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Bullshit: Even ChatGPT’s creators can’t figure out why it won’t answer certain questions

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via semafor: Even ChatGPT’s creators can’t figure out why it won’t answer certain questions — including queries about former U.S. President Donald Trump, according to people who work at creator OpenAI. In the months since ChatGPT was released on Nov. 30, researchers at OpenAI noticed a category of responses they call “refusals” that should have been answers. … Read more

“Retail Trading Just Hit An All-Time High.“ -Forbes

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“The percentage of total trading volume coming from retail investors was about 23% from January 25 to February 1…” https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2023/02/03/retail-trading-just-hit-an-all-time-high-heres-what-stocks-are-the-most-popular “Retail trading hit an all-time high this year, according to JPMorgan data, as non-institutional market participation enjoys a renaissance amid a favorable start to 2023 for equities, even surpassing 2021’s high-profile, meme-driven surge in day … Read more

“The press vs. the president”? It’s actually the press vs. reality, and anyone that refuses to let the press define reality.

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#JOURNALISM: INDEFENSIBLE: If a book-length compilation of errors and dishonest coverage — printed in the Columbia Journalism Review, and written by a reporter with the credentials of Jeff Gerth — doesn’t get picked up by MSM at all, it’s proof they will never reform. https://t.co/ZBDchee5nm — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) February 1, 2023 h/t Cellec

WHO releases international pandemic treaty zero draft that targets “misinformation” and “disinformation”

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The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a zero draft of its international pandemic treaty which will give the unelected global health agency new powers to “tackle” anything that it deems to be “false, misleading, misinformation or disinformation” if passed. The WHO has been pushing the treaty since December 2021 and those drafting the treaty … Read more

Liabilities and Capital: Liabilities: Earnings Remittances Due to the U.S. Treasury (-26.959 billion as of 2/2/2023)–Let’s talk about the Fed’s cumulative losses.

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by Dismal-Jellyfish Good evening, jellyfish here! I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful rest of the evening and an awesome start of the weekend. I want to take a minute to discuss a graph I am sure is going to catch some folks attention: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RESPPLLOPNWW For starters, the Fed is playing slight of hand here. … Read more

The World Needs Both “Toxic” Masculinity AND Oil. Period. Full Stop.

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These two key ingredients are what built modern society and allows all the soy boys to tweet about the “oppression of capitalism” on their smart phones. Oil well drilling looks crazy dangerous. Much respect the the guys doing to this. 🫡 🔊 pic.twitter.com/exba8AYlxF — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) February 3, 2023 Is there a job … Read more

Credit Card Debt Reaching New Heights! Interest on Credit Card Debt in US Alone Is $200B… Amazon Reports Its First Unprofitable Year Since 2014

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Source:CNBC Amazon reports its first unprofitable year since 2014 Amazon lost $2.7 billion last year, the company said on Thursday. This was despite holiday-season sales growing 9%. Amazon’s shares fell in after hours trading. By far, the biggest culprit for Amazon’s losses over the year was the company’s hefty investment in the electric automaker Rivian … Read more

U.S. Senator Mike Lee Threatens Japan’s Prime Minister, Gives February 28, 2023 Deadline

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Let’s face it, @kishida230, you’ve got a really good security arrangement with the United States, and you’ve had the luxury of not having that arrangement discussed or seriously questioned in Congress for a long time. That’s about to change. — Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) February 2, 2023 Why would you rock the boat by throwing one … Read more

DTC Settlement Money Market Instrument (MMI) Issuer Failure. Is HSBC Bank having problems?

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by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.dtcc.com/-/media/Files/pdf/2023/2/3/Issuer-Failure-MMB6.pdf https://www.sifma.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sifma-and-dtcc-white-paper-money-market-instruments-blue-sky-task-force-report.pdf Some recent headlines: HSBC 1/13/2023: Under pressure from his biggest shareholder, China’s Ping An Insurance Group, to improve profit, HSBC (HSBA.L) Chief Executive Noel Quinn has in recent months accelerated plans to shrink its global empire and streamline its management. Reuters reported HSBC is shedding at least 200 senior managers as it prunes the ranks … Read more

REPORT: ISRAEL PUSHING US AND FRANCE TO JOIN THEM IN STRIKING IRAN IN AN EXTENSIVE AIR CAMPAIGN HITTING 3,000 TARGETS – RADIO FRANCE

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REPORT: ISRAEL PUSHING US AND FRANCE TO JOIN THEM IN STRIKING IRAN IN AN EXTENSIVE AIR CAMPAIGN HITTING 3,000 TARGETS – RADIO FRANCE — The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) February 3, 2023 https://twitter.com/_/status/1621399361442693122 https://twitter.com/_/status/1621399364139630593 Hmmm:>Nothing happening in the Middle East>Suddenly the EU proposes labelling IRGC a terror group>Israel carries out a terror attack against Iran and fails>EU proposal … Read more