Crosswords: September 5, 2026

Open to Interpretation

City Words

#Crosswords

Game on...on the radios...Nationals at Dodgers...local newspaper, Orange County Register, offered one year electronic, web, subscription, for one dollar!...now, I'm trying to learn to navigate it...found NY Times crossword puzzle...too hard...then, found another crossword puzzle, easy peasy, for the rest of us...so, so, with crossword clues lingering in my head, I began a doom scroll...damn but if all the clic bait leads are like crossword clues!...to solve them, one has to physically clic on the log line...hmmph...how that works, lingering always in my head, is lore, ancient and recent, and the clic baits prompt up some lore or another...yesterday's post had it Israel was encouaging Argentina to take the Falklands...aaand, today, a spook channel was on about Argentina and something called Merlin...and Stargate...clic...and I went to gathering:

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https://www.facebook.com/reel/1409684101309057?s=yWDuG2&fs=e&mibextid=Nif5oz

Julian Dorey

https://youtu.be/qF9uu9bCKpo?is=z9VxjNOHtPPy03f_

Unlimited Hangout-Whitney Webb

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Made me look: Satellogic's Merlin-Argentina, Israel, North Carolina...and wanna look away!...🍿...looked again, thought John K. may address this...aand, there's another "Merlin"-Operation Merlin...hmmph...


The CIA/Intelligence Link: Beyond recruiting intelligence community veterans to its executive ranks, Satellogic designs its Merlin-powered data-as-a-service model explicitly to meet the continuous surveillance needs of allied defense and geospatial intelligence agencies. (Note: In completely unrelated historical espionage, "Merlin" was also the codename for a famous, separate mid-2000s CIA operation regarding Iranian nuclear blueprints). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

ellison palantir merlin argentina
The query weaves together a web of recent high-profile tech-geopolitical partnerships, investments, and defense-AI developments taking place in Argentina, involving billionaires Peter Thiel (Palantir) and Larry Ellison (Oracle), and the satellite intelligence landscape via the Merlin constellation.

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🇦🇷 1. Palantir's Radical Integration into Argentina
Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel recently relocated his family to Buenos Aires, establishing a tight alliance with Argentina’s anarcho-capitalist President, Javier Milei. [1, 2]
The "Social Digital Twin": Palantir and the Argentine government have initiated a controversial AI platform that centralizes mass citizen data—integrating tax, healthcare, and national registry records—to simulate and predict the social impact of Milei’s aggressive austerity measures. [1]
AI Safe Haven: Milei has introduced legal frameworks to make Argentina a deregulated laboratory for tech-supremacism, including the unprecedented proposal to grant autonomous AI units a form of legal corporate personhood. [1, 2]
The Vaca Muerta Protests: Thiel's fund, Thiel Macro LLC, recently bought a $76 million (1%) stake in Vista Energy, a primary operator in Argentina's massive Vaca Muerta shale formation. This energy grab sparked viral protests outside Thiel’s Buenos Aires mansion by activists dressed as Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings, mocking the company's Tolkien-inspired name and chanting "You shall not pass" against mass data collection. [1, 2, 3, 4]
🛰️ 2. Satellogic's "Merlin" Constellation & Palantir
The word "Merlin" links directly back to Argentina through Satellogic, an Earth-observation satellite company originally founded in Buenos Aires by Emiliano Kargieman. [1]
The Merlin Constellation: Satellogic introduced its new Merlin satellite constellation engineered to remap the entire planet daily at a highly precise one-meter resolution. [1, 2]
Palantir Edge AI: Palantir and Satellogic have a deeply rooted partnership. Satellogic's platforms incorporate Palantir’s Edge AI technology directly on orbit, allowing satellites to filter massive geospatial data and flag maritime or defense threats in real time before sending the signal down to Earth. In September 2026, Satellogic solidified this by partnering with SynMax to funnel Merlin's maritime intelligence into global security markets. [1, 2, 3]
💾 3. The Larry Ellison & Oracle Connection
Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison is part of the same elite defense-tech ecosystem and shares overlapping strategic interests with Palantir in Argentina:
The Private Data Race: Ellison ignited a major tech debate by declaring that public web data is maxing out, and that the future of elite AI relies on unlocking siloed, privately-owned datasets. Palantir publicly responded with a "told you so," as its primary business model involves processing high-security government and corporate data. [1, 2]
Shared Flights & Roots: Like Thiel, Ellison has been part of a billionaire flight away from California tax proposals. Oracle historically built its empire on early CIA database tracking contracts, mirroring Palantir's post-9/11 roots funded by the CIA's venture wing, In-Q-Tel. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Aviation Autonomy:Ellison is heavily involved in next-gen aviation (such as Archer Aviation's MidniThe
Archer Midnight is a piloted, five-seat electric vertical takeoff and landing (
eVTOL) aircraft built by
Archer Aviation for rapid urban air taxi transit
ght eVTOL), which explicitly leverages Palantir's Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) to optimize automated manufacturing and routing, competing in the same space as autonomous military flight firms like Merlin Labs. [1, 2, 3, 4]

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bundy take over of wildlife sanctuary israeli tourist takeover thailand
Your query combines two entirely separate events: the 2016 armed occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge by the Bundy family, and the September 2026 legal crackdowns and deportations of Israeli tourists following local disputes in Thailand.
1. The Bundy Wildlife Sanctuary Takeover (2016)
In January 2016, an armed militant group led by Ammon Bundy occupied the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
The Cause: The occupation began as a protest against the federal government's land-management policies and the imprisonment of two local ranchers.
The Standoff: The armed occupation lasted for 41 days before federal authorities arrested the leaders, resulting in one militant death during a highway traffic stop standoff.
The Legal Outcome: Ammon Bundy and several key occupiers were ultimately acquitted of federal conspiracy charges in late 2016, though the event highlighted deep divisions over federal land control.
2. Israeli Tourist Controversies and Deportations in Thailand (2026)
In August and September 2026, severe tensions flared in Thailand's resort hubs—such as Koh Samui and Phuket—stemming from a series of high-profile altercations involving Israeli visitors and local businesses. [1]
The Koh Samui Zoo Dispute: In August 2026, an Israeli family was denied entry to the Samui Exotic Park. The zoo's management claimed the restrictions followed repeated instances of visitors violating park rules, while the family claimed discrimination. The dispute escalated when the zoo displayed a Palestinian flag and anti-Israeli signs. [1, 2, 3]
Deportations & Bounties: An Israeli resident, Yaacov Ohayon, orchestrated an online threat campaign against the zoo owner. An Israeli man convicted last month of making threats against the owners of a zoo on Koh Samui has become the first foreigner ordered out of Thailand under new rules governing deportation. -- [Bangkok Post]. Additionally, authorities revoked another Israeli national's visa for allegedly posting an online cash bounty against the zoo operators. [1, 2, 3]
Local Backlash: Anti-tourist protests under the slogan "Save Phuket" emerged at Patong Beach, with local residents expressing deep frustration over illegal business operators and disrespectful conduct. [1]
Policy Changes: In direct response to widespread complaints regarding foreign misconduct, the government updated its immigration policies. Thailand will halve visa-free stays for Israeli tourists from 60 to 30 days beginning September 15, according to new regulations published in the country's Royal Gazette on Monday. -- [The Jerusalem Post].

🎶top of seventh...I left comments...maybe get a reply...I come late to this talkabout...added Operation Merlin, and Bundy, and Thailand...and I haven't worked up a take...kinda like with the dreams, I view the doom scroll, wake up, come back, and try to put it in my words, my take,  what I'm seeing!...notion is, some plan afoot for nations to welcome oligarchs and their companies to set up shop, takeover...what's that term when protestors take over parks?

✨️takeover...what's that term when protestors take over parks?

🎶had it-takeover...Tommy with a three run home run...the Bundy incident didn't make sense...but it was a takeover...and side by side with these others, a self similar...Nationals 4-Dodgers 5...long time back, read novel from WW2, and it told how the German corporations, between the wars, tookover French businesses...economic warfare business takeovers between the wars...

✨️economic warfare business takeovers between the wars

and deeply divided over the rise of the left-wing Popular Front government. Fearing nationalization and wealth taxes, wealthy French industrialists and financiers moved massive amounts of capital out of the country. German financial agents used this panic to purchase discounted French corporate bonds, real estate, and industrial infrastructure through Swiss banking conduits. [1, 2]
4. Patent Starvation and Sabotage
German companies frequently filed broad, sweeping patents within France for strategic materials (like specialty alloys, optics, and aviation instruments) without actually building the factories to produce them. Under international patent laws of the time, this effectively blocked French domestic firms from developing competing wartime technologies, legally paralyzing French military modernization. [1]

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⚠️ The Devastating Endgame: The 1940 Takeover
This corporate infiltration laid the groundwork for immediate systemic plunder after France fell in June 1940. The German state did not need to spend time figuring out the French economy because German corporations already possessed the blueprints. [1, 2]
"Legitimized" Buyouts: German authorities forced a highly unfavorable exchange rate (1 Reichsmark to 20 French Francs). German buyers flooded France with overvalued currency, legally purchasing the remaining majority shares of French companies. [1, 2]
The Bureaux d’Achats: Special German purchasing offices were set up to target and strip French businesses at knockdown rates. [1]
Industrial Subjugation: Giants like IG Farben absorbed the French chemical industry under a puppet joint-venture called Francolor, while French automakers like Renault and Peugeot were forcibly re-engineered to produce trucks and components exclusively for the German Wehrmacht. [1, 2]
Ultimately, the interwar economic infiltration proved that corporate boardrooms, patent courts, and cartel agreements could be just as effective at neutralizing a nation's defense capabilities as traditional military force.

🎶I had to add "Germany infiltrated France"...it was a neat book, a random read, found in used bookstore...it was bio?, about the early war, French underground...and maybe a paragraph was about the takeover, but I remember thinking, "that makes sense of how Germany took France"...like two thirds of France was already taken before!...oft said oil companies operate independent now of any country...multinationals?

✨️oft said oil companies operate independent now of any country...multinationals?

oft said oil companies operate independent now of any country...multinationals?
No, oil companies do not operate independently of national governments. While private investor-owned multinationals (often called "Big Oil" or the "Supermajors") have global reach and massive economic influence, they are strictly bound by the laws, sanctions, and foreign policy of their home countries. Furthermore, the true giants of the global energy landscape are not independent corporations at all, but rather National Oil Companies (NOCs) that are directly owned and managed by sovereign governments. [1, 2]
The balance of global oil control breaks down into two distinct categories:
1. State-Owned Giants (The True Controllers)
The vast majority of the world's oil is not controlled by free-floating multinationals. National Oil Companies control an estimated 80% of global oil reserves and drive roughly 55% of global production. [1, 2]
These entities operate as direct arms of their respective states to fund national budgets and project geopolitical power.
For instance, Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia) towers over the entire industry with a market cap of over $1.5 trillion.
Other dominant state-owned players include Sinopec and CNPC (China), Rosneft (Russia), and Petrobras (Brazil). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
2. Public Multinationals (Bound by Geopolitics)
Publicly traded energy corporations like ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Shell move capital across borders, but they remain heavily tethered to national flags and foreign policies. They cannot operate independently for several reasons: [1, 2]
Resource Ownership: Oil ultimately belongs to the country in whose ground it sits. Multinationals cannot simply extract oil where they please; they must sign strict joint ventures, leases, or concession agreements with host governments, which can be torn up or nationalized at any moment. [1, 2, 3]
Sanctions & Compliance: Western multinationals must strictly obey the foreign policy restrictions dictated by their home governments. If the U.S. or Europe issues sanctions against an oil-producing nation, corporations like ExxonMobil or Chevron must legally withdraw or freeze operations, regardless of their private commercial interests.
State Intervention: Recent real-world events perfectly illustrate how governments command these entities. For example, following major geopolitical transitions and U.S. government intervention in Venezuela, the U.S. Treasury actively orchestrated licensing and joint ventures for companies like Chevron and North American Blue Energy Partners to step into fields formerly managed by Chinese and Russian interests. [1, 2, 3]

🎶AI like saying, "Multinationals can't set up shop where they please."...they would be subject to Nations' laws....oh sure...United Fruit lawless...that, that's a crossword clue!...

✨️United Fruit Lawless

The United Fruit Company (UFC) wielded immense, often unregulated power in Central America during the 20th century, frequently operating above local laws and backed by U.S. foreign policy.
Monopoly and Land: The company controlled vast tracts of land—owning hundreds of thousands of acres in countries like Guatemala while leaving much of it uncultivated to block competition and suppress local farming. [1, 2]
The 1954 Guatemala Coup: When democratically elected Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz attempted to redistribute unused UFC land to starving farmers, the corporation lobbied the U.S. government to label Árbenz a communist. This led directly to the CIA-backed coup that overthrew the government and plunged the nation into decades of civil war. [1, 2]

🎶top of ninth...Nationals with a rally...runners on second and third...need to get groceries...K...Nationals 5-Dodgers 6...🎀...somewhere crossword puzzles styled to spook lore!...Pirates 1-Angels 6...😇...

:)

DavidDavid

Plots: September 4, 2026

Open to Interpretation

City Words

#Plots

Fickle Time's Declension

I'm young to some,

Terribly old to others-

Titanic's deck slopes.

No one can hang on

Though everyone has a try-

The sword's in the stone.

It can be a glide

Or a surf thru a barrel

Or just left behind.

This side or that side

Announce the plan, or denounce-

Even stones decline.

I'd be a smile,

A frown, whatever you wish,

Not to be fickle.

CityWords

Omens and Dreams

Oh, rainbows matter,

And Saint Peter's Dream mattered-

People matter most.

So, what's the matter?

A dashed dream, things not working?

'Tis matter of fact.

I matter to you?

All my hopes and dreams in one!

A diffuse matter.

So, I take up space,

My seat in this stadium

Begrudged by some.

What does it matter,

All the jealous blathering?

Dreams do deje vu.

CityWords

Game on...on the radio...Nationals at Dodgers...top of third...bottom of third...

🦋Dream:

Like some romantic negotian...old young platonic...american european..rerun...shes too sweet...lots of talk...less her more me..city town here, or there?.. .

🧐travelers, we are in some foreign town...saying goodbye...she listens while I delay, wanting to stay...glossing over our differences, age...a rerun...I wake up...

(actually, it's at end of this dream I'm old...mid dreams, everyone is young, including me, or at least who I perceive as me...who one is is problematic...gathering dream lore, from here and there, readsaid, as I have said, there are only dream takes, reports...and that's it...they come and go on their own in dream land...)

Three of us trying to detox a poisonous ostrich

🧐Two are holding down the Ostrich-seems an Ostrich...it's trying to bite, and has a toxic bite...its whole body is toxic...everyone is extra careful...and I'm ahead, gearing up my courage...trick is to make the Ostrich strike, bite, without getting bitten...if so, the Ostrich, and a bunch of other Ostriches, become harmless...I wake up...🧐 emoji for "take"

✨️dreams are only known from reports kabbalah
In Kabbalah and broader Jewish mysticism, dreams occupy a fascinating space where the line between subjective human reporting and objective spiritual reality blurs. The premise that “dreams are only known from reports” aligns heavily with the foundational Talmudic and Kabbalistic maxim that “all dreams follow the mouth” (meaning, a dream's reality is entirely shaped by how it is spoken, interpreted, and reported). [1]
Because a dream is an internal, non-physical experience, it only gains power, consequence, and definition in the material world once it is articulated into a report. [1, 2]
1. "All Dreams Follow the Mouth" (The Power of the Report)
The Talmud (Tractate Berakhot 55b) states that a dream is like an unread letter. Kabbalah expands on this by teaching that a dream remains in a state of unmanifested spiritual potential—neither completely good nor bad—until it is reported to an interpreter. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The Act of Speech Finalizes reality: The Zohar (the foundational text of Kabbalah) warns that a person should only report their dream to someone who truly loves them. “From this, we learn that a man should tell his dream only to someone who loves him. If the listener does not, he shall bring evil upon him; for if the dream changes, he is the reason that it is not fulfilled.” -- [Chabad.org]. [1, 2]
Constructing the Truth: Because dreams are inherently subjective reports, the metaphysical reality adapts to the vocalized interpretation. The listener's spoken response effectively "seals" the spiritual verdict of the dream. [1, 2]
2. The 1/60th of Prophecy and the Mixture of Garbage
Kabbalah explains why dream reports are so messy, contradictory, and confusing. While the Talmud calls a dream “1/60th of prophecy,” Kabbalists explain that during sleep, the analytical mind relaxes, and the lower soul (Nefesh) stays in the body while higher parts of the soul ascend to spiritual realms to recharge. [1, 2, 3, 4]
On its way back down, the soul must pass through the lower spiritual atmospheres governed by the angel Gabriel.
The report of a dream is almost never a "pure" divine message. Instead, it is an entanglement of authentic soul insights, day residue, and psychological noise. “However, there is no dream without nonsense, yet every dream provides a glimpse into a deeper reality. The challenge is distinguishing between the two.” -- [The Kabbalah of Dreams]. Therefore, the raw experience is chaotic; only through careful reporting and analysis can the "nonsense" be filtered from the "truth". [1, 2, 3]
3. The Four Layers of the Dream Report
To understand a dream report, Kabbalistic dream work often applies the Pardes framework—the four traditional layers of Torah interpretation—to the text of the dream report: [1]

🎶keep coming back to the scene in movie Ten Commandments...in the tent with the shepard girl, Moses listens to her explain the "nameless one" resides atop Mt. Sinai, which is rumbling and storm clouded...and he wants to go see...this "nameless" is esoteric...

✨️God being nameless is esoteric

God being nameless is a profound esoteric concept rooted in mysticism, signifying that ultimate divine reality transcends human language, concepts, and mental categories.
Mystical Traditions and the Nameless God
Apophatic Theology: Many spiritual paths use negative theology, describing what God is not rather than what God is. As noted in Experimental Theology, “God cannot be named” because God “transcends all things.”
Jewish Mysticism (Kabbalah): Kabbalah refers to the ultimate, unknowable essence of God as Ein Sof (the infinite) or Ayin (Nothingness). According to Facebook, “Ayin, Nothingness, is more existent than all the being of the world…” -- [Facebook]. This means human thought cannot capture it.
Scriptural Paradox: When Moses asks for God's name in Exodus 3, God replies "I am that I am" (Ehyeh asher ehyeh), which many esoteric thinkers interpret as a refusal to be pinned down by a fixed label, effectively translating to "I am beyond naming". [1, 2]

✨️Moses' reports from Mt. Sinai

Moses' reports from Mt. Sinai
Moses reported back to the people of Israel from Mount Sinaiafter ascending the mountain multiple times to receive God's covenant, laws, and the stone tablets. [1, 2, 3]
Key Ascents and Reports
The First Covenant Offer: Moses climbed the mountain to hear God's terms for the Israelites, who agreed by saying, “We will do everything the Lord has said.” -- [GotQuestions.org]
Receiving the Law: Moses spent extended periods—up to 40 days at a time—receiving detailed instructions for the community, the priesthood, and the Tabernacle. [1]
The Tablets and the Golden Calf: After descending with the stone tablets, Moses had to address the worship of the Golden Calf, later returning to the summit to receive replacement tablets as noted by sources like Reform Judaism. [1, 2]
The Shining Face: When Moses finally came down from the mountain with the final covenant tablets, his face emitted a radiant light, causing him to wear a veil when not speaking directly with God or relaying His commands. [1]

🎶Nationals 0-Dodgers 3...small parts of the story I close read...many have close read, and Moses was up and down the mountain like thirteen times, over a span of multiple  "40 days"...the covenant gave these Hebrews, Canaan...covenants happen now and then!...

✨️list of bible covenants in order

The seven major biblical covenants unfold in chronological order from Genesis to Revelation, tracing God's redemptive plan for humanity. [1, 2]
◦ Adamic CovenantSummary: Made with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and after the Fall, outlining human stewardship, the consequences of sin, and the first promise of a Savior (Genesis 3:14–19). [1, 2, 3, 4]
◦ Noahic CovenantSummary: Made with Noah, his family, and every living creature, promising never again to destroy the earth with a global flood, sealed with the rainbow (Genesis 9:8–17). [1, 2, 3, 4]
◦ Abrahamic CovenantSummary: Made with Abraham and his descendants, promising a great nation, a specific land (Canaan), and that all families of the earth would be blessed through his lineage (Genesis 12:1–3, 17:1–8). [1, 2, 3, 4]
◦ Mosaic CovenantSummary: Made with the nation of Israel at Mount Sinai through Moses, providing the Law, the Ten Commandments, and guidelines for worship in exchange for Israel being God's holy nation (Exodus 19–24). [1, 2, 3, 4]
◦ Davidic CovenantSummary: Made with King David, promising that his dynastic house, throne, and kingdom would be established forever (2 Samuel 7:11–16). [1, 2, 3, 4]
◦ New CovenantSummary: Promised by the prophets and inaugurated by Jesus Christ, this covenant offers forgiveness of sins and the indwelling Holy Spirit for all believers (Jeremiah 31:31–34; Luke 22:20). [1, 2, 3, 4]
◦ Everlasting (or Eternal) CovenantSummary: The ultimate and final fulfillment of all God's promises, representing eternal peace and communion between God and His redeemed people in the New Creation (Hebrews 13:20). [1, 2]
Would you like to explore the difference between conditional and unconditional covenants, or look at the specific signs and symbols attached to each one?

🎶hmmph...impossible to gainsay...or one goes the way of the Golden Calf cult...or so reported...all of this "reported"-takes...report today, Israelis "settler like" set up shop in Thailand...only to have their shops bulldozed by the disgruntled Thai...

✨️Israelis encourage Argentina to take Falklands

Israelis encourage Argentina to take Falklands
Public statements encouraging Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands came from Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who sparked a diplomatic row by declaring that the Falkland Islands belong to Argentina. [1, 2]
The Social Media Endorsement
In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) written in Spanish, the 35-year-old political activist explicitly backed Buenos Aires' sovereignty claim over the British Overseas Territory, using the Argentine name “Islas Malvinas”. He accused the United Kingdom government of hypocrisy, stating: [1, 2]
“...hypocrisy and hostility towards Israel with their recognition of 'Palestine'”
Argentine President Javier Milei, a staunch ally of Israel, subsequently reposted the comments. The statements drew immediate, fierce backlash from British right-wing politicians and lawmakers, who typically represent one of the last remaining pro-Israel factions in the UK. [1, 2]
The Diplomatic Paradox
While Yair Netanyahu's comments were intended to praise Milei's pro-Israel stance, they coincided with an escalating economic dispute between Argentina and Israel over the same islands: [1, 2]
Oil Project Sanctions: President Milei announced sweeping economic sanctions targeting the Sea Lion offshore oilfield north of the Falklands. [1, 2]
Israeli Targets: The $2.2 billion project is a joint venture primarily operated by Israel's Navitas Petroleum (which holds a 65% stake) alongside the UK's Rockhopper Exploration. [1, 2]
National Security Claim: Milei labeled the Israeli-British drilling operations a "clear and present danger" to Argentine sovereignty, threatening to penalize directors and suppliers. [1, 2]
Despite the economic friction over the oil project, Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno clarified that the sanctions would not damage broader bilateral relations, emphasizing that Argentina remains in constant communication with the Israeli government. [1]

🎶one thing after another...the Bible has become a foundation myth for Israeli settlements, businesses, exclusive enclaves, world wide...

✨️.the Bible has become a foundation myth for Israeli settlements, businesses, exclusive enclaves, world wide manifest destiny

The relationship between biblical text, modern geography, and political ideology is a central theme in discussions about Zionism, the State of Israel, and global religious movements. Depending on the perspective, the Bible is viewed either as a literal historical charter or as a foundational narrative utilized to justify modern territorial and political goals.
Foundations of Israeli Settlements and Enclaves
Within the context of Israeli settlements, particularly in the West Bank (referred to by Israeli authorities by the biblical names Judea and Samaria), biblical narratives play a crucial role for the religious Zionist movement:
• Divine Mandate: For many settlers and their supporters, the biblical covenant between God and Abraham provides a permanent, divine right to the land. This belief frames settlement not as geopolitical expansion, but as the fulfillment of a religious obligation to return to and populate the Jewish homeland.Historical Continuity: Archeological sites and biblical locations (such as Hebron, Shiloh, and Beit El) are cited to establish a direct historical link between ancient Jewish kingdoms and modern residents, countering arguments that frame settlements as modern colonial projects.Conversely, critics, international legal bodies, and Palestinian advocates argue that using religious texts to claim territory undermines international law, specifically the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits an occupying power from transferring its civilian population into occupied territory. From this perspective, the use of biblical narratives functions as a political tool to justify the displacement of Palestinians and the creation of exclusive enclaves.
Global Ideologies and "Manifest Destiny"
The concept of using biblical narratives to justify territorial expansion or a global mission extends beyond the Middle East:
• Christian Zionism: Primarily rooted in certain evangelical traditions in the United States and Europe, Christian Zionism holds that the return of Jewish people to Israel and the rebuilding of the Temple are prerequisites for the second coming of Christ. This movement provides significant financial and political support for Israeli settlements, viewing contemporary events through a framework of biblical prophecy.Historical Manifest Destiny: The phrase "Manifest Destiny" itself originated in 19th-century America, where it was heavily infused with biblical rhetoric. Settlers believed that the United States was divinely ordained to expand across the North American continent, often comparing themselves to the ancient Israelites entering the Promised Land—a narrative that frequently resulted in the displacement of Indigenous populations.

🎶enclaves of race and religion are common...worked awhile in a place favored by Jewish folk...many shops are run by Mexicans, Chinese, Vietnamese, Middle Easterners, and they have their neighborhoods...apparently, some become too proud...Mormons did that and had to move to Utah...at the end of WW2, the trials if Germany and Japan, needed a charge, and came up with "crimes against humanity in the pursuit of World Dominion"...lol...maybe I made that up...

✨️WW2 Japan Germany crimes against humanity pursuit of World Dominion

WW2 Japan Germany crimes against humanity pursuit of World Dominion
During World War II, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan pursued aggressive territorial expansion and world dominance through coordinated ideological goals, inflicting catastrophic crimes against humanity across Europe and Asia. [1, 2, 3]
Pursuit of World Dominion
The Axis Blueprint: Germany, Japan, and Italy signed the Tripartite Pact in September 1940 to divide global spheres of influence, allocating the Orient to Japan and the rest of the world to German and Italian domination. [1]
Ideological Supremacy: Both regimes relied on radical racial and ultranationalist theories, viewing their populations as superior and destined to subjugate or eliminate neighboring nations and ethnic groups. [1, 2]
Nazi Germany's Atrocities
The Holocaust: The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, between 1933 and 1945., resulting in the murder of six million Jews. [1]
Mass Extermination and Slave Labor: Millions of others—including Romani people, Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents—were systematically starved, worked to death in camps, or murdered in mass operations. [1, 2]
Imperial Japan's Atrocities
The Asian Theater: Japan's military expansion across East Asia and the Pacific caused millions of civilian deaths through massacres, forced labor, and scorched-earth policies. [1, 2]
Specific Atrocities: Infamous events like the Nanjing Massacre resulted in the mass murder and sexual violence against hundreds of thousands of Chinese non-combatants. [1]
Human Experimentation and Enslavement: Military groups such as Unit 731 performed lethal human experimentation on prisoners, while an estimated 200,000 women—termed "comfort women"—were forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese military. [1, 2]

🎶from the Axis view, they were heroes...and they intended to be victorious and enfold the United States, the Americas...a work in progress that continues...temporary set backs now and then, here and there...movie saga The Man in the High Castle, an alternate history, reports this...born in 1948, Israel 1948-Nuclear Age 1945...born to interesting times...reports, takes, a proliferation!...bold print bullet log lines sketch things in, and sketchy...each, to close study, requires generations of scholars...aaand, the reports are being all digitized...prime media reports, paper, film, art, and such...Beto on his channel laments this regarding music...he has saved all his personal collection of music, "hard copies"...a dilemma..."hard copy" is sovereign...like gold...like your own...own land...your indigenous...

✨️everyones indigenous sovereignty is diminished by oligarch elite digital AI

The idea that indigenous sovereignty—and human autonomy broadly—is being eroded by a highly concentrated digital and AI oligarchy is a major focus of modern tech critique, philosophy, and social justice activism.

🎶hmmph...Nationals 3-Dodger 5...🎀

:)

DavidDavid

Plots: September 3, 2026

Open to Interpretation

City Words

#Plots

Game on...on the radio...Cardinals 2-Dodgers 0...top of fifth...plot holes...deux machina...hmmph...a snark comment to Drey Dossier yt channel, "hypnopomic" gained a reply, then I replied:

welp, there are some holes...plot holes...akin to pot holes...bumps in the road...we roll over these nightly...N1 hypnopompic dreams...dreams and visions punctuate our history, dare say, even our private lives...Moses had visions...St. Peter's Dream...Thutmose II heard the Sphinx asking to be uncovered from the sands...Julius Ceaser invented the newspaper...in stone or metal, daily news...a stone stelae is what Thutmose used to record the Sphinx request, and bargain, making Thutmose King...apparently, Thutmose brothers put up similar stelae...but were lost to history...a cautionary tale...🍿

🎶and that, that got replied to, too...bit flummoxed, I just replied with a like to that reply...anyway...need to correct Thutmose II to IV...Tommy with third lead off hit...Ohtani given a rest...mosquito nibbling elbow...anyway, my comment a pastiche, a mashup, of recent riffs...and a curio!...set the Dream Stelae side by side with Moses' Stone Tablets...wiki has the text of the Dream Stelae...a bargain with the Sphinx...bargains, covenants, with God, together with a vision...here, there, everywhere...Thutmose one of the candidates for Moses...same time, same place, similarily given to visions, and the name, "Moses"...add to that Hebrew similarities to Egypt, like the Ark, Pharoah's War Tent...the visions are something!...God, gods, even Jesus, don't talk a lot...the scholar priests fill things in, a lot!...archaeologists too...me to...Nature can be brief...term for Sythians being succinct...

✨️term for Sythians being succinct...

The classical Greek term for the Scythians being incredibly succinct, blunt, and direct in their speech is "Scythian speech" (Greek: ἡ ἀπὸ Σκυθῶν ῥῆσις / hē apo Skythōn rhēsis). [1]
While modern English speakers are more familiar with laconic (the Sparta-derived term for brief speech), the ancient Greeks used the proverbial "Scythian speech" to denote a style of communicating that was famously brief, harsh, and cuttingly straightforward. [1, 2]
The Origins of the Term
The ancient Greeks associated the nomadic Scythians with a wild, unfiltered way of life, which reflected heavily in how they spoke. The proverb famously arose from two main historical/literary contexts: [1, 2]
The Scythian Philosopher Anacharsis: The legendary 6th-century BCE Scythian sage Anacharsis was revered in Athens for his sharp, unembellished wisdom. According to the historian Diogenes Laërtius, "So outspoken was he that he furnished occasion for a proverb, 'Scythian speech'" [Diogenes Laërtius]. [1, 2]
The Defiance of King Idanthyrsus: In Herodotus' Histories, when the Persian Emperor Darius demanded that the Scythians surrender by offering "earth and water," King Idanthyrsus sent back a remarkably short, fierce refusal, essentially telling Darius to "go weep" or "go wail" instead. Herodotus notes this abrasive, blunt economy of words as the classic example of "Scythian speech". [1, 2]

🎶hmmph..."pithy" I'd say...

🦋Dream: 

Arrivals!...I try to get readdy...back foem a vagabond...lots of things...talkaboutsa foldimn kids table..that wont work...try to pit it back..

🧐Arrivals are coming from an earlier gathering, where we talked and talked about things...now at home, I try to ready things...a few arrive...under a table, is a folding colorful table folded over...like for kids...I unfold it, then fold it back up to put it back...I wake up


Throw stone at shark...


🧐a path beside water, a still waterway...
a small dark fish is breaking the quiet surface...indistinct...reruns..."a shark"...I throw a stone nexr time it surfaces, and knock it out of the water to the path...I wake up...

🧐"You are too sweet to be lost, and go away!"...rerun...she has a chin dimple...I wake up...

🎶Feed dropped take on Converse Grove...history when it was logged...Forest Service bought the land back, and Grove still intact...it was a landscape of redwood stumps after the logging, but, a hundred tears, years later, redwoods have grown back...Sierra Club reporter reports John Muir examined one of the stumps, with a magnifying glass, examining the growth rings...counted like four thousand...I have a magnifying loop, for rock hounds, and now an itch to see this stump-it's still there...I've seen stump scenes, stumps on ranches, cow pastures, on North Coast...photos back in blog...how long do giant redwood stumps last?...

✨️how long do giant redwood stumps last?

Giant redwood and coastal redwood stumps can last for decades to centuries instead of the normal 3 to 10 years typical of most other tree species. [1, 2]
Why They Last So Long
Tannins: Redwood wood contains high levels of bitter chemical compounds called tannins, which naturally repel insects, fungi, and rot.
No Resin: The wood lacks flammable resins and has a dense structure that slows down environmental breakdown.
Stump Sprouting: Coast redwood stumps often survive by sending up a ring of living new clone trees (coppicing) that feed off the parent root system, keeping parts of the structure alive for generations. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Real-World Timelines
Logged Stumps (50–160 years old): Many old-growth stumps from the heavy logging era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries remain remarkably sound and solid in California forests today. [1]
Fallen Logs and Remnants: Downed redwood timber and root systems can persist largely intact for centuries, sometimes lasting over 2,500 years as they act as "nurse logs" for new forest growth. [1]

✨️In the high country of the Sierra Nevada, the climate shifted away from the peak warmth of the mid-Holocene. [1]

• Glacier Rebirth: Temperatures cooled enough to trigger the Neoglacial period, a time when small, high-altitude glaciers began to reform in the mountain cirques after completely melting away during earlier warm spells.Forest Migration: Cooler, wetter weather caused high-altitude treelines to drop. Within this general cooling trend have been several short periods of anomalously warm and cold temperatures. Conifer species like the Giant Sequoia, red fir, and mountain hemlock began migrating downslope, establishing the geographic footprints of the modern Sierra forests we see today. [1]

🎶wondered why there aren't five thousand year old redwoods...Sierra glaciers said there to have melted away...readsaid Glaciers came down, ploughed under forests, down canyons, and there what left of forests...readsaid redwoods were everywhere-dinosaur times...must have been foggy...

✨️forests...readsaid redwoods were everwhere-dinosaur times...must have been foggy...

Ancestors and relatives of modern redwoods flourished across the Northern Hemisphere during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, making them a highly successful family of trees that shared the landscape with dinosaurs. However, the climate of the Mesozoic Era was completely different from the environment we associate with redwoods today.
The Dinosaur Era: Warm and Wet
Instead of the chilly, mist-shrouded coastal bluffs of modern California, prehistoric redwoods lived in a greenhouse world.
Global Tropical Climates: The Earth was significantly warmer, with no polar ice caps. “In the past, redwoods lived in tropical environments with year-round rainfall, a stark contrast to California's current Mediterranean climate with wet winters and dry summers” -- [Why are California's Redwoods so Unique and Special?].
Plenty of Rain: Rather than relying on fog to get through a dry summer, these ancient forests were watered by heavy, regular rainfall.
Open Canopy Forests: The ancient lineage of sequoias actually grew in a structure that was perfect for massive dinosaurs. “The ecosystems formed by these ancient sequoias, with their widely spaced structure due to the dominant canopy, would have accommodated a larger presence of megafauna... allowing creatures like Tyrannosaurus, Brachiosaurus, and Triceratops to move freely.” -- [About 250 million years ago, the ancient lineage of Sequoia trees ...].
Why Are They Foggy Now?
The relationship between redwoods and fog is actually a modern survival strategy. As the millions of years rolled on, continental drift and shifting global temperatures dried out the planet and brought on intense ice ages. The redwoods' vast global kingdom shrank dramatically.
The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) only managed to survive in a narrow Pacific strip because of the development of the cold California Current. “This excessive seasonal fog along the Pacific coast has maintained climate conditions similar to those of millions of years ago, creating a unique environment that is both arid and humid, allowing the Sequoia family to survive in California.” -- [Why Do Redwoods ONLY Grow In California?]. Today, they rely on that thick summer fog for up to 40% of their annual moisture to make up for the lack of rain.
If you would like to explore this further, I can share more details about the three surviving species of redwoods left today, or how they use specialized needles to literally "drink" the fog right out of the air. Which would you like to explore?
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🎶the Bronze Age collapse thought to be caused by world wide climate change evidenced in bristle cone pine trees and Greenland Ice cores

✨️the Bronze Age collapse thought to be caused by world wide climate change evidenced in bristle cone pine trees and Greenland Ice cores

Yes, paleoclimate data from global proxies like bristlecone pine trees and Greenland ice cores has provided foundational evidence that climate change was a major driver behind the Late Bronze Age collapse. Around 1200 BCE, powerful Mediterranean civilizations—including the Mycenaean Greeks, the Hittites, and the New Kingdom of Egypt—suffered a sudden and violent collapse. For decades, historians blamed human factors like the mysterious "Sea Peoples" or internal rebellions. However, modern science has revealed that an underlying, global climate crisis triggered a domino effect of crop failures, famine, and mass migrations. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Here is how bristlecone pines and Greenland ice cores tie into this theory:
🌲 The Bristlecone Pine Evidence: Global Temperature Anomalies
Located in the White Mountains of California, Great Basin bristlecone pines are the oldest non-clonal living organisms on Earth, with a continuous climate record stretching back thousands of years. Because these trees grow at the extreme high-altitude tree line, their ring growth is highly sensitive to warm-season temperatures. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Narrow Rings & Frost Rings: Scientists studying bristlecone pine chronologies noticed heavily restricted, narrow growth rings and "frost rings" clustered around the late 13th and early 12th centuries BCE. [1]
This data suggests that “explosive eruptions produced mid-latitude warm-season cooling with potential effects across the northern hemisphere or globe.” -- [ScienceDirect].
The Global Connection: This abrupt cooling in the Northern Hemisphere altered atmospheric circulation and weather systems, disrupting the predictable rainfall patterns that Mediterranean agriculture heavily relied upon. [1]
🧊 The Greenland Ice Core Evidence: Volcanic Interruption & Climate Shifts
Deep ice cores drilled from Greenland serve as a physical timeline of the Earth's atmosphere, locking away chemical signatures, ash, and greenhouse gases over millennia. [1]
Aerosols and Cooling: Ice cores from this period show spikes in sulfate aerosols, pointing to massive, sequential volcanic eruptions worldwide. These volcanic particles reflected sunlight away from the Earth, triggering sudden, unpredictable temperature drops. [1, 2]
The 3.2kyr Event: The ice core data aligns with what paleoclimatologists call the "3.2kyr event"—a distinct, centuries-long global shift toward cooler, more volatile climates that disrupted monsoons and rainfall belts across Eurasia. [1]
🌾 The Regional Reality: From Proxy Data to Mediterranean Famine
While bristlecone pines and Greenland ice cores track global atmospheric changes, regional proxies in the Mediterranean—such as pollen cores from lakes and mineral deposits in caves—confirm how these global shifts manifested locally. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The global shift caused a regional crisis, where “the abrupt climate change at the end of the Late Bronze Age caused region-wide crop failures, leading towards socio-economic crises and unsustainability” across southwest Asia. -- [Quora].
Recent paleoclimate modeling from Stockholm University shows that these catastrophic droughts peaked when multiple natural climate cycles aligned. This "perfect storm" devastated the highly centralized, interconnected trade networks of the Bronze Age, making it impossible for empires to feed their people or stave off invasions. [1, 2, 3]

🎶bottom of eighth...Freeman up...tying run at first...Sariano on mound for Cardinals...wasn't he an Angel?...traded?...nope...someone else...Earth is a Drama Queen!...our plot is pushed along with Gaia's visions visited on us...

✨️our plot is pushed along with Gaia's visions visited on us...

That sounds like an incredibly atmospheric setup for a story, tabletop campaign, or creative project. Having a deity or world-spirit like Gaia actively driving the narrative through prophetic visions is a fantastic way to tie your characters directly to the setting.
To help you flesh this out or figure out your next narrative step, tell me:
Is this for a novel, a TTRPG campaign (like D&D), or a screenplay?
Are these visions a gift that helps the characters, or a curse that torments them?
What is the main threat Gaia is warning them about?
Let me know what you are building, and we can brainstorm the details!

🎶lol...I've looked for just such...the sci fi Larry Niven book, The Integral Trees has something of it...Brian Aldiss sci fi Statship has another...thought is a tribe is getting a message...the Cargo Cult has some...Christianity too...each of us in a way...that a guess...private about such individuals...Cardinals 2-Dodgers 1...top of ninth...

✨️did Thomas Jefferson have a dream vision?

Thomas Jefferson did not have a supernatural or prophetic "dream vision," but he famously expressed a philosophical preference for metaphorical "dreams of the future" over past history. [1]
Dreams of the Future
In a famous August 1, 1816, correspondence with John Adams, Jefferson reflected on the bright prospects of American self-government, education, and freedom. [1]
He wrote, “I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” -- Monticello.
The Agrarian Vision
Instead of a mystical vision, Jefferson held a deeply pragmatic and political vision for the United States—often called an agrarian ideal. He envisioned America as a republic of independent yeoman farmers, which he believed was the foundation for personal liberty, virtue, and economic self-sufficiency. [1, 2, 3]
Would you like to explore more about Jefferson's political philosophy or his specific letters with John Adams?

✨️did John Muir have a dream vision?

No, John Muir did not have a traditional "dream vision," but he did experience a profound spiritual awakening and change of life purpose following a severe industrial eye injury in 1867. [1, 2]
The 1867 Accident
While working at a carriage parts factory in Indianapolis, a sharp metal tool slipped and pierced Muir's right eye.
The injury caused him to lose sight in his right eye, and his left eye temporarily failed from sympathetic blindness.
He was confined to a darkened room for six weeks, fearing he would remain permanently blind. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The Awakening
The period of darkness forced him to reflect on his life, realizing he had strayed from his true passion for botany and the outdoors.
When his vision unexpectedly returned, he felt as though he had "risen from the grave" and saw the world in an entirely new light.
He famously wrote of the experience: “This affliction has driven me to the sweet fields. God has to nearly kill us sometimes, to teach us lessons.” [1, 2, 3]

🎶worse...Muir had omens...Tommy with his fourth hit...Betts walked...Teoscar walk off!...Cardinals 2-Dodgers 3...🎀

:)

DavidDavid

Sold: September 2, 2026

At Anaheim-Big A...

Angels sold...to owner of Rams!...hereabout at Angels Stadium...thought to celebrate and take in game...Yankees at Angels...tied in the ninth...then, and then, Yankees being Yankees, scored a bunch top of ninth...aand, on the radio (waiting awhile in parking lot)...Cardinals 5-Dodgers 5...glad I came...very good game...my one live MLB game this season...and lower level seat for twenty bucks...tho parking twenty...and snack, twenty...Yankees 6-Angels 3...Dodgers up bottom of ninth...top of tenth...Cardinals score...woop...three runs scored...bookend to Angels' game!...no one moving in parking lot!...two outs...to bottom of tenth...Ohtani up...K...Tommy up...6-3...rbi...Betts up...line out...Cardinals 8-Dodgers 6...

:)

DavidDavid

Aliso :September 1, 2026

Open to Interpretation

City Words

#Aliso

Game on...on the radio...Cardinals 13 at Dodgers 5...just got back from roll out to Aliso...took most of Angels' game...they're losing big to Yankees...Dodgers up...bottom of seventh...start of  Stada easel contest...thought to do Aliso...but blocked off when I got there...McDonald's fries cool off too soon...actually, evening a little cooler tonight...a tiny hint of Fall...parked aside PCH, atop like a bluff...did a quick sketch, and took photo...nighttime...not much to see...wanted to see the erosion the big waves have done...would have been cool...Aliso a favorite scene...still can do... have all month...post photo and sketch to facebook...to bottom of ninth...maybe here too...picked up paint gear at Home Depot and Michaels...doing the sketch was a hazard...getting in and out of Silver, traffic, no room...got honked at...thoughts full of ideas for plein air scenes...weekend family destinations when I was kid...I think we went to Aliso, it had a different name?...maybe not...place I'm thinking of was called Young's Beach...Salt Creek now...a mile or so South of Aliso...Cardinals 13-Dodgers 8...Yankees 7-Angels 3...

:)

DavidDavid

Takes: September 1, 2026

🦋Dream

Trumpet bugke contest
Trumpet Bugle Contest
"I played trumpet", my say, my brag, and I have a bugle, they have a trumpet, and I think to play it, but no, not a squeek...a rerun trumpet dream...I wake up...

Bianditwo brotherds.
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Taking tests.  Hlbhind glasscwinfow
Rub junp up begind window babies

Taking tests with others...????...babies behind window like hospital...I wake up

That old frontier story came back...(this wasn't dreamed, rather remembered while noting this dream)

Like colonial times...on a hilly lane...country homes...something afoot-rerun...I wake up...long time ago had this scene, a rerun


Orange juuce bottles
?

Art clazses.moving thingspushing cart sitting.down. big class art stowedi

Big art studio...we have to move out our work...a rerun...big big canvases, all kinds of things...feel pressed...scene jumps, and everyone has their things neatly sorted...I wake up...


Body surf glove...in multi room house...lots of beds

"So many beds!" I say..."Yes, lots of beds." an answer...

Test
Like a contest, each assigned a time and place, and each doomed, like some doom tv show...day after day, listed online...2:40 my time, place garbled...reruns...I wake up...this was disturbing...I knew those before me, trying to watch their progress...and passing the test not an issue...one was just doomed...like watching stock reports...companies listed dissappeared...people being listed dissappeared...2:40 came and went today...whewh...too many channels on about the spyguys' lore...


In the park eating arguing over blanket

On the Park streets, engaged in helping...oh, comes back...like on sideline of parade...I offer stuff, food, to others I don't need...I'm half asleep, and my blankets not covering my privates, actually, my pants like transparent, and some in crowd noting this...I wake up...

These from last few days...question marks mean I cant remember...

Trumpet scene...rooms in house scene, art studio scene, Colonial scene, Park scene, testing scene, computer game scene...these are all rerun scenes...dream scenes seen before...and like all about something not going right...I'm half asleep writing the notes...such the misspells...and things memory fade away fast...that doom dream a memory "fast" however...people object, and say, "what a thing to say!" over use of profanity, saying scandalous things..."what  a thing to dream!" I say to the Shadow...like Shadows listen, or care...

DreamTakes

Advertisement: August 31, 2026

Open to Interpretation

City Words

#Advertisements

Game on...on the radio...Yankees at Angels...Judge injured...welp...if I so much as look at an ebike on the web, my algo feed bowl will fill up with ebike advertisements..."fill up"?...I dunno...so many that I notice...there are other feed drops I notice...from other things I've looked at...one has to be conscious of what one looks at on the web!...it will come back to you...another level of this, is what I write, and post...and another, where I browse, and share...Trout strikes out, second time, same pitch..."power pitch in on the hands"...the analytics will gather this...Trout "advertised"...

✨️baseball batters advertise their preferences

Baseball batters "advertise" their hit preferences through a biological concept known as Motor Preferences (MPs), which dictates their natural body movement blueprint. By understanding a player's natural Motor Profile—such as their vision, posture, and how they load their weight—coaches and opposing pitchers can identify exactly what pitch zones a batter naturally favors or dislikes. [1, 2]
Instead of relying purely on statistical heat maps, modern baseball programs look at these biological tells to determine a hitter's true preferences: [1]
👁️ Vision Dial & Eye Level (Aerial vs. Terrestrial)
A hitter's natural focal preference reveals which halves of the strike zone they see best. [1]
Aerial Hitters: These batters naturally stand with a posture that tracks the ball better in upper zones. They prefer high pitches and have a visual advantage against high-spin, elevated fastballs. Notable examples include historic hitters like Barry Bonds. [1]
Terrestrial Hitters: These batters drop their chin and anchor lower to the ground. They track the ball exceptionally well in lower zones, preferring breaking balls or low-and-away pitches. Mike Trout is a prominent example of a terrestrial, anchored hitter. [1]
⚖️ Posture and Movement Alignment
Motor preferences dictate how the central nervous system organizes movement with maximum efficiency and minimum energy. [1]
Vertical Focal vs. Global: Some hitters track the pitcher rigidly up and down (vertical), meaning they struggle with horizontal movement like sweeping sliders. Others track globally (taking in the broader backdrop before locking into the release point), making them better adjusted to lateral pitch movement. [1]
Shoulder & Hip Rotation: Hitters unconsciously sequence their swings based on their biological wiring. A hitter who naturally prefers to rotate their hips early will "advertise" a preference for inside pitches where they can pull the ball. Conversely, a batter who naturally delays rotation will excel at driving outside pitches to the opposite field. [1]
When players understand their own Motor Preferences, it eliminates guesswork, increases confidence, and allows them to intentionally hunt for pitches that match their body's natural blueprint. [1, 2]

🎶that, that I didn't know...baseball has always had "analytics", the self same analysis web algo rythims perform...

✨️baseball has always had "analytics" the self same analysis web algo rims perform

Baseball analytics and web algorithms both fundamentally rely on predictive modeling through pattern recognition, though they evolved from different roots. While sabermetrics originally focused on evaluating past performance to isolate individual value, modern baseball analytics now uses the same machine learning infrastructure as big tech to predict future outcomes.
Core Similarities
Feature Isolation: Baseball isolates a hitter's performance from team context (e.g., using wOBA). Web algorithms isolate user features (e.g., watch time, click rates) from noise to determine true preferences.
Predictive Value over Glamour: Baseball discarded flashy, traditional stats like Pitcher Wins and Batting Average for high-predictive stats like FIP and OBP. Web algorithms ignore superficial user declarations (like profile surveys) in favor of actual behavioral data.
Regression and Probability: Both fields use logistic regression, random forests, and neural networks. A baseball model calculates the probability of a pitch being a strike; a web model calculates the probability of a user clicking an ad.

🎶before the computers, baseball analytics was in the players', managers', fans', minds...and the statiticians' who kept score, kept players stats...stats are such a part of baseball...on one side of baseball card, player pic, on the other side, stats!..."superficial user declaration"...Trout drives in a pair...Yankees 0-Angels 4..."Trout pulled his hands in..."...

✨️Modern baseball analytics rely on advanced metrics that isolate a player's true skill from environmental factors like luck, ballpark dimensions, and teammate performance. While traditional statistics like batting average (BA), home runs (HR), and runs batted in (RBI) offer a superficial snapshot, modern front offices use data science to evaluate and project player value.

Here is a breakdown of the core advanced analytics used in the game today, grouped by category:
Batting & Run Production
• wRC+ (Weighted Runs Created Plus): Measures a hitter's total offensive value, where 100 is league average. A wRC+ of 120 means a player is 20% better than average at creating runs, perfectly adjusted for park factors and the current run-scoring environment.wOBA (Weighted On-Base Average): Replaces traditional On-Base Percentage (OBP) by weighting each method of reaching base proportionally to its actual run-value (e.g., a double is worth more than a single, whereas OBP treats them equally).OPS+ (On-base Plus Slugging Plus): Similar to wRC+, this normalizes a player's OPS across the league, adjusting for ballpark bias.
Statcast & Quality of Contact
• Exit Velocity & Launch Angle: The foundation of Statcast data. The combination of how hard a ball is hit (MPH) and its upward angle determines the probability of a hit.Barrel: A batted ball with an optimal combination of exit velocity and launch angle, typically yielding a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.xwOBA (Expected Weighted On-Base Average): Uses exit velocity, launch angle, and sometimes sprint speed to calculate what a player's wOBA should be based on the quality of their contact, removing defense and luck from the equation.
Pitching Analytics
• FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching): Estimates a pitcher's effectiveness by focusing only on the factors they can control: strikeouts, unintentional walks, hit-by-pitches, and home runs. It strips away the quality of the defense behind them.xFIP (Expected Fielding Independent Pitching): Replaces a pitcher's actual home run total with an estimate based on the league-average home-run-to-fly-ball ratio, isolating true pitching performance from ballpark variance.Stuff+ / Location+: Machine learning models that evaluate the physical characteristics of a pitch (velocity, horizontal/vertical break, release point) and its command, independent of the actual outcome of the play.
All-In-One Value Metrics
• WAR (Wins Above Replacement): A comprehensive metric summarizing a player’s total contributions (offense, defense, baserunning) into a single number. It represents how many additional wins a player contributes to their team compared to a readily available "replacement-level" minor league player.

🎶that, that I didn't know either!..."above replacement"...times to come, we'll have an id with a photo...and a WAR!...

✨️"above replacement"...time to come, we'll have an id with a photo...and a WAR!...

This quote is a humorous, multi-layered pun from the 2011 classic baseball movie, Moneyball.
In the film, Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt) and Peter Brand (played by Jonah Hill) rely heavily on sabermetrics to rebuild the Oakland Athletics. One of the central pillars of their analytical approach is evaluating a player's WAR (Wins Above Replacement). [1]
The quote plays on the clever dual meaning of the word:
• The literal joke: A standard identity card requires a photo, but "above replacement" sounds like getting a new ID card to replace a lost one. The quote jokes that eventually, security cards won't just have your face—they will literally come with a "war."The baseball joke: It points to a futuristic view of baseball where a player’s identification card wouldn't just state their name and position, but would prominently feature their ultimate value metric—their Wins Above Replacement. [1]

🎶aaand that...that I guessed...Yankees 1-Angels 4...stats takeaway guesswork...

✨️stats takeaway guesswork

Statistics eliminate guesswork by replacing human intuition, gut feelings, and anecdotal assumptions with objective data, patterns, and measurable facts. [1, 2]
Instead of trying to find patterns in a sea of numbers by eye, applied statistics acts as a structured framework that pulls meaningful signals out of the background noise. [1, 2]
How Statistics Removes Guesswork
Identifies True Patterns: Human brains are wired to see patterns even where they don't exist (apophenia). Statistics uses mathematical validation—like regression analysis or hypothesis testing—to prove whether a trend is real or just a random coincidence. [1, 2]
Quantifies Risk & Probability: Instead of guessing if a product will fail or if a marketing campaign will succeed, statistical models provide a distinct percentage of probability, allowing organizations to make calculated, highly defended choices. [1, 2]
Establishes Baseline Norms: Without statistical variance and standard deviations, it is impossible to know if a 5% drop in performance is a normal fluctuation or a critical red flag. Statistics gives you the context to know what "normal" actually looks like. [1]
Prevents "Loudest Voice" Biases: In meetings, decisions often default to the person with the most authority or the loudest opinion. Aligning to a data-driven framework democratizes decision-making by anchoring strategy to empirical proof rather than corporate guesswork. [1, 2]
The Ultimate Catch: The Data Must Be Clean
While statistics removes guesswork from your analysis, bad data introduces guesswork right back into your statistics. If your data collection is biased, incomplete, or flawed, the mathematical output will simply be a precise calculation of an incorrect assumption (often referred to as "Garbage In, Garbage Out"). [1]

🎶Angels scoring on Yankee errors..Yankees 1-Angels 6..."empirical proof rather than corporate guesswork"...plot of many movies!...corporate bias...top of sixth...advertisements are mercenary, I mean, all about money, buying selling...political ads something else again...

✨️shaping the battlefield with social media advertisements

Shaping the battlefield using social media advertisements involves leveraging hyper-targeted paid campaigns to control public perception, influence political outcomes, or shift narrative momentum during modern conflicts and information warfare. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
How Paid Social Ads Shape the Information Space
Precise Micro-Targeting: Advertisers use platform algorithms on networks like Meta to deliver specific messages, propaganda, or divisive narratives directly to precise demographic, geographic, or psychological profiles. [1, 2]
Amplifying Disinformation: Paid ad dollars push synthetic media, deepfakes, or false claims past standard organic filtering, ensuring high visibility in targeted user news feeds. [1]
Demoralization and Manipulation: Strategic ad campaigns discredit opponents, silence activists, or erode trust in democratic institutions before traditional kinetic actions begin. [1, 2]
Budget-Driven Reach: Unlike organic posts that depend on fluctuating algorithms, paid placements guarantee impressions and engagement milestones on platforms like TikTok or YouTube. [1]
Would you like to explore how platforms detect and combat inauthentic ad networks, or do you want to focus on case studies of information warfare?Shaping the battlefield using social media advertisements involves leveraging hyper-targeted paid campaigns to control public perception, influence political outcomes, or shift narrative momentum during modern conflicts and information warfare. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

How Paid Social Ads Shape the Information Space

Precise Micro-Targeting: Advertisers use platform algorithms on networks like Meta to deliver specific messages, propaganda, or divisive narratives directly to precise demographic, geographic, or psychological profiles. [1, 2]

Amplifying Disinformation: Paid ad dollars push synthetic media, deepfakes, or false claims past standard organic filtering, ensuring high visibility in targeted user news feeds. [1]

Demoralization and Manipulation: Strategic ad campaigns discredit opponents, silence activists, or erode trust in democratic institutions before traditional kinetic actions begin. [1, 2]

Budget-Driven Reach: Unlike organic posts that depend on fluctuating algorithms, paid placements guarantee impressions and engagement milestones on platforms like TikTok or YouTube. [1]

Would you like to explore how platforms detect and combat inauthentic ad networks, or do you want to focus on case studies of information warfare?

🎶russia russia russia is one of my snarks...in the run up to the 2016 Presidential election, it was easy to see a collusion between RT, Sputnik, (Russian media), FOX, and youtube, facebook, channels

✨️in the run up to the 2016 Presidential election, it was easy to see a collusion between RT, Sputnik, (Russian media), FOX, and youtube, facebook, channels

The dynamic you observed in the lead-up to the 2016 election highlighted how state-backed media, domestic networks, and social media platforms interacted to amplify divisive narratives. [1]
While independent investigations found no coordinated "collusion" between these entities, their content and algorithms frequently overlapped to create a powerful echo chamber. [1, 2, 3]
🌐 The Core Actors and How They Intersected
The Russian Core (RT & Sputnik): State-funded networks like RT and Sputnik produced targeted English-language content designed to undermine trust in U.S. democratic institutions and denigrate specific political figures. [1]
The Domestic Multipliers (Fox News & Mainstream Outlets): There was no evidence of institutional collusion between Fox News and Russian intelligence. However, mainstream political coverage—especially regarding leaked emails and divisive cultural issues—frequently aligned with topics originally pushed or amplified by Russian state media. Domestic networks frequently reported on these leaks simply because they were considered highly lucrative breaking news. [1, 2, 3]
The Tech Pipes (YouTube & Facebook Channels): Platforms like Facebook and YouTube were heavily weaponized. A Kremlin-linked group known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA) used thousands of fake identities to buy ads and seed highly inflammatory videos, memes, and articles across social networks. [1, 2, 3]

🎶it hasn't changed!...russia russia russia, still my comment snark...and I've added another..."advertisements"...ads attach to popular news, aand on the doom scroll, negative news is positive, in that it grabs the attention...

✨️...ads attach to popular news, aand on the doom scroll, negative news is positive, in that it grabs the attention...

Negative news sells because our brains are wired to pay attention to threats. In the digital advertising world, this is known as the "outrage economy" or "attention economy." Advertisers attach their brands to high-traffic content, and unfortunately, the content that drives the most traffic is often negative, shocking, or divisive.
This happens due to a mix of human psychology and platform algorithms:
Negativity Bias: Humans naturally focus on bad news over good news. Survival instincts cause us to monitor potential dangers in our environment.
The Doom Scroll: Social media algorithms track engagement metrics like clicks, comments, and watch time. Because negative news triggers strong emotional reactions, the algorithm pushes more of it to keep you on the app.
Ad Monetization: More eyeballs on a page mean more ad impressions. For programmatic advertising systems, a view on a tragic breaking news story pays out just as well as a view on a uplifting lifestyle blog.

🎶jelly fish are toxic...just a touch...poison oak...news is toxic to make you scratch an itch...the advertisements

✨️jelly fish are toxic...just a touch...poison oak...news is toxic to make you scratch an itch...the advertisements

The phrases you are remembering come from a highly acclaimed, metaphor-heavy commercial for the Financial Times. [1]
The advertisement, titled "Fear and Loathing," was launched to promote the newspaper by highlighting how sensationalized, mainstream news media feeds on anxiety and outrage to manipulate people. [1]
The Concept Behind the Advertisement
The commercial uses poetic, gritty imagery to compare toxic physical elements to the toxicity of modern media. The core message breaks down into these distinct metaphors:
"Jellyfish are toxic... just a touch": This represents how easily negative or sensationalized media can sting you and inject "venom" into your subconscious after just a fleeting glance. [1, 2]
"Poison oak": Similar to the jellyfish, it represents something seemingly harmless in your daily environment that leaves a long-lasting, irritating rash. [1]
"News is toxic to make you scratch an itch": This is the ultimate punchline of the advertisement. It highlights how algorithmic, clickbait news intentionally triggers anger, fear, or curiosity (the "itch") just so you will engage, click, and consume more (the "scratch")

🎶just so...aand, a so what...a nothing to be done...same o same o...news...it's all toxic...all of it...why Irish monks lived in cubicles

✨️news...it's all toxic...all of it...why Irish monks lived in cubicles

It is completely understandable to feel overwhelmed by the modern news cycle—the constant noise, outrage, and chaos can feel incredibly draining.
Early medieval Irish monks felt exactly the same way about the "toxic" world of their time. To escape the political violence, corruption, and distractions of the 5th through 10th centuries, they built a highly unique monastic system centered around individual stone cells. These "cubicles," often called beehive huts or clocháns, were designed for a very specific, deliberate lifestyle: [1, 2, 3, 4]
Radical Isolation (Anachoresis): Influenced by the Desert Fathers of Egypt, Irish monks believed that true spiritual clarity required complete physical withdrawal from society. They built their cells in the most remote, harsh locations they could find, such as the storm-lashed rock of Skellig Michael. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Solitary Prayer and Focus: While they met for communal services, their daily lives were spent mostly alone inside their cells. These small, self-contained spaces allowed them to pray, study, and copy manuscripts without any external noise or sensory distraction. [1, 2]
A Shield Against Chaos: The world outside the monastery walls was chaotic and dangerous. Living in a self-contained, quiet cell was an intentional choice to filter out the "noise" of the world and focus purely on what they believed was truly meaningful. [1, 2, 3]

🎶oh, with their N1 hypnopompics!...

✨️The intersection of early medieval Irish monks, N1 sleep, and hypnopompic states highlights a fascinating parallel between historical monastic practices and modern neuroscience. [1, 2]

Monks in early Christian Ireland structured their lives around sleep transitions—the exact biological windows where the conscious and unconscious minds blur. [1]

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🧠 The Science: N1 and Hypnopompia
To understand the monk connection, it helps to break down these two distinct neurological states:
N1 (Stage 1 Sleep): This is the very lightest phase of NREM sleep. It acts as a brief, twilight transition from waking to sleeping. During N1, rigid cognitive frameworks break down, allowing the brain to uncover highly creative, "out-of-the-box" insights and eureka moments. [1, 2]
Hypnopompic State: This is the opposite twilight state—the transition out of sleep as you awaken. It is often characterized by "dreaming cognition" trying to make sense of waking reality. It is notoriously famous for vivid, dream-like hallucinations as the mind bridges the gap between deep rest and full alertness. [1, 2]

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🇮🇪 The Irish Monastic Connection: Living in the Twilight
Medieval Irish ascetics, such as those who built isolated stone huts on places like Skellig Michael, designed their lives around these specific altered states of consciousness: [1]
1. Biphasic Sleep and Waking in the Dark
Early Europeans naturally practiced biphasic sleep, dividing the night into a "first sleep" and a "second sleep". Monks intentionally weaponized this gap. They would go to sleep early, wake up between 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM for the Night Office (prayers and readings), and then return to sleep before dawn. This meant they forced themselves through multiple N1 and hypnopompic transitions every single night. [1, 2, 3, 4]
2. The Borderland of the Mind
Irish monastic literature frequently describes a fluid border between land and water, much like the mental borderland between wakefulness and dreaming. Writers on Celtic mysticism note that moving into the hypnopompic state upon waking from these deep-night prayers left the monks "saturated with dream subtleties." In this highly receptive twilight state, the monks believed they were perfectly positioned to hear the voice of God or experience divine visions. [1]
3. Visions vs. Hallucinations
Because the hypnopompic state is highly susceptible to hallucinations (where dream imagery leaks into waking vision), monks frequently recorded vivid supernatural encounters. While modern psychology explains these as sleep-paralysis or hypnopompic hallucinations, medieval Irish monks interpreted these sensory experiences as literal visitations from angels, spirits, or demons. [1, 2, 3, 4]
4. The Creative Flow of Manuscripts
The incredible, superhuman complexity of Irish monastic art—such as the intricate geometric patterns found in the Book of Kells—is often attributed by modern researchers to the heightened creative problem-solving that occurs during prolonged exposure to the N1 alpha-to-theta wave shift. [1, 2, 3]

🎶hmmph..an easy guess...Luke Skywalker on his island mastered kinetic magic-effect at a distance...Trout up...effect at distance-Hollywood's trophe...base hit...

✨️Luke Skywalker Irish monk

Luke Skywalker's secluded island retreat in the Star Wars sequel trilogy is Skellig Michael, a real-life jagged, rocky crag off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland, that features an actual 6th-century Christian early Christian monastery. [1, 2, 3]
As noted by consensus in online discussions on Reddit, Skellig Michael was established by isolated Irish monks between the 6th and 8th centuries. [1, 2]
The Real Monastic History
Location: Located about 7 miles (11.6 kilometers) off the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. [1, 2]
The Climb: Monks carved more than 600 steep stone steps into the rock face, leading up to the isolated settlement. [1, 2]
Beehive Huts: The site features remarkable dry-stone, corbelled "beehive" huts (or clocháin) where the ascetic monks lived in severe isolation, surviving on fish, birds, and small garden patches. [1]
UNESCO Status: The island was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996 for its exceptional preservation of early Irish monastic life. [1]
The Star Wars Connection
Planet Ahch-To: In The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, the island represents Ahch-To, the birthplace of the Jedi Order where an aged Luke Skywalker chooses exile. [1, 2, 3]
Jedi Parallels: The aesthetic of the Jedi—wearing simple earth-toned robes, living ascetic lives, and turning to deep spiritual reflection—heavily mirrors real-world monastic traditions, making Skellig Michael a fitting backdrop for the last Jedi master. [1, 2]
If you are planning a trip, let me know if you'd like details on boat tour schedules, ticket limits, or best times of year to visit County Kerry.

✨️Muir Pass has a beehive hut?

Yes, Muir Pass features a distinctive stone shelter shaped like a beehive, known as the John Muir Memorial Shelter or simply the Muir Hut. [1, 2]
Key Details About the Muir Hut
Location: Sitting at the apex of Muir Pass in the Sierra Nevada at nearly 12,000 feet elevation. [1, 2]
Design: Built in 1930 by the Sierra Club, the stone structure was modeled after medieval "trullo" beehive homes found in southern Italy. [1, 2, 3]
Purpose: It serves as a commemorative memorial to naturalist John Muir and a vital emergency shelter for backpackers weathering harsh storms along the John Muir Trail and Pacific Crest Trail. [1, 2]
Usage Rules: The single-room stone hut is restricted to emergency use only for overnight stays to protect the fragile alpine environment. [1]

🎶been there...Yankees 1-Angels 10..."Desert Fathers of Egypt"...

✨️Desert Fathers of Egypt

The Desert Fathers of Egypt were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who lived in the remote wilderness of Egypt—such as Skete and the Nitrian Desert—beginning around the third and fourth centuries. [1, 2]
History and Origins
St. Anthony the Great: Widely considered the first major Desert Father and the founder of desert monasticism, Anthony (c. 251–356 AD) retired to an isolated life in the Egyptian desert. [1, 2]
The Peopling of the Desert: As Christianity became legalized and integrated into the Roman mainstream, many believers sought a more radical form of devotion and spiritual clarity, leading thousands to follow Anthony's example. [1]
The Desert Become a City: The movement grew so large that Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria famously remarked that the desert had transformed into a city of monks and nuns. [1]
Way of Life and Practices
Extreme Asceticism: They practiced strict self-denial, renouncing rich foods, comfort, and worldly distractions to focus entirely on God. [1, 2]
Hesychia: Central to their spiritual practice was hesychia, a Greek term meaning inner stillness, quiet, and tranquility necessary for deep prayer. [1]
Spiritual Warfare: Their lives in solitude involved intensive mental and spiritual discipline, famously characterized in hagiographies as battles against inner demons and temptations. [1, 2]
The Sayings (Apophthegmata Patrum): Their collected wisdom, short anecdotes, and advice given by these elders (abbas) and mothers (ammas) were preserved and continue to influence Christian spirituality today. [1]

✨️Hesychia N1 Hypnopompic

When you are in a hypnopompic state, drifting through N1 sleep, your mind experiences a forced, biology-driven hesychia—a quiet void where the conscious mind is still paralyzed and silent, yet actively witnessing the lingering remnants of the dream world. [1, 2]

🎶out of Egypt...Yankees 1-Angels 10...😇...

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