Whenever there's a mystery, apply the scientific method to investigate it. Form a hypothesis, an experiment or test , then record the results and check if they support.

Hypothesis: CIA is hacking reporters to determine their government sources.

If we start seeing more government sources exposed, we haven't proven it but it supports the hypothesis.

Hypothesis: State election systems are being compromised for federal monitoring and control.

If we start seeing more improbable results in one direction, that is support for the hypothesis.

> apply the scientific method to investigate it.

Great where do I find a spare identical copy of the CIA to use as the control group?

The CIA's primary remit is outside of their own country. If the CIA is turning their focus inward, that's actually good news for the remainder of the civilized world.

I still check all the news sites who's biases aren't too obvious. But my views aren't paying their bills.

Would news be in a good place if they had the monopoly for online advertising?

Tank: We're supposed to start with these operation programs first. That's major boring shit. Let's do something a little more fun. How about... combat training.

Neo: Ju jitsu? I'm gonna learn Ju jitsu.

[Tank winks and loads the program] Neo: Holy shit!

Some people reply for their own happiness, some reply to communicate with another person. The AI won't remember or care about the reply.

SpaceX does real work at a profit, and its competitors will need even more time to catch up than they did Tesla.

Obviously there's a pattern of financial engineering, and it's inefficient, but the winners do offset the losers so there won't be a total collapse.

Maybe he likes the xAI minority investors more than the SpaceX investors? Or he needs their support for something else.

I agree we'll have to keep digging (or reading other comments, at least) to find a better explanation.

And they didn't even have to concoct a lie to justify it

It's only been 8 years, the addicts lives and those they touch can keep getting worse until their death.

A good reminder to check your AWS bill

As Donald Trump comes to rely on the teleprompter more and more, his apparent intelligence will only increase.

That's what he comes out with while using the teleprompter??

He seems to stop following it often. Boredom? Changing his mind?

In his first term people were suggesting that he's functionally illiterate and is incapable of following even the teleprompter. Whether that or he always thinks he's smarter than anyone so wouldn't follow the teleprompter written by someone else.