Tab Clearing...

• "However much you think the Iran war is sapping U.S. military readiness, it's probably more than that."


• Mexican cartel crypto mining farm running on stolen electricity.


• The U.S. military's bizarre infatuation with the German way of war.

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Memes For the Middle of the Week!

Tab Clearing...

• Watching the Watchmen: A surveillance of Flock cameras in the Bay Area.


• The AI Doomsday Panic is completely out of control.


• The humans who read your ChatGPT sessions.

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Meme Dump!

Okay.

I have long junked on air-conditioned seats in a car as a frippery. Neat to have, but kinda meh.

But after spending a couple late summer days on a range in the bottomlands near the Wabash where the swampass is so bad you’ve nearly got beads of sweat trickling down your ass crack, I’m a believer.

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Automotif DCXXXVI...

Spotted this pristine 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix in Terre Haute yesterday afternoon. It was sporting 421 fender badges and a four on the floor with unmistakable clatter of solid lifters emanating from under the hood. Glorious!

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Meme Dump!

 

Nope.

It's September 11th.

Entirely coincidentally, I'll be in a class this weekend again, as I have been so many years before.

Like I said fifteen years ago, I won't be participating in the performative hair-rending and sackcloth-donning celebrating the tactical victory of our foes. Instead, I'll be getting harder to kill.

You can go virtue signal to your friends how mad you still are, if that's what makes you feel cool.

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Pre-Weekend Memes!

Tab Clearing...

• Like a roving Flock: Garbage trucks in Texas with AI-powered cameras to scrutinize properties in passing and determine which homeowners should get fined.


• Clearview AI is testing an AI tool that would let cops unearth your life online: The forums you post on, who you chat with, where you comment, and what you say...


• Eight F-15s and an A-10 damaged when Iranian missile hits airbase in Jordan. The Eagles only took minor damage but the Warthog lost a wing.

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Meme Dump!