Hey! Don't forget to practice safe planting, everyone!

In an article on IFL Science, "The humble condom has taken on an entirely new role in remarkable research unfolding in the Amazon."

"Wander into the right part of the Amazon and you’ll find strange structures emerging from the forest floor. These cylindrical towers are sculpted out of clay and excrement.  Known as cicada towers, they’ve represented something of a mystery for scientists. We knew they were built by cicadas, but the big question was why?" 

For some reason, I thought of, well, all of my fellow bloggers when I read the article.  And here, I thought condoms were only good as chewing gum! 

Go, Marines!  Hoo-rah! 

Onward,

R
 

Your Daily Meme

 

Monday

 

Sunday Morning Sip - Happy Mother's Day and other things, too!

Happy Mother's Day! 

 

Absolutely! 

 

 

"You gotta LIVE! LIVE! LIVE!" 

The LAST time we ever at a local Bennigan's (before they went under and closed),

the host was this prissy Queen who decided to sit my husband and I 

next to a family with toddler's who were amped up on Coka Cola.

We sat for a minute, got up and left. I can relate.

 

Happy Mother's Day!

 

Now some other things, too. 

I know that well. 

...or you get run over... 

We have a... pickle ball court... thankfully several

miles from the house.  If I had to listen to that...

I thought dribbling basket balls was wretched... 

The logic seems sound. 

 

 

"Aye, Laddie, you are surly gong to Hell." 

 

For the Mom's out there. 

 

 

 

Saturday Morning Sip

Happy Saturday, everyone!  

Coffee and air-horns at the ready! 

 

 

Just asking... 

This and next from the YDG collection. 

Miss you, Jackie Sue! 

International Idiots! 

Ah-yup.  Funny how this all works. 

I'm safe! 

Uh-huh...

 

So why do I feel like this is how I am reacting any more?

 

The new iPhones are here!  The new iPhones are here! 

 

Ah-yup. 

 

 

Perhaps we can spell out "86 47" in Big Macs or golf balls?
 

 

Ah... nature.

 

Another unique touring car. 

 

 

 

...and while we're talking about AI...

The Stephen Colbert cold open...

 I'm going to miss him!  

Sure, Jan; It's for the ethics.

Tech is turning increasingly to religion in a quest to create ethical AI.

 

Reported by Krysta Fauria - Los Angeles (AP) - "Leaders from various religious groups met last week with representatives from companies including Anthropic and OpenAI for the inaugural “Faith-AI Covenant” roundtable in New York to discuss how best to infuse morality and ethics into the fast-developing technology. It was organized by the Geneva-based Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities, which seeks to take on issues such as extremism, radicalization and human trafficking. The roundtable is expected to be the first of several around the globe, including in Beijing, Nairobi and Abu Dhabi.

Tech executives need to recognize their power — and their responsibility — to make the right decisions, said Baroness Joanna Shields, a key partner in the initiative. She worked as a tech executive with stints at Google and Facebook before pivoting to British politics."

So, let me get this straight - the asshole, Tech-bro creators of AI just can't seem to get the Large Language Models (LLM's) to act in an ethical way, so they are going to... tap into the religious groups for guidance on programming?  What?  Science, facts and logic can't provide you with the right outcomes you're looking for?   The US military, headed by a Christi-fascist, is looking to hand over control of functions to Palantir.  Meanwhile, Elon Musk's GROK has decided "Mecha Hitler" is acceptable.  

It's not setting up to be a very optimistic future. Let's turn over AI to cults that, at their core, have started every conflict around the planet since humanity first began to flourish. What in the good fuck can possibly go wrong?

Meanwhile, let's just keep finding rural communities of MAGA rubes who will let mega data centers be built which offer no viable return on investment.  

 

I guess the best I can do for now is to tattoo the addresses of Elon, Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, Mark Fuckerberg and the like onto my arm so that when the Terminator is sent from the future to correct this mess, I can just show it to them and be spared...?  

 

Onward?

Rade

 

 

 

Your Daily Meme... and MEN!!!

 

 

"He aced it!"

 

...or assed it...