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brightball 16 hours ago

That did not happen…

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archagon 14 hours ago | parent [-]

It did. Go ask your LLMs about it if you don't believe me.

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brightball 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Confirmed. Those numbers come from models and estimates but are not supported by anything that actually happened on the ground. Funding was transferred to the state department.

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archagon 11 hours ago | parent [-]

It looks like you're pretty bad at prompting. Here, let me help you out: https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/07/how-pulitzer-final...

(I literally just asked Gemini "how many deaths are verified to be caused directly by the sudden shutdown of usaid?" to find some articles I had read featuring actual journalists tracking deaths on the ground.)

	▲	FeepingCreature 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is literally an interview that doesn't even list a number with a source. The one number it lists is a self-declared estimate of 700k deaths of which it sources three (3).