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LLMs are excellent tools for mapping one set of words and phrases to another, which is more or less exactly what you need out of a language translator.

The former I’m still looking sideways at.

The latter, probably the only truly benevolent use of LLMs. And even then, you’ll get plenty of grumbling.

Pretty sure that was just Star Trek Beyond, the movie where the crew defeated a horde of ravenous space insects by blasting Beastie Boys hit single “Sabotage”.

In the early iterations of the 1960s smash hit Star Trek, audiences were shocked and titillated to see a white male officer in a romantic relationship with a black woman officer.

This continues to be shocking today, as modern audiences are not ready to see any (fully clothed) woman in any form of Sci-Fi media doing anything at all.

It is entirely true that all models from all manufacturers are compromised by spy agencies.

I think there’s a little bit of space between “spy agencies employ systems professionals that know the guts of a component’s security and tricks to bypass it” and “every device firmware has a double super secret protocol for sidestepping all of its security features”.

However the worst offender by far is Cisco even though they’re “American”.

Sure. I’m willing to believe that Cisco, specifically, has relationships with the Five Eyes network such that they make monitoring their traffic easier. Even then, there’s limits. One thing to say techniques exist to bypass security. Another entirely to know what those techniques are and whether they’re practical for application at universal scale.

One of the more chronic problems that big spy agencies have is sifting through all the spam and bullshit and empty chatter. Decryption takes time. And you can’t monitor everything, everywhere, all at once. The bigger sins of Cisco are in how they expedite access on behalf of their agency partners, not that they fail to produce perfectly hack-proof hardware.

because why the fuck the not?

In theory, you would have better things to do with your real estate.

But I guess I’m the idiot who threw my kit out six months ago to make the house a little less cluttered.

Smuggling? Setting up a factory in Florida that reboxes routers and slaps “Made In America” stickers on them? Resale/referb router prices going through the roof?

Take your pick.

If you don’t visit YouTube…

Guasanos have been talking about reclaiming Cuba for over 70 years.

The New York Times reported the administration is seeking to oust President Miguel Díaz-Canel from power while allowing the island’s Communist government to remain in place — a repeat of what they allowed in Venezuela — and giving Trump a “symbolic win.”

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the Atlantic noted that plans could also give “wealthy Republican donors with Cuban ancestry” leadership roles in a transition or even permanent government.

How on earth is this supposed to work, exactly?

Why would domestic Cubans submit themselves to overseas authority without a massive security state capable of enforcing control?

It’s nicer to live in the US than in a country the US has decided to re-colonize

They’ll be blind inside a month trying to work like that.

Unf*ck America Tour

The Official Tour Countering Turning Point USA.

Well, there you go.

Paid For By National Ground Game PAC.

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Zee Cohen-Sanchez: How Influencer Drama Derailed a Progressive Movement

Zee Cohen-Sanchez, a Bernie Sanders campaign veteran, launched “Un**** America” (we’re going with Unfudge America) to counter Charlie Kirk’s influence on college campuses. But internal drama and performative purity politics quickly sabotaged the project. She recounts how influencer apologies empowered whiny critics and fractured the left’s ability to wield electoral power.

Curious story.

Also…

Yehaw

Love when your Lead Creator’s team membership page is blank.

That was (ostensibly) in response to Syrian leadership going after the Druz, whom Israel needs to keep Syrian Muslims in check.

Hezbollah insurgents have started trying to retake parts of their country, with Israel focused on Iran.

The Israeli response has been to kill a bunch of civilians in retaliation.

No kidding.

The Gaza war has become the deadliest conflict for journalists in history, with reports indicating that Israeli actions killed over 180 to more than 270 journalists, mostly Palestinians, between October 2023 and August 2025.

But why does Haley Joel Osment have AIDS?

Do it armed with overpowered flashlights and broom handles. Those dogs are dogshit.

The bar has been low for at least 30 years.

It was comically easy to get enlisted during Korea if you were under 18. You could just walk up to the office and lie. They’d take you.

“More like the Gay-vy, amirite? But seriously, just come in and talk. I need at least three other people to fill out a form or they send me to the front.”