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Dennis Gaffney's avatar

I love how you went from the thought piece, which got me thinking, to the action piece, which fot me, well, acting (or conspiring with myself how i might opt out). Loving what you’re doing!

Ray Lepore's avatar

Kate, I am so glad you’re out from under the Post. What a fabulous thing for us all!

Great post as usual. So many ways to opt out that never occurred to me. I especially appreciate opting out of putting your hand on the bible. Amen!! Wait, what???

Thank you again!

Kate Cohen's avatar

Hahahaha. Exactly! I think we can reclaim "Amen"! It's extremely useful. Thank you for your kind words — and for reading. I know I'm speaking to fewer people here than I was at the Post, but I have more of a sense that people are listening.

Ray Lepore's avatar

Keep writing as you are and many more folks will start listening. Amen to Amen!

John Goerdt's avatar

Excellent ideas, Kate. It’s also refreshing to read reporting, analysis, and suggestions on an extraordinarily important issue that is sliding under the radar while Trump creates a whirlwind of chaos, criminality, and corruption.

Kate Cohen's avatar

Thank you, John. Meanwhile some of that chaos is created with AI tools . . . Did you see that the White House released an altered photograph of a lawyer detained in Minneapolis? Very scary. I wouldn't be surprised to see an official altered video of the Renee Good murder one of these days.

John Goerdt's avatar

I did not see the altered photo of the lawyer detained in Minneapolis. That is scary. I will look for it. However, I did think about the possibility that this administration might use AI to alter the video of René Goods murder, or the murder of any other innocent civilian by ICE. There seems to be no bottom to the well of their moral depravity.

Therese Chan's avatar

I've disabled that nonsense on searches on my desktop computer (I use Microsoft Edge most of the time). But I've not figured out a way to do it on the search engines on my iPhone. I hate it.

Harry's avatar

"Potato." huh? Is there an A.I. / Dan Quayle nexus?

Kate Cohen's avatar

Oh yes, if you say, "What is the plural of potato?" you'll win the game.

Isabelle Bleecker's avatar

I am opting out DAILY!