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My Grok @bot setup as an "average retired woman who is not in the tech industry."
Don't let anyone tell you that grok bot would not be helpful to them. The possibilities are endless and so easy to set up... even I can do it 😎
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🚨 5 countries. 6 warnings. 1 week..
🇯🇵 Japan — on November 2, the day its new Disaster Management Agency opens, the government asks ALL citizens to store food, water and toilet supplies for at least 3 days.. a full week if they can.. the reason is big earthquakes..
🇬🇧 UK — the new "Be Ready" campaign tells families to keep 3 days of water, canned food, cash and a radio.. the radios are now SOLD OUT..
🇺🇸 US — the Pentagon wants its bases on US soil to run at least 90 days with no outside supply.. their own power, water, fuel and comms.. the plan is called FORTRESS.. its spokesman says "Power is combat now"..
🇬🇧 UK again — the head of the British Army, General Sir Roly Walker, stood in front of his soldiers at Catterick and told them "our nation is going to need you"..
🇩🇪 Germany — every 18-year-old man gets a military service questionnaire.. skip it and the fine is up to €250.. the first fines have started..
🇳🇴 Norway — a government press release, titled in plain words.. "3 things you must do to prepare for crisis and war".. and this is its Self-Preparedness Week..
and here's the part that should worry you..
one by one, each of these looks like normal news.. put them in one list and it feels very different..
all of it while the US and Iran are still on edge..
and the one that asks a whole country to stock up hasn't even started yet..
Follow me.. on November 2, open it again and see if the list got longer..
Do you do the "prepared thing"?
Being that we live in a hurricane zone and most years we get at least a brush-by, we have always "prepared" because if there's one thing we've learned from disasters in the US is that the .gov is not going to save you, you must be prepared to save yourself.
But we also go beyond just the usual "3-5 days worth of supplies"... we are prepared for a collapse should one ever happen while we are on the sunshine side of the dirt.
We didn't do it over night, and we didn't go into debt to do it. Instead, we did a little every week, consistently, year after year. We may no longer have years but anything you can do as you can afford to do is a huge plus. This pamplet is a good place to begin if you are new to the concept.
Nothing but winning! Are we tired of winning yet?
This is such an inspiring image, and I get a total "2001 Space Odyssey vibe from it.
",,, oh my God!—it's full of stars!"
Prayer answered
JUST IN: According to Israel’s @C14_news, Netanyahu has secured 62 seats, giving him a path to a majority government! Bibi is poised to remain Israel’s prime minister, defeating Eisenkot and paving the way for a strong right-wing coalition.
Jacob is looking for connections, check him out... a solid guy.
@jacobgay1989
Not only did I use them, I still have them, cos, you know, ya never know when you might need them again.
As much as I love Elon and credit him with saving our country, I'm a HARD NO on this. Elon might be great (and might not be, who knows) but what if someone else, like Mamdami or Said or Omar decided the Presidency was calling their name. What if a naturalized citizen who grew up in China decided to run .. and was elected.
And think about it, what if Elon 2028 is simply a Trogan Horse?
OMG.. I laughed so hard my sides hurt! I laughed so much I feel guilty... those poor poor poor babies! But, damn, way too funny!
Calling all Pittie Parents out there, let's show some love to someone making a difference
@JustinGood65768
If you are not familiar with this repository of Grok Bots you're missing out. grokbotshelf.com/
I snagged a couple, but the one that really made me sit up and take note was The VA Claims Coach.
If you have a Vet in your life this might be worth looking into.
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Morgan's post is worth a read, it's extremely well laid out.
But here's my 2 cents 😎
I am a casual history buff, and also an avid reader. One of my favorite was Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth series, the last of the series especially, The Armor of Light, with the Industrial Revolution playing a central role.
Gosh it was painful, deadly painful at times. And I am often reminded of it in regards to the AI revolution. Yes, it's going to be painful, and perhaps even deadly painful for some, time will tell.
But we cannot stop progress no more than we can quit the modern looms of our fabrics industry and go back to spinning wheels and hand weaving looms. Or go back to steam trains and horse drawn buggies in revolt against the internal combustion engine.
I think the BIG difference today is that we have an entire invisible "machinery" feeding fear and Chicken Little Naratives, where previously pain was personal and had personal solutions within the grasp of those suffering (no, they didn't always manage to snag them, but they were there just the same).
What can Jane Doe do to stop the AI apocalypse? Nothing. Helplessness breeds anger and fear... and lies nurture and feed it.
I saw a young woman crying on X about AI, and I felt bad for her. The distress seemed real, even though I don’t share all of her concerns.
Change can be difficult. My mother still complains about calculators ruining kids’ ability to think critically. 😂 I think that points to a question worth asking: When does technology help us, and when do we become too dependent on it?
Telephones let us catch up with family without making a trip. The Internet made communicating across the world easier. Social media helped us keep up with more people than we ever could in person. These technologies brought conveniences, but they also came with tradeoffs.
Generative AI is another major change. It can help us explore ideas, understand unfamiliar subjects, and build things we might not have been able to create before. It can also give us incorrect or biased information, so we still have to think for ourselves and check what it tells us.
Personally, I want people to have choices. If you don’t want to use AI, that is your prerogative. If you want to use it to build a business or bring an idea to life, that should be an option too. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness should leave room for different dreams.
But those choices also affect other people. Jobs, privacy, consent, and accountability deserve serious discussion. Supporting innovation doesn’t mean dismissing those concerns.
The Internet has given so many of us a megaphone. Having one doesn’t make us a reliable source, and being the loudest person in the conversation doesn’t make us right. That applies to people promising AI will solve everything and people predicting it will destroy everything.
I don’t know what that young woman has experienced or what led to her tears. I do wish our conversations about AI left more room for thoughtful discussion and less room for fear and rage.
This will be wonderful to watch. I am a huge history buff and Ancient Rome is right up there on my list of fascinations.
Tomorrow we're releasing a full UATX course for free: all 19 lectures of Professor Isabella Reinhardt's Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome, filmed in class with our students.
It runs from Rome's mythical founding to the Third Century Crisis. It ends on a question the class spent a whole session arguing about: did Rome ever really fall?