversees capital markets and protects investors.
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The Intermat is not comparable and no reason for goernement regulation. The best government is the least government as my general principle. FWIW: publishing who is banned and the reason is something I would choose to do if I was running the forum. I'd have forum rules posted like 'don't dox other users.' I'd warn or ban someone that did it, and post it "Johnie is on probation for 10 days for violating the rule on doxing users.'
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Twitter humorously states that they are committed to ensuring the enforcement of Twitter Rules as fair, unbiased, proportional... and they outwardly look the part with their documentation. Twitter publishes counts around legal demands to remove content, government requests for account information, and actions taken on user accounts. It stops short of showing what was moderated and amplified. https://transparency.twitter.com/ Given we have smoking evidence that the actions are unfair, biased, and not proportional... this proposal is a great place to start gaining trust. Transparent content moderation. https://sriramk.com/transparent-content-moderation +Transparent amplification to start.
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Trump announces he is running for Prez again
jross replied to mspart's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
For me, that was because his achievements directly affected my pocketbook for the better. -
25% of the USA population have Twitter accounts versus <1% watch Fox News. At what point is a business big enough to warrant regulation consideration? Twitter warrants consideration. Fox News is a small fry.
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Trump announces he is running for Prez again
jross replied to mspart's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
What has Biden done well, and how has it directly affected you? When my pocketbook is hit this hard, the Biden team better cure cancer if he wants me to see past the red. High inflation, less buying power, and my net worth dropped over 40% since he came to power. His Covid policies destroyed small businesses, coerced me into vaccinating to work/travel, and influenced a ten-year subordinate employee to quit my company. It's impossible to look past his incoherent speech and bad character to credit good achievements when his actions negatively impact my daily life. -
Trump announces he is running for Prez again
jross replied to mspart's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
I'm torn between his policies and the drama. I don't want to vote for Trump in 2024 because of the drama, but Biden/Harris policies are bad. If we get a 2020 election repeat, it's the USA saying FU to the people. We the people have little to look forward to. One would think the next president has nowhere to go but up. -
Trump announces he is running for Prez again
jross replied to mspart's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
My grandmother lived with my mother. She went shopping, walked, and mingled with family before the pandemic. I'd see her every few weeks. After the pandemic, the news programmed her (in my opinion) to stay home. She would not leave her bedroom when my family visited for two years, and she largely never came out of her room, even when it was just my folks with her. Her physical health degraded until she was put into a nursing home, and she died a month later. She never caught Covid, but she certainly stopped living and stayed glued to the news. -
Could those nayers back the blue and vote against a bill due to its verbiage?
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Trump announces he is running for Prez again
jross replied to mspart's topic in Non Wrestling Topics
My initial reasons for liking Trump. His success with quickly accomplishing what the government could not with the Wollman ice skating rink His real estate stories helped me have the confidence to buy a rental property 15 years ago The positivity I felt when he talked about America’s greatness His talk on bringing more manufacturing back to the USA He was an outsider that brought an optimism to drain the swamp But I did not vote for him in 2016. What I liked when he was president The economy flourished and my 401k soared Healthcare service cost transparency USA first. Better trade deals with and accountability from other countries. Also brought manufacturing back. Reduced troops over seas Low unemployment Responsibility with regulations Tougher on illegal immigration He increased awareness to fake news and corruption The battle between trying to run the country like a business owner and the the gov power checks and balances His ability to achieve results while big tech, the media, and left gov was against him How his presidency impacted me My 401k increased My home and rental property values increased My salary increased My tax deductions decreased I was able to price shop health care services Twitter became insufferable I stopped using google as a primary search engine I started consuming more news sources to address misinformation I began to wish that California would be allowed to secede My son began struggling with the foreign language immersion school during the pandemic and I switched him to normal school. How the pandemic was handled by both presidents has had negative impacts. The media destroyed my grandmas quality of life. The covid policy resulted in several of my favorite businesses closing for good, work attrition, and work layoffs. Now I have less buying power and raises/promotions are still frozen. Note: there is plenty not to like with Trump but above was my positives. -
Paywall defeated https://web.archive.org/web/20221205235834/https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitters-duty-to-protect-free-speech-elon-musk-social-media-democracy-new-york-post-ideas-freedom-11670281265
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Could you be focusing on the wrong thing?
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In hindsight, what NCAA bracket was the best ever?
jross replied to jross's topic in College Wrestling
1980 177lbs World (note: World or Olympic, excluding World Cup) 2 Senior World Team Members Ed Banach Steve Fraser Notes Steve Fraser Fraser's Olympic gold medal was the first ever in Greco-Roman wrestling for the United States. The 2000 Russian-Bear-Hunting Rulon Gardner credited Fraser with much of his success. NCAA - blocked by Olympian Mark Johnson in 1977. AA in 78, DNP in 79, AA in 80. Ed Banach He was so quick, strong, and tough they called him "The Horse." Retired due to health issues from concussions. NCAA 1 National Champion Ed Banach (1st in 1980, 1981, and 1983. 2nd to Mark Schultz in 1982) Another 5 with a best finish of 2nd or 3rd (one loss) Tony Mantella Dave Allen Charlie Heller Colin Kilrain Eli Blazeff 14 All-Americans with 26 total AA achievements at the NCAAs. The AAs not listed previously are Steve Fraser Dave Severn Ben Hill Don Brown Jim Hall Brian Parlet Gary Germundson Scott Mansur -
In hindsight, what NCAA bracket was the best ever?
jross replied to jross's topic in College Wrestling
Adding a few notes 3 World Team Members Daniel was a 6x FS Senior team member, winning bronze in 2007. He won a bronze in GR Cadets in 1995. Andy was a 2x FS Senior team member Cael was a 4x FS Senior team member, winning gold and silver. He won a bronze in FS Cadets in 1994. 3 National Champs + 4 others with 2/3rd place finishes (one-loss) 28 All-America achievements across 13 wrestlers. AA's not listed before are Kyle Hansen (2x), Doug Lee, Tom Tanis, Shawn Scannell -
I tried. At a glance, it says Musk is behaving similarly against the left as before against the right. The entirety of the article is one of the worst writing styles I've encountered. I'm not alone (writing style criticism). I've tried to answer your questions on even sensitive topics. Will you answer questions? Which of the 16 media storylines I shared earlier do you believe is true vs. a hoax? There is no trap; I believe they are all hoaxes that many on the left believe. I'm sure there are many hoaxes that I unknowingly believe. On behaviors... you ask Theo for evidence on media misinformation, and he provides it, and you provide no response. I actually want information and facts to expand my views. I don't want trolling and penis jokes that deflect from the harder concern :). Did you read the google censorship article the first or second time it was provided?