The DuckDuckGo privacy-friendly browser and search engine also has DuckAI, which I’ve found is very good at answering questions I’ve had about AI and provides links to at least a couple of external primary sources.

Searching with DuckDuckGo also frequently turns up DuckAI answers at the top of the page. All free to the end user,…[Read more]

Not to be outdone by anyone else, now he wrangled with a rattlesnake.

Some suspect this was set-up in advance but either way, this helps confirm my ideological prognosis of RFK Jr:

He is not a Eugenicist as some have pronounced. A Eugenicist who held his own genes as…[Read more]

Bobby Brainworm looks like he would be quite at home shipwrecked on Malta with the Apostle Paul or in certain churches of Appalachia:

He also hasn’t heard that even non-poisonous snakes can give Tetanus with their bites. Take care of yourself folks. The cavalry is…[Read more]

Decidedly not off-topic:

Presumably, the ionization and/or Carbon and/or Hydrophobic additives keep the Sodium from exploding, correct?

They look like they have something there.

Fear not. My question was not a “Gotcha”. If you served, I salute your service in whatever capacity.

Members of the Armed Forces deserve our respect, regardless of the ridiculousness of foreign policies set by Congress and the Presidency.

I hope you’re better now.

I have yet read the Pope’s full Encyclical on AI and I’ll have to brace myself for vertigo to try. Those things get wordy and Gish Gallop-y.

Enco,

I don’t think they are hiding it as AI.

They are trying to follow Arthur C. Clarke’s dictum that “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”…But they only have the grandiosity of magic without yet any of the omnific benevolence or competence.

Big Papa Leo’s hokus-pokus input and Chris Olah taking the k…[Read more]

I am still trolling for fighter jet video companions. I’ve learned A LOT ever since air power would potentially be an issue during the Ukraine invasion. Air Force veteran here who did not even know the difference between any fighter jets, just radar jammers.

Oh, had you served?

Nothing distracting meant here. It all revolves around Trump in some way or another, since it is his world. /Sarcasm

And they say we hold nothing sacred:

‘Looks bored’: Onlookers crack up as Trump appears to be asleep at event for dead soldiers
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-sleeping-2676938699/

At least we won’t have to worry about this coming out of Japan, unless they want to make another monster movie franchise.🕷️🐖😁:

If all you read is the headline below, and you were an anti-nuke Luddite, you might think that radiation created these “Super Pigs.”.

As you get into the story, though, you find this could happen anywhere that livestock and wildlife meet and are sufficiently alike genetically to produce fertile offspring. This could have…[Read more]

Some good news: Members of MAGA who supported war with the Mullahs are starting to share the rational critique that Trump has botched it and hasn’t achieved any of his professed goals:

‘MAGA is done’: Trump’s own base turns on president over emerging Iran deal
David McAfee
May 23, 2026 7:34PM…[Read more]

Karen Hao seen from inside the beast the danger of making AI a god, as well as the great possibilities if AI is focused in the purposes for it’s use.

I saw up close the dark reality of OpenAI’s race to create God
Madeleine Spence
Saturday May 23 2026, 7.17pm BST, The Sunday Times
https://archive.is/Qghwf

That woman’s not “locally real”, including her semi-bull frog voice. I was waiting for her to jump out of her lock box in the demolished building, grab her top hat and cane, and start singing “Hello, My Baby”, “The Michigan Rag”, “Come Back To Erin”, and “Figaro.”

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If it’s any assurance, (and I say this as someone who has had off-grid fantasies and who is ambivalent about AI):

The prognostication of the Criswellian can only accurately be a trade-off Sowellian,
But with volitional cogitation and mastication, the trade-off need not be Cromwellian nor Orwellian.

Perhaps the AI could be programmed to…[Read more]

Of course, back in the day of the Luddites, people lived multiple generations, and with multiple species of farm animals, under one roof, with everyone sharing the same dressing, eating, sleeping, and (where available) hygienic space. Urination and defecation were done in outdoor Water Closets (again, where available) or…[Read more]

Lots more antennae raised over this story:

Experts raise eyebrows over ‘Swiss cheese’ NY Times report claiming US, Israel eyed freeing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to be Iran’s new leader
https://www.aol.com/news/experts-raise-eyebrows-over-swiss-212205094.html

A comedian on, I think The Daily Show, pointed out that they could have…[Read more]

Switching the Ayatollahs with Ahmadinejad is decidedly not regime change, it’s just cutting off a few heads of the hydra while leaving the beast alive to grow yet more heads and to sharpen it’s claws and gargle some more gasoline. If Trump doesn’t comprehend that, Bibi definitely should.

Hoping I’m proven wrong and this story is…[Read more]

I hope the NYT story is just an AI hallucination, but knowing Trump’s delusional behavior especially in his second term, and how so called “Realpolitik” make people do strange things, I can’t help but wonder.

A object lesson in the rarety of intelligence and critical thinking. I wish this wasn’t true but it appears it is:

Trump and Netanyahu and minion followers are literally the gang that can’t shoot straight or even aim correct. I do not think that “regime change” means what they think it…[Read more]

Enco,

I meant broadly speaking a reflection of the electorate and more to the point of the zeitgeist. Reg had a good article on the flowering of Jew hatred and differences between far right and far left in contemporary world. Far left and far right come at it a little differently.

A great article, though I wouldn’t call it flowering. More…[Read more]

She is a reflection of the electorate.

Zionism is the code word for Filthy Jew and its associations.

I don’t know how much she reflects the sentiments of her electorate. I may be wrong, but except for Austin, Texas never looked conspicuously Progressive.

Also, Galindo is running in a newly Re-Gerrymandered, Re-Jury-Rigged, District. She…[Read more]

A Sex Quack and Astrologist gives a prescription that is a turn-off and Horoscope that is howling at the Moon.

House candidate Maureen Galindo pledges to send ‘American zionists’ to internment camp
Despite a growing storm of criticism, including from members of her own party, the San Antonio Democrat insists she…[Read more]

One shouldn’t presume to know how they swing just because they are willing to fight.

If they can pass muster with all the training told of in the article, they deserve all the support they can get.

However, I am disturbed that Israel has this obsession with Iron. Iron Dome. Iron Swords. ‘Arad’ doesn’t sound too strong either if it…[Read more]

All that, ‘cept The Trump Phone doesn’t exist:

Mushrooms and blue cheese vodka are part of the MAHA formulary, especially if the blue cheese is unpasteurized. Licking the Giant Gila Monster would also be a prescribed MAHA regimen. All of these make for vivid hallucinations.

“That was nice, but it didn’t help my legs!”

Here is what the future of MAHA could mean for healthcare, although we have also experienced it too many times in the past. Fast forward to 49:45 and watch to 54:20:

Mystery Science Theater 3000 never got real deep into riffing on religion, but when they did, they really hit home! Joel and the Bots could…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
What physics gets wrong about the idea of “fundamental”.

Yes, I think a model should be “thorough” as well as “fundamental”.  Some fundamental elements are not just individisible particles – they’re also structural factors, for example, that form the fabric of reality.  So, the fundamental constants of the unive…[Read more]

Nudge theory was all about taking responsibility, but it allowed big business to look the other way. See also Book Club below.

First, a couple of definitions:

A Shareholder is someone who invests money or capital in a corporate venture and have a say in the running of the venture. The best shareholders who do well for themselves study…[Read more]

OH MY GOD.

They found fossils of the original Palestinians. The genocidal Zionists in their diabolical ways formerly known as Australopithekike were trying to eradicate our cherished paradigms of goodness.

As it was in the beginning..

Just a bit of pedant punnery to add here for added annoyance, but ackshuyally, all of Ethiopia is Afar…[Read more]

I’m wondering it behavior like this is just not interesting to enough people any more? About 9 minutes:

It’s not that it’s not interesting, it’s just that every other fiasco from Trump and MAGA and the ineffectual opposition is also interesting. Everything is a distraction from everything else.

It’s like MAGA muse and W…[Read more]

The real Nakba for the Arab people was the Al-Quran, Al-Hadith, and Al-Sunnah and, of course, the enemies they made along the way.

And here’s the other story:

Palantir wants to bring back the draft just as the Selective Service Preps for Automatic Registration
https://fortune.com/2026/04/20/palantir-military-draft-selective-service-automatic-registration/

An AI CEO throwing warm bodies at problems, let alone war, should be an automatic disqualifier

Welp, my dreams of Man-And Machine Co-Existence just got shattered by two stories

RFK Jr. Sits in on Open Heart Surgery in Bonkers Move
https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-was-allowed-near-open-heart-surgery-patient-in-bonkers-move/

RFK Jr.’s filthy paws should be near hospital doorknobs without disinfectant…[Read more]

More rotten Ecumunism:

Leo XIV grants the Order of Pius IX to the Iranian ambassador to the Holy See
https://infovaticana.com/en/2026/05/13/leo-xiv-grants-the-order-of-pius-ix-to-the-iranian-ambassador-to-the-holy-see/

Hey, Leo! There’s a third Golden Mean between being a Crusader and being a D’himmi suck-up! And you don’t…[Read more]

You won’t want Ezekiel 4:9 Bread™ after reading the full chapter. The least of the problems with it is that the author of the verse didn’t believe in commas.

Sprouted Grain Bread/Ezekiel Bread/Food For Life
https://www.foodforlife.com/about_us/ezekiel-49

The bread actually has to be refrigerated to prevent molding which would probably…[Read more]

More rude virtue-signalling/publicly playing with food in the name of Jebus. Fortunately, most of the comments are antidotes for the viral contagion.

Eating Healthy? No, They’re Eating B…[Read more]

‘Think outside the bots’: How to stop AI from turning your brain to mush.

Against all my aversions to how AI works now, I decided to ask DuckAI some questions. I must say, it gave some thoughtful answers. Here I asked about how humans and AI could co-exist in ways that could benefit both:

Principles for ben…

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Jake, I guess you might say he not a no-goodnik, he just misunderstood…

I hope Fullermingjr comes back and sees the same thing about us. Or at least sees us as too nerdy, pedantic, and esoteric to be a conspiracy.

Damn! I could smell and feel the THC and brisket all the way through the the InterToobz!
🌿🥩😋🤪

Larry David achieved a breakthrough there! He could have had a successful summit with Malcolm X and Meir Kahane in the Sixties!

✡️🤜🏼🤛🏿🏙️

I just wonder, though: Why didn’t Larry David green-screen his alter ego doppelgänger instead of…[Read more]

Anybody been in touch with Fullermingjr?

He seemed like a friendly enough fellow and the conversation seemed like it wouldn’t take a real crazy turn.

I was still curious as to what academic position he had where his views on Evolution and Transgenderism would matter.

Unseen wrote:
Don’t honeybees tell each other (reporting information) where to find newly-discovered nectar-hunting grounds, which then send other bees (behavior) to exploit them?

Apparently, when a bee goes to a flower, it leaves sweaty footprints on the petals.  Another bee can come along and smell the footprints and determine how long ago th…[Read more]

Check this Enco.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-895828

That story shows yet one of many examples of Trump’s deranged, schizzy, cognitively dissonant, mismatched means and ends. Time for go-to-bed and nightly Boost, Gramps.

There are, though, many real problems with involvement with the Kurds.

The main immediate problem…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
Yes, chimpanzees exhibit culture, defined as behaviors that are socially transmitted rather than genetically inherited or caused solely by ecological factors.

Don’t honeybees tell each other (reporting information) where to find newly-discovered nectar-hunting grounds, which then send other bees (behavior) to exploit…[Read more]

I just found out a couple of days ago myself. It wasn’t covered in broadcast media that I heard, only in written media. MAGA media would have good reason to be embarrassed by Trump’s obvious failure and everyone else in the media is always averse to the very idea of good-guy-with-a-gun stories.

Trump last month claimed to sending arms to Iranians via the Kurds, but then claimed the Kurds kept the arms instead of distributing them. So, Trump once again botched his moves in this war,

Trump Reveals U.S. Sent Weapons to Iranian Protesters via Kurdish…[Read more]

Who knows? May one day sooner than later, this will be what politics will look like in Iran and the rest of the Middle East, where they won’t even be able to get the name of their scapegoat right.…[Read more]

Maybe someone could made judicious use of Hollywood special FX and an AI holographic image of The Twelveth Imam coming out of his hidey hole and seeing his shadow at The Cave of Hira.

The wielder of the AI holograph could then convince a whole bunch of Shia pilgrims at The Cave of Hira to rise against the remaining Mullah Regime and the…[Read more]