19 June 2026

Why we don't allow cronyism in a functioning democracy ... too bad we no longer have one

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This just goes to show that corruption and crony politics is evil. Not because it's illegal, per se, but because it causes actu...
15 June 2026

Epic Blunder and Wilson's 14 Points

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Someone on bluesky pointed out that this Iran Capitulation to end Operation Epic Blunder (possibly the stupidest unforced error of ...

Sarah Paine explains it all for you.

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This former Naval War College Historian, Sarah Paine, is really interesting. I think we Americans need to wise up quite a bit about...
09 June 2026

The worm

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  Any chance the worm that ate RFK's brain is a screw worm, and it's making the decisions now?  ...
07 June 2026

Faulty thinking about SETI

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This (see vid. link below) is what I would call pretty conventional thinking about SETI and the likelihood of local aliens. It seem...
04 June 2026

Bechstein produces a piano for people with small hands, and the reaction is stunning

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This is actually kind of heartbreaking. Bechstein, actually listening to its customers, has produced a model of piano with narrower...
02 June 2026

250 years of the American republic

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It's sad, but I feel none of the enthusiasm we felt in the bicentennial year 1976 this year, the 250th anniversary. Having the ...

Summer

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We are now in meterological summer (June thru Aug), and it feels like Summer here in Porltand. Hope everyone is enjoying it.  ...
01 June 2026

Lies and damn lies

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Hardly surprising, but the US media is capitulating to a giant cover up. The reality is (check DW, The Guardian, almost anywhere).....
31 May 2026

Tick tock Donald Trump regime

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You see the Hemingway quote about bankruptcy happening gradually then suddenly all over lately. (Partly because Trumponomics is cau...
28 May 2026

Spectacular Corruption in the Justice System Exposed by Sen. Whitehouse

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This is almost unbelievable. Yet it's true. The Trump Regime has broken the justice system and if it's not fixed soon it wi...

Trump to roll out NDAs? Hold on!

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There are reports that the Trump Regime intends to "roll out" widespread use of NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) for regi...
27 May 2026

Re: Democratic opportunity , let's not blow it

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Yeah! ...

Cool Worlds: most stars cannot host life, and a comment on the implications

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You may have already seen this.  https://youtu.be/IrUia9AIaOk?list=TLPQMjcwNTIwMjYs1NE_YzXdfg   Something like 7...

Democratic opportunity , let's not blow it

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I am pretty sick and tired of "establishment" Democrats nervously tittling about Graham Platner, the presumptive nominee ...
26 May 2026

Trusting what AI tells you

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If you talk to LLMs much this will seem familiar.    ________________...

MAD all over again?

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I imagine most of my farflung correspondents' interest in military tactics is limited, but this video leads me to believe 1) Uk...
25 May 2026

​Why composers still study Bach.... Charles Rosen

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Why composers still study Bach.... Charles Rosen Worth watching https://youtu.be/mjN9YVvpufc?list=TLPQMjUwNTIwMj...

AI and learning a language

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Language pedagogy companies like Babbel are facing a big challenge all of a sudden, and if they don't contract with Anthropic o...
24 May 2026

Rick Wilson interview about the history of the Ukraine war

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This is worth watching. Especially when they're talking about how it was the Russian invasion that caused the nation of Ukraine...
22 May 2026

Ukraine is mopping up the Russian navy

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There is a major and successful attack on the only remaining Russian Black Sea Fleet deepwater port. But, as this account actually ...

Is Trump actually deliberately wrecking everything?

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Perhaps I'm overstating it a bit, but spending millions to defeat Republicans (Cassidy, Massie, Cornyn) while more and more MAG...
20 May 2026

This corruption has got to be challenged and stopped

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Nearly everyone acknowledges that this "settlement" the Trump regime is attempting to foist off on us to basically give T...
19 May 2026

Insider trading in the regime

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OK, thanks to the AntiConstitutional Court, Trump can't be prosecuted for his hypersteroidal insider trading. But Eric and Juni...
17 May 2026

The East Wing

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Recent perhaps somewhat speculative reporting indicates that one of the real reasons Trump is so determined to build the Ballroom i...
16 May 2026

Fighting back in 2026, 2028

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I have a superi simple motto, one of many, Dems need to use in the upcoming elections.  Gerrymandering is cheating . Americans don...
12 May 2026

Justin Wolfers

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Justin Wolfers's comments on AI in this video are scary.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piEpTx1-2f0&list=TLPQMTIwNTIwMjaV...

Musical therapy

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I am of the firmly held belief that the only thing keeping me sane these days is working on playing (however crudely) the preludes ...
11 May 2026

We can do it... they're making it hard, but there are a lot more of us now

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I say stuff like this all the time, but it bears repeating. The Fascists have been trying really hard to screw up the upcoming midt...
09 May 2026

The Virginia redistricting decision

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Although I am first to criticize the lack of common sense and inability to stick to facts of most LLMs ("AI"), this respo...