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I did her about this "story." I wonder what the reaction would be if Laura Bush and Barack were being constantly seen kissing each other on the lips, embracing, and holding hands... I'm sure that will not happen as Barack know he has to be more careful Honestly, I could care less either way. Does anyone else? I gather from the 60 minutes clip the image for Michelle hugging George went viral; was the reaction largely positive or negative?

Thank you.

It could be, but the goal of technology is not to share valuable or useful information or to enlighten the public--the goal is to make money for the owners of the technology. If useful information happens to be shared that is great, but it is not the motivation. Truth is just as valuable as lies in the paradigm. I did not know about this until just now. But you guys are interested in sharing information important to Black people. Y'all still reject the notion that Rev. Al Sharptom is the MLK Jr. of today?

In recent history the last 5 hundred years or so it is obvious people of European ancestry have stolen more than people of African ancestry. Ample examples have already been provided. They invented the concept of rape pillage and plunder and set the standard for the Ponzi scheme. I actually don't buy into the premise of the question, as the propensity to steal is it a cultural thing not something based upon someone's skin color. There are many people of European ancestry that abhor this behavior, so I would not paint such a broad brush.

I just published AALBC's AI Policy, which can be summed up in a nutshell: While we use AI for much of development; All of our editorial (book reviews, articles, author interviews, etc.) content is human generated. While research our policy I came to alarming stats: A 2026 study of online articles found that “AI Now Writes as Many Online Articles as Humans” Thales/Imperva reports that 53% of global web traffic in 2025 was automated rather than human, up from 51% in 2024. (“Bad Bot Report 2026: The Internet Is No Longer Human and It’s Changing How Business Works.” At the risk of sounding "hysterically indignant," this is a really very bad sign for the Internet. I thought social media algorithms were bad (and they are), but AI driven bots taking over the web is far worse. Bots have taken over social media long ago, but the rest of the web was still a relatively free of bot manipulation. That may no longer true today. This is one reason I've been spending months eliminating third party app, and all their nasty, bloated trackers, from AALBC.

That is just word play, something @Pioneer1 loves to do too. Oh, please, share the study of this "famous" case I never heard of nor can find a source to substantiate any such sleep laboratory study Pioneer.. I mean @aka Contrarian 😘 No. What you have always shared are articles where the word race is used. Even I use the word "race" and racial terms like Black, but that does not mean there is a scientific basis for it. You will not find a peer review study supporting a scientific study supporting race, for obvious reasons. Race is a man-made social classification, not a scientifically defined genetic classification. If that is your definition, then we are on the same page. Since our debates I use the word race a lot less frequently in public I might use ethnicity and class when speaking about groups of people. As far as possession demonic or otherwise; The film Get Out was a horror flick, not a documentary Just because people are looking for Zombies does make them real. ...and by the way Zombies are not real, People are willing to say anything, and still others are willing to believe anything. For example, Trump can say something outlandish and their are those tat will defend what he say even thought what is said is provably false. This is one idea I'm inclined to entertain 😉 I just don't buy the Newton went away for a couple of years invented calculus and derived the law of motion, optics, etc. My problem with history of mathematics, science, religion, science (which @Pioneer1 call "white," meaning of European origin), ignores and/or takes credit for contribution of ancient Africans.

Just to close the loop on this conversation I spent about a year working with BISG which resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of BISAC codes for book about Black people: Checout the current {2026} list of "Black" BISAC codes: https://aalbc.com/african_american_bisacs

The indexing problem has been fixed. Well there are other issues but the main ones have been addressed :-) I don't know what you mean by an embedding box?

Yeah the title is not in the index that was generated in fact Tomi herself in not in the index. That is a problem that I need to look into sooner than later. Thanks for taking the time to point that out.

Happy Birthday Connie! You are blessed to have such a sharp mind, still willing to learn new things and explore new tech including AI. Many people 1/2 your age are less capable mentally--seriously.

Oh, on the contrary: Tomi Adeyemi is one of the top-selling authors on AALBC--indeed the nation. Now this begs the question: Why did you think she was not on the website?

I wasn't aware of the film -- thanks

Well, I'm a baby boomer but I can relate to much of what was said in the video. I only watched about 1/2 of it as there was nothing particular revelatory about it and it was getting redundant. Plus it struck me as AI. I apparently was not as moved by it as you were. Sure, shit is hard for a lot of older Black men, what else is new? It is not just Black men. I see a lot of white seniors greeting folks at walmat, driving ubers, working checkout at Costco, I doubt people do these jobs for just something to do. I know a few retirees who make more money in retirement than they did working -- usually some disability claim in involved...

Alcohol reduces inhibitions... man you act like you never drank to excess or been around someone who has. Making the leap to possession is absurd. One would have though experience would have taught you that. Dude! You do this all the time -- without exception you cite a source claiming to support an assertion of yours and it DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE. I have pointed this out to you previously that is when I started calling you incorrigible. Did you even read the study? Seriously, tell the truth. I actually read it before I responded to you the first time. Read it. The paper CLEARLY states patients switch to a secondary language in which they have some proficiency... Again, you want to believe these people are possessed so you cite paper you have not read and share video of lay people taking shit. FLS is not possession! SMH, oh my goodness... Between you and Franster this week LOL! No, I do not believe in a spirit that could be trapped in a bottle coke bottle or gain it's freedom only after granting you three wishes. I do not reject the idea of spirits at all. I just don't believe they are responsible for FLS, the behavior of black out drunks, or any of the other conditions you have attributed simply because there are more reasonable explanations available. Occam's Razor, Brother.

We still talkin' 'bout Puffy here? Clearly you are unfamiliar with this story. This is not just based upon hoover statements. Hoover attempted to use this information against MLK. LOL! I'm completely satisfied never giving the entire Dollar store franchise, nationally, another penny. I got a nicer (obviously) bottle later that day from a more respectable establishment 😁