And openly accepting a winged bribe from Qatar. It boggles my mind that the better world leaders, including a few US politicians, don’t understand how he operates and get in on the game. Give him money and flattery and he’ll do whatever the hell you want.
I presented a question in good faith. I did not state my personal position. I’m not sure what itch you’re trying to scratch by behaving this way, but I hope you find it someday.
Brother-in-law teaches AP English at a fancy high school. Assigned his favorite author whom he studied extensively in grad school. Kid turns in essay with fake quotes, obviously AI. BIL meets with student. Asks if they used LLM to write paper. “No.” “Ok I’ll give you 30 seconds to find any of these quotes in the book before I call your parents and give you a zero.” Tears flow. Parents called. F obtained. Boss teacher move.
Well, it is about the difficulties of navigating the higher education system in the US as an international student, but unlike the ordinary XKCD comic, it’s not a joke.
Scumbags fleeing drug cartel violence who risk their lives to travel hundreds of miles to the US to grow our food, clean our toilets, build our houses, and pay taxes. The scumbags send their kids to our schools to learn our language and values and so they may grow up to contribute to our labor force in relative freedom and safety. These scumbags do this all while facing discrimination and exploitation. Absolute scumbags.
I’ve been part of several denominations: fundie baptist, charismatic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox. I’m now a bit of a free agent, but I attend a UMC when I’m feeling up to it.
Don’t count the doctors before the apples hatch.