mishagriffith.bsky.social
Historian of Technology, Cold War student, Covert communications consultant (non-violent insurrections only need apply), Professor Yes, Documentary filmmaker, Electrician with notions (Lighting designer), Leguminati, Maisie Mae's mom.
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I am glad you are OK. My Maisie and I were attacked a couple of weeks ago by a German Shepherd who was off leash and out of its yard.
If your dog tends to wander, get a GPS tracker.
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If you see a tall gentle man with lots of dogs, that might be my friend John Balma. He often walks his dogs on Ocean Beach.
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You mean the military doesn't give medals for penmanship and clean lockers?
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AI can aggregate information, yes. But can it discern fact from fiction? Can it decide which information and which source are trustworthy, aside from algorithms that show which information is the most popular? The answers are no and no.
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The evidence of phony citations and useless paper mill submissions inserted into government reports shows us the real truth of AI's capabilities; AI programs can aggregate and even invent, but they cannot discern. The teaching of discernment and critical thinking is what we should do.
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I am sorry to say that the current regime is hoping this will become a normal practice. Stochastic terrorism is real, and the regime has been grooming their followers to respond with violence.
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These women used to be the department secretaries. With the advent of personal computers, professors could no longer toss a handful of notes at the department secretaries and tell them to turn it into a syllabus.
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About 1968 or 69, we saw Tommy Smothers in the Montgomery Wards furniture department in Redding, CA picking out a recliner. He had a cabin in the Trinity Alps, and was getting furniture for it. The Smothers Brothers Show was a big hit at the time
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Lime, olive oil, garlic, and parmesan cheese on popcorn is awesome.
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This attitude may put a damper on Spring Break in the future.
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It is worthwhile to read Gil Scott-Heron's poem in its entirety.
www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/hero...
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The leaders and elite of the Confederacy were certainly evil. The average Confederate infantryman? He was stupid to risk his life for evil people fighting for an evil and self-enriching cause. Just like today's GOP.
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Touche!
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There are no women standing behind Trump, as far as I can tell.
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Two words: terror works.
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Armchair generals discuss strategy, real generals discuss logistics.
This is why. Real generals care for their troops, fake generals use troops as tools and leave them in the field to rust.
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This recently happened to me while I was lecturing about the medieval Czech general Jan Zizka. I had been referring to him as being old for the last 20 years. Now we are the same age. Guess I will be referring to him in the future as a spry gentleman.
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Trade unionists were listed third in the Niemöller poem, following communists and socialists.
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Yup--tasting was the job no one really wanted. But to be fair, saltpeter is a good preservative. If you have ever eaten corned beef, that was preserved with potassium nitrate. It is also an excellent fertilizer, especially with hydroponically grown foods.
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According to Bert Hall, who writes about firearms in the early Renaissance, they had some interesting ideas, such as the urine from women who drank beer copiously was most potent. One on their main sources for Potassium nitrate was seepage through brick walls in basements
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But we couldn't have a woman president because she would get too emotional.
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Not to mention the colonial aspect. The Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company spent all that time, treasure, and lives... for tea? Riiight. If a kingdom controlled 80% of all the saltpeter in the world, it could pick and choose with whom it went to war.
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I love to bore my students with nuances about gunpowder.
About divergence points-- your idea is intriguing.
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The need to make potassium nitrate (saltpeter) came from Great Britain's colonization and control of India. The Bihar region contained 80%of the world's naturally available saltpeter in the 18th century. Other sources, such as bat caves, provided a less potent form.
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To paraphrase Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca when a German major asked if Bogart could imagine the N&zi army in America: "there are some places I would advise against invading "
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Except that flag is not "foreign" to Mullen.
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I once watched a river otter take on a Labrador Retriever twice it's size.
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Another thing to have handy: phone numbers of lawyers.
Leave at home: Your personal cell phone. You can be tracked after the fact, and they can get your contacts. Use a burner phone or walkie-talkies if you must communicate with others.
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If the revolutionaries don't livestream it, the oppressors get to tell their own version on their captive networks.
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Do you remember when this sort of image would send Alex Jones into a massive freak out? I think the original trigger was something called Jade Helm.
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Then the prosecutor will have to demonstrate that the defendant knew all of his passengers were undocumented and he was part of the conspiracy to take these people to perform nefarious tasks, instead of, say, his turn to drive the car pool that day. My original comment was a joke, BTW.
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I had to think about this for a moment.
Eid Mubarak.
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However, the USSR was physically invaded by an army whose goal was to kill all Slavic people or turn them into slaves. Additionally, Stalin did not care how many of his people would die to fulfill his goals. The Soviet people were caught between the hammer and the anvil.
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If transporting undocumented aliens within the United States is illegal, then every single bus driver would be in jail.
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As a curious child, my grandfather tried to steer me towards wild berries that were safe. On my own, I tried yew berries, and while the pink outside is sweet, the thin coating on the inside seed tastes much like syrup of ipecac, and it would be difficult to swallow.
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My husband hates countertop appliances save for the coffee maker, the microwave, the toaster oven, and the rice cooker. Everything else must stay hidden until needed.
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I don't remember who said it, but "armchair generals discuss strategy, real generals discuss logistics."
I don't hear any logistics.
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Trump would take Musk back if Musk was sufficiently contrite in public. Trump knows his control over Republican politicians is doubly strong with a bottomless purse. Trump's sycophants, however, may act recklessly on his behalf.
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And nuclear weapons.
I'll see myself out.
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Meteorologists in central locations predicting the weather? Like we had at NOAA?
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Where there is smoke, there is a bridge on fire.
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Pick me up off of the floor!
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Yes, actually, I did. His letters are sprinkled with some very shocking language.