Reg the Fronkey Farmer

I was surprised to read that Ireland is to consider decriminalizing the possession of all drugs for personal use. I have smoked weed throughout my adult life (a few times a year) and nobody cares about it. But I suspect the religious objectors will be out in force again even though they keep losing (marriage equality, abortion, divorce). It will…[Read more]

Thanks Jake.

Enco  –

The key line in the WHO article is “There is no form of alcohol consumption that is risk-free” and that even low levels carry some risk and can cause harm. I would contend that there is no safe amount of alcohol. There are only lower-risk amounts. For health, the optimal amount is none. That does not mean one drink will ruin…[Read more]

Nick Fish, President of American Atheists; So, today, in celebration of the Fourth and in honor of the “confirmed infidel” and “howling atheist” who penned our Declaration, let’s consider Thomas Jefferson’s actual words:

“It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”

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Interesting “Wordle Entropy” strategy. I would work more will the Viterbi model where – “Given the observations I already have, what is the single most likely hidden sequence?” It is a more abductive approach. Beam Search is another you look for the most promising candidates (tokens) to continue exploring. I guess they are cousins of Bayesian approaches.

Overall I find the NYT news reporting to be reliable. Sometimes though, the accuracy in op-eds can be questionable. It also has some journalists that can get annoyingly silly with their religious views.

I like the NYT because it has articles that I like and agree with and some I totally disagree with. And Wordle too 🙂

Yes, Strega, so many inspiring stories are coming from Ukraine. Imagine….WW1 was longer than the current war with Russia. A young Jewish girl fled  from Germany to Ukraine with the help of the Russians in 1940. In 2022 as a 89 years old, she fled from the the Russians in Ukraine with the help of some Germans……. to Germany.

Here is the link again. My sub (for the NYT) allows me to share so hopefully this attempt with punch a hole in that wall.

A dragonfly flew by……

The idea of me having a trad wife is abhorrent to me. There is nothing empowering or endearing about such a relationship.

Have a great week !

It doesn’t swim.
It doesn’t bite.
It just waits for a light breeze and a poorly packed sand anchor.

This Fourth of July, one beach town will learn the hard way that the real danger wasn’t in the water…

…it was SPF 50 with a pointed metal pole.

“You’re gonna need a bigger insurance policy.”

From “the Necessity of Atheism” by DR. D. M. BROOKS, 1933

The Christian Church has had the audacity, in modern times, to proclaim

that it had abolished slavery and the slave trade. It is difficult to

understand how any “righteous” man could make that contention

remembering that it was not until the middle of the nineteenth century

that…[Read more]

Happy Summer Solstice too! This is near to where I live. Older than the pyramids of Egypt!

Have a great week!!

Crowds dissolve responsibility. Alone, a person may hesitate but in a horde they become like the Walking Dead. They can feel carried by history, destiny, the movement, the nation, the market, the platform, the faith, the “will of the people.” That is intoxicating. It turns ordinary people into instruments of something they would never fully end…[Read more]