Saturday, May 02, 2026

The Handmaid's Tale/Rev II


Supreme Court asked to pause ruling blocking telehealth and mail access to abortion pills

The emergency appeal comes a day after a federal appeals court granted Louisiana's request to require that mifepristone be dispensed in person.

I know, lets resurrect the Salem witch trials to control women's right to choose yet again.


How much longer must we tolerate this incredible intrusion into women's lives based on religion and the right to life as George Carlin's right. "They're all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything for the unborn, but once you're born, you're on your own."


Betting pool with this supreme court, 90% backing the appeals court in Louisiana. 


Light is analog ...

 

A Simple Matter of 3

About two years ago, yours truly guessed about light being analog in free space based on astounding insights by Fourier, Einstein, Planck, de Broglie and Maxwell, along with Alvy Ray Smith and my experience with graphics and video as light, in free space, is a wave as proven by endless experiments beginning in 1801 by Thomas Young's incredible Double Slit experiment. 


As per Matter Wave ...

Light is extremely weird. Either analog or digital, depending on its state, photons, the force carrier of the electromagnetic, is an analog wave when traveling in free space but when absorbed by an electron, it becomes digital or a packet of energy i.e. quantum as it must transform in such a way for it to be properly absorbed by, in this case, an electron. When a electron's energy level drops, the photon emitted reverts back to being an analog wave, which means ... reality is analog with digital override, endlessly switching from one to the other as needs warrant. According to Louis de Broglie, this notion of matter/wave/digital/analog duality applies to all particles, which means reality is in constant flux, forever switching from one state to the other, forever driven by the two laws of thermodynamics whereby energy can neither be created or destroyed, only transformed and  ... in a natural thermodynamic process, the sum of the entropies of the interacting thermodynamic systems never decreases. A common corollary of the statement is that heat does not spontaneously pass from a colder body to a warmer body. What's even stranger is whenever a particle is "measured", it becomes, in effect, digital just as a photon becomes digital whenever its absorbed by any given particle. This analog/digital duality also applies to the other force particles as well.

The Photoelectric Effect

Why the repeat? Well, it seems Clark Maxwell's discovery of light being electro/magnetic enables light to dance, to twist and move through space on it's own, thus proving, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that light, aka photons, is analog in free space.


The experiment proving this to be true.





Proof positive why light moves and dances on it's own. :)

Friday, May 01, 2026

Dark Eagle???



In looking at this picture, lost in space applies. Pentagon Pete, Israel and Nosferatu, aka Stephen Miller, run the show, complete with the specter of reigniting the fubar known as Trump's war with Iran.

If the unthinkable happens, while Trump tries to get around the 60 day edict by Congress (The War Powers Resolution) by arguing the April 7th ceasefire gives an out to the edict, the possible endgame looms as hypersonic missiles may be part of the CENCOM strike package, promising intense damage to a country that's not a threat to the US. The minute the first strike happens, Iran, Hezbollah and the Houthi's will unload, with the end result, desalination plants and oil refineries go and the Levant becomes a wasteland.

To whit.




If the unthinkable happens, the midterms goes away as a national emergency and martial law must be imposed as chaos and an economic hell storm of biblical proportions will surely follow. 

Will the military stand down regarding this CF for the ages?

Lastly, Russia & China are players also. How will they react? A possible WW III scenario?

Channeling the Cuban Missile Crisis applies but this is worse, far worse in this writer's opinion
due to the occupant in the White House.

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Whiteman



Roberts is the worst Chief Justice in history in charge of the worst supreme court in history.
From Citizens United to Hobby Lobby and Greece NY and finally to Louisiana vs Callais, the case gutting the Voting Rights Act, he's Whiteman, bought and paid for by the powers at be. 



Any questions?

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Speaking the truth ... for a change

 


It's about time someone from the west speaks the truth about the entangled alliance of
Israel and the US, a relationship, proving yet again, that the national interest of one rarely coincides
with the national interest of the other.






Question, how long will Turner last in his post as diplomacy is the art of lying most eloquently.



Tuesday, April 28, 2026

The cliff beckons ...



I don't speak German but the gist of this cartoon hits home regarding AI as literally trillions are being spent on tech we will never fully understand. What's worse, as stated before in BRT, so many companies ignore the wisdom of Fred Brooks and his wonderful The Mythical Man Month in doing the due diligence necessary to properly incorporate this tech into complex business operations. This is why the text below describes chaos corporate style regarding AI and how not to best use it.











The siren call also applies. 


Monday, April 27, 2026

But a mirage ...



Finally, the truth. Safe, self driving Teslas are but a mirage. Why? Because Tesla only uses cameras to detect the real world while Waymo uses radar, lidar AND cameras to do the same thing and even that is iffy given the inherent complexities of the real world bombarding Waymo at rates boggling the mind.








As an aside, Think Anonymous gives an in-depth analysis as to why the Waymo take rings true.

Just a tiny tidbit here, go to TA to get the complete skinny.







The cost of doing it right is $, compute and research, the cost of cutting corners, let's not go there.

Said approach to solving a difficult problem reminds your truly of this ...



And we all know well how that initiative went, right?

In the short term ...



In the short term, oil and renewables won. On the US & the Americas side, oil, on the Chinese side, solar but both winners will soon be eclipsed by the gorilla in the room, climate change as said entity ignores all borders as the world moves further into the 21st century.






As doubts over the future market dominance of the Gulf’s petrostates deepen, the surge in market prices has begun fuelling the rise of the Americas. The growth in US and Canadian crude production – which has accelerated in recent years – is expected to continue through the 2020s. However, almost half of the world’s oil supply growth over the rest of the decade is expected to come from Latin America’s oil boom.

On the solar side, China dominates ...







The intent for countries to leave oil for good is all well and good but long term implications regarding the intent to ameliorate global warming using said tech centers on undeniable facts regarding renewables and related factors impacting the spread and maintenance of same: 

Saturday, April 25, 2026

60-70%


 60-70% of all data traffic from Europe to the East runs through the strait and the Red Sea, next to Yemen, which means Iran controls both check points. Methinks the Orange Menace and his minions better think things through before doing something even more catastrophically stupid then the unnecessary action foisted upon the world by Israel telling the US to jump and kick off an event that could expand into WW III if we let it. 

A conversation with Gemini. Just the facts Ma'am - Joe Friday/Dragnet

The "Backyard" of Global Data

While many focus on oil, the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea
are also
the physical foundations of the internet.

Massive Reliance: Approximately 95% of all global internet traffic, including bank transfers and communications, travels through thin glass cables at the bottom of the ocean [00:06].

Critical Choke Points: Over 15 major submarine cables run beneath the Strait of Hormuz [00:30]. Iran and the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen effectively control two key corridors that carry 60% to 70% of all internet traffic between Asia and Europe [01:07].

The Economic and Social ImpactA disruption in these waters would have
immediate international consequences:

Global Isolation: Cutting these cables would isolate the Middle East and disrupt
operations for global IT and call centers, with India alone having 20% to 40% exposure
[00:48].

Market Paralysis: Major cloud infrastructure from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft
runs through this region. A disruption could freeze trillions of dollars in daily trade,
forex markets, and banking systems
[01:43].

The Difficulty of Repair: The video emphasizes that "cutting a cable is not as simple
as repairing it"
[01:22]:

Limited Resources: There are only about 50 to 60 specialized ships in the world capable of fixing these cables [01:29].Wartime Delays: These ships move slowly, are rarely covered by insurance in conflict zones, and repairs can take a minimum of 8 weeks [01:37].

The core message of the clip is that Iran doesn't need a bomb to disrupt the world;
it simply needs "scissors" [02:00]. 

This reality is presented as a primary reason for the delicate diplomatic
handling of the region by global powers.

Watch the full clip here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/177PpNKzmqQ

The Kraken ... for real



The Kraken lived. Think about the smarts of this monster! The question to ask is, why is ocean life so small today. Boffins think it's the temperature along with the introduction of man and his baggage
as root causes of this happenstance.

Works for me.




A true apex without question.



If the monster was alive today, this engraving would be for real. :)