Jason

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Working to bring hope for the future to our dystopian now. About Me https://cranfordteague.com

So when the Epstein files were released, these men's names were redacted because the DOJ redacted victim's names. And so the abusers were protected by the DOJ because the DOJ did not question their claimed status as victims when they were clearly co-conspirators. 3/3

An Unsophisticated Decision-Making Machine Your AI always has an opinion. It has never, not once, had a stake in what happens to you. Don’t confuse the two, especially not on the days when its opinion is better than yours. That will happen. 🧵 1/2 →

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Peter Thiel exchanged 2,000+ emails with Jeffrey Epstein… Then… Epstein invested $40 million in Thiel's Valar Ventures funds. They swapped strategies to avoid IRS tracking of hidden wealth. When billionaires teach each other to hide wealth from the IRS, that's not tax planning… It’s a crime. 🤔

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Are you in favor of a ban on cellphones in K-12? About three-quarters of U.S. adults (77%) support in-class cellphone bans for middle and high school students. 🧵 1/3 →

Chart | More Americans now support than oppose all-day school cellphone bans | https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2026/07/younger_adults_express_less_support_for_school_cellphone_bans_than_older_adults-341065-1785333582.png

Four habits for better human decision making with AI Decide who decides before the work starts, not after. This one has evidence behind it. 🧵 1/7 →

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Slop Was Never About AI "Then the researchers did something that should have made everyone stop and pay attention. They gave the TOEFL essays to ChatGPT and asked it to improve the word choices so, they sounded more like those of a native speaker. 🧵 1/2 →

Text highlights research on improving TOEFL essays with ChatGPT, noting a drop in false positive rates.

An Unsophisticated Decision-Making Machine Your AI always has an opinion. It has never, not once, had a stake in what happens to you. Don’t confuse the two, especially not on the days when its opinion is better than yours. That will happen. 🧵 1/2 →

Text on a blurred background: "Your AI always has an opinion..." by Jason Cranford Teague, titled "An Unsophisticated Deci...

Four habits for better human decision making with AI Decide who decides before the work starts, not after. This one has evidence behind it. 🧵 1/7 →

An Unsophisticated Decision-Making Machine | https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E12AQHLbp_7RuzDbQ/article-cover_image-shrink_720_1280/B4EZ.z1EqEKUAQ-/0/1785428462741?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=8dWAO5ujQHFDwW2YWuWe_UMtH3o71Sf9aq2e_-i_6bw

The Space Between People 69% of leaders spend more than half their time influencing others without direct authority. Why? Because managers are expected to produce billable hours while also managing people. They don't have time to do both. 🧵 1/2 →

69% of leaders spend more than half their time influencing others