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#FnS invited on #Gabbard to #Gaslight everyone as to what we saw with our own eyes in the Oval Office yesterday and she did not disappoint.

Host Shannon Breem asked Gabbard if #Zelensky "had a point" that #Putin can't be trusted to make a deal with no guarantees (which #Putin repeatedly broke in the past.)

Gabbard's answer was to declare "[T****] is the only one trying to end this war that has been going on for over 3 years", but never actually answers the question.

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A month ago I asked a GPT about an author and they gave me a well-rounded response of their pros and cons. Today I checked the same author and the GPT was highly in favour of them even after the controversies surrounding them. This happens across all GPT, not only chat or perplexity. Be careful out there, the gaslighting is real. #ai #gaslight. (Nvm: they just dumb the machine so it won't touch on sensitive issues.)

Undetectable body #camera suggestions please.
I need to get proof of #abuse.

Never used them before so if you have & can recommend an easy to use one I would be very grateful.
Authorities don’t care about #psychological abuse & #neglect because there’s no proof so I need to get evidence of it & have missed a lot of opportunities. I need to wear it any time I’m around anyone else here. Never know when someone will do something awful.

I’m very sick so can’t be too complicated to use.

Help appreciated. I need to get out here.

Gas mantles get very hot.

There are still British Gas employees whose job it is to light Londons remaining 200-odd working gas lamps. Imagine your job title is literally serial gaslighter.

(This gas lamp in Carting Lane, London was placed over a sewer in Victorian times to encourage stagnant gas to rise and escape through the vent.
It’s the only one left which is still working.) #gaslight #gaslamp #london #sewers #history #britishgas

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In addition, if you look very carefully at the right hand side, just below the glazed section, you can see the small tap which would have been turned on to let the gas flow through to the mantle before it was lit. This would have been done each night by one of Glasgow's army of leeries or lamplighters. They'd then return in the morning to turn off the tap, so extinguishing the flame.

A former gas lamp (now converted to an electric one) on North Gate to Victoria Park in the west of Glasgow. It's one of a pair created, along with the rest of the gate, in 1887, by Walter MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry. You can tell it was originally a gas lamp because it has an open base and a vented cap at the top (needed to allow oxygen in to feed the flame).

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A pretty good breakdown of how the T**** campaign managed to #gaslight everyone into thinking they will be the defenders & protectors of the very institutions they seek to destroy, and put #Democrats/#Liberals on the defense, defending institutions we've long been critical of.

Pay attention #DNC. This is YOUR fault:
msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/

MSNBC · 'How did this happen?': Alex Wagner examines the MAGA themes that drew voters to TrumpBy MSNBC

#Gaslight here on
#mastodon
#help
Ever since I opened this platform, there has been a person who has been gaslighting me. He has created different accounts. His strategy is to mirror my behavior, and then, when he show up again with another account (I recognize them because they post the same, or almost the same, things), he acts indifferent and denies being the same person. I know it’s the same person....

#gishgallop #gaslight
Sociopathic ex Pres
What’s this say ‘bout us?
#haiku
Short Story
Chapter 1
We built our country at the expense of others, on war & bondage & greed
Chapter 2
We fought for democracy across the world at the expense of many
Chapter 3
We lied for political gain, changed the rules to get deceptive, plutocratic, faux religious leaders co-opting OUR voices & harming others here & abroad.
Chapter four
Is being written now in order to build #Democracy

Help write it-Vote💙

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@forestine very interested just can’t give it the proper space to enjoy/appreciate, yet (coffee listen tomorrow tho.) my partner hit the #gaslight lottery while out at the theatre last night. Try to be supportive to them but I’m sure you can understand how putting on my headphones right now can come off as a super-trig.

Just finished watching the original movie “Gaslight,” with the one and only Ingrid Bergman. Haven’t seen it in years! Most of us “of a certain age” know this is where the term “gaslight” originated.

My favorite part is when Ms. Bergman takes back her power - so unusual in female roles back then! - and Charles Boyer finally gets his comeuppance.

Great movie, particularly due to that great ending…