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All decisions we make are determined by existing and prior influences. There has been an effectively infinite chain of events which has resulted in me sitting here writing this sentence. They have all led to this point. From the major events - I was born at a specific time and place, to the...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/01/trump-truth-social-stocks 'The value of Donald Trump’s stake in Truth Social fell by more than $1bn on Monday after the social media company revealed it lost $58.2m last year and an auditor disclosed “substantial doubt” over its ability to...

There are many examples on YouTube showing what Sora can do. Which is develop short, incredibly lifelike videos from text input. This is not in the public domain, but...I've no doubt at all that something like it will be at some time in the very near future. The applications are unlimited. And...

Yeah, I'm losing track as well. This one is the defamation case against the woman he sexually assaulted - E. Jean Carroll. The defamation portion of the original case was held over as Trump was president, but is now due to be heard on Tuesday. From here: E. Jean Carroll is taking Trump to trial...

Two? I can't think of anyone I know who doesn't know or wouldn't have directly known someone caught up in some conflict or other. Or experienced the worst that we can be. Now there's a cheerful topic...

I keep earning credits for this and that. Can they be used for anything? Edit: Well Ain't it always the way. Ask the question and immediately find a store where I can spend them. On upgraded membership? Now I need to find out what that gets me? Less advertising?

‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’...

Not sure where else to put this, but...is anyone else getting ads that take up most of the screen? It just started a couple of days ago. If I have the keyboard open, reading posts is like trying to read a broadsheet through a letterbox.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/judge-says-fox-dominion-have-resolved-their-case-over-airing-of-false-election-claims-20230419-p5d1ib.html Dominion’s CEO disclosed the settlement figure and said Fox had admitted to telling lies about his company. Fox statement: 'We acknowledge the...

One of the most influential guitarists ever. RIP, Jeff.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/kevin-mccarthy-loses-fourth-round-of-voting-for-speaker-role-congress-paralysed-20230105-p5cag5.html Any opinions on whether he might pull out?

I have lost access to the icons that allow one to italicize or bold text, insert images etc. All the icons are greyed out. And up until yesterday I could repy to a post and hit enter half way down the post to which I was replying and it would split the post into 2 automatically. There was no...

In a very flat speech, he say's he'll run again. This is going to be so very interesting... https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/trump-2024-presidential-bid/index.html

I've just logged on and it's...different. The first thing I notice is that information about any given poster is not visible unless you click the arrow under his/her name. I'd personally like this to always visible.

Will this be too much to hope for? How about everyone who posts wishes the other side good luck in the mid terms. How about everyone who posts promises to accept a win humbly and a loss graciously. How about we each congratulate the winners when all is said and done. How about everyone states...

The last census results have just come out. And the percentage identifying as Christian has dropped from 52% to 44%. And those with no religion are up from 30% to 40%. Australians are more millennial, multilingual and less religious: what the census reveals. Just as a side note, our current...

The existing threads can't seem to keep up. Before we've finished discussing one, another occurs... At least 3 dead, multiple people injured in shooting at Tulsa, Oklahoma, medical office: Police

And no-one claimed it was fixed. No-one said it was fraudulent. No-one suggested it was a fake result. No-one stormed the parliament. The loser congratulated the winner and graciously accepted the result. There was (or at least will be tomorrow) an easy transfer of power. The winner expressed a...

From the Sydney Morning Herald: Novak Djokovic visa saga LIVE: tennis star back before court ahead of 2022 Australian Open 'Novak Djokovic has lost his attempt to overturn his deportation, a Federal Court judge has announced. He will be required to leave Australia. The decision was unanimous...

I'm going back very many years to an old forum called True2Ourselves. It was going gang busters for a while. Nice guy that ran it. A good turn over of interesting discussions. I made a few online friends there. When I joined, I didn't want to use my normal email address. So I logged on to a site...