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A slow start on #GoodFriday for the old man, another restless night of pain he struggles to get out of bed, after getting his classical music going, he makes his way to start the coffee, and somehow manages to get into the shower, as the hot water pours down over his body, he struggles to take the first breath of the day, eventually he emerges from the shower and struggles to brush his hair and beard, as he puts on his attire for the day, confusion sets in as to why he ever bothers, another day alone, another day in pain, another day where finding food to eat will be a chore, he stumbles out the door to see a windy cloudy day, unsure of where he really is he goes back to grab his coffee and settles in his chair, why o why Lord do you keep me here, for the suffering and struggling I must endure surely deserves some mercy and grace today, a darkness is in the air as the old man just sits and stares.

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#Commentary, #thoughts, #insight, #environment, #humanity, #poem,

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Day 19 cont 🙏⛪🕍🕌⛩️🛕 💽🧑‍💻

“The #LiberalParty has accidentally left part of its email provider’s #subscriber details exposed, revealing the types of #data harvested by the party during the #election campaign.

This gives rare #insight into some of the specific kinds of data the party is keeping on voters, including whether they are “predicted Chinese”, “predicted Jewish”, a “strong Liberal” and other #PersonalInformation.”

#AusPol / #DataScience / #inference / #voters / #Liberal / #LNP / #Nationals <crikey.com.au/2025/04/17/victo>

Crikey · ‘Predicted Chinese’, ‘predicted Jewish’: Liberals accidentally leave voter-tracking data exposedBy Cam Wilson

Radical Fanatics would have you believe a tomato is a vegetable, and that dandelions are weeds, but the truth is you have been forced to learn that lies often hide the truth, because lies make money, truth sets you free.

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Walking through the meadow and fields of morning glories and sun flowers, the birds are chirping, the deer are grazing the squirrels and rabbits are playing, butterflies and honey bees are hard at work pollinating, a babbling brook flows into a tranquil pond where fish are skimming the surface catching bugs in the morning sun, in the distance a wolf stands watch as eagles soar, the horizon hidden but towering mountains with peaks of crisp snow, through the valley death has taken toll, for fires rage and war is waged, cities burned, people scream as their lives are on a train to a destructive grave, for hate and greed opened fear, allowing all to perish there, no grass to feel, no flowers to smell, no water to drink, no food to eat, discarded bodies rotting like left over meat, moments from paradise, to proud to see from what could be, they closed the sea, they polluted the air, from wealth and greed they all now bleed, no safety from the vault in a bank, mounds of cash have made the town melt, burning hell consume their feet, for no credit be to peace for me, ivory towers in ruins now, from life to death their is no one left.

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This existence is futile, for we live in a time where it is within our ability to end all poverty, hunger, homelessness and wars, we have the ability to cure, treat and prevent nearly every single disease, we have the ability to exist truly united without borders without confrontation, without stealing one another's joy, but none of this is profitable, for the wealthy elite would lose their identity and their power, it is for their greed that we all bleed, I have traveled to the end of time, I have explored all the other dimensions, and for our reality, we have no future, for greed is killing us faster than any other point in history, the lands are burning, the waters are rising, the crops are dying, the air is thinning, famine and plagues are rising, wars are constant, greed is growing, for every dollar the wealthy gain, 100's die in vain, for their wealth and power grow, but soon they too will have no place to go, for we have learned to hate and we have learned to kill, we have no faith, we have no love, we have no compassion, we have no empathy, we have no respect, for humanity has been long dead, our bodies are like zombies for we all have lost our souls, for time will claim us all, with nothing but a hole to rot within, none of our wealth, our power nor greed will save us from this rancid disease, for man has chosen death over life, and hate over love, and not a single one has the will to bear not only their own cross, but nor will not one even attempt to bear another's burdens so that all may find a path forward, time has not been kind, with all the wisdom burned and all the knowledge learned, mans only goal is to die the last with no one else around.

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For if the sun meets the moon will the other stars find jealousy, shall asteroids and comets blast holes through the earth, will life find space more inviting than the hustle and bustle of the city streets, will the nebula's offer more beauty than a meadow in spring, will far away worlds hold more wonders than Christmas morning for a child, will time slow to a crawl, will light bend near and far, for if my reach for space can grab, why to earth is my soul condemned.

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We suffer not of our own accord, for the folly of our leaders cut us down long before we can harm ourselves, we marched with blinders on our minds, we ignored the warnings, to our slaughter we gleefully danced as our leaders promised gold and roses after a period of trials and hardship, no parades no bounty, no plunder, for we allowed ourselves to be rapped by those who promised to lead us to the promise land, they used greed and fear to gain our trust, they stripped our rights, took our food, stole our youth and closed our banks, to the bitter end many stood and swore the leaders will lead us out of hell as they marched straight into the ragging fire, they burned the schools, and use our young to work the fields, to fight their wars, they killed our elders and broke our souls, for demons they all are.

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Can such technology be used on Mars from now on? #InSight would still be alive had it been equipped with such a dust shield.

"NASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the Moon during Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1, which concluded on March 16."

Before/after animation in the article:

nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-d

NASA
NASANASA’s Dust Shield Successfully Repels Lunar Regolith on Moon - NASANASA’s Electrodynamic Dust Shield (EDS) successfully demonstrated its ability to remove regolith, or lunar dust and dirt, from its various surfaces on the

If a drop of water falls in a bucket at the rate of one drop per day, by the time the next drop falls in, the previous one has all ready evaporated, never collecting enough water to even have a sip to drink, much like the drip of support so many that are #disabled and living in #poverty receive, those drips as appreciated as they provide vital support, never flow fast enough to provide actual lasting meaningful relief, leaving those of us that are vulnerable without and often shamed for having to constantly ask for support to live, if for when it rains it could pour and fill the bucket, and provide for many days, so if support where to pour in, and bring true relief allowing those in need the means to live, if only people could see a drop in a bucket only adds up if it is constant, so much this disabled man living in poverty needs, but the random drops often come to infrequently and far less bountiful than what is needed, if only people could truly see the value in helping those like me, You can encourage my continued useless poetic commentary on random thoughts and events, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…

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And now for those Pork Store Rejects, put your hands together for Canned Spam and their number 1 hit single, Salty Plate.

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Solving our problems with material and technology is like covering up the weeds of the mind. It helps take the edge off and buys time.

Next is solving problems by calming and managing suffering and stress. It helps us get to a better mental space, quickly. This is like trimming the weeds.

Finally there is the practice of looking within, developing insight and improving our skill of seeing ourselves more clearly. This is uprooting the weeds once and for all.

A subtle yet powerful shift in perception becomes viable when we stop referring to these tools broadly as “AI” and start calling them what they truly are—Large Language Models (LLMs).

“AI” can trigger anxiety, competition, or a sense of threat. “LLM,” being neutral, descriptive, and precise, invites curiosity, collaboration, and a friendlier relationship with the human mind.

Small reframings often lead to big shifts.

A quotation from Victor Hugo

In fact, were it given to our human eye to see into the consciences of others, we would judge a man much more surely from what he dreams than from what he thinks.
 
[En effet, s’il était donné à nos yeux de chair de voir dans la conscience d’autrui, on jugerait bien plus sûrement un homme d’après ce qu’il rêve que d’après ce qu’il pense.]

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Les Misérables, Part 3 “Marius,” Book 5 “The Excellence of Misfortune,” ch. 5 (3.5.5) (1862) [tr. Wilbour/Fahnestock/MacAfee (1987)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/hugo-victor/75330/