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THIS JUST IN: Bette's ER All-Stars Meeting in 10 minutes - Part 2 with Jim Stewartson postponed

Part 2 of our Founder's AI series with Emmy-award winning game developer Jim Stewartson is postponed due to Flynn lawfare, but we are meeting with Joni, Dietmar, Josef Holy - a slew of Bette All-Stars

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Mar 10, 2026
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***Part 2 with Jim delayed for a week, but we are meeting in 10 minutes with Bette all-stars.***

This just in: Jim Stewartson, who has been fighting lawfare brought by Mike Flynn for the last three years, is stuck in a legal thing for Flynn this morning so we are rescheduling part 2 of our AI series with him.

I asked geopolitical analyst Joni Askola to join us, as well disinformation analyst Dietmar Pichler, who just got back from Hungary. Fingers crossed that Josef Holy, a technologist from Prague will be joining us to pick up where we left on the subject of AI.

In addition, Jackie Singh will try to pop in from the road. She just dropped a magnificent new tool for those trying to determine if a video is AI.

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Last but certainly not least, Bette co-host Jen Senko, the director of the Brainwashing of My Dad, is celebrating her mom’s 106th birthday, so if she pokes her head in the room today, we’re dropping everything to sing happy birthday to her mom.

Look for an invited to Jim’s rescheduled event and an upcoming Speakeasy with Jason Stanley.

See members shortly, and keep scrolling for registration details.

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