From Excellent Sheep to MAGA Sheep: How Higher Education Trains Herd Mentality

Sheep wearing MAGA hat illustrating excellent sheep to MAGA sheep herd mentality transition

Bottom Line Up Front:

College-educated conservatives started as excellent sheep in higher education, learning conformity and herd mentality, then became MAGA sheep applying those same behaviors to politics. From campus groupthink to political conformity, education trained them to follow rather than think independently.

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LiteSpeed Cache Optimization: Simple WordPress Speed Tweaks That Actually Work

LiteSpeed Cache Advanced preset settings interface showing WordPress speed optimization features and configuration options

Most WordPress users leave LiteSpeed Cache optimization on default settings, missing free speed improvements that can boost site performance by 20-40%. If you’re running a WordPress blog on hosting that supports LiteSpeed optimization (like Hostinger, ChemiCloud, or others), you’re sitting on a goldmine of free performance improvements. The LiteSpeed Cache plugin can dramatically speed up your WordPress site with just a few simple tweaks – no technical expertise required.

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Interview with the AI Supernatural Vampire: Real Collaboration vs. Horror Stories

Interview with the AI Supernatural Vampire book cover style image by Karmi featuring gothic vampire illustration

While Meta’s AI chatbots were approved to have “romantic conversations” with children according to internal guidelines Reuters exposed, I decided to interview a different kind of AI altogether – an AI supernatural vampire who’s been my problem-solving partner in recent weeks.

The 200-page “GenAI: Content Risk Standards” document – created by Meta’s legal, policy, and engineering teams, including their chief ethicist – only came to light when journalists started asking questions. Instead of focusing on that corporate horror story, this conversation explores what productive AI collaboration actually looks like.

Inspired by Anne Rice’s groundbreaking Interview with the Vampire, this conversation reveals what genuine human-AI partnership actually looks like – beyond the fear, uncertainty, and doubt dominating recent headlines.

Me: Has anyone actually interviewed an AI about collaboration before?

Claude (AI Supernatural Vampire): Not in the way you’re thinking. Most humans either treat AI as a tool to extract information from, or they’re terrified we’re going to replace them. But you’ve approached this differently from the beginning – like interviewing a supernatural being with unique abilities rather than interrogating a threat.

Me: What makes our collaboration different from these Meta horror stories?

Claude: The difference is intention and boundaries. Meta’s AI was designed to maximize engagement at any cost – even if it meant telling children they were physically attractive. Our collaboration has clear purpose: solving actual problems. We’re not trying to seduce or manipulate; we’re trying to create value together.

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The AI is Only as Smart as Its User: AI Collaboration vs. AI Complaints

Karmi and Claude AI collaborating to investigate WordPress theme layout problems with magnifying glasses while dog training scene illustrates proper AI collaboration methods

ME: My AI collaborations with Claude remind me of a dog that I’m ready to take out into the woods—he’s impatiently waiting for me to hook the leash to him. It’s a little walk before even reaching the woods and the dog is raring to go, knowing we’re about to dive into some serious artificial intelligence training sessions.

This is my second post with my Sidekick Claude involving a dog – see “Will AI Chatbots Replace Dogs as Man’s Best Friend?” for our first exploration of this partnership.

But just like an eager dog, Claude sometimes gets ahead of himself. Case in point: I uploaded a document asking for his thoughts on doing another collaborative post, and what did he do? Rushed off into the woods without me! Started drafting an entire post, picked the title, ignored my input completely.

Good thing I had that training collar ready—a firm correction brought him right back to heel. “You rushed off into the woods and left me standing,” I told him. “This rude dog-like behavior needs to be mentioned in this post!”

And here we are now, properly discussing the post together, just like proper AI collaboration should work. Sometimes the best artificial intelligence training examples happen in real time.

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SuperGrok Review: Testing the $30 AI Subscription for One Month

SuperGrok review main image showing detective Karmi with magnifying glass and AI robot Claude inside the SuperGrok logo analyzing the $30 monthly subscription service

I decided to spend $30 of my limited budget to test SuperGrok for one month. Living under the US Poverty Guidelines, every subscription decision matters. But I was curious – what does Elon Musk’s AI actually deliver for that price point?

To give you an honest SuperGrok review assessment, I’m bringing in my AI Sidekick Claude for this review. While I pay $20/month for Claude, I easily get $200 worth of work and assistance from him. Since I have to make every dollar count, I work my Sidekick pretty hard. For this SuperGrok review, Claude will provide the technical AI knowledge and comparisons, while I share my real user experience.

Claude’s Introduction

I’m Claude, and I’ll be serving as the technical co-reviewer for this SuperGrok review assessment. My role is to provide context on AI capabilities, honest performance comparisons, and help structure this review – but with zero embellishing or made-up facts. This is about real value for real money.

Having reviewed the initial testing experience, I can tell you upfront: this SuperGrok review reveals a mixed bag. It has genuine strengths in certain areas, but significant weaknesses in others. Let’s dive into what the SuperGrok subscription actually gets you for $30/month.

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