Pairko

Pairko

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🇺🇸 Florida native. Mississippi denizen. #Esperanto bonulo! Retired #MedicalPhysicist. Opinions are #CreativeCommons & shared with many thoughtful people. RTs must be passed on like a chain-letter, lest misfortune befall you.

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Instead of “Skynet”—a missed opportunity—Pete Hegseth has named the project to make flying killer robots autonomous as “Agincourt”. A romantic at heart, this clearly nods to Henry V’s “Band of Brothers”: the very antithesis of autonomous flying killer robots.

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A fruitful role for #AI in academic writing is to root out the fraud that (hypothetically) exists in works already published.

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Anyone who saw the movie Rocky when it came out will remember that, before getting his big break, Rocky was ALSO a debt collector. It's all the same business, same principles, same methods. Rocky was inspiring! When Americans needed inspiring. If you rooted for Rocky, why not for Michael Guest?

Michael A. Chiaradio for Congress@michaelachiaradio.bsky.social

The way someone treats people when they're at their weakest reveals a lot about their character. Please vote for Michael A. Chiaradio on or before November 3rd. Let’s send Michael Guest packing! msgazette.com/michael-gues...

msgazette.comMichael Guest’s Predatory Debt Collection Business Revealed a Lack of Compassion That Followed Him to Congress - The Mississippi GazetteRepublican Congressman Michael Guest is asking voters to judge him on his record as he seeks reelection to Congress this November. But part of…
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As a new White House press secretary steps up to deliver a succession of implausible lies in defense of the President’s indefensible behavior, critics allege that she is not actually licensed to practice law.

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Public mental health is to #mentalhealth as #publicheath is to individual physical wellness. It's clear that 🇺🇸 is experiencing a crisis of public mental health largely due to the great expansion of #psychologicalwarfare. Attention to mental health is also civil defense–an issue of national security.

Michael A. Chiaradio for Congress@michaelachiaradio.bsky.social

I'm proud to have been designated a 2026 Mental Health Now Candidate! Mental health deserves to be a priority in our healthcare system, and I'm committed to advancing policies that improve access to care for Mississippians. Thank you to Mental Health Now for recognizing that commitment!

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During the first medieval period, to endure Trial by Ordeal was to submit to the very judgment of God. In Tennessee, a woman has just survived her own execution.

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Artifical Intelligence is older than I am. LISP dates to 1960. But it’s gotten a bad rep, gets used as an insult. So, some tassel loafers—smarter than I am—decided it’s now Super Intelligence. This is Super Woke.

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Harry Franck was the legendary wanderer of his time. Wrote many books about his travels, often on foot and with nothing more than his clothes and a backpack.