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highplainsdem

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33. Thanks!

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:30 PM

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And I agree that the billionaires - the ones causing so much trouble, anyway - want to kill us.

Those villains don't think they need very many of us, and they sure as hell don't want to share any of the wealth they expropriated from the less wealthy.

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The cover of The Lancet, and their article on RFK Jr. [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

Kick SheltieLover Yesterday #1

Double kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #7

Wanton, wholesale destruction Easterncedar Yesterday #2

Great article LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #3

He is smearing the Kennedy name for new generations ! kimbutgar Yesterday #4

That's why trump-putin brought him in. To damage the Kennedy name. erronis Yesterday #14

So sad but true kimbutgar Yesterday #45

Absolutely! SheltieLover 2 hrs ago #89

K&R Solly Mack Yesterday #5

;-{)..... Goonch Yesterday #6

Please don't post AI art made using AI tools trained illegally on stolen intellectual property. AI slop highplainsdem Yesterday #18

;-{)..... Goonch Yesterday #34

This message was self-deleted by its author highplainsdem Yesterday #35

You know how I feel about how unethical genAI is. If you post AI slop in response to an OP I posted, I highplainsdem Yesterday #40

;-{) Goonch Yesterday #41

What's generated by AI is not the AI user's art. I've tried AI image generators myself enough to know highplainsdem Yesterday #43

;-{) Goonch Yesterday #46

While you were posting that, I was looking for an article to explain to anyone who hadn't tried AI image highplainsdem Yesterday #48

The most relevant words Goonch Yesterday #49

I support you with that. Doodley 23 hrs ago #51

;-{) Thank You Goonch 23 hrs ago #56

AI is here to stay so we need to get used to it. KS Toronado 6 hrs ago #71

;-{) AMEN! Goonch 6 hrs ago #72

;-{) AI is here to stay so we need to get used to it. Goonch 5 hrs ago #73

If only data centers would limit themselves to renewables. Qutzupalotl 5 hrs ago #74

;-{).... Goonch 5 hrs ago #75

That makes it all worth it! Qutzupalotl 5 hrs ago #76

AI slop just wastes water and electricity. And it isn't ususual for users of AI image generators to highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #80

More AI slop. highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #77

;-{) I've asked you nicely twice to stop stalking me Goonch 3 hrs ago #81

You're baiting me, posting AI slop in this thread. I've helped you out when you posted misinformation highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #83

;-{) Thanks for confirming you're stalking me and BTW Goonch 2 hrs ago #88

It isn't stalking you to notice you've started posting AI slop. I pointed out to you yesterday that when you highplainsdem 2 hrs ago #90

:-{) Well spoken, almost zealot-like..... Goonch 1 hr ago #91

We don't have to accept what's wrong with it. Including unethical AI tools trained illegally on stolen highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #79

Can you ever accept the fact that AI is like McDonald's? KS Toronado 3 hrs ago #82

Would you eat at McDonald's if the business was built entirely on theft, as genAI is? highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #84

Sure if it was the only place in town to eat. KS Toronado 3 hrs ago #85

Not comparable. Unless forced by work or school, no one has to use genAI. But thanks for letting highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #87

And btw, if you want to know why so many people hate it, I suggest you go to Bluesky and post highplainsdem 3 hrs ago #86

Well stated, HPD! SheltieLover 1 hr ago #93

Agree jmbar2 26 min ago #94

Agreed! SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #52

LOL ShazzieB Yesterday #42

Please stop posting AI SLOP. nt Wednesdays Yesterday #47

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m 14 hrs ago #70

😊We're An Inclusive Big Tent😊 -- One Person's 'AI SLOP' Is Another Person's Assisted Artistic Endeavor MayReasonRule 4 hrs ago #78

There are a lot of artists who are actually disabled who hate AI art, who've had some success as highplainsdem 1 hr ago #92

Of all the clowns in the clown car, RFK Jr is the one who will do the most long-term damage in this shit show. Initech Yesterday #8

The most unqualified cabinet member in history which is saying a lot.... NNadir Yesterday #10

We are being run by a cabinet full of James Bond villains. Initech Yesterday #11

Your last sentence recalls the line... NNadir Yesterday #13

And the other plutocrat-owned and controlled "news" media are doing the same. erronis Yesterday #15

Seriously. It's like watching the new Nazis take over in real time. Initech Yesterday #32

They're evil and incompetent, but they're not smart enough to be James Bond villains. highplainsdem Yesterday #19

James Bond villains are typically very intelligent Mysterian 21 hrs ago #59

I'm completely unqualified for the job and yet more qualified than him Layzeebeaver Yesterday #12

The main qualification for an HHS Secretary is to listen to scientists, not to assume... NNadir Yesterday #16

It might be a toss-up between him, Miller, and Noem..... AZ8theist 20 hrs ago #60

RFK Jr. was put at the head of HHS, so that he would destroy all these programs and so trump could take that money MLWR Yesterday #9

I found this link to The Lancet to work better. YMMV. erronis Yesterday #17

That's the same link I posted, and doesn't work directly from DU either because DU's software won't highplainsdem Yesterday #20

Try this: hunter Yesterday #23

Thanks! highplainsdem Yesterday #25

For the record, eggplant beat me too it. hunter Yesterday #26

Yes, I saw, and posted a thank you, and mentioned both your replies in the edited OP. highplainsdem Yesterday #27

It's chilling to note that the word "promised" appears repeatedly in the passage shown. CBHagman Yesterday #21

Try this url eggplant Yesterday #22

Thanks! Didn't know that. I'll edit the OP again. highplainsdem Yesterday #24

That crazy baboon is incredibly dangerous. Dave Bowman Yesterday #28

They all are. The Trump regime would be one of the craziest sitcoms ever if the characters were just highplainsdem Yesterday #30

Yeah, he sure would be ashamed of the ignorant fool who's playing with people's health. 🙁 Dave Bowman 21 hrs ago #57

If it wasn't RFK Jr it would have been another clown like Dr. Oz or some Covid Conspiracy nut maxsolomon Yesterday #29

Look up "HTML encoding" to fix links that break like this in the future if you want :) AZJonnie Yesterday #31

Thanks! highplainsdem Yesterday #33

No problem sistah! 👍 AZJonnie Yesterday #36

Yup. People will die because of this TexasBushwhacker Yesterday #38

Trump chose well. dalton99a Yesterday #37

Secretary Brainworm's thing about "shared decision making" for vaccines really irks me. 3catwoman3 Yesterday #39

They're not wrong...nt Wounded Bear Yesterday #44

Completely intentional orangecrush Yesterday #50

There is no surprise about anything Kennedy does. Those that confirmed him have no excuse. Doodley 23 hrs ago #53

And a medical doctor cast the deciding vote for RFKjr... spanone 23 hrs ago #54

Means is an ally of RFK Jr. bmichaelh 23 hrs ago #55

I campaigned for his father ... Jarqui 21 hrs ago #58

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME Skittles 18 hrs ago #61

Getting rid of people who might be on Social Security, Medicaid, or any government program repukes highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #63

but....fucking with vaccines Skittles 18 hrs ago #64

They assume they'll still have good medical care. That mostly the poor will suffer and die. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #65

sounds so PRO-LIFE and CHRISTIAN Skittles 18 hrs ago #66

They're anything but true Christians. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #67

sad to say but... Skittles 18 hrs ago #68

Most self-professed Christians I know don't follow Christ's teachings very well, either. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #69

No worries, T💩p's Surgeon General nominee is a medical school dropout. OMGWTF 18 hrs ago #62