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a clumsy attempt to foment nationalism that isn't going to be as effective as its architects were hoping.

It could have been effective if the lead up to the NASA push had lent itself to any hope of cooperation within our govt. As it stands, it just feels like a way for the ultra-wealthy to advance their commercial space interests through taxpayer funding.

And as soon as it affects the wrong people, this slack-jawed yokel will be out. The rich don't like being inconvenienced. Just need to look back to the first govt. shutdown last year when the Democrats took an L to open up airports like the underdog fighter tapping out while standing over their unconscious opponent.

Boomers have some of the highest lead levels of any currently living generations. They are also, on average, very gullible. Them holding positions of power, during genAI startup, is why ICE was arresting citizens, with multiple forms of ID, because an app told them the person was someone else. They are told to believe the tech and they don't question it because they don't question anything someone with authority tells them.

Despite having a very scientific mindset to the paranormal, I considered myself to be a partial empath.

This is what scares me about trying to ghost hunt. I feel pretty deeply and can pick up on emotion pretty strongly. However, I'm also used to creaky old houses, animals and pet noises, etc. so I figure a lot of these sounds investigators hear and attribute to spirits would be passed off as just an old house or a hot water system expanding and contracting with temp changes.

I'd love to hear more about your experiences. You mention before or after this reply that you got some good EVP recordings. I get with how shitty people and the internet are, not wanting to share videos, but would you share the most intriguing EVPs?

I know you Didn't ask me, but I watch a couple YT channels that have decent content. Twin Paranormal is a fun one cause of how close-knit the three are. Midwest Ghost Hunter has some of the best EVP encounters I've heard. And there was another, I can't remember the name, that had Mind something in the name, who had some crazy shit go down in places. The last group I mentioned has like three big, tatted dudes who do like UFO videos too. Those don't interest me, though. One of the best videos from them involved a member of their group, Tanner, who was basically grabbed, tripped, and pulled like 3-6 ft on the ground, on camera, and was so shook up from it he had to go outside and didn't really want to go back inside.

I bought a bunch of ghost hunting equipment and then my sister backed out of going ghost hunting with me. I wanna do it so bad, but not alone. Did you stop because of an experience you had or other reasons?

Well, some have started succumbing to a form of psychosis, so probably not doing great!

I said that I can feel myself getting more and more stupid when using these tools, due to the mental offloading.

It takes a lot of self reflection to notice how well you understood a thing before genAI use, and how that understanding starts to disappear quickly after using genAI a lot more. I, too, noticed a similar reduction in ability and understanding of topics the more I used genAI. Now, I only use it as a last resort or when searching online will return too many unrelated results due to description of the problem being too generic.

A senior web dev is all about it at my work and I can't really stand him nor genAI so I'm glad I don't work directly with him or his team!

Tell me you wouldn't smash and I'll tell you you're a liar!!!

Saw a spooky video recently of a over-night janitor at an elementary school being pursued out of a class and down the hall by a party balloon, before eventually recording some black blur that bolted past a doorway and nope-ing the fuck out of there.

Saw another video where this creepy Elmo balloon kept chasing the family, specifically the son, around the house, even upstairs. It kept seeming to want to try to go to the basement with the boy. EVentually, some creepy figure was seen in the doorway to the basement.

So yeah, balloons sure can float!

Nothing of substance will change until the ultra wealthy fear the loss of their wealth and life. Those are the only two things they care about.

Republicans will lose so thoroughly in November that any attempt at casting doubt on the results of elections will be laughable, no matter the states propensity to vote Republican. We've already seen areas that went to tRump in 2024 by, like 23pts, go to Democrat candidates by a similar margin. That's a -40pt swing in some tRump country elections. That's not poling. Those are special election results.

I think the war he started is only going to intensify the swing by then. At least that's the hope-ium I'm snorting off the toilet seat of this current timeline. In actuality, November will be the last hope for this dying republic and how far gone 1/3 of the population appears to be.

All I know is every reporter that can put questions to tRump need to relentlessly call him out for his mail-in voting, his family's mail-in voting, and reduce any attempt by Faux 'News' to clip positive soundbites, impossible. Drive down into the states rights thought and hit back at Republican voters and candidates with their own arguments. Not to shame or berate them on their past voting choices, but to side with them against any Republican betraying the principles they claim to espouse.

If we successfully vote in a super majority, we must relentlessly canvass communities and hound our reps to demand a change to the whole first-past-the-post method of voting. A lot of our political frustrations can be abated locally, all the way up to national, with this change! If they refuse to support it in any capacity, run progressive candidates to challenge these measured-opposition Democrats and forcefully remove the do-nothing Schumer's of this rotted party/system. No more capitulation to a party. No more hemming and hawing after they're sworn in. Nothing else can be fixed until we replace the system that's used to pick our elected leaders and we have given them ample opportunities to save this country and the party.