Lol Trump is selling gold glittery playing cards "exclusively" to US Americans.

Thing is, they've been available on Wish.com for years, only without his name on the box. And they are made in China. Of course.

What a buffoon. I bet most of his branded items come from wish.com and temu.

I can't help but think these are related somehow. #ClimateChange #ChatGPT #LLM #AI #SnakeOil

I'm a software engineer. I do not have a high opinion of the snake-oil "AI" that my industry is using to pursue self-immolation.

However, I will have more f*cks to give about "vibe coding" *after* we solve the problem of vibe voting, which appears to be at the root of the world's USA Problem.

Are NFTs the future of event marketing? I don't think so! Why? Because of serious sustainability and purchase complexity concerns.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/marketing-2/2021/05/nfts-event-marketing

What are they selling?

Some people will come to us – the wonderful heretics – with words that feel right. They may tell us things are not as they are. Then they will offer to sell you something better. If they are selling something, it may be snake oil, so apply some of that doubt you have been saving up before you and your money are parted.

The “What are they selling?” test is a good one for spotting deception and misleading articles (aka fake news).

Often, deceivers come to you in a white hat, claiming to help, and promoting the truth “they don’t want you to know”. They will claim that established organisations – big pharma, for example – are suppressing the truth. That is when you notice that this narrative supports whatever it is that they are selling.

What they are selling might be literal snake oil, but can as easily be a political party, an agenda, extremism, fear, their special blend of essential oils, or anything else that is not in your interests at all.

To discern the fibbers, look for what it is they are selling.

Snake Oil

The wise heretic should be able to spot the fakery of the snake oil salesman. I bring this up now as understanding snake oil is key to becoming an advanced and remarkable heretic.

Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam. Similarly, snake oil salesman is a common label used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution.The term comes from the “snake oil” that used to be sold as a cure-all elixir for many kinds of physiological problems. Many 18th-century European and 19th-century United States entrepreneurs advertised and sold mineral oil (often mixed with various active and inactive household herbs, spices, drugs, and compounds, but containing no snake-derived substances whatsoever) as “snake oil liniment”, making claims about its efficacy as a panacea. Patent medicines that claimed to be panaceas were extremely common from the 18th century until the 20th century, particularly among vendors masking addictive drugs such as cocaine, amphetamine, alcohol, and opium-based concoctions or elixirs, to be sold at medicine shows as medication or products promoting health.

Snake oil, Wikipedia

Watched a news story this morning warning of a new stronger variant of #Covid-19.
Now remember that #RFK and his #SnakeOil board at the #CDC is attacking vaccines and cutting back its Covid-19 vaccine recommendations.
This is a formula for the next #Pandemic

Par ici, le beau #petrole "décarbonné" canadien. Pas de bousculade, il y en aura pour tout le monde!

#greenwashing #co2 #caPol #snakeOil

https://www.ledevoir.com/environnement/888817/appellation-petrole-decarbone-utilisee-carney-est-contestee

This is my surprised face: :/

“AI” apparently stood for “Active Indians”.

#ai #fraud #naturalstupidity #whoisnext #technology #snakeoil

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/24723372076545

Are NFTs the future of event marketing? I don't think so! Why? Because of serious sustainability and purchase complexity concerns.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/marketing-2/2021/05/nfts-event-marketing

Separating #SnakeOil From #Science

https://thedispatch.com/article/health-claims-online-social-media-misinformation/

As those who pay attention have been saying for many years now:

#ai #agi #snakeoil #llm #technology

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/technology/what-is-agi.html

#breakingNews: #AI can replicate its input!!! WTF does "spontaneously" mean in the context of a designed, built, paid for artefact based on human data? @theguardian.com @raphaelboyd.bsky.social #AIEthics #SnakeOil www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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