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@Pioneer1 Yes, race and ethnicity are two different things. You will find the word race used all over the place, but that does not mean that is has a basis in science. It is purely a social construct. This is a reason I wish people would stop using the word because is confuses people like you and prolongs the acceptance of racism. I skimmed the article, did you see the description "Hispanic" used? What "race" are Hispanics? I'm surprised "American Indians" was used, as it is offensive and should be dispensed with too... but we live a white racist society and old habits die hard.

@Pioneer1 NFL franchises are owned by individuals. Just concede the point for once.

There you go again using your "personal experience" as your only evidence again. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, you will still hold onto a demonstrably false idea... incorrigible.

So, you ascribe to the "fairy dust" theory. You know homosexuality existed long before the concept of race and certainly American white racism, right?

Everything else you wrote makes sense, but your premise is profoundly flawed. How in tarnation does a racist weaponize homosexuality, for example, against the Black community? Does some racist go around sprinkling fairy dust in the milk of little boys and girls? SMH...

More important is happiness I would be willing to bet readers, certainly curious people, who pursue knowledge, overindex on happiness? 🙂 It has been proven race doesn't. Which is why racism is dying.

Oh, OK I thought we were about NYC where the WTC Towers were. Dude what is the only plausible explanation; the tower were deliberately demolished right? That is a hell of a lot harder to explain. Otherwise, what the heck are we talking about? Fascinating report -- thanks for sharing it. I read most of the report and it and sound perfectly reasonable to me. Despite having two degrees in engineering I don't know enough to challenge it. I believe it. That is umbrarchist's fixation on accounting and 911 conspiracies LOL! Our economy would not work without it. It is wasteful but it is what it is...

LOL, well I'm not about to learn enough physics to explain how the tower came down -- at least not to your satisfaction. I just have enough common sense not to believe half the crazy stuff going around. Look if you wanna believe some here in the US conspired with the 9/11 hijackers to blow up the WTC and keep it all a secret, cool. You are still left the question why, to what end end?

I don't mess with Meta's AI all Mark is concerned about is using all of his resources to keep you glued to his platforms as long as possible. You think his feed is effective with AI you ain't seen nothing yet. I don't mess with Google's LLM either. I don't even use their search engine very much If the search results are any good it is hard to tell with all the crap they have on the search engine results page. When they launched it was great because the page was clean, nit it is a cluttered mess. I stopped doing that for coding questions in particular. If you, for example ask the LLM to perform a specific tasks using specific languages and tools and techniques it will do that. But if you don't tell it how to do something will is more likely to give you a better answer -- simply because you did not know enough to ask the right question. Perhaps.

Sorry to read this. I don't know what is worse man. All thing considered you did very well for yourself. Just need to divest you of a few conspiracy theories 😉

A mile is 20 city blocks. It wasn’t the airplanes that took the towers down. It was the jet engine fuel. I haven’t seen a detailed video explaining the collapse of the world trade Center, Towers and I definitely did not read the report. However, what you’re suggesting is that the towers were brought down deliberately, which is a conspiracy theory an absurd, one IMHO. The conspiracy theory requires a lot more of an explanation than the official report.

If you watch the video, all those questions will be answered. I thought you might find it interesting, But maybe not.

I wonder if he is actually posting this stuff himself... There must be a million other more productive, or amusing, things he could be doing with his time.

Well, it happened so how do you explain it? Here is an interesting story about the Citicorp building, real engineering deal with actual design flaws:

@Pioneer1 pretty much every topic of conversation you have described would be off limits pretty much everywhere I've worked -- especially the flirting. I had one female boss that I can remember. I did not report directly to her she was to level above me. She overcompensated on being tough. What is the purpose of having women in the workplace if they are just going to try to act like a man... But don't let it be a black and a white one 'Cause they'll slam ya down to the street top Black police showing out for the white cop

Yeah, ChatGPT will make things seemingly out of thin air and make it sound good. If you correct it, it always admits its error, which gives it a leg up on our friend @Pioneer1😉

Racism will eventually end in America @Delano. It has been dying slowly for the past 100 years. Every successive generation has been less racist than the one before it. All the hand wringing over efforts against DEI is just racism thrashing in its death throes. Mostly dimwits, especially older ones that adhere to racist ideology today and they are decreasing in numbers If this country can manage to last another 100 years it will see the end of racism. Future generations will look back on us they way we look at white people who used to enslave their own children. Prejudice is a different story. It will probably be with us as it is part of human nature. Ha Ha! I'm not sure why @umbrarchist is so fixated on accounting. Accounting tells you nothing about acquiring and building wealth; it is little more than the rules of financial record keeping. Sure, like taxes understanding the rules of accounting can help you keep more of your money. But you have to earn the money first.

even when presented with ample evidence, you still reject the truth. Dude just say, “I was wrong.” You’ve learned that SHANNON is a gender, neutral name and move on. It’s no big deal. We’re all wrong from time to time.

yes, a statement of the obvious. You could’ve just said that and the conversation would’ve been much shorter 😉

Well, just how many Black millionaire did he make? A quick answer would be any owner of any professional sports franchise.

Thanks for catching that Del. I’m surprised I didn’t catch that. Octavia Butler being on the list twice is a mistake. Publishers do not record authors names in a consistent fashion, so I need to normalize them. I corrected a few, but did not catch them all, obviously. When I get a chance, I’ll total up Octavia‘s sales put her in the right ranking and add the next ranking author to the hundredth position.

On this list perhaps Tananarive Due at #93

Here is a list of the 100 Black Bestselling Black Authors in 2024 ranked in order of total sales. Percival Everett James McBride Kimberly D. Moore Malcolm Gladwell Octavia E. Butler Rachel Renée Russell Toni Morrison Victoria Christopher Murray Bell Hooks Isabel Wilkerson Vashti Harrison Michelle Obama Sharon M. Draper Tomi Adeyemi Colson Whitehead Kennedy Ryan Snoop Dogg Amanda Gorman Zora Neale Hurston Angie Thomas Trevor Noah Tia Williams Fawn Weaver Jason Reynolds Margot Lee Shetterly R. H. Sin Crystal Hubbard Oprah Winfrey Sarah Jakes Roberts Nikole Hannah-Jones Jacqueline Woodson Alice Walker Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Yaa Gyasi Mellody Hobson Matthew A. Cherry Hanif Abdurraqib Wes Moore Lavaille Lavette Whoopi Goldberg B. B. Alston Sonya Renee Taylor Tracy Deonn Michael Harriot Walter Dean Myers Rio Cortez N. K. Jemisin Nic Stone Sadeqa Johnson Joy-Ann Reid Frederick Douglass Billy Chapata Keke Palmer Mildred D. Taylor Kiley Reid Frank Berrios Cole Arthur Riley Sister Souljah James Baldwin Jerry Craft Danzy Senna Rita Williams-Garcia Sherri L. Smith Lebron James Shasta Clinch Maya Angelou Tabitha Brown Ross Gay Christopher Paul Curtis Ben Carson Uché Blackstock Antonia Hylton Janay Brown-Wood Brittney Griner and Michelle Burford Clay Cane August Wilson Ketanji Brown Jackson S. A. Cosby A’ja Wilson Morgan Harper Nichols Ishmael Beah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ralph Ellison Essie Chambers Ebonyjanice Moore Taraji P. Henson Shanora Williams Jesmyn Ward Tananarive Due Angela Y. Davis Ladarrion Williams S. H. Fernando, Jr Analeigh Sbrana Clint Smith Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Rachel Johnson Saara El-Arifi Sydney Mclaughlin Derrick D. Barnes Zoe Shaw

there’s the author Shannon Holmes, a former poster SHANNON King, the famous boxer, SHANNON Briggs, the baseball player, Shannon, Stewart, and perhaps thousands of other men, you don’t know Just another example of how your personal observations has failed you again 🙂

I feel the same way.