DAYLOG MON 09 MAR 26 / CULTURED CHOCOLATE: Americans are worried about inflation -- which is puzzling, because it's not all that painful on the average, less than 3%. However, shopping at the supermarket suggests it's a lot worse than that. [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #IranWar

MrG's Blog & Notes for Week 10: -- Iran attack -- humanoid robots unpromising -- orbiting data centers -- Kristy Noem falls -- things changing part 2 dv.airvectors.net

Truth!

KAMALA HARRIS: FOR THE PEOPLE ----- --- ----- by Greg Goebel [EBOOK] > www.amazon.com/dp/B0GQ6YQ5M1 [WEB] > vc.airvectors.net/twkdh.html [#105] #kamalaharris #biography #politics

THE TURING TEST: THE MINDS OF HUMANS & MACHINES ----- --- ----- by Greg Goebel [EBOOK] > www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y19MPJM [WEB] > vc.airvectors.net/tamind.html [#57] #AI #consci #sciwri #Turing

DAYLOG FRI 06 MAR 26 / THINGS CHANGING PART 2: Last Friday I wrote here about finding Pinterest as a good place to post imagery. When I started with it, however, I realized that, though it was a good place to show off my pictures, it was not so good for selling my ebooks. [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #Trump #TrumpEnablers

DAYLOG THU 05 MAR 26 / DECLINE & FALL? Today it was announced by the Trump White House that Homeland Security Secretary Kristy Noem is resigning, to be replaced by Oklahoma Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin. Noem was making too many enemies, so it appears. [1/more]

I'm a bit surprised it took this long. Let's see if the courts slap a temporary injunction on Trump RIGHT AWAY, so they can stop the tariffs while the legal process continues.

Brilliant!

DAYLOG WED 04 MAR 26 / ORBITING DATA CENTERS? Billionaire techlord Elon Musk has a lot of ideas, one being to put data centers in space. An article from FUTURISM ("Data Centers in Space Are Even More Cursed Than Previously Believed" by Victor Tangermann, 01 mar 26) ... [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #Putin #UkraineWar

THE TURING TEST: THE MINDS OF HUMANS & MACHINES ----- --- ----- by Greg Goebel [EBOOK] > www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y19MPJM [WEB] > vc.airvectors.net/tamind.html [#57] #AI #consci #sciwri #Turing

DAYLOG MON 02 MAR 26 / ROBOT ILLUSION: Elon Musk is banking heavily on the new "Optimus" humanoid robot from his Tesla company. Long-time AI researcher Rodney Brooks is telling Musk: *You're wasting your money.* Human manual dexterity, Brooks says, is just too hard. [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #kristynoem

DAYLOG MON 02 MAR 26 / IRAN ATTACK: Early on Saturday, Israel and the US began an intensive air campaign against Iran. Israel and the US had conducted a series of strikes during the "12-Day War" in June 2025, but that wasn't on the same scale. [1/more]

#haiku #trump #iranwar

DAYLOG FRI 27 FEB 26 / THINGS CHANGING PART 1: Earlier this month, I commented on BlueSky that, although AI has proven an extremely troublesome technology, it can do some neat things. In fact, it's led to an overhaul of my personal lifestyle. [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #trumpdementia

DAYLOG THU 26 FEB 26 / FARMERS LOVE SOLAR: As discussed in an article from NPR ("Why farmers in California are backing a giant solar farm" by Dan Charles, 26 feb 26), the Trump Regime hates solar power. This is strange because almost everyone else likes it. [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #transgenderrights

#dailyhaiku #transgenderrights

Keeping up the good work!

DAYLOG WED 25 FEB 26 / RUSSIA'S HOME FRONT: Journalist Steve Rosenberg, writing in an article for the BBC ("Four years into its full-scale war in Ukraine, Russia is feeling the effects", 22 feb 26), reported on a visit to wintry Russia ... [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #AI

DAYLOG TUE 24 FEB 26 / DRONES FOR TAIWAN: As discussed in an article from COOMBERRETREAT in Wales ("Taiwan plans to flood the sky with more than 100,000 next-gen drones to counter any threat") by Montford Zachary, 24 February 2026) ... [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #trump #stateoftheunion

DAYLOG MON 23 FEB 26 / SCOTUS FEUD: Last week, the Supreme Court denied President Trump the right to unilaterally impose tariffs. It wasn't too surprising, since the Constitution makes it clear that the president can only impose tariffs in an emergency -- and there wasn't one. [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #TrumpCabinet

This is really funny, because it's probably true.

DAYLOG FRI 20 FEB 26 / HUMANS SUPPORT AI: The artificial intelligence revolution has turned out to be highly problematic. 404 MEDIA investigated one of the problems: the need for lots of cheap labor, mostly African, to perform "data labeling". [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #SCOTUS #TrumpTariffs

I literally felt a wave of relief on seeing this. I didn't know when the judgement would happen. This is also something of a correction to the belief that the SCOTUS 6 are ALWAYS bad. They're bad, yes, but not COMPLETELY bad. Expected dissent from Alito and Thomas -- plus Kavanaugh.

DAYLOG THU 19 FEB 26 / TRUMP CAN'T SHAKE OFF EPSTEIN: I check the news and scan BlueSky on my smartphone before I get out of bed in the morning. Given the difference in time between the US and the UK, I always find the "TrendSky" feed on BlueSky full of UK postings. [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #PrinceAndrew

Hillary is, as a rule, worth listening to.

I don't talk like that anymore -- but I would join in enthusiastically if I were there.

Another good news item for this morning!

Olympic gold!

Olympic highlight in this house.

DAYLOG WED 18 FEB 26 / DATA STORAGE IN GLASS: As discussed in an article from ARS TECHNICA ("Microsoft's new 10,000-year data storage medium: glass" by John Timmer, 18 February 2026), there's been long-running research on high-data-density, long-term data storage. [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #Trump

DAYLOG TUE 17 FEB 26 / RUBIO IN EUROPE: Last Saturday, US Secretary of State spoke at the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany. Expectations of the speech were low, given that Vice President JD Vance spoke at last year's conference and dumped all over Europe. [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #elonmusk #peterthiel

DAYLOG MON 16 FEB 26 / EMISSIONS LAWSUIT: As reported by an article in ARSTECHNICA ("Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables" by Dana Drugman, 16 February 2026), the state of Michigan is now pressing a lawsuit ... [1/more]

#dailyhaiku #TrumpCorruption #cryptocoin