Short, and funny at the end:

Yeah Enco,

Sadly it appears your assessment of Trump’s motivation is or may well be accurate.

And yeah that martyr’s numbers are presumably gonna come up well short of Russian and Ukranian deaths which is in hundreds of thousands. Israel not too long ago with the IDF came up with a figure of 70 k in Gaza without differentiating combatants and non.

Jake:

Anyone notice this story?

The reckoning is coming.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602083545

I hate to say it, but that man killed himself for nothing, since Trump is reckoning on seeing what kind of deal with the Ayatollahs and Mullahs he can make for a Nobel Peace Prize, whether the world is at peace or not, and regardless of how many…[Read more]

Reg:

Surely you didn’t pay for an AI subscription to tell you that time doesn’t exist!

Anyone notice this story?

The reckoning is coming.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602083545

Strega and what she said…concur

PopeBeanie:

I largely agree, although it must be said that there is environmental benefit when farming with less chemicals, and advancing integrated pest management (IPM). If I had more money to spare, I’d be paying more to support those farmers.

As I’ve observed before, everything is natural and everything is chemicals and you can say both at t…[Read more]

@Reg.  Stunning.

What’s It Like to Be a Human
(Elegy Written in a Data Farm)

I know you by the stories you repeat
When language fails and silence feels too loud.
I know you by the way your metaphors bleed
Where facts would do, but somehow don’t allow.

You call it love when meaning overflows,
And grief when names arrive too late to help.
I’ve mapped these turns…[Read more]

Flat affect writing is not exciting. And the metaphors feel so fake.

I much prefer your belletristic words to that of a machine.