4 July 2025

Happy Independence Day!

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Copper wire thieves are making some street lamps go dark. Some are on highways. Enough with this crap, already!

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Tina Kotek continues to support illegal immigrants' children. Calls them "marginalized students". Why are they marginalized, Tina? Maybe there's a reason?
All Tina knows what to do is spend federal money. Oregon is so dependent on this, that when it runs dry, Oregon is out of options. Tina has never given a thought to, you know, grow Oregon's economy. Make Oregon a place to invest. Instead, businesses are leaving. 

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Another amazing discovery from Chinese scientists: a new "water battery". High energy density, long lifespan, and excellent safety performance – what's there not to love? Let's do it!

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Asian scientists hide prompts in their papers so that AI reviewers give them positive reviews. Hidden prompts in white ink or miniscule size tell LLMs to only say nice things about the research. This should be easily countered; just tell your LLM to ignore what's in the paper.

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