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Google restricts AI chatbot Gemini from answering queries on global elections
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Brazil protests: Bolsonaro supporters attack police HQ
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U.K. Supreme Court Says Definition of Woman Is Biological
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – July 28, 2023
Greetings from Tyler, It turns out that wealthy people are fleeing California. The natural beauty of the place is hard to overstate. But the politicians have ruined paradise. The cities are overrun with criminality, and “homeless.” No way the squatters could afford to live on the real estate where they’ve pitched their tent. I guess…


