Doesn’t seem staged. The demo was imperfect in very normal ways. One imperfection was when it was referencing an old picture that he had earlier sent to the program.
I’d be more convinced it was staged if everything were perfect.
The only time I enjoyed a toxic fan base was for the show Under the Dome. Everyone seemed to hate watch the show and it made the whole thing more fun. The toxicity had the benefit of not being about social issues and just about how the show wasn’t high quality writing.
Off the top of my head, one thing people hated is that the main character hurt her leg and wore the bandage over her jeans.
He appears to have been radicalized. This other source shows his message that he posted to other people before the attack.
“Peace be upon the Messenger of God. May his peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you,” he wrote in Arabic.
“Brothers please forgive me for any time I have wronged you, I am going in the path of jihad tonight for the sake of Allah Azzawajal,” he then continued in English.
"I am a soldier of the Mujahideen of Al-Qaeda and take responsibility for the actions …
“If you have any illegal or jihadi things online or in real life please make sure to hide them.”
The first few episodes definitely hold up because it’s basically a solid 5 part movie. Kids will watch random episodes of shows, but they love and talk about arcs.
Skylar being in this group is low-key insane. She cheated on her narcissistic drug dealing murderous husband. The rest of these folks are murderers or magical torturers.
I think most “my kid made an interesting observation” stories sound fake, but this checks out for me.
When kids think of a “law man” they probably think of sheriffs and cops. When a kid overhears an adult mention “law school” they probably think it’s where a “lawman” went to school.
A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.
Watching the video seems better than reading an article since you get to hear from the patient. It’s in the article, but they posted a Twitter video link.
Egypt pyramids: Scientists may have solved mystery behind construction (www.bbc.com)
Believe it or not, no aliens were likely involved! Just some very smart humans and a massive amount of labor.
Major ChatGPT-4o update allows audio-video talks with an “emotional” AI chatbot (arstechnica.com)
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Australian police shoot dead 'radicalized' teen (www.dw.com)
The boy attack stabbed another man in an incident police said had the “hallmarks” of terrorism but was yet to be declared a terrorist act....
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Drew Barrymore Reveals She Accidentally Left Her "Sex List" at Danny DeVito's House (www.marieclaire.com)
Biden, speaking on campus protests, says both free speech and rule of law 'must be upheld' (abcnews.go.com)
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Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established (apnews.com)
A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.
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Can't remember if I've posted this, here. Just like Worf can't remember a lot of stuff. (lemmynsfw.com)
The West has the capability to halt Putin's brutal war - but does it have the resolve? (news.sky.com)
Video Shows First Neuralink Patient Playing Mario Kart With His Mind (futurism.com)
Russia claims it detained suspected perpetrators of Moscow shooting that killed over 100 people (kyivindependent.com)
Angela Chao: Shipping billionaire intoxicated when she drowned in Tesla, police report shows (www.bbc.com)
Shipping tycoon Angela Chao was drunk when she inadvertently reversed her Tesla into a pond and drowned last month at a Texas ranch, police say....