“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
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The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
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Enjoy the first set of Thursday trinkets for March!
(1) Fake Feynman AI does a nice job here of being our Silicon Steve – explaining why [probably] Venus rotates BACKWARDS relative to the other planets of the solar system.
Watch for the typographical errors by the writing AI, which get sucked up into face-palm narration by the vocalization AI. It’s just stupid and cringe. Nevertheless, the science is good.
(2) An interesting chess rematch narrated by DrMike – check it out.
(3) Transitional hominin species Homo habilis gets a new set of skeletal remains, confirming the earlier ones, and our favorite junior anthropologist (Erika, a.k.a. Gutsick Gibbon) summarizes both the background science and the new paper on the new find. The real science can be a bit boring, but that’s often definitive for real science.
(4) Reaction video to (IMO) one of the best live rock performances from back in the mid-70s – by that band called Rush.
Yes, it’s annoying that she keeps interrupting the good parts, so here it is without interruption.
And if you’d prefer a shorter version with video, we have that, too!
(5) OK, how about more Rush, but with a SuSE twist? You may have heard this parody before, but it’s worth a listen to appreciate how well it’s re-done here.
(6) This is ….. different. An AI, heavy metal version of “The Old Rugged Cross”.
(7) You know, I think I’ll stick to the calming versions of these hymns!
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!
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Another assortment of digital trinkets for your fascination and amazement!
(1) I know I’ve showed you this one before, but I always enjoy it. Love the intro, too. Replay!
(2) Language. Humans do it. Crows do it. Well, other primates do it, too. Another anthropology trinket.
(3) Assault machine guns are getting updated. Check out the latest improvements!
(4) Three very fast chess games, with a lot of analysis of every move. CHESS LEARING CENTER! And y’all are LEARING from the very best!
(5) MOAR Christian praise from my favorite digital hymnsmiths!
That’s all for now – as I am CLEARING the tags of LEARING. So to speak. LOL!
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!
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Howdy, boys and girls! It’s trinket time!
(1) Another fun math problem with a neat solution that makes sense once you see the answer.
(2-5) And now, a CHESS CHEATING SCANDAL SPECIAL! This one requires no knowledge of chess – just tabloid interest in a cheating scandal.
(2) The beginning in the middle…..
(3) More explanation…..
(4) Things get…… LEGAL?
(5) THE CHAMPIRE STRIKES BACK!
SO – what do I think? I’m still suspicious of the board game that started it all. I think Carlsen’s suspicions that it was being cheated, somehow, were potentially valid.
Notice that in the final battle, the game is not on the board – it’s being observed online. IMO, the CROWD observation prevented any and all cheating. I suspect that’s why Carlsen agreed to it.
(6) Iguana hunting in Florida. Followed by iguana tacos. “Tastes like chicken.” Yes, they’re invasive and quite destructive. No bag limits. Public and private venues, crawling with them. Airguns with .22 pellets are the way to get them. “Chicken of the tree.”
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
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Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
kamagraphy
noun
making copies of original paintings using treated canvas
a specialized method of painting reproduction in which the original is destroyed, but large numbers of reproductions are created
an Indian dance troupe based on the Kama Sutra
Used in a sentence
The practice of kamagraphy is not the same as kamalagraphy, which I refuse to define.
Shown in a picture
Max Ernst (1891-1976)- Le Vaisseau Fantôme / The Ghost Ship, Kamagraph Canvas Plate / camouflage plate, 63 x 48 cm
Shown in a video
MUSIC!
Is Frampton’s-camelography close enough?
THE STUFF
This is a really great chess game, with an excellent explanation of all the blunders by both sides. THE GOAT – Magnus Carlsen – goes down a queen, but fights back to a win.
Sounds like a certain President, if you ask me!
Just sayin’!
And now it’s time for Wolf Moon’s Snow Moon Review of the new film MELANIA.
In order to get this out quickly, but fairly completely, I’m basically doing it as lists of bullet points. Yeah, that’s not very artistic, but I don’t want these points to drown in a bunch of evasive prose. I want people to know what I observed, what I think, and what to watch for.
I will start off with a list of non-spoilers. You can decide after THAT, if you want to read the spoilers. If you don’t want to read them, then you can just skip over the rest. I don’t have a spoiler tool for the text of this article, sadly.
Non-Spoilers
The Performance
At least in our area, the film is doing well.
This is the most packed movie I have been to, in a long time.
We had to settle for front row seats, because pretty much everything else was taken, several hours before the showing. Thankfully, we were not in a front corner. Reclining seats help.
Checking online for tickets may be a good idea.
There were no protests, hecklers, or interruptions.
There were classy laughs in appropriate places.
There were tears in appropriate places. Grab extra napkins if you don’t have tissues.
There were silent claps, raised hands, and thumbs up throughout the film.
There was significant applause which waited respectfully until the end.
My Opinions
I am glad I saw this movie in a theater.
I may get the DVD so that I can freeze-frame it to study details.
I know why Trump already saw it twice, and will likely watch it more times.
I believe this movie is historically important.
The movie will be cited by historians for many reasons, including things that it reveals.
The importance is not solely documentary – it is more than a documentary.
The movie is quite entertaining, but its significance exceeds its entertainment value.
Melania’s historical importance as a FLOTUS is evident and proven by the end of the movie, yet no effort is expended to make that point – it makes itself.
Anybody who is culturally or vocationally interested in fashion, beauty, entertainment, history, government, etc., needs to see this movie, even if they DESPISE Trump.
The movie is a tribute to every person who has ever worked in arts, beauty, entertainment, politics, culture, government service, the military, and many other featured vocations.
Cthulhu’s theory that Melania or Barron might be Q is not, IMO, proven by the film, but OTOH, this film absolutely destroys any assertions that Melania is not profoundly capable, very influential on Trump, and herself a focus of influence.
Trump’s great respect for Melania, and vice versa, is extremely evident.
Trump’s sense of humor, his love of “regular folks”, and his poise and savvy are on display.
Many things that happened during that period of time are explained by this movie.
I will be citing details from this movie, in a month or two, but I’d like to wait for people who want to see it, to have that opportunity first.
I recommend watching Melania – if not now, then once it appears on the small screen.
If you watch it in a theater, you will understand how Melania herself set the tone for the audience response.
OK – if you want to skip the spoilers, then take off now! Head down to the comments! Or watch the trailer, which contains a few of the spoiler items, without full context.
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Spoilers
Yes, Melania not only WEARS “that dress” – it’s the star of the show! I have to admit that I like it, but maybe that’s just me. It really shows off her figure in a flattering way.
The stylized “R” on the front is actually pretty cool, IMO. RRRub it in, why don’t we?
Melania’s designer is a great guy, and it’s a lot of fun to watch her interact with him.
Trump is hilarious and interjects “wisely” but “wise guy” in some serious situations. He knows how to ease the tension, which is interesting.
Trump NEVER steals the show. His respect for his wife is incredible. It’s very clear that he’s proud of her, and of this movie.
IMO Melania was part of the reason they moved the Inauguration indoors. She was very concerned about security during the parade. This woman is extremely smart. Was God listening to her prayers when He sent the Inauguration plans into the deep freeze?
Speaking of prayers, the church scene in NYC is awesome.
Melania has a network of First Ladies around the world who she Face-Times with or meets in person. I want to study that part more closely.
The stats on foster kids going to college are abysmal. Yeah. WOW. She has a point.
Brigitte Macron sure looks like a woman – at least as much as Candace Owens does. Glass houses?
Trump values Melania’s input to the point of making one of the most important changes in his Inauguration speech, because she suggests it right there as he practices.
One of Trump’s executive orders is due to input from Melania. Very impressive, very appropriate. She’s a subject matter expert. Again, it’s tied to her network.
Melania seems unbothered by the fact that Trump doesn’t always listen to her advice.
Melania’s maturity is very evident, and just off the charts.
Melania’s favorite musicians include Michael Jackson – she knows the words to his songs!
The inside of Trump Force One is extremely cool and luxurious.
The sound track of the movie includes some big hits, which are used in a smart and cunning fashion.
Melania’s most admired First Ladies (given near the end) are an interesting selection – especially considering who is NOT there.
Melania’s parents are fascinating – especially her mother who is the “Rebecca” of the movie.
Melania’s mom taught her tailoring, and the tailors love her for her knowledge of their craft, plus for being a professional model.
Melania does some modeling on camera.
Melania’s staffers are scary smart women. She hires two more of them, whose interviews are part of the filming process.
Vivek shows up all over the place, without speaking. It’s clear that Trump, Melania, or both, like him.
Elon, Bezos, Tim Cook, many others. It’s fun.
A lot of interesting people show up at the Inauguration functions.
I had forgotten that Kamala showed up in a designer MAO JACKET. Yeah. Worth seeing again, just to realize who she is.
Melania does a dance or two. Watch for them!
Trump ALWAYS says thanks to people after a photo shoot. What a MENSCH. Talk about good atomic habits!
I’m sure the Secret Service approved every frame. Watch for artistic blurring and motion of the camera at certain points where they wanted things a bit fuzzy.
Melania’s pride in Barron is repeatedly evident.
Limiting the amount of footage from the “indoor parade” (a rally, basically) that my wife and I attended was artistically smart, even though I would have loved to have seen more. I am happy that enough was included to honor all of us who waited in the cold and dark to be there!
Joe Biden looks happy in the footage. He also looks like he should be in a nursing home, but he looks happy. Trump interacts with him quite well. Watch for it.
Final thoughts – the poise, sophistication, and intelligence of a proud immigrant who loves America and her husband – fully on display. Like I said, this is a great and significant film. I’m glad I saw it.
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!
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It’s Thursday again! Time to send in the Temu trinkets!
(1) Fork weans? NO! FOUR QUEENS! This is a great game! Watch it all the way to the surprise ending!
(2) This is some heavy science with very little math. Einstein vs. Bohr. Relativity vs. Quantum Mechanics. But explained in a way that makes sense. If somebody tried to explain Bell’s Theorem to you, and it didn’t sit right, or make sense, it was likely because most explanations are BAD. Check this out – it explains why Bell’s result vindicated Bohr on the numbers and Einstein on the problems!
(3) After hearing how weird science can be, consider casting aside any guilt about weirdness in religion – and specifically the weirdness of ANGELS. And yet, as you will see, much of their otherworldly nature is comforting. This is a fascinating video explaining the strange beauty of the angelic, from the basics on up.
(4) OMG, Trump is amazing. If you have not seen this, you have one more chance now to see him roast CNN at a “gaggle”! LOL!!!
Note that the image below was ready for today, from the beginning of this Thursday column!
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
2018
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
2025 by Bakocarl, from Wheatie in 2019
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!
2018
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Christmas is here! A special collection of ornaments is presented!
~1870/2018
2021
2023
And now, some of the usual goodies!
(I) A new favorite version of this song – created by humans, arranged by humans and machines (see YouTube).
(II) How about some Christmas lights, on a chemis-tree? Actually, this is “How to figure out Planck’s constant using colored LEDs” – or something like that.
(III) A rose may be a rose by any other name, but is a “meta-rose” still “meta” without “meta-“? Or even with “ortho-” or “para-“? Your call, patriots!
From Melania’s website, this “meta-rose” is one of her digital collectibles.
For a discussion of why roses are rosey, see here.
(IV) What would Christmas be without some chess? I still have the family chessboard my parents got us for Christmas! Here is a fast, furious and fun game!
(V) Sorry – I’m in love with this mathematical picture of 1729! Many thanks to our cthulhu for pointing it out!
We’ve been through a lot of Christmases together, my friends. It has been a long but blessed road.
2018
2019
2020, uploaded by grandmaintexas
2021 (Wheatie’s last post on Gab)
Christmas Tree beside a Stream, Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada, North America
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!
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Christmas is approaching! Get in the spirit!
(1) Another hymn by this bunch. I find this very listenable.
(2) MOAR CHESS. Get in the spirit of giving! Watch these two top players give each other gift moves, until the one who gives the earliest gifts WINS. Otherwise known as a stupid, bad game, won by the biggest troll.
(3) OK – time to get serious for a moment.
GATTACA is coming, thanks to CRISPR. We were warned!
Title: “OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and His Husband Are Funding the Creation of Genetically Engineered Babies”
Subtitle: “The rebirth of Frankenstein in the era of CRISPR and AI”
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!
W
Ready for a new box of chocolates? You never know what’s in them…… well, not really!
(1) More chess – including a weak opening and a mistake leading to checkmate.
(2) More firearms – namely the 30-06, multiple rounds, including armor-piercing, against plain old steel 1/2″, 5/8″, 3/4″ and 1″. It’s SPICY.
(3) – More physics magnets – specifically, an explanation of how they work. Bottom line – line up those electrons, buddy – whether it’s in the tiny, or in the big – because it’s a LAZY UNIVERSE and the universe wants to get all LOW ENERGY JEB on things!
(4) More chemistry and bad jokes – as a zany chemist facetiously documents all the laboratory errors he made, in an effort to turn a piece of plumbing pipe into the simple, cheap, metal salt that you can buy at the hardware store to kill roots in your sewer lines.
This is what real YouTube Science was, before AI and big money ruined everything!
(5) More YouTube ChiCom ClickBait FakeTech! How to turn an old microwave oven into clicks and cash (and not actually a laser-aimed, directed energy, flame-thrower).
I do wish Steve was here to critique, but just read the comments on YouTube.
Whatever you do, don’t do any of this stuff at home!
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!
W
More Temu trinkets from video world. Skip over as many as you must!
(1) Explosives. Instantly reducing people to…… crumbs? Not vapor? Or is this “AND logic”?
(2) Have you ever wanted to go back to high school biology class? You won’t after this video! It’s CRINGE vs. CRINGE! Skip if you don’t want to enjoy the CRINGE!
(3) Try a different chess brain from my usual guy. This one does a deep dive into a SCANDAL of the chess world during this fascinating analysis of psychological war between top chess players.
The TL;DR – the world’s best player TOYS with the guy who made bogus accusations of computer-backed cheating at the top of chess world, by making a bunch of TROLL moves that a computer would NEVER recommend, and still beating him bloody!
(4) How about a TREEHOUSE DUDE who’s not Sundance? Check out “Mystery Treehouse” on the topic of the band Boston / the nerd Tom Scholz.
(5) Wanna talk back to those douchebags and cat-ladies who say that the Southwest UNITED STATES was stolen from MEH-HE-CO? Here you go – some fascinating history.
OK – that’s enough! Have a great weekend!
W
BUT WAIT – THERE’S MOAR!
I saw this at the last minute! Must report immediately! A damned AI country song hit NUMBER ONE!!!
[No – don’t skip over it – click the video and WAIT FOR IT!]
This man, making Christmas calls from the White House, believes the world is a sphere. And he has even flown around it! So has our beautiful FLOTUS, who happens to be his wife!
Truth and common sense must be valued by us, as individuals, in order to lastingly disempower the authoritarian fake news media. This includes the perniciously smarmy science media, which never answers for its errors and lies. I believe that the media has been responsible not only for leftist pathologies like scientism, medical fascism, and radical gender ideology, but also for reactionary movements like modern flat Earth, rejection of all medicine, and Biblical geological literalism.
Just as Wheatie’s Stormwatch Monday Open Thread was created as a place for people to openly express their thoughts and opinions, so, too, is this Thank God Thursday Open Thread, where honest but civil discussion of all topics is encouraged. This thread is also to be known as Theistic Evolution Thursdays, due to the author’s expected “pontification” about his scientific, religious, and political opinions. You are welcome to pontificate back! Free speech matters!
Please label all AI-generated content as being such, unless it is patently obvious (e.g., humorous AI images). It is important that we as individuals not begin to pretend that socially derived artificial intelligence is actually our own, as this form of stealthy social information averaging and feedback would be one more pretense and deception between people, in service of stupid Marxist socialism, and of those who wish to substitute their communally protected lies for actual truth.
The source of alleged truth matters, not for the truth itself, but for validation.
And yes, it’s THURSDAY…again.
And that’s it. We’re done stealing from Wheatie.
OK – maybe her rules need to be posted.
No food fights.
No running with scissors.
If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.
Other rules may be derivable from these, and that conjecture is left for discussion.
If there is nothing beyond the “W” below, then this is a placeholder. For health reasons, I can’t always post a timely opinion before each Thursday, but I will try. Otherwise, you have this placeholder post, where YOU provide the content. Enjoy!
W
Another selection for your post-election Thursday!
(1) One of the best SCIENCE STORIES I have ever heard. How a merchant marine cook’s crucial observation during a submarine attack in WWII, and persistence in making it known to the military, changed the course of the naval battle against German wolf-packs in the North Atlantic.
The only problem? It appears to be another AI FAKE STORY.
YES – AI is now creating very compelling FAKE HISTORY. The ultimate in FAKE VALOR.
I’m calling it THE BLUMENTHAL EFFECT.
(2) Let’s follow that up with some light entertainment! Also fictional. I kid you not!
(3) Watch some top-level chess, where the cunning “offense by evasion” of Magnus Carlsen edges out the patience of the defending champion until the champ makes enough mistakes.
(4) If you can stand to listen to a woman with pale purple hair, a shaky “inhaling laughter” voice, and a quasi-Brit American accent, but with an excellent knowledge of science fiction, then here is everything that is lovable but wrong with Star Trek’s warp drive in reality universe.
(5) AI companions. Get totally caught up with the subject in 35 minutes of fascinating and surprisingly non-exploitative video (this, despite the clickbait cover image “thumbnail” you see below, complete with trendy pale purple blonde hair and WGTTs).
OK – that’s enough. You have faithfully endured the trials of YouTube ClickBait. Your reward is NO MAS. And Thank You for your attention to this matter!
