This week on Manch Talk, we cover several topics from satanic statutes at the State House, to school choice and the City of Manchester’s billion dollar proposal for a new school (no thanks!). We delve into the controversy of American holiday greetings and salutations, and rip off a few BandAids!
I gotta say, I’m loving X these days! Throw me a follow, please and thank you: https://x.com/CarlaGericke
Besides this terrible book cover fail from AI there (we’re a ways off from our Robot Overlords, I see), I have been posting more and more on X, so if you’re following me on Facebook, you probably want to shift over.
Basically, I posit about life, alien invasions, make fun of Elon and Vivek’s DOGE, and ask Rob Schneider for a job. You know, just a regular Thursday morning in the Free State. (I also wrote $1.6 million dollars in real estate deals this morning, because that’s how I roll now. If you want to know why not waking up hungover will change your life, start HERE.)
Question: Do you think the totality of the human experience currently digitally recorded tends more towards positivity (love) or negativity (hate)? E.g. if you counted all the emoticons expressed on, say, Facebook, which one would win? Love or anger? Care or sadness? Are we being wow-ed to death? If you took all the content on Netflix, what would it reveal about us? Would horror movies with demons beat wholesome family stories? Here on X, is it as nasty as they say? This sounds basic, but I’m genuinely curious… And, someone knows… Powerful people are privy to this information now, so what are they learning that we should know? Is society generally healthy, or truly in a tailspin?
With information warfare accelerating at an alarming pace, how will we know what is “real” or “true” anymore?
What is stopping the minds behind AIs from seeding fake but strategic information into the mix?
Case in point: During Covidmania, the definition of “vaccine” and “antivaxxer” were changed real-time for political reasons. For example: “Anitvaxxer” was broadened to include parents who question the childhood vaccine schedule, and anyone who opposes mandates.
Unpack that: Advocating for INFORMED CONSENT got lumped into a vilified group–“antivaxxers”–through simply changing some words online.
But let’s take this “changing the world by changing the meanings of words online” a step further. Couldn’t you start making up old case law and passing it off as “The Law”? Who would be able to “catch” you?
A handful of critical thinkers yelling blue murder on X?
We did that during Covidmania, and many of us got censored, suspended, and shadowbanned. (I was.)
Idk what the future holds for TRUTH anymore. But perhaps this is an opportunity as well?
Start with locking in DEFINITIONS OF WORDS on a TRUTH Blockchain.
This protects us from propagandists waging information warfare…
Then mix this “TRUTH blockchain” with a Polymarket-type platform? Then, since we agree on the common usage of the words, people can put up their theories and the public can bet on how accurate they think something is…
I saw this post on X and it sent me down a rabbit hole…
ChatGPT
The Adam and Eve Story: The History of Cataclysms by Chan Thomas is a controversial book that discusses the idea of cyclical global catastrophes and their role in shaping human history. Written in the 1960s, the book presents a theory that major cataclysmic events, such as pole shifts, have occurred throughout Earth’s history, wiping out civilizations and necessitating their rebirth.
One of the reasons the book has garnered interest in recent years is its association with the CIA. A version of the book was reportedly classified and later partially declassified, sparking conspiracy theories. The reason for its classification remains unclear, but it has fueled speculation that the book contains information the government wanted to suppress, possibly related to pole shifts or other phenomena.
Would you like to dive deeper into any specific aspect of this book or its theories?
4o
Yes, tell me more about the parts that were classified
ChatGPT
The Adam and Eve Story: The History of Cataclysms by Chan Thomas explores the concept of periodic global cataclysms, such as sudden pole shifts, that purportedly reset human civilization. In 2013, the CIA declassified a 57-page document containing significant excerpts from this book. This declassification has fueled various conspiracy theories, with some suggesting that the CIA withheld certain sections due to sensitive content. However, it’s important to note that the declassified document is an excerpt and not the complete work. The full original publication is over 200 pages long, indicating that the declassified version omits substantial portions of the text.
The reasons behind the CIA’s initial classification and the specific content of the omitted sections remain speculative. Some believe that the missing parts delve deeper into theories about ancient civilizations, advanced technologies, or detailed mechanisms of the proposed cataclysms. Without access to the complete text, it’s challenging to determine the exact nature of the classified content.
For those interested in exploring the available material, the declassified excerpts can be accessed through the CIA’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Electronic Reading Room.
Additionally, various versions of the book, including the declassified sections, are available on platforms like the Internet Archive.
While the declassification has sparked renewed interest and speculation, it’s essential to approach the content critically, recognizing that much of it remains unverified and speculative.
[Personal disclaimer: Caveat emptor + trust but verify]
We talk about AI, the future of schooling, schools costs, Elon, and more!
Get this… I posted a reel on FB and used a song from their library–Jesus Jones’ “Right Here Right Now”–on a post about a blockchain conference that took place in the Free State of New Hampshire this past weekend…
This morning, after I shared it to an FSP group last night, I notice the privacy setting had changed to “locked”–my posts are generally public–so I went to investigate…
My post now has a copyright ding from Warner Music on it… BUT, if you want to submit a dispute, the SUBMIT BUTTON DOESN’T WORK…
When you factor in I literally told my husband last week that this will be the next way corporatists censor speech (I used to do IP law in Silicon Valley, mind you), I don’t know what to think…
Is it a simple issue, like I have used that song on a reel before (I have)? If so, WHY DOESN’T THE DISPUTE BUTTON WORK?
Is it something more nefarious? When you consider how many times in how many ways I have been censored on social media, I’m pretty sure this is a newfangled lawfare approach to censor speech…. Note how looks like the song is OK almost everywhere, but not in the USA?
When Facebook started the practice of providing the music I thought, Huh, wouldn’t it be interesting if they use copyright infringement claims to take down dissident content in the future… I don’t know for sure that this is where we are, but something is mos def sus…
The Free State Blockchain Digital Asset Conference was amazing. More details to come!
This is my post-TSA gate rape face.
Why? For about a decade, I opted out of the scanner, but a few years ago, I had such a shocking experience–the female agent literally stuck her finger into my lady parts–that I started to “obey.”
My last defiance is doing a double bird–FU fingers in the air–in the scanner.
This has resulted in interesting verbal exchanges.
TSA agent: “I saw what you did in there.”
Me, leaning in: “Good.”
Today? They claimed my nether regions–ensconced in leggings–“alerted”.
Total bullshit.
Probably retaliatory.
I’ll keep zapping the bird, but if I get another “random alert” resulting in another traumatic gate rape experience, I **will** sue.
Rights not asserted are lost.
I have the Constitutionally protected right to flip off Big Bro. And they don’t get to stick their dirty statist fingers up my cooch in retaliation. (As I’m writing this, I recognize that there is deep-rooted trauma this experience has exposed. I will try to write a more comprehensive essay later.)
Then you see stuff like this, and it makes you go, Hmm.
This post generated a lot of social media interest.
This is my post-TSA gate rape face.
— Carla Gericke, Live Free And Thrive! (@CarlaGericke) August 16, 2024
Why? For about a decade, I opted out of the scanner, but a few years ago, I had such a shocking experience–the female agent literally stuck her finger into my lady parts–that I started to "obey."
My last defiance is doing a double… pic.twitter.com/SO6CAKRauw
I decided to make some GROK art… let’s call it a new category: TSA MOLESTATION ART. I didn’t have time to tweak these to perfection, but you get the gist.
Have the lunatics taken over the asylum? What happens when you cater to the lowest common denominator? Is this simply the result of socialism? Obvi, Carla has some things to say this week! Tammy leads us through the NHLA endorsed Manchester candidates, we talk Trump and Elon, and more!
Carla recaps the history of the Assange prosecution, and Tammy fills us in about who is running in Manchester.
What is the point of communication? Well, either you use words to talk to get what you want (persuasion = good), or you use force to take it (coercion = bad). As a society, the government has compromised our ability to speak clearly to each other by changing the meaning of words online real-time. This is what Orwell warned us about. Also, Carla gets super-excited about her first muskrat sighting!