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>>> Breaking…Preempting Previously Scheduled Saturday Post. <<<
Chiefio has a bone to pick with YT, AI…
A.I. News? A rising tide to avoid…
Building Rail to Bypass Sanctions & Venezuela buddies up with Russia
A little while ago, I’d posted that EwTube was becoming unusable for me as a “news” source, or even just for keeping tabs on what was the topic of the day. Here I’m going to present 2 examples of “the problem”. Sites where I “clicked” on the click bait like thumbnail, and DID get what I was interested in; BUT where the whole ambiance, content, and site looks to me like “A.I. For Effect”.
But who’s benefit? Who is driving the agenda?
A Little Obvious Pro China Agenda?
This first example is in some ways easiest to demonstrate. Named “4 Daily Mews”, I’ve run into it a couple of times. The latest was about the Polish block on Chinese rail to Europe crossing from Russia via Belarus. I’ve included that video below. When you look at the site on EwTube, you find that pretty much every video is about China and with a pro-China bias. Then notice that it puts out about a dozen videos a day. No single person, or even a small group of people, could do that without an A.I. “helper”.
So my strongest suspicion is that this is a Chinese Government Information Operation to promote “China Issues” to the American audience, and secondarily to the Anglosphere in general. So first check out this link to their videos and just look at all the Pro-China 12 a day thumbnails.
https://www.youtube.com/@ALLRIMS/videos
So that’s one of my basic checks on any channel. What is the thrust of it, or the bias if you will, and what is the volume.
Then looking at any one video, I look for “A.I. Artifacts”. This will get harder over time as the tech matures; but for now, there are a few simple to spot things. In this Train Video, for example, there is a lack of geographical awareness of details.
A border crossing with English signs and US type cars that looks a LOT like a US / Canada border crossing, when talking about Belarus / Poland borders?
The gauge of the tracks wobbles between “standard gauge” (the skinny 4′ and a bit) and Confederate / Russian gauge (5 foot). Then some trains are clearly European type, others not so much.
Some have catenary electric power (like near the end at 20:43) which is not used in continental cross country lines and only used in the USA for local trolleys and such). Not a lot of electric generation in the middle of rural Siberia…
Some have catenary electric power (like near the end at 20:43) which is not used in continental cross country lines and only used in the USA for local trolleys and such). Not a lot of electric generation in the middle of rural Siberia…
And then there is the repetitiveness. A.I. tends to repeat after a while. Usually about 1/2 way through the story. This one not as much as the next one; but still it starts to feel like “I’ve heard that already”. And you get a LOT of images somewhat disjoint from “the message”. A pan of what looks like a random European City skyline while talking about freight volume levels increasing? Random shots of rail yards, one at a port with cranes over a waterway (12:44) when talking about an overland route from China to Europe? All just “a little off” as context.
Then there’s the tendency to pronounce dates as numbers… 2008 isn’t “Twenty Twenty Eight” but “2 Thousand and Eight”… or 1969 becomes One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty Nine (as made up examples). Seen in most A.I. videos that have dates in them.
Also, eventually the ear becomes attuned to The Voices. There are a few that are used across many different A.I. videos from many makers. You start to think: “Who is that, I’ve heard him before”… Note that the next video has a different speaker, one with a sort-of Hispanic lilt… BTW, as a lip reader (due to deafness, profound at one point but now better) I especially notice when they show a “speaker” and the lips are not quite right for the speech…
Hispanic? Or not quite…
First off, this site has all of 3 videos up, and not much else. The “about” listing is sparse, saying it has been “up” since July 26, 2022, yet the only videos are from yesterday (2) and today (one hour ago). Highly suspicious. Like maybe something was banked or repurposed?
A search on “Nadikudi Nadine” only finds a railway station in India…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadikudi_railway_station
and the name in general doesn’t fit any pattern I recognize from several languages & cultures. Just seems a bit artificial somehow. It could be that his parents had a strange sense of humor (it happens), but… And then the channel handle “@TheGlobalShift-e1w” seems very artificial and is disconnected to the name “Nadikudi Nadine”. Most folks don’t do that…
https://www.youtube.com/@TheGlobalShift-e1w
Then the videos have the same “look”: Close up on one guy, same “clothes” and background. The hand gestures seem to repeat at odd times and be almost exactly the same in placement, duration, and seem artificial.
Again we have the Issue With Numbers, and occasional odd pauses and inflections. A not quite right “accent” to the ethnicity map of the voice. Lips not quite right for sync to the sounds.
Also, the use of a fake “chyron” in the thumbnail. Especially CNN or Fox. I’ve started to become sensitized to that as a fake indicator. Any chyron needs to match the channel name / owner.
FWIW, I tend to agree with the messages in both of these videos. I think they are much more in line with the reality of the world that I understand than is the crap in the TLA influenced MSM of The West. As propaganda goes, I’d rate their operation as better than ours in The West.
BUT…
I don’t want to be cannon fodder in the field of battle between two different Propaganda Batteries of fire. I want simple honesty and truthful reporting, NOT from an A.I. generated script made by an Agency Prompt.
That is becoming harder to find, wasting my time, and forcing me into this kind of analysis of ANY source I run into. I resent it. I’m getting tired of seeing a 1/2 hour of repetitive and barely relevant images randomly pasted over the top of a wandering PR Script, stuffed sometimes with EwTube commercials.
Which, BTW, has me wondering to what extent Google is using their own A.I. to generate some classes of channels to create their own “Click Bait” and gather in 100% of the ad revenue… Paranoia is sometimes your friend when it keeps you out of trouble, but sometimes dreams up threat scenarios that are not real… But, who knows in this case.
So that’s a little trip down my daily “Anything new today?” morning videos over coffee routine; that has turned into “how do I know this is real at all?” lately; and workload to vet some of it.
RANT ON.
FWIW. Likely Nothing. AI is really starting to irritate the hell out of Slow Guy.
RANT ENDS.
NOW. Returning to previously scheduled Saturday post.
Welcome to Saturday-Lite. On the road most of the day. Ideally no re-runs from Friday.
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Fresh Stuff. May be worth a read, listen, or scroll on by.
- In no particular order…
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APMEX https://www.apmex.com Bitcoin https://www.bitcoin.com/
Prices pulled last evening. Gold $4,016.30. Silver $48.54. Bitcoin $103,784.00.
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Another F U B A R issue.
R-Cons ALLOWED this to happen. Shitheads. Unforgivable.
Not to mention, these activist judges ALL need to be impeached. In parallel, if possible. NOT one after the other.
- I don’t want to hear shit about the Senate won’t convict.
- Same nonsense I heard over Maggot, Kakala, Garland, Wray, Idi Amin…
R-Cons Deliver Z E R O support to Trump.
SNAP benefits: Trump admin tells states it will fully fund food stamps as appeal continues
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/snap-trump-appeals-food-stamps.html
(IIRC, this is being appealed. Difficult for me to keep up. R-Cons really piss me off.)
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WATCH: @POTUSlists some major victories that could be achieved if Republicans terminate the filibuster:
— Voter ID
— No mail-in voting
— Ending no cash bail
— No welfare for illegals
“It doesn’t make any sense that a Republican would not want to do that.”
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Orban always good to listen in on.
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On the lighter side… (Likely a snippet from above Orban WH video.)
After @PressSecCOOKED the Fake News over their false claims about affordability, @PM_ViktorOrbanasked @POTUSif he could hire her. “Please don’t leave us Karoline.
(OK, that one is likely a re-run. Worthy re-run.)
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More positive news.
As we’ve said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their the poisoning of the American people stops. Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. The vessel was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean and was struck in international waters. No U.S. forces were harmed in the strike, and three male narco-terrorists — who were aboard the vessel — were killed. To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: if you want to stay alive, stop trafficking drugs. If you keep trafficking deadly drugs—we will kill you.
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Positive news, albeit a baby step. Globally, rare earths are looking good.
South Carolina: @SecScottBessenthold the first rare-earth magnet produced in the United States in 25 years. “We are on our way to solving the Chinese chokehold that they have… this is @POTUS‘ all-hands-on-deck for this national emergency.”
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. @SECWAR “Today, I’d like to talk to you about an adversary that poses a threat to the United States of America. This adversary is one of the world’s last bastions of central planning. It governs by dictating five-year plans. From a single capital, it attempts to impose its demands across time zones, continents, oceans and beyond with brutal consistency… The adversary I’m talking about is much closer to home. It’s the Pentagon bureaucracy.”
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No words…
BREAKING: DHS agent had to use his firearm under threats while detaining an illegal alien. A Latina tried to open the door and free the detainee but was forcibly thrown to the ground. FAFO illegal aliens! No sound because they did not want us to hear what they were saying.
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Marco has a great sense of humor.
LMAO! Marco Rubio is the BEST Secretary of State! “Can you stop at the camera, please?” RUBIO: “I didn’t talk to you guys when I worked here, why would I talk to you NOW?” We love Marco
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THIS. IS. WINNING.
NEW: The Trump State Department, led by Secretary Marco Rubio, has revoked the visas of 80,000 individuals since January.
Gillian Turner: “16,000 visas revoked for DUI. 12,000 revoked for assault, and 8,000 revoked for theft.”
“We also know about 8,000 student visas—for foreign students studying here in the United States— have been revoked.”
MORE!
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Good news. Arrests Will Be Great News!
BREAKING: Panic is ensuing after a grand jury subpoenas JOHN BRENNAN and dirty FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, following their conspiracy against President Trump They are in HUGE trouble! Up to 30 SUBPOENAS being issued in the coming days
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NYC is already a lost cause.
I assume below is not AI, Frisco… Sad, previous statement is necessary these days.
If you’re wondering how Mamdani got elected in New York, here’s the electorate.
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Looking forward to this.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We’re about to release dietary guidelines that are going to change the food culture in this country. They’re going to change the kinds of food the military gets. They’re going to change the kind of food our children get. We’re releasing those in December.” About time!
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Hard to believe dudes in girls bathrooms is still an issue.
HOLY S…… HE SAID WHAT?
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Select Tunes
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Freebird – 7/2/1977 – Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Official)
Foghat Foghat Slow Ride (music video)
Toby Keith – I love this bar
Night crew, your nickel.
KK