The "What Are You Thinking About Right Now?" PIP
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BZ is working again! 
Biden looks like he's in bad health at Cheney's funeral. He walks and moves around with no energy.
Uh oh
Reuters
US posts solid job growth in September, but unemployment...
@Cult Icon I’m HIGHLY confident (>95%) that the +119K jobs figure for September will face significant downward revision. The initial expectation was around +50K jobs and that was already relatively optimistic given recent months and broader market indicators. The rise in the unemployment rate from 4.3% to 4.4% also suggests the labour market isn’t nearly as strong as one might hope. Also, with no separate October report (it’ll be merged into November, apparently), we basically lose a month of clear data.
Thoughts?
Wild day
13 minutes ago, Matt! said:
nvm then
Look at this CTE meathead. 
This is such a fun idea
AI and humanoid robots could make a few people insanely rich while everyone else...not so much.
Bills by 139
don’t give me hope
This is excellent, curious to see how bot networks respond. I doubt just using a VPN will change much (maybe they'll just disable this feature so you won’t realize you’re arguing with Indians and Russians pretending to be Americans).
What
25 minutes ago, Matt! said:This is excellent, curious to see how bot networks respond. I doubt just using a VPN will change much (maybe they'll just disable this feature so you won’t realize you’re arguing with Indians and Russians pretending to be Americans).
Most of the bots I encounter on X and on Tiktok are an endless stream of fake accounts pretending to be attractive women. They constantly follow my account/dm me a few times a week and I have to remove them.
In war & politics the overwhelmingly majority of the aggressive bots on X are paid propagandists that work for US political parties, NATO, and the US military establishment. I rarely see anyone representing other countries.
I've accumulated some experience on X premium. Overall I do see an increase in impressions that is similar to what other users experience- approx. 50% more. Overall it's not a silver bullet. Besides that as a verified member I can make longer tweets and have more options to customize things.
I also notice that only the first 3 hashtags of my tweets go into the system while the others are discarded. This is to be expected, I guess the higher premium tiers "unlock" further hashtags. On bluesky, all hashtags go into the system as it is a platform that desperately needs more engagement.
As a whole my experience on X shows that outside of politics & news the other subjects on X are pretty disappointing especially compared to youtube.
I don't expect to get more than a few hundred legit followers if I advertise routinely for a year.
Guns now join sneakers, watches, Bibles, guitars, perfumes, crypto and merch. At this point, I’m starting to think the only reason he’s in office is to make money.