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by doctorless 3004 days ago
I find it intriguing that people are still surprised that there are attempts to polarize and amplify both sides from foreign actors. Hell, it happens just as intentionally from within our borders. I literally gave a talk on automating it before the 2016 election. I even used the data to project the winner of the election. People laughed. Then November rolled around.
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Do you have a link to your talk? It sounds interesting
https://youtu.be/iIIemMC4hrk

Admittedly, I was aiming for humor at some points, but that was to help offset the gravity of the experiment.

Is there a version of that with remotely audible audio?
Boondock clip where Ann Coulter is BFF with Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1seThIG34R8