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   Dave Troy :toad: (davetroy@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 07:51:02 JST Dave Troy :toad:

   The vote on Kash Patel as FBI Director has passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on a vote of 12-10, along party lines. Floor vote to follow in coming days. The country is hanging by a thread.
   https://x.com/nytimes/status/1890072186100084780

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     Dave Troy :toad: (davetroy@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 07:50:58 JST Dave Troy :toad:

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     • LindaMarie

     @lindamarie honestly, it is a quibble. If you don't like the episode, don't listen to it. But no, there is no simple way to generate another version, and there was certainly no way to do it in December 2024, which was paramount given the urgency.

     Minoru Saba repeated this.
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     Dave Troy :toad: (davetroy@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 07:50:58 JST Dave Troy :toad:

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     • LindaMarie

     @lindamarie sorry, I don't mean to be disagreeable. It's an extremely bad day, and I'm dealing with ongoing threats to my safety and security. The bottom line is that people need to get used to consuming some kinds of AI produced content, especially when it's the difference between getting information and not getting it at all. I do understand people's concerns about it and only would rely on such tools in the case of extreme emergencies, which this was. Obviously, it was too late.

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     LindaMarie (lindamarie@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 07:50:59 JST LindaMarie

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     @davetroy

     It’s not a quibble. It’s hard to retain a train of thought, and since it’s a new format for you (as far as I know?) I thought maybe you’d be open to offering a simple reading in tandem. I don’t know how hard it is to get AI to generate another version.

     I’ve read/listened to your work for many years. Believe me, I know we’re in trouble.

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     Dave Troy :toad: (davetroy@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 07:51:00 JST Dave Troy :toad:

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     • LindaMarie

     @lindamarie my advice is to get over it and deal with the importance of the material. Some people didn't like it, most found it enlightening. But either way, you're in danger — this is no time to quibble over style points. Sorry.

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     LindaMarie (lindamarie@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 07:51:01 JST LindaMarie

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     You said that the AI faux podcast explaining “project russia” was very important for understanding what’s happening now. I have twice started listening, but gave up.

     I trust you on the importance. But I can’t get past that irritant. When you read from your Paranoia on Parade article, it was also a lot of info, but easy listening! So why not translated just have the AI read the “project russia” playbook? Maybe even in your voice? Meryl Streep? That AI banter is insufferable.