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Trump Tariffs Pushing US Asia Allies into China's Orbit
www.newsweek.com Trump tariffs pushing US Asia allies into China's orbit

After their first trilateral economic meeting in over five years, China, Japan and South Korea vowed to strengthen their trading ties.

Trump tariffs pushing US Asia allies into China's orbit

On Saturday, top trade officials from Japan, South Korea and China held their first trilateral economic dialogue in over five years, before stating their intention to enhance economic and trade cooperation with a view to signing a "free, fair, comprehensive, high-quality and mutually beneficial" free trade agreement in the near future.

Why It Matters

The agreement between three of Asia's largest economies comes as countries brace for the impact of Trump's tariffs, set to impact numerous sectors and nations across the continent and worldwide. The timing suggests that the president's overhaul of America's trading practices, while intended to rehome manufacturing in the U.S. and amend historic trade imbalances, could have the secondary effect of fostering closer cooperation between America's allies and those conventionally considered its economic rivals.

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Trump Tariffs Pushing US Asia Allies into China's Orbit
www.newsweek.com Trump tariffs pushing US Asia allies into China's orbit

After their first trilateral economic meeting in over five years, China, Japan and South Korea vowed to strengthen their trading ties.

Trump tariffs pushing US Asia allies into China's orbit

On Saturday, top trade officials from Japan, South Korea and China held their first trilateral economic dialogue in over five years, before stating their intention to enhance economic and trade cooperation with a view to signing a "free, fair, comprehensive, high-quality and mutually beneficial" free trade agreement in the near future. Why It Matters

The agreement between three of Asia's largest economies comes as countries brace for the impact of Trump's tariffs, set to impact numerous sectors and nations across the continent and worldwide. The timing suggests that the president's overhaul of America's trading practices, while intended to rehome manufacturing in the U.S. and amend historic trade imbalances, could have the secondary effect of fostering closer cooperation between America's allies and those conventionally considered its economic rivals.

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‘Columbia let me down’: How Indian scholar expelled by Trump fled the US | Donald Trump
www.aljazeera.com ‘Columbia let me down’: How Indian scholar expelled by Trump fled the US

A visa revocation and agents at her door upended life of Ranjani Srinivasan, spooking her into leaving her home and cat.

‘Columbia let me down’: How Indian scholar expelled by Trump fled the US

A visa revocation and warrantless agents at her door upended life for Ranjani Srinivasan, spooking her into leaving her home and cat amid Trump’s campus crackdown on pro-Palestine sentiment.

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www.yahoo.com Two-thirds of Americans now say they wouldn’t drive a Tesla — and most of them cite Elon Musk as the reason why, according to a new poll

The Yahoo News/YouGov survey shows that the tech billionaire’s popularity has plummeted since he launched the Department of Government Efficiency.

Two-thirds of Americans now say they wouldn’t drive a Tesla — and most of them cite Elon Musk as the reason why, according to a new poll
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ChatGPT is shifting rightwards politically
  • My root issue with people who shit on AI is that by pretending like it doesn't exist or refusing to use it, your voice is not part of the conversation.

    The world will use AI, regardless of your personal feelings.

    And if you arent in the room to help shape decisions, don't be surprised when we are fucked.

  • www.psypost.org ChatGPT is shifting rightwards politically

    ChatGPT’s political responses have changed, according to a new study—earlier versions leaned left-libertarian, while newer versions show a rightward shift.

    ChatGPT is shifting rightwards politically

    An examination of a large number of ChatGPT responses found that the model consistently exhibits values aligned with the libertarian-left segment of the political spectrum. However, newer versions of ChatGPT show a noticeable shift toward the political right. The paper was published in Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.

    Large language models (LLMs) are artificial intelligence systems trained to understand and generate human language. They learn from massive datasets that include books, articles, websites, and other text sources. By identifying patterns in these data, LLMs can answer questions, write essays, translate languages, and more. Although they don’t think or understand like humans, they predict the most likely words based on context.

    Often, the responses generated by LLMs reflect certain political views. While LLMs do not possess personal political beliefs, their outputs can mirror patterns found in the data they were trained on. Since much of that data originates from the internet, news media, books, and social media, it can contain political biases. As a result, an LLM’s answers may lean liberal or conservative depending on the topic. This doesn’t mean the model “believes” anything—it simply predicts words based on previous patterns. Additionally, the way a question is phrased can influence how politically slanted the answer appears.

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    Pastor and gospel singer Marvin Sapp being criticized by the internet after he tried to lock attendees in until they give him $40,000 in donations
    christiannews.net Marvin Sapp criticized after ordering ushers to ‘close the doors’ as he demands $40,000 in donations at church convention

    (Fox 25 Houston) — In a resurfaced video from 2024, pastor and gospel singer Marvin Sapp is being criticized by the internet after he told ushers of the church to close the doors and challenged those at a convention to donate $40,000. In July 2024, Marvin Sapp preached at the 109th Pentecostal Assem...

    Marvin Sapp criticized after ordering ushers to ‘close the doors’ as he demands $40,000 in donations at church convention
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    Grok got no chill

    Woops. Sorry mods. Reposting with links.

    https://nitter.space/thelillygaddis/status/1904852790460965206#m

    https://archive.is/vuiMj

    https://x.com/thelillygaddis/status/1904852790460965206#m

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    The New Video of Federal Agents Ambushing a Student and Disappearing With Her Should Chill You to Your Core
    slate.com It’s Hard to Believe This Video Was Filmed in the United States. It No Longer Should Be.

    It shows, clearly, the explicit and proud policy of the Trump administration.

    It’s Hard to Believe This Video Was Filmed in the United States. It No Longer Should Be.

    One of the men goes for her phone. The other grabs at her hands. Ozturk screams. Shock and fear ripple through her voice. Two masked women join them, tugging at her backpack, peeling the straps from her shoulders. “I’m going somewhere, I need to call someone,” she pleads. “We’re the police. Relax,” one of the men says in response.

    They surround her. Then, one by one, they pull their neck gaiters up to cover their faces. “You don’t look like police,” a voice off screen says. “Why are you hiding your faces?” The questions continue, but the figures don’t respond. Instead, they cuff Ozturk, cross the street, and put her in an unmarked SUV. She is gone.

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    The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme
  • Gonna share this again.

    This commenter said it best:

    To the people who think what OP did was completely normal and something everyone does, (and I hate to use this phrase) check the “ratio” here. Nobody thinks this is normal. You and OP are in the slim minority spewing vile shit about people in your lives. It’s cruel and childish. You’d be smart to learn from OP’s predicament before you find yourself in the exact same situation with everyone you know hating you because you thought it was perfectly normal to constantly trash talk them behind their back. It’s not normal. Not everyone is doing it. Assholes like OP and apparently yourself are doing it. And it clearly can bite you in the ass. As I said in my initial comment, these kinds of things can have serious real world consequences. So you may wanna wise up and start being a respectable human being ;)

  • The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme
  • Gonna share this again.

    This commenter said it best:

    To the people who think what OP did was completely normal and something everyone does, (and I hate to use this phrase) check the “ratio” here. Nobody thinks this is normal. You and OP are in the slim minority spewing vile shit about people in your lives. It’s cruel and childish. You’d be smart to learn from OP’s predicament before you find yourself in the exact same situation with everyone you know hating you because you thought it was perfectly normal to constantly trash talk them behind their back. It’s not normal. Not everyone is doing it. Assholes like OP and apparently yourself are doing it. And it clearly can bite you in the ass. As I said in my initial comment, these kinds of things can have serious real world consequences. So you may wanna wise up and start being a respectable human being ;)

  • The Atlantic publishes full Signal chat messages showing military plans about U.S. strikes in Yemen
  • Let's not paint them as tech illiterate. That's how you drop your guard.

    The same way conservatives believe liberals aren't armed.

    These fools werent incompetent because they're Nazis. They're incompetent because they think they're better than everyone else, and they don't need to follow the rules established by others.

  • The Atlantic publishes full Signal chat messages showing military plans about U.S. strikes in Yemen
  • Late yesterday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt emailed a response: “As we have repeatedly stated, there was no classified information transmitted in the group chat. However, as the CIA Director and National Security Advisor have both expressed today, that does not mean we encourage the release of the conversation. This was intended to be a an [sic] internal and private deliberation amongst high-level senior staff and sensitive information was discussed. So for those reason [sic] — yes, we object to the release.”

    https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fpolitics%2Farchive%2F2025%2F03%2Fsignal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg%2F682176%2F

  • The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme
  • In the 90s, calling yourself a flat earther was a opportunity to have a fun and yet silly conversation about belief in science. During that time, both people KNEW that the earth was round. It was an exercise in creativity and played straight for laughs.

    But somewhere in the 2000, some people didn't realize the satire. They actually BELIEVED in it.

    There's a line of shitposting like with anything.

    Shitposting is an art. It's satire.

    Then there's actual shitty people who don't realize that the good shit posts harm nobody. Where shitty people posting disgusting racist things under the guise of Shitposting are too stupid to understand the nuance.

    This commenter said it best:

    To the people who think what OP did was completely normal and something everyone does, (and I hate to use this phrase) check the “ratio” here. Nobody thinks this is normal. You and OP are in the slim minority spewing vile shit about people in your lives. It’s cruel and childish. You’d be smart to learn from OP’s predicament before you find yourself in the exact same situation with everyone you know hating you because you thought it was perfectly normal to constantly trash talk them behind their back. It’s not normal. Not everyone is doing it. Assholes like OP and apparently yourself are doing it. And it clearly can bite you in the ass. As I said in my initial comment, these kinds of things can have serious real world consequences. So you may wanna wise up and start being a respectable human being ;)

  • The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme
  • Best part about Shitposting honestly.

    There's the shitposters who post weird funny things and are here just having a laugh.

    Then the awful mofos who think Shitposting means they can be their true selves and post offensive garbage under the guise of Shitposting. Then they get called out, get really offended/flip out because they didn't realize.

    It's a great honey trap.

  • The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme
  • Using your same metaphor, if you came to another person's house and all they did was shit on their family, and then make dark jokes about killing them - is it all fun and games until something bad happens?

    There are lines. You don't know what Derek saw.

    But apparently it was so bad that a lot of people are really disgusted at the core group.

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    Fed up with food price increase --- The snacking recession: Why Americans are buying fewer treats

    Americans are snacking less — and that's a problem for the packaged food industry.

    Why it matters: After years of inflation, consumers are recoiling, fed up with food price increases and suddenly immersed in economic uncertainty.

    Driving the news: General Mills on Wednesday became the latest food giant to sound the alarm about what CEO Jeff Harmening called a "slowdown in snacking."

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    Tesla task force launched by FBI, cites domestic terrorism
    www.cnbc.com FBI launches Tesla threats task force: 'This is domestic terrorism'

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his DOGE team are leading efforts by the Trump administration to drastically cut federal government spending and staff.

    FBI launches Tesla threats task force: 'This is domestic terrorism'

    The FBI has launched a new task force to investigate attacks targeting Tesla, the electric vehicle company headed by Trump administration DOGE chief Elon Musk.

    The announcement of the task force came hours after multiple incendiary devices were found at a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas, the city where the company’s headquarters is located.

    There have been at least 80 reported cases of vandalism or arson of Tesla vehicles in the United States and Canada, in addition to peaceful protests at Tesla showrooms.

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