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Real people have been replaced with AI, which you love, because the people around you have become so intolerable - who are the same people that developed AI...
One caller wrote -
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People are assholes everywhere I go. I used to be a generally tolerable person, but now I can no longer deal with this. What the hell is going on out there? This is acceptable? I guess this is the new normal now.
Insert image of attractive woman here to keep people interested. Rotate on a necessary basis.
The 'Big' Story is way down here...
This is where the sleeping dogs lie.
For those of us who are still getting used to the fact that it is over, the media reminds you every day.
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Melancholia
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What one band referred to as the infinite sadness. The other was a movie.
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Does that even make any sense? It does to me and I am the fucking editor of Axiom City News.
On this day in...
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1713: The Treaty of Utrecht was signed, ending the War of the Spanish Succession. It reshaped European borders, with Britain gaining territories like Gibraltar and parts of Canada, marking a shift in global colonial power.
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1814: Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as Emperor of the French and was exiled to Elba. This was a pivotal moment in European history, temporarily ending his reign and the Napoleonic Wars.
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1945: The Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated by American forces during World War II. It was one of the first major camps freed, exposing the horrors of the Holocaust to the world.
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1951: U.S. President Harry Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War over disagreements on military strategy. This sparked debates about civilian control over the military.
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1961: The trial of Adolf Eichmann, a key Nazi war criminal, began in Jerusalem. His capture and trial brought global attention to Holocaust atrocities and justice for genocide.
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1968: President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act, banning discrimination in housing. It was a landmark step in the U.S. civil rights movement, passed days after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
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1970: Apollo 13 launched, only to face a near-disastrous oxygen tank explosion two days later. The mission’s safe return became a testament to NASA’s problem-solving under pressure.
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1979: Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was overthrown after a Tanzanian-led invasion. His brutal regime, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, came to an end as he fled into exile.
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1987: The London Agreement was signed, paving the way for the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France. It marked a major step in connecting the UK to mainland Europe.
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2019: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, was arrested in London after Ecuador revoked his asylum. His arrest reignited debates over press freedom and government secrecy.