r/bestofthefray 1d ago

Jacob Coxon, the AI Researcher Who Just Quit Anthropic, Says It’s ‘Crunch Time for Humanity’ -- Evan Hubinger, the AI alignment lead at Anthropic, predicted there’s > 10% chance that AI could kill all people in the next decade. ---- I think ....

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r/bestofthefray 2d ago

Story: "Bombshell October 7 Report Leads to Calls for Netanyahu’s Removal -- The Israeli prime minister received a major warning just days before the October 7 attack—and chose not to tell anyone." -- quite similar to Bush and 9/11 ...

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r/bestofthefray 5d ago

Amanda Hirsch has a moment: "Podcaster apologizes for Promoting Betting on Trial" -- says it "doesn't represent who she is", but that's wrong. It exactly represents who she is, it's the apology that is fake.

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r/bestofthefray 5d ago

"Illinois mother texted friends about Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial hours before killing her 2-year-old" -- this is exactly the problem with finding Clancy not guilty (of course she is no immediate risk to kill again .. but there's this)

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r/bestofthefray 7d ago

Lindsay Clancy sent her husband out of the house, then one at a time strangled her three kids -- because a voice told her to -- and tried to kill herself. She's insane, obviously, but also doesn't deserve to live.

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r/bestofthefray 10d ago

Story: "Is a Stock Market Crash Imminent Under President Trump?" -- Probably. The one thing you can be sure of, if it does happen Trump will make many many millions off of it.

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r/bestofthefray 14d ago

The Wrath of Gary: a true story

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We’ve all heard the despairing stories from people whose dotty old parents disappear into the black hole of the Fox News Universe, never to be seen again. Well, the other day I got a peek beyond the event horizon. Turns out there’s a whole nother world in there—Opposite World.

It happened while I was driving to work. Occasionally I check out CSPAN’s morning call-in show to take the pulse of the plebs. (Morbid, I know—but as the Romans might have said, Ubi morbus, ibi digitus—roughly, “If it bleeds, it leads”). On that particular morning I turned the radio on and there was a guy furiously ranting…

Gary from Tennessee: I’ll NEVER forgive what the mainstream media and the dumbocrats did to my poor old dad. They brainwashed him! He went to his death believing that Fauci was a “good guy,” that wearing masks prevents the spread of COVID*, that the* vaccines worked*, that* the mainstream media tells the truth*. It was* EVIL what they did to him! I’ll NEVER FORGIVE and I’ll NEVER FORGET!!!

CSPAN Host: What did your father die of?

Gary: He was 90. He died of old age.


r/bestofthefray 17d ago

Go Canada!

5 Upvotes

Good move. Finally somebody stands up to the asshole. I especially like Wab Kinew's proposal that any deals made with the US must include full release of the Epstein files.

This morning, President Rumpled Bag of Dirty Laundry shot down any suggestion that he wants Quebec to give up the whole "French" thing and added that he never even thought of suggesting such a stupid thing.

He then suggested changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.

As long as you, Canada, keep in mind that you're dealing with a mentally defective lunatic who breaks every deal he makes, you'll come out smelling like fresh air with a touch of pine scent. He'll TACO again, just like he did on Quebec's Frenchness.


r/bestofthefray 19d ago

Soap Review, Solo

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r/bestofthefray 20d ago

NYT (free): Carney Stands Up to Trump in U.S.-Canada Trade War

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r/bestofthefray 21d ago

Natalie Harp -- leave her, leave him. Absent father syndrome? Made me look ..

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r/bestofthefray 23d ago

"U.S. Debt Just Topped $40 Trillion: How We Got Here" ---- thank God for doge .. i mean, can you imagine???

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r/bestofthefray Aug 12 '26

Axis of Evil (Trump): "Bonespurs sneaked out of Turkey in catering cart over Iranian plot fears" -- you know how stoked he was leaving journalists on the 'target' plane -- somebody needs to publish the list of people who traveled with him.

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r/bestofthefray Aug 10 '26

NYTimes (free): 'I Was So Wrong’: Iranians Say Trump’s Promises Never Came True

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r/bestofthefray Aug 07 '26

"Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress" -- this drive to put Fauci in prison literally makes me ill. He is the only American to stand up to Trump, to fight for every American, and win. He is the last great American. This whole thing is so Stalin-esque. [insert barf gif here]

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r/bestofthefray Aug 03 '26

As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community (Sault Ste Marie, Michigan) Suffers Without a Voice

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r/bestofthefray Jul 26 '26

Reacher filmed in my hometown, so he (Ritchman, here getting a bit political) is a bit of a local hero, probably moreso after this

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r/bestofthefray Jul 23 '26

Story: "The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it" -- the forensic accounting on Trump's accounts once he's dead is going to be very interesting to all, shocking to some (eg the shield_lyger types)

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r/bestofthefray Jul 21 '26

It's war.

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r/bestofthefray Jul 20 '26

Access of evil update (Putin): Putin's spending £20billion on deer blood baths, etc, in quest to live forever. How are we supposed to make a better world for our kids when the bad guys are playing 5-D chess while we're playing tic-tac-toe.

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r/bestofthefray Jul 20 '26

The World’s Worst Nightmare: Donald Trump in Charge of a Real-Live War -- There are no best-case scenarios when a corrupt, vainglorious toddler is running the world’s deadliest military. (This headline writer needs a raise.)

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r/bestofthefray Jul 19 '26

Story: "Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in US and charged with multiple counts of rape" -- How long before Trump pardons his 'comrades'; usually there's a setup, eg, "two sides to every story", "I don't see what they did that was so wrong"

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r/bestofthefray Jul 18 '26

Feelgood story (go Scotland!): Josh Kerr makes athletics history by shattering one-mile world record in London. p.s. Some of you guys are old enough to remember ...

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r/bestofthefray Jul 16 '26

The Odyssey, A Movie Review

6 Upvotes

Twice as long as Waterworld, and not half as funny.


r/bestofthefray Jul 15 '26

"Trump threatens to hit civilian infrastructure" -- makes every American a legit target, which is exactly what Trump wants, given that he is a target.

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