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When you write
New thought, maybe half valid. Activists are grinding about UK schools training kids to recognize the propaganda used by “misinformers”. Not new, of course. In the 60s we memorized the propaganda methods used by “commies”. We DIDN’T memorize the real fact that the “commies” were all part of FBI. I figured it out later thanks…
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Fessenden’s radio steganography
Before Fessenden developed underground and underwater sonar equipment, he went to work for an early radiotelegraph company. There he developed a unique system of private broadcasting, steganography for radio, the audio equivalent of invisible ink. Privacy was felt to be needed because radio had lost the innate self-contained privacy of a telegraph wire. Most of…
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Consistent all the way
Since I’ve been tracking the Craig Wright trial, here’s the latest from Protos. The court that found him guilty of fraud gave him until Aug 5 to file an appeal. Two online accounts that claim to be Wright announced that he had filed the appeal. In fact he didn’t, so there’s no further chance. The…
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What did I expect?
I was getting annoyed by the fact that desistors don’t get clicks or popularity. It’s UNFAAAAIIIR! Wait. That’s exactly why I desist from activism! Clicks are doled out by the algorithms, expressly designed to steer the lab rats into exactly two paths. Why did I EXPECT to get readers and clicks by staying off the…
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Reminds me…
Both sides are trading nastiness about the military records of Vance and Walz. Online folks are digging into the details to “present the evidence” on both sides. Onliners seem to be having fun, but the whole thing is utterly irrelevant. Reminds me of the Dan Rather vs Bush mess in 2004. I got into blogging…
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Astrology again
Beautiful example of astrology proved by the daily journal. This week I’m having lots of sudden panic attacks. The external reason is real enough. At the end of June a hard session in the dentist chair left the neck and shoulders tensed up, causing enhanced balance problems. Vestibular crap often triggers panic. Then a week…
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When you don’t know
Good example of censorship by omission. A redditor posted this description of a rational way to set up business. Half of the commenters said it’s pure myth, can’t possibly happen anywhere, no business could succeed. The other half noted ACCURATELY AND CORRECTLY that much of Europe already has these rules, and businesses there are profitable…
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More on prudes and playboys
Semi-related to the equivalence of prissy prudes and raunchy Playboys. Reprint from 2017, branched from an earlier thought about jury selection. = = = = = START 2017 REPRINT: The natural tendency of modern governments is CLAMP CLAMP CLAMP. Every problem must be solved by TIGHTENING THE SCREWS. It’s a one-way ratchet** like a giant…
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It’s infantile
The idiot Repooflicans, stuck in a hostage situation with the Red Queen Donnie, are still playing the tranny game. The real victims of the tranny movement, organized women’s sports, are ALREADY solving the problem without any help from Repooflican bluenoses. They’re kicking out the gender-bending cheaters in the same way that they would kick out…
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Inspired a reprint
Following on previous item about East Boston and Logan Airport. Reprint from 2020. = = = = = In 1970 GenRad published a lively little handbook of sound measurements. IETlabs continues to make and calibrate derivatives of GenRad products, and performs a tremendous service by maintaining old GenRad publications online. Maintaining old records of old…
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Rigged as always
Yesterday was the state primary “election”. I “voted” for Semi Bird, who was a serious man about ALL the right things. He had worked against Trump’s strangulation mandates when he was on a school board and got kicked out, which motivated him to try for governor. As guaranteed, he lost. Now the “choices” are Bob…
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Couldn’t resist
Stupid but couldn’t resist. = = = = = Born in a scraper-top in NYC, killed him a bar when he was 53, dumped off the bar in a park for all to see, that he was the Greenest Man in Old Americkee! Bobby, Bobby Kenn’dy, King of the Green Frontier!
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Pic worth 1000 busted eardrums
Vintage.es has some pix of East Boston after Logan Airport was built next door. Impressive testimony to the disruptive power of NOISE. Most of the pix show a jet airplane taking off from the airport. The planes are so close you could almost reach up and touch them. Everyone is holding their fingers in their…
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Deeeee licious
Love love love the smell of unemployed “journalists”. Latest example out of thousands:Axios is firing 10% of its monsters, citing a “volatile media environment.” Translation of “volatile media environment”: Customers finally got tired of being punched in the face. Customers got tired of seeing nothing but fear and panic, with far less than zero factual…
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