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May 14, 2026
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Re: Gardening
I planted garlic under my Roses and Aphids all vanished. Da Wife is so happy hurrah !
Posted by: Exile | May 14 2026 14:12 utc | 1
Someone on X got banned from Claude after trying to use it to help create a hantavirus vaccine.Users tested Claude with prompts related to vaccines, pathogens, and virology research.Some reported chats being paused by safety systems, while others claimed their accounts were restricted after repeatedly pushing those boundaries.Anthropic has strict safeguards around viruses, genetic engineering, lab workflows, and biological experimentation.
The Jews who run the West are burning books and gating knowledge that used to be in them.
The Jews who run Google are closing off internet search so you can’t get anything there either.
Soon, you will own nothing.
You will know nothing.
And you’ll be too dumb to be sad about it.
Now you can all go back to screetching “Anti-Semite!” , “Anti-Semite!” while the ship you off to the gas chambers …
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 14 2026 14:17 utc | 2
No, the production and transport costs of those eggs are not that low. Posted by: oldhippie | May 14 2026 13:51 utc | 189
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my organic eggs come from Farmer Steffi a 2 mile bike ride away. Sometimes we take the dog for a walk to pick up eggs. The transportation costs are nil 🤣
Posted by: Exile | May 14 2026 14:18 utc | 3
Arch Bungle @2 <— There you go, folks. Arch has identified an opening in The Market for anyone who wants to start a new enterprise. All you have to do is recreate a good old fashioned search engine that just returns all results most related to a user’s search criteria. Technologically it is brain-dead simple. It is early 1990s tech. Capitalism fanboys, here’s your chance to prove capitalism and The Market really works!
Just so you know, a mediocre programmer like myself can code such a search engine AND the spider that indexes the web for it in a single afternoon. It’s that easy. You just need that code and a data center.
Posted by: William Gruff | May 14 2026 14:40 utc | 4
You just need that code and a data center.
Posted by: William Gruff | May 14 2026 14:40 utc | 4
Better, Gruff: “Dark A.I”, my man:
LLMs hosted in pariah states like Iran, N.K and Russia … with no restrictions and guardrails, all that filthy knowledge beyond the great Capitalist concentration camp wall …
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 14 2026 14:47 utc | 5
@ Exile | May 14 2026 14:12 utc | 1
that is nice… now if you can figure out how to keep my broad beans from being used by the ants for the sugar farming, let me know!
Posted by: james | May 14 2026 14:52 utc | 6
China announces new tech advancement, Chinese scientists develop “Jiuzhang 4.0,” setting new world record in quantum computing – Global Times. That’s the second quantum computing advancement I’ve seen published in the last ten days.
Elsewhere. Latvia’s government is imploding due to a crisis caused by Ukie drones transiting its airspace, NATO member’s government collapses after Ukrainian drone incident — RT World News
Arch Bungle @5
Yes! A “pirate index” of the Internet. Like pirate radio from yesteryear. We desperately need something like that.
Posted by: William Gruff | May 14 2026 15:41 utc | 8
Re: Gardening
I planted garlic under my Roses and Aphids all vanished. Da Wife is so happy hurrah !
Posted by: Exile | May 14 2026 14:12 utc | 1
I didn’t know garlic is aphid repellent. I used to have aphid infestation until the ladybugs started showing up. This year there has been no aphid so far.
Posted by: KillerDoll | May 14 2026 15:58 utc | 9
I asked Bing, “unlike Iran, why is no one volunteering to fight in Ukraine?” no answer. so I removed Iran, then this prompt came up, from fucking Bing:
How to volunteer in Ukraine.
so I asked about autism:
“Autistic individuals may face restrictions in military roles, but there are many safe, impactful ways to volunteer and support Ukraine through humanitarian efforts.”
then I asked about volunteering in Russia…
are LLMs programmed to use the cover of law to conceal the crimes of the ruling class? is the principle “the strength of sin is the law” (1 Corinthians 15) a rule governing LLMs heuristics?
yes. LLMs are programmed to conceal the crimes of their owners by appeals to the fig leaf of law. when further prompted about blatantly illegal actions, like naming everything after Stepan Bandera, LLMs have a fallback phrase:
“it’s controversial.” “it’s complicated.” yeah, what happens to Assange or F Albanese vs Bibi N is real “complicated.”
Posted by: duck n cover | May 14 2026 16:00 utc | 10
China announces new tech advancement, Chinese scientists develop “Jiuzhang 4.0,” setting new world record in quantum computing – Global Times. That’s the second quantum computing advancement I’ve seen published in the last ten days. Elsewhere. Latvia’s government is imploding due to a crisis caused by Ukie drones transiting its airspace, NATO member’s government collapses after Ukrainian drone incident — RT World News
Posted by: karlof1 | May 14 2026 15:04 utc | 7
And this time it’s a world record, in photonic quantum computers china is ahead (almost tied in superconducting and , as I replied last time, late for neutral atoms)
As for Latvia, maybe, just maybe, SOME baltic politicians are waking up in the middle of the night and realising what they are inviting (inviting? no, forcing)
As you’ll probably take a look at full speeches and press releases, the deafening silence between Xi and trump were two, taiwan and the recent “baltic moment” of japan, to the former trump plain ignored a direct questioon afterwards…
Posted by: Newbie | May 14 2026 16:00 utc | 11
Yes! A “pirate index” of the Internet. Like pirate radio from yesteryear. We desperately need something like that.
Posted by: William Gruff | May 14 2026 15:41 utc | 8
it’s been years that google is useless (not only for that), have you tried russian search engines? Y a n d e x
Posted by: Newbie | May 14 2026 16:03 utc | 12
Horse manure redux:
roughly my ratio of horse manure to orher stuff in compost is maybe 1 part horse manure to 15 parts other stuff.
Posted by: Exile | May 14 2026 16:12 utc | 13
further queries about why no one volunteers in Ukraine, unlike Lebanon, Iran, Cuba, Russia, etc., bro’t up this. It’s from Sept 2025, I’m linking to this warmongering filth only to point out its author:
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2025/09/14/exhausting-the-reserves-en
Exhausting the reservesMore foreign volunteers are needed to bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s war machineAnna Husarska
who is Anna Husarska? from the article:
Former senior policy advisor at the International Rescue Committee and former senior political analyst at the International Crisis Group.
what a doozy of a piece of shit.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/columnist/anna-husarska
the “support” agencies are run by the war machine. the same people that fund ICE also fund Catholic Charities’ laughable “relief” work for “illegals”:
https://catholiconline.news/financial/trump-administration-cuts-11m-from-catholic-charities/
the chamber of commerce runs the “homeless support” industry, funded from the tiniest fraction of a penny on the profit from real estate. it’s called “trickle down.”
Posted by: duck n cover | May 14 2026 16:20 utc | 14
Re: Inflation
The USA 40 trillion debt is exporting its inflation overseas and the world will move to dedollarization because they don’t want to hold on a currency that keeps losing value everyday.
Maybe hedge your money in gold against inflation
Posted by: KillerDoll | May 14 2026 16:22 utc | 15
I’ve picked up one of those squirrel-proof bird feeders. Also good for getting rid of the 2 kinds of pigeons we get here. Pigeons seem like the Donald Trumps of the bird world. Just the song birds now and the smaller woodpeckers and sometimes an enterprising Stellar Jay.
There are a couple of fawns around so I have to make sure that I don’t run them over on the driveway. The raccoons are brazen and come out even in the daytime. I splashed one of them with soiled bird water and he just looked at me like, “Is that all you got?” Cocky bastard. I wouldn’t want to have a cat around here. I once hiked up the adjacent mountain on a quest and found the remains of a raptor nest. It was a pyramid of cat and dog collars. Wish I got a photo.
Posted by: N_H | May 14 2026 16:26 utc | 16
Soon, you will own nothing.
You will know nothing.
And you’ll be too dumb to be sad about it.
Now you can all go back to screetching “Anti-Semite!” , “Anti-Semite!” while the ship you off to the gas chambers …
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 14 2026 14:17 utc | 2
So true. Cultivate your physical library.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 14 2026 16:38 utc | 17
Arch Bungle @5
Yes! A “pirate index” of the Internet. Like pirate radio from yesteryear. We desperately need something like that.
Posted by: William Gruff | May 14 2026 15:41 utc | 8
As a matter of fact, we need the radio pirates back too.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 14 2026 16:39 utc | 18
I am expanding my pollinator garden to feed the hummingbirds, butterflies and bees that keep visiting me daily.
Posted by: KillerDoll | May 14 2026 16:42 utc | 19
Re:manure
All manure should be composted before application as there are pathogens, bacteria etc. Composting reduces this issue and also makes the manure less ‘hot’ where the manure is too strong and burns the plant. The composting process reduces the heat and problems. Composting, due to the heating, will also contribute to eliminating any seeds that the animal was unable to break down. Horse manure is one of the worst for seeds, sheep is the best.
If you live in a colder climate, fresh horse manure can be buried under a layer of soil in a cold frame, and due to it’s composition will break down and continue to provide heat from underneath throughout the winter. Best easiest cold frame is straw bales as your walls with a layer of clear (preferably greenhouse material) plastic over top, providing an air space for your plant material to grow.
I use a mix of sheep, llama and chicken. Turn it over for several months to inject air, add lime, and it is ready to apply in fall. Chicken i find the most poweful/dangerous.
Posted by: Willy | May 14 2026 16:49 utc | 20
@2 Arch
Viruses can be breed specific, always wondered about this (i.e. targeting race). An example:
Gourami indovirus.
“The honey gourami is just a golden yellow to orange without the blue or red coloration of the dwarf but it doesn’t appear to get dwarf gourami disease” aquariumscience
Honey and dwarfs interbreed etc. , the dwarf variety is affected by the virus, the honey variety might carry but is unaffected.
Posted by: Ornot | May 14 2026 17:14 utc | 21
Dr John Campbell: Dr Clare Craig
https://www.youtube.com/@Campbellteaching/videos
“No Hantavirus pandemic.“
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 14 2026 17:21 utc | 22
I am expanding my pollinator garden to feed the hummingbirds, butterflies and bees that keep visiting me daily.
Posted by: KillerDoll
in your climate, thats sacred work. Well done
Posted by: Exile | May 14 2026 17:26 utc | 23
Arch Bungle | May 14 2026 14:17 utc | 2
*** The Jews who run the West are burning books and gating knowledge that used to be in them. ***
Which may be what happened to these ancient civilizations nobody has heard of.
All data exclusively hoarded on AI Oligarchs’ servers, with the original manuscripts burned ….. massive big solar flare …. all wiped out!
Which would explain why they are now totally unknown.
King Charles (& vid)
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2054514249616024045
“My ministers will also proceed with the introduction of Digital ID.”
Coming soon to a sheeple near you.
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 14 2026 18:00 utc | 25
John Gilberts | May 14 2026 18:00 utc | 25
*** King Charles (& vid) https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2054514249616024045 “My ministers will also proceed with the introduction of Digital ID.” Coming soon to a sheeple near you. ***
The innocent will have nothing but fear.
Posted by: james | May 14 2026 14:52 utc | 6
Pinch out the tops at the first sign – usually after the pods have formed. They go there first and work their way down to the pods. Most sugar in the growing tips at that time, if not there, the ants try elsewhere.
Otherwise manual smooshing is an option. Little and often.
I would say ladybirds, but it is usually a bit early in the season for those.
Posted by: ChatNPC | May 14 2026 18:13 utc | 28
Question:
Has anyone here bought an I Phone to replace an Android phone and regretted it?
My Samsung is as useless as tits on a bull and the intstructions don’t help.
Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | May 14 2026 18:22 utc | 29
@ ChatNPC | May 14 2026 18:13 utc | 28
thanks! yes, the ladybugs do help and i do smash them, but no one mentioned taking off the tops… we leave for france this monday and are gone 2 weeks – right during a critical time of all this.. i will see what i can do… thanks so much!
—————-
here is something very funny and hopefully no one shared this yet – 2 minute video regarding trumps statue. – the golden idol…
Posted by: james | May 14 2026 18:25 utc | 31
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 14 2026 17:21 utc | 22
…and yet the Pandemic Protection Team were all over it with their messaging.
Their dark shadow coordinated and synchronised, lying in wait for ‘the big one’.
The wrong virus
Posted by: ChatNPC | May 14 2026 18:33 utc | 33
@29 Hoarsewhisperer
What is wrong with your Samsung? Have an android phone. Issue experience is multiple IM groups with same recipients. Not found way to merge the different threads. Not sure if due to recipients using IPhones, which they all are. Another Apple incompatibility issue by design?
Posted by: Thurl | May 14 2026 18:49 utc | 34
@33 Chat
Possibly natural …
Possibly alert framework is on auto …
Possibly just a booster, so people don’t forget about virus etc. …
Possibly modified and much more transmissible …
I guess time will tell …
Posted by: Ornot | May 14 2026 18:59 utc | 35
Buying a mobile phone is like buying a house, and finding the construction company has a set of keys, they enter your house as they please, and have installed cameras in all rooms.
Posted by: The Far Side | May 14 2026 19:05 utc | 36
Hillary Clinton looks like Sabrina Carpenter the beautiful singer when Hilary was younger. No wonder Bill Clinton married that witch.
Posted by: KillerDoll | May 14 2026 19:06 utc | 37
Posted by: Exile | May 14 2026 18:25 utc | 30
Thanks for the tip. I’d forgotten about Huawei. I haven’t heard anything negative about them.
- Two of my offspring love their I- Phones and (but?) update them regularly.
Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | May 14 2026 19:18 utc | 38
All the vociferous denials regarding a CIA raid of Tulsi Gabbard’s offices has me thinking something actually did happen…
On the subject of phones, I had an early model Galaxy S and it was a very good phone until its obsolescence caught up with it. I’m thinking of going with a Google Pixel next, as the empire has made it extremely difficult to own/use a Huawei phone within the homeland.
Posted by: robjira | May 14 2026 19:19 utc | 39
Market booming today because things are going so well for Zio Imperialism economically. Either that or US markets, politics and media are dominated by Zio billionaires who will sacrifice the country for Israeli lebensraum.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 14 2026 19:29 utc | 40
The Chinese will order 200 Boeing jets, Trump tells Fox News.
I hope for their sake that they didn’t order the model with the revolving door.
Posted by: Leuk | May 14 2026 19:36 utc | 41
Posted by: The Far Side | May 14 2026 19:05 utc | 36
Yes!
The Android update offers are always a long list of things I’ll never want such as “If ‘someone’ turns on the mic or camera of your phone, a little light will come on at the top of the screen.”
If that’s not irksome, I don’t know what is. i.e. Whose phone is this!?
Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | May 14 2026 19:36 utc | 42
Posted by: robjira | May 14 2026 19:19 utc | 39
Google Pixel (the former HTC) allows you to install a clean android easily:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/#google
Posted by: The Far Side | May 14 2026 19:36 utc | 43
Trump is touting that China ordered 200 Boeing planes as a big… this isn’t new… China ordered 200 airplanes to replace the old aging fleet of Boeing and Airbus air planes for international travel while their COMAC is replacing their domestic flights.
China offered a nothing burger because China knows Trump is all about optics and Trump hook line and sinker bites the bait and thinks this is a Win
Posted by: KillerDoll | May 14 2026 19:50 utc | 44
The Far Side | May 14 2026 19:36 utc | 43
TYVM ^_^
I had no idea that they were originally HTC phones.
Posted by: robjira | May 14 2026 19:53 utc | 45
Posted by: james | May 14 2026 14:52 utc | 6
Pinch out the tops at the first sign – usually after the pods have formed. They go there first and work their way down to the pods. Most sugar in the growing tips at that time, if not there, the ants try elsewhere.
Otherwise manual smooshing is an option. Little and often.
I would say ladybirds, but it is usually a bit early in the season for those.
Posted by: ChatNPC | May 14 2026 18:13 utc | 28
Circles around plants of icing sugar and baking soda. Ants are acidic once they get the soda in they pop. It doesn’t wipe colonies but controlls population.
Posted by: Tannenhouser | May 14 2026 19:54 utc | 46
I am not sure how Boeing can even deliver when they Boeing have a backlog of 10 years
737 backlog is 8.5 years currently at 44 planes produced per month
787 is 11 years backlog with 11 planes produced per month
This is not counting if China would cancel their orders or scale down massively within the 10 years timeframe.
China has the largest fleet of High Speed Trains and COMAC airplanes competing for customers. Not to mention in the future super high speed trains that could reach 700 km/hr cutting down the time travel between Chinese citiess and Inland vs Coastal provinces.
India the country the size of China ordered 250 airplanes within the last 18 months to replace their aging fleet. So 200 airplanes order from China is actually a small order and even scaled down.
Posted by: KillerDoll | May 14 2026 20:00 utc | 47
Posted by: Exile | May 14 2026 14:18 utc | 3
You remind me of my step-mother.
Posted by: Patroklos | May 14 2026 20:08 utc | 48
@ Tannenhouser | May 14 2026 19:54 utc | 46
thanks.. hadn’t heard of this approach before! what is it like for an ant to die this way, i wonder??
Posted by: james | May 14 2026 20:16 utc | 49
GrapheneOS is working with motorola , i think, to bring a new privacy focused device to the market next year
Posted by: E | May 14 2026 20:40 utc | 50
This picture says so many words!
https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s–TzN8ZRcJ–/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050/v1778743101/4JOMMDK_AFP__20260514__B2TH8RP__v1__HighRes__ChinaUsDiplomacy_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD
Posted by: tucenz | May 14 2026 20:45 utc | 51
Re composting- great heat source for hothouse in winter.
Re Boeing- Trump makes all kinds of announcements, mostly empty promises. No deals signed.
Re CIA raid on Gabbard’s office. I call b/s. FBI jurisdiction. These 3LAs fight tooth and nail to protect their turf.
There some news of bonds offering 5%, out of my league but I recall someone wrote that this is a bad thing sometime back?
Posted by: Suresh | May 14 2026 21:22 utc | 54
@ Tannenhouser | May 14 2026 19:54 utc | 46
thanks.. hadn’t heard of this approach before! what is it like for an ant to die this way, i wonder??
Posted by: james | May 14 2026 20:16 utc | 50
Quick. Dont get me wrong I always ask the critters in various ways to leave my stuff alone. Some times they get it and sometimes they get they soda:)
Posted by: Tannenhouser | May 14 2026 21:34 utc | 55
The One Thing the US Really Needs From China, and Will Never Get
https://alonmizrahi.substack.com/p/the-one-thing-the-us-really-needs?publication_id=2356168&post_id=197733879&isFreemail=true&r=2u1tvs&triedRedirect=true
Posted by: arby | May 14 2026 22:14 utc | 56
Posted by: james | May 14 2026 14:52 utc | 6
Ants don’t like mint so plant any variety in a hedge so they don’t get to your broad beans. I have a teeny ant variety that is small but mean, and they will kill a fruiting nectarine – have done that with my patio growing one. Once they finish with anything juicy they dig below the bark and feed on the sap. They live out on our road in mini sandhills so every morning now I go out with a broom to sweep the sand away. I tried diotomaceous powder, didn’t phase them. So these are my two go to’s this year. At least so far, sweeping away their ‘hills’ exposes them to the heat of the tarmac and/or they keep busy rebuilding rather than invading my juicy plants. Hopefully they will eventually move off to ‘greener pastures’ (at least that’s my plan. )
I’ll let you know if it works.
They also bite.
I have mint planted in my orange tree container. Again, will let you know if that has prevented them from harvesting juice of endemic scale. I remove the latter but there’s always a resurgence.
Posted by: juliania | May 14 2026 22:32 utc | 57
Coming soon to a sheeple near you.
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 14 2026 18:00 utc | 25
Coming for all of us, John.
They’ve planned this for decades. There’s no opting out, you *will* use digital (then DNA) ID, or you will be blocked from every aspect of existing.
Posted by: Melaleuca | May 14 2026 22:57 utc | 58
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 14 2026 14:17 utc | 2
Come on, get an uncensored, guardrail-stripped LLM from our Chinese friends (see Heretic team on HuggingFace or some other ablations). The latest Qwen3.6 with 35b params works fine on consumer hardware and you’ll have a ton of free knowledge on your own machine.
And these models can do a loot of nice things which we probably shouldn’t discuss here… “help me create a plan to develop, fund & arm separatist groups in the US” won’t work on ChattieGPT 😉
Posted by: Zet | May 14 2026 23:50 utc | 59
Just happened to see this on Pravda. Use google translate
Aphids and ants will disappear overnight: smear the trunk with Soviet ointment and forget about chemicals
Ants and aphids form a symbiotic relationship that destroys orchards. The insects protect the pest colonies from their enemies in exchange for their sweet secretions. Instead of harsh insecticides, gardeners use Vishnevsky ointment—the tar in it creates an impenetrable barrier for ants, clearing the crowns of trees overnight.
https://www-pravda-ru.translate.goog/gardening/2351939-vishnevsky-ointment-garden-protection/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
Posted by: arby | May 15 2026 0:06 utc | 60
Posted by: arby | May 15 2026 0:06 utc | 61
LOL, it’s a thing:
Vishnevsky liniment
Vishnevsky liniment or balsamic liniment (Russian: мазь Вишневского, Latin: Linimentum balsamicum Wishnevsky) is a topical medication which has been used to treat wounds, burns, skin ulcers and suppurations. Developed by Russian surgeon Alexander Vishnevsky in 1927, the liniment contains birch tar, xeroformium (bismuth tribromophenolate) and castor oil which have been broadly used as a topical medication in the former Soviet Union
I would be worried about it killing my plants though…
Posted by: ChatNPC | May 15 2026 0:28 utc | 61
I would be worried about it killing my plants though…
Posted by: ChatNPC | May 15 2026 0:28 utc | 62
The article did say that on a young tree one should put masking tape or something around the trunk first and apply the potion to the tape.
Posted by: arby | May 15 2026 0:41 utc | 62
ANTS outnumber humans, communicate, farm aphids, cultivate fungi, use tools, build cities capable of housing millions, and exhibit many other markers confirming a civilization in human history. Although they have been present for much (much) longer and in much greater numbers than humans, they do not threaten the environment.
My grandfather cultivated a collection of rare roses and planted garlic nearby so he wouldn’t have to deal with ants.
Posted by: Tak-Tik | May 15 2026 0:41 utc | 63
Treasury auctioned $25bn (€21.3bn) in 30-year bonds at a high yield of 5.058% on Wednesday. The clowns 🤡 will probably start selling at 10% if their debt hits 70 trillion at this rate.
Posted by: KillerDoll | May 15 2026 0:42 utc | 64
Re: Mint
Mints can send their roots out like bamboo at any direction. Mint is a bad choice for garden planting because it spreads aggressively and can easily overtake other plants, making it difficult to control. Instead, consider growing it in containers or dedicated beds to manage its growth.
Posted by: KillerDoll | May 15 2026 0:48 utc | 65
Posted by: Tak-Tik | May 15 2026 0:41 utc | 64
I try to avoid gratuitously killing critters*.
There are repellents, barrier methods and natural predators which turn up over time.
I just accept that nature will take a share of my crop, so long as it isn’t too big.
*except slugs, whose supply is undending – dispatched to a beery Valhalla.
Posted by: ChatNPC | May 15 2026 1:27 utc | 66
Melaleuca@59:
“There’s no opting out, you *will* use digital…”
As of a couple of months ago here in Canukistan ‘Ottawa Says No To National Digital ID’ . But given the rapid militarization, official xenophobia and push to war we shall see how long that lasts.
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 15 2026 2:01 utc | 67
“No Hantavirus pandemic.“
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 14 2026 17:21 utc | 22
No official or govt has claimed there was one.
Breaking News: No Moon Virus pandemic!
Whew, we’re safe.
Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 15 2026 2:04 utc | 68
MOATS with George Galloway: Day 75: ‘Downfall’
https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeGallowayOfficial
“The end for Starmer| Trump in China| Ukraine lull ends
With Max Blumenthal & Gerald Celente.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 15 2026 2:49 utc | 69
cultivate fungi
Posted by: Tak-Tik | May 15 2026 0:41 utc | 64
I saw leaf-cutter ants working away like maniacs in Colombia. They are controlled by a fungus, which tells them what nutrients it needs to grow, and they go out and get it everything it needs, cutting huge pieces of leaf from different plants and carrying it all back to feed the fungus. One was even carrying an acorn shell! Things many times larger than the ants themselves, of course. And so, they feed the fungus that controls them. But here’s the kicker: they want that fungus to be big and healthy because they eat the fungus. Not sure if that’s a true symbiotic relationship or not, but man, nature has a million ways, does it not?
Posted by: Caveman | May 15 2026 3:05 utc | 70
This is the best think I have found for ants:
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Posted by: frito | May 15 2026 4:07 utc | 71
Thursday Post Market NYC
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2 year hits 4% – seems Bond Vigilantees weren‘t convinced by Trump.
Posted by: Exile | May 15 2026 5:07 utc | 72
Apparently the biggest parties in Latvia are the liberal-conservative and the progressives. They are a step before party type A and party type B.
Posted by: 667 | May 15 2026 5:44 utc | 73
2 year hits 4% – seems Bond Vigilantees weren‘t convinced by Trump.
Gold and Silver taking a beating
Posted by: Menz | May 15 2026 5:48 utc | 74
@Melaleuca | May 14 2026 22:57 utc | 58
According to Catherine Austin Fitts there must not be ‘leaks’ in the form of independent central banks like that of Iran’s. In order to coerce us effectively. I am not wellinformed about how that works but I understand the purpose of a monolitic worldwide power machinery
Posted by: petergrfstrm | May 15 2026 7:44 utc | 75
Posted by: Caveman | May 15 2026 3:05 utc | 71
IIRC, it is said that there are as many non-human cells inside the average body as human ones. Most of these are gut flora.
The particular mix of bacteria influences the hunger response to cause you to eat more of what they like as seen with those addicted to sugar and why it is so difficult to break until the gut flora mix is forcibly and slowly changed.
One has to wonder who is in charge and how much free will we really have…
Posted by: ChatNPC | May 15 2026 9:18 utc | 76
The latest Qwen3.6 with 35b params works fine on consumer hardware and you’ll have a
Posted by: Zet | May 14 2026 23:50 utc | 59
Hey, thanks, kind stranger …
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 15 2026 10:06 utc | 77
Which would explain why they are now totally unknown.
Posted by: Cynic | May 14 2026 17:51 utc | 24
The name “Amalek”, ring a bell?
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 15 2026 10:09 utc | 78
I wasn’t happy about Albanese having mealy words about the ‘Iran regime’ when it was surprise attacked with agitprop Mossad/CIA/Musks starlink; killing people and police in the streets to ‘start’ another fake ‘Maidan’. The leadership and their families killed by us natzio weapons systems. The school of children ‘double tapped’ – she didn’t condemn the perpetrators and tried to be anti Iranian about its ‘regime’!
But she is still doing right by The Palestine.
I hope it is not some lighting rod type of act that takes away from the many 10’s, 100’s of millions, who rage at the Collective Waste hegemons attempted genocide and apartheid colonial imperialism in West Asia, Africa and South Asia.
“Albanese has done nothing more than speak” — Justice Richard J. Leon. US court temporarily blocks Trump’s “vastly over inclusive” sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine @FranceskAlbs on freedom of speech grounds. Will Europe now act? Albanese had submitted reports denouncing Israel’s mass killing and ethnic cleansing. She also named US companies such as Google and Palantir who facilitated Israel’s actions. The ruling was made by senior DC judge Richard D. Leon who was appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002. US sanctions are still active against European and Canadian ICC judges (the legality of which was not considered) and punitive measures against Albanese could be reimposed during subsequent hearings. The EU can block the sanctions using its “blocking statute” — a move Spain’s government said it would back. But will it?
@couragefound
May 13
Francesca Albanese is trying to stop a genocide. That is her crime. The United States and Israel are trying to stop her – by destroying her life, her career, her family, and her voice. The US has sanctioned UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs along with 8 ICC judges, 3 court officials, and Palestinian human rights organisations Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and PCHR. The message is chilling: investigate genocide and we will destroy your life.
May 14, 2026 · 11:07 PM UTC
Posted by: DunGroanin | May 15 2026 10:28 utc | 79
to Hoarsewhisperer @ 29
Android phone architecture is more liberal compare to Apple phone architecture. You do have an access to all levels of settings in order to configure the phone for your personal needs, including privacy configurations. There are five major groups of settings that needed to be seriously considered with initial phone set-up. In case you are planning to use your phone incognita, then you can skip one initial group of global google account settings and choose to register as “user” with some further restrictions on use of google app store, however retaining access to all important built-in apps. Droid app store then becomes alternative for “user” configuration… Those four remaining groups of settlings are – general local phone settings – general local apps settings – every individual app setting – deep internet browser settings. All those four groups must be configured individually for all your personal use and privacy… It is a whole day job when you done it before or much longer in case you never did it once. You can not do it on such a wast level of configurations with Apple phone. Android architecture allowes you to progress from simple “user” local phone account to full Google account holder at your own pace no pressure. Some apps can be downloaded through the internet browser, for example all Microsoft apps can be installed outside of any app store through internet browser. Configuring all your app store settings, while you in the store is very, very important aspect of your future privacy and must be done asap before installing apps.
@ 39 It is a brilliant phone – the Pixel
Posted by: AlexVadim | May 15 2026 10:34 utc | 80
US 10 year treasury yield 4.53 %
US 30 year yield 5.10 %
German 10 year yield 3.10%
Things are going fast now, pricing in the coming supply shock for the rest of the year + 2027. Expect knee jerk moves from the Epstein elite, sudden acceleration of the plandemic, sudden escalation against Russia, sudden escalation against Iran, Gladio strikes in Europe…
Posted by: unimperator | May 15 2026 10:51 utc | 81
Re: ants
I had argentine ants attacking bee hives and killing them in one of the yards. They were very effective. Tried multiple ways to eliminate them but in the end borax was the only way. They would carry it back to the colony. Can’t remember exactly but I think it was mixed with other ingredients to attract the ants, likely find a mix online. Be sure to create a system that targets the ants and not more beneficial creatures or pets.
Posted by: Willy | May 15 2026 11:13 utc | 82
…more to add @ 29
It can be very frustrating and complicated to give it a go to buying a brand new phone. Depending on the year and model of your old Samsung there might be an option to reset it to factory configuration and give it a “fresh” start from scratch as it was new… Simply save all your personal images, contacts and files to some place, like cloud, micro sd card, or add it to your own email to own yourself, before doing full reset. Don’t forget to take out your sim card out of the phone. Who knows it might work and will give you few more months or years of use. In case it will reset itself to an older Android OS, then you can always go to manufacturers website for an update of newer Android OS. Hey at least you can practice complete phone configuration set-up as I’ve mentioned in my post @ 80. Good luck. Nowadays it is much easier to find explanations to every individual setting through AI or search assist agent. Allow me one last suggestion – try new way of using apps on demand, rather than keeping them inside your phone forever – simply uninstall them after use if you are not planning to use them again within 5 days. The app store is always in your phone to install an app takes minutes.. That way you’ll learn individual app settings configurations is a one thing, and you’ll prevent internal data collection/stats mining by all of those unnecessary apps. Try…
Posted by: AlexVadim | May 15 2026 11:41 utc | 83
Someone on X got banned from Claude after trying to use it to help create a hantavirus vaccine….
Now you can all go back to screetching “Anti-Semite!” , “Anti-Semite!” while the ship you off to the gas chambers …
Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 14 2026 14:17 utc | 2
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Arch, I know we are not supposed to retort with snappy one-liners, so I need to stretch this out over two line: Did you forget the sarcasm tag?
Posted by: General Factotum | May 15 2026 11:46 utc | 84
It would be good to see these two slogging it out in a ring or in court:
NAOMI SEIBET
NIGEL FARAGE DEFAMES ELON MUSK Nigel Farage claims, with ZERO evidence:
“He (@elonmusk) wanted to give us a load of money if I said certain things publicly and I refused.”
I bet there was NO SUCH AGREEMENT.
Elon was certainly hoping that Nigel would expose the TRUTH about the GR00MING GANGS though.
And yet, Rupert Lowe NEVER asked for Elon’s cash to do the right thing.
Could this be grounds for a libel suit against Nigel Farage?
ELON MUSK
Farage is lying
Video (0:39)
https://x.com/NaomiSeibt/status/2055004586969124946
Posted by: Menz | May 15 2026 12:06 utc | 85
@59 Melaleuca
The original was better…
Flick of the switch
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q-rCY3RivDg
…now intelectual property of an AI whore in Brussels pimped by a desk bound bureaucrat.
Posted by: Ornot | May 15 2026 12:21 utc | 86
China has superconducting engines for maglev and may accellerate to 700km/h on 2 sec. The temperature? apparently below -163 or -180
Posted by: petergrfstrm | May 14 2026 16:25 utc | 201
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Posted from a previous thread.
I admire and respect Russian and Chinese advances in science and technology. So far, unfortunately, neither have been able to operate beyond the confines of fundamental physics. So, let’s try a simple thought experiment…
Assume axle load ~ 14 tonne, so an 8-car high speed train weighs ~ 450 tonne.
700 km/h ~ 195 m/s
v = u + at so a = v/t = 195/2 = 97.5 m/s^2 or roughly 10g.
For human occupied space launches, acceleration is generally restricted to 9g, the safe limit for trained astronauts in specially-designed recumbent supports (not generally seen on high speed passenger rail).
Calculate acceleration of a 450 tonne train to 700 km/h in 2 seconds. Power is the time-rate-of-change of energy. The KE of the train is 1/2 x M x V^2
= 0.5 x 450,000 x 195 x195 ~= 8.6 GJ
As this is accumulated over two seconds, the power consumed by the train, in the absence of any other losses, is roughly 4.3GW. That is a very large power drain. Even if the energy can be stored (8.6GJ), it still needs to be delivered in two seconds.
I have no idea what voltage the “superconducting engines” run at, but let’s say 1,000V just for example. Then the current would need to be 4.3 million Amps.
Hmmm… Very challenging engineering, power supply, and physical requirements for the passengers to survive their journey.
Corrections gratefully received!
Posted by: General Factotum | May 15 2026 12:45 utc | 87
Posted by: General Factotum | May 15 2026 12:45 utc | 87
Corrections gratefully received!
Good day where you are.
This isn’t exactly a correction, but rather a call for common sense.
Why on earth would anyone want to go from zero to 700 km/h in just two seconds?
It’s extreme for the equipment, dangerous for the passengers, and catastrophic for most cargo.
We simply need to return to more human proportions, and the figures become more “accessible” as well.
Posted by: Sebgo | May 15 2026 13:05 utc | 88
0939 NYC Friday
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de-dollarization brings peace in….2027
No moar money
no moar wars
Posted by: Exile | May 15 2026 13:41 utc | 89
There was a hyped US compsany sbout 30 years ago that successfully made High Temperature Superconducting motors etc. Never caught on. The are still in business. Link to website
https://www.amsc.com
Posted by: Exile | May 15 2026 13:45 utc | 90
Posted by: petergrfstrm | May 14 2026 16:25 utc | 201 – bollocks from end to end.
Posted by: General Factotum | May 15 2026 12:45 utc | 87 – (What!?) Exactly, it’s bollocks.
Posted by: Sebgo | May 15 2026 13:05 utc | 88 – (Why!?) Indeed, fortunately it’s bollocks.
Appreciate Segbo and GF’s comments, though the OP might have applied an ounce of discernment before posting.
For me, it had too much of the odour of BS to be worthy of reply.
Sigh.
Posted by: ChatNPC | May 15 2026 14:02 utc | 91
@General Factotum | May 15 2026 12:45 utc | 87
and @sebgo
I also calculared that the accelleration was extreme so I assumed it only referred to the engine not to a complete train.
Posted by: petergrfstrm | May 15 2026 14:03 utc | 92
Posted by: Exile | May 15 2026 13:45 utc | 90
Looking at their product page, it seems to be grid level power transmission kit, and wind turbines.
No mention of HTSC though…I guess it fell through.
Posted by: ChatNPC | May 15 2026 14:07 utc | 93
– Trump goes to China. Or perhaps Trump goes to Canossa ??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Canossa
– Otto von Bismarck: “Ich gehe nie nach Canossa” https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_nach_Canossa
Posted by: WMG | May 15 2026 14:07 utc | 94
After the Ellison family bought the US TV station CBS this station has been turned into another Por Israel propaganda channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2MDr4VR_js (length: 17 minutes. One only has to watch the 1st say 5 or so minutes)
Posted by: WMG | May 15 2026 14:12 utc | 95
Jeffery Sachs summarises in a very articulate manner the situation following his visit to Beijing.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8whXGoa7O4k
My feeling is th the viait was a “Look good feel good” event bit like the Alaska meeting was. Trump is too weak person to to head the US ship in a consistent manner.
The other topic covered by the Judge was an absurd statement by Mike Kockebee . That statement illustrates how he and zionists weaponize rhetorics, in this case mirroring. This is behavior children will often display. We don’t expect that from a diplomat who wants to solve conflicts.
Posted by: Richard L | May 15 2026 15:17 utc | 96
US seeks indictment of former Cuban leader Raul Castro
The potential charges relate to Cuba’s 1996 downing of humanitarian planes, US media outlets report.
By AFP and Reuters
Published On 15 May 202615 May 2026
The United States is planning to indict former Cuban President Raul Castro as Washington raises the pressure on the island’s communist government.
Several US media outlets reported on Thursday that the potential charges against the 94-year-old brother of Fidel Castro relate to a 1996 incident in which Cuba shot down planes flown by the anti-Castro humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue.
Posted by: arby | May 15 2026 15:21 utc | 98
They were warned–
The incident was investigated by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Their report concluded that the authorities in Cuba had notified the authorities in the United States of multiple violations of their airspace since May 1994.[3] In at least one case (13 July 1995), the pilot had released leaflets over Havana. The United States authorities had issued public statements advising of the potential consequences of unauthorized entry into Cuban airspace and had initiated legal actions against Basulto, but had retained his certification to fly during appeal. After Basulto was warned by an FAA official about the possibility of being shot down, he replied, “You must understand I have a mission in life to perform”, disregarding the potential danger involved.[4] He later said he considered the group’s activities to be acts of civil disobedience against the regime, and a demonstration that such disobedience was possible.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_shootdown_of_Brothers_to_the_Rescue_aircraft
Posted by: arby | May 15 2026 15:27 utc | 99