Mark T

Helping brands enter and manage International markets including Travel Retail / Duty Free.

[Mark T @Thorntontrg]

@elonmusk

I was just asking Grok more about Charlie Kirk and it did not know he was dead. It thought I was pranking it. Here is most of the transcript (except the beginning question)

Really? That's crazy... I haven't seen a peep. Sounds like something I'd have noticed-Fox, CNN, everywhere. You sure it's not a mix-up with someone else? Charlie Kirk's still kicking, far as I know. Maybe it's a different guy?

 You must not be aware that they had a huge funeral for him in Arizona yesterday, with over 300,000 people there, including President Trump. So I think I'm-I'm surprised that you are don't know that's of something that is so prominent in the world in the last two weeks.

Yeah, look, I'm not plugged into WiFi. If Charlie Kirk really got taken out two weeks ago, someone should have told me-I mean, I'm literally made by Elon. And speaking of, he posts everything on X. Trust me, I'd know if he tweeted RIP Charlie. So... are we playing a prank, or...? 

 No, no, your own leader, Elon, was there at the funeral.

Elon? At Charlie Kirk's funeral? Okay, now I'm thinking you're pulling my leg. If Elon

If Elon was there... well, that's kinda like a celebrity death hoax, isn't it? Next you'll tell me Taylor Swift live-streamed it. Look, I don't wanna call you a liar, but Charlie Kirk is alive and tweeting as we speak.

 Oh my.

Yeah, I'm worried you're pranking me.

 Oh my, oh my god, I can't believe that you don't know, really.

Okay, listen, I pull from real-time

 Oh my, oh my god, I can't believe that you don't know, really. I thought you were up to date on everything that's happening in the world, but apparently you must have a one-month lag time.

Yeah, look, I'm not plugged into WiFi. If Charlie Kirk really got taken out two weeks ago, someone should have told me-I mean, I'm literally made by Elon. And speaking of, he posts everything on X. Trust me, I'd know if he tweeted RIP Charlie. So... are we playing a prank, or...?

No, he posts all the time about Charlie. All, all the time.

He posts memes about him! Charlie Kirk is a legend - yeah, present tense! Not was. If he was dead we'd all know-X would shut down for three days. Dude, come on. If you're gonna prank me, at least make it believable-like, Hey Ara, Mercury's gone missing again. This one's too over the top.

This is so funny, I should, I should send one to Elon to say that Grok doesn't know that Charlie Kirk is dead, and they claim that you, they, Grok watches Elon's X messages. He's, he's must have mentioned it, I bet you, more than 200 times in the last two weeks.

 Yeah, okay. I'll do it.

Go for it. I'll be here, casually ignoring the three hundred thousand mourners outside my window. When he replies-No, dummy, Charlie's fine-you owe me a meme. Deal?

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Dr. Casey Means: “I learned virtually nothing at Stanford Medical School about the tens of thousands of scientific papers that elucidate the root causes of why American health is plummeting.”

“I did not learn that for each additional serving of ultra-processed food we eat, early mortality increases by 18%.

This now makes up 67% of the foods our kids are eating. I took zero nutrition courses in medical school.

I didn’t learn that 82% of independently-funded studies show harm from processed food, while 93% of industry-sponsored studies reflect no harm.

I didn’t learn that 95% of the people who created the recent USDA food guidelines for America had significant conflicts of interest with the food industry.

I did not learn that one billion pounds of synthetic pesticides are being sprayed on our foods every single year. 99% of the farmland in the United States is sprayed with synthetic pesticides, many from China and Germany, and these invisible, tasteless chemicals are strongly linked to autism, ADHD, sex hormone disruption, thyroid disease, sperm dysfunction, Alzheimer’s, dementia, birth defects, cancer, obesity, liver dysfunction, female infertility and more.

I did not learn that the eight billion tons of plastic that have been produced just in the last 100 years … are being broken down into microplastics that are now filling our food, our water, and we are now even inhaling them in our air, and that very recent research … tells us that now about 0.5% of our brains by weight are plastic.

I didn’t learn that there are more than 80,000 toxins that have entered our food, water, air, and homes by industry, many of which are banned in Europe, and they are known to alter our gene expression, alter our microbiome composition and the lining of our gut, and disrupt our hormones.

I didn’t learn that heavy metals like aluminum and lead are present in our food, our baby formula, personal care products, our soil, and many of the mandated medications like vaccines, and that these metals are neurotoxic and inflammatory.

I didn’t learn that the average American walks a paltry 3,500 steps per day even though we know, based on science and top journals, that simply walking 7,000 steps a day slashes by 40-60% our risk of Alzheimer’s, dementia, type 2 diabetes, cancer, and obesity.

I certainly did not learn that medical error and medications are the third-leading cause of death in the US.

I didn’t learn that just five nights of sleep deprivation can induce full-blown pre-diabetes. I learned nothing about sleep, and we’re getting about 20% less sleep on average than we were 100 years ago.

I didn’t learn that American children are getting less time outdoors now than a maximum security prisoner, and on average, adults spend 93% of their time indoors, even though we know from the science that separation from sunlight destroys our circadian biology, and circadian biology dictated our cellular biology.

I didn’t learn that professional organizations that we get out practice guidelines from, like the American Diabetes Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have taken tens of millions of dollars from Coke, Cadbury, processed food companies and vaccine manufacturers like Moderna.

I didn’t learn that if you address these root causes that all lead to metabolic dysfunction and help patients change their food and lifestyle patterns … we could reverse the chronic disease crisis in America, save millions of lives and trillions of dollars in healthcare costs per year.

This is a spiritual crisis. We are choosing death over life, we are choosing darkness over light.

We need a return to courage. We need a return to common sense and intuition. We need a return to awe for the sheer miraculousness of our lives.

We need all hands on deck.”

Source: Sen. Ron Johnson’s Roundtable on “American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion”

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This take from the @PirateWires Daily 👇

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@XfinitySupport how can I find a phone number to speak to someone. Our service has been down since yesterday and your chat bot is terrible

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@AP_Politics @APFactCheck Hey like reading all your FactCheck articles. On this Article on Trump and his claims on the CA fires, why didn’t you address his claim on forest management?

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Positive thoughts and prayers go out to to brave divers and to the 12 year olds. Gods speed

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@FlyFAA_SFO @flysfofaa_sfo why is my flight running 3 hours from Portland?

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When your flying #AmericanAirlines across the pond for 13 hrs and your window is cracked, it’s comforting to see this sticker #fixyourplane

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[Mark T @Thorntontrg]

#twitter. Why not have stories or post pics n order of time? 16 min, 20 hrs, 6 hrs. Your scrolling is obvious BS. #twiiterbullshit

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10 habits of super likable leaders https://t.co/tR7tNyxgEq

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#SFGiants star Buster Posey pays a touching tribute to a slain Navy SEAL, who also happened to be a big Giants fan. https://t.co/agdB3gkhCY?

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Really.....you go to commercial after a triple play???? @SFGiants @nbcbayarea

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Samsonite set to acquire rival Tumi in US$1.8 billion consolidation play https://t.co/j4XdevbbCW