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2025-12-26 | ๐ Autocratic ๐ Immigration ๐งช Invented ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ Indifference ๐ Machine ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ป Code ๐๐บ

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- ๐ง ๐ The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the Worldโs Most Coveted Microchip
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- ๐โ๏ธ๐๏ธ๐ค Anna Gรกt and Anne Applebaum: The Autocratic Moment: Myth or Reality?
๐ค๐ฒ AI Fiction
โจ In the heart of the imposing Bureau of Separation, the โAutocratic Indifference Machine Codeโ ๐ค hummed with cold efficiency. Invented by a shadowy figure ๐ค known only as โThe Architect,โ this formidable contraption was designed to process the hopes ๐ and fears ๐จ of immigrants ๐, transforming them into indifferent data points ๐. Its metallic gears โ๏ธ turned with a relentless precision, driven by binary code ๐ป displayed on a flickering green screen ๐ฉ.
๐ถโโ๏ธ Rows of new arrivals, faces etched with a mixture of apprehension ๐ and hope โจ, would feed their personal documents ๐ into the machine. The documents, once vibrant with individual stories ๐ฃ๏ธ, were rapidly converted into a monotonous stream of numerical data ๐ข, spitting out on a continuous paper roll ๐. Guards in stern uniforms ๐โโ๏ธ stood watch, their presence a constant reminder ๐จ of the machineโs absolute authority ๐.
๐ก The Architect believed that emotion ๐ was a weakness, an impediment to societal order. His machine, therefore, was a tool of control โ๏ธ, designed to erase the very essence of human connection ๐ค. Each whirring gear โ๏ธ and flashing light ๐ก represented a step towards a world ๐ devoid of empathy ๐ง, a chilling testament ๐ฅถ to the power of calculated indifference. But even in the heart of this cold mechanism โ๏ธ, whispers of defiance โ lingered, an ember of hope ๐ฅ refusing to be extinguished by the machineโs relentless hum ๐ถ.
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2025-12-26 | ๐ Autocratic ๐ Immigration ๐งช Invented ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ Indifference ๐ Machine ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ป Code ๐๐บ
โ Bryan Grounds (@bagrounds) December 29, 2025
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