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Ai scamming

Are we sure it's AI?

I've heard of this scam happening maybe a decade ago with my extended family. The voice was a real person overseas with a lot of exp tricking grandparents. Scammers only had basic information.

They act as a freaked out kid and the victim gets roped in. They scam for thousands of dollars each time, even succeeding a few times a day would net a big profit. Also cell connections are low fidelity, I bet that aids their ability to trick the victim.

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Oklahoma is begging the Supreme Court not to make it kill a man

Deep down in the vox article, it says Glossip was not present for the murder. I live in Oklahoma and been following the story for awhile now. It's one of those cases where they arrested the murderer, but that wasn't enough for them. So they made a deal with the murderer to testify against Glossip like he's a criminal mastermind. The murderer was untrustworthy, then dies in prison, and that testimony is the only solid evidence they have against Glossip. I feel so bad for Glossip.

Our criminal justice is run by criminals y'all.

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Gross negligence can and should be brought up in a civil case. But criminal law is a different animal. People get killed all the time, but you don't get charged for murder when it's obviously an accident. Even involuntary manslaughter probably has too high a bar for a rich person to get convicted. Remember the afluenza kid?

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A cool guide to total tax burden by state

Texas has significantly higher property taxes than California. So high in fact, many of the tech bros that moved out there and bought a million dollar home had a higher total tax burden even though California has higher income and sales taxes.

Don't ever trust a cool guide to figure your taxes, just do the math yourself.

Also higher taxes can save you money in the long term if those taxes support things like infrastructure, education, and healthcare. Living in Texas, getting back 10-20% of your income back through lower taxes but receiving a fraction of the benefits of a social democracy in a Nordic country ain't a fair trade for working people.

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Colorado shooter who killed five at LGBTQ+ club charged with hate crimes

Same person who media figures claimed was trans to help whatabout this hate crime against the LGBTQ community?

Same person who previously streamed himself in a standoff with SWAT? Home was loaded with guns and explosives, but the police dropped the charges for technical reasons...

The USA has no ability to meaningful prosecute, let alone understand alt right terrorism plaguing this country.