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July 3, 2025

Social Security Administration spews propaganda already

It hasn't been eight hours yet since the House of Representatives foisted Trump's travesty of a budget bill on us, and the Social Security Administration is already spewing propaganda on what a wonderful thing has been done for us.

I won't post any more than this screen cap of the email header I received a couple of minutes ago. I don't want to give it the oxygen.

I wonder how many of Social Security's 74-milllion recipients got it, too?

June 14, 2025

Anti-Trump protest in Barcelona; we're not alone.....



(They really couldn't call it a No Kings protest because, like, Spain actually has a king. So some diplomacy required there......)
May 23, 2025

Owl chicks getting ready to fledge

This is the 5th year in a row we've had western screech owls nesting in the owl box in our backyard. By our count, that's a total of 9 fledglings sent into the wide, wide world. This year's chicks are set to fledge. They probably will want to hurry up; it was 107° according to our patio thermometer this afternoon in mid-town Tucson.

May 18, 2025

I just composed and printed a Note of Condolence for the loss of life when the Mexican tall ship

and naval training vessel Cuauhtémoc crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge. Tomorrow, I'll hand-deliver it to the Mexican Consulate where I live. It's a small gesture but it's something to offset the braying mocking by Trump's minions.

You can email a note of sympathy (and empathy) to the Mexican Embassy at mexembusa@sre.mx.gob.

May 2, 2025

Microsoft Recall raises privacy alarm again.

Source: Digwatch
Date: 1 May 2025

Fresh concerns are mounting over privacy risks after Microsoft confirmed the return of its controversial Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs. Recall takes continuous screenshots of everything on a Windows user’s screen and stores it in a searchable database powered by AI.

Although screenshots are saved locally and protected by a PIN, experts warn the system undermines the security of encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal by storing anything shown on screen, even if it was meant to disappear.

Critics argue that even users who have not enabled Recall could have their private messages captured if someone they are chatting with has the feature switched on.

Cybersecurity experts have already demonstrated that guessing the PIN gives full access to all screen content—deleted or not—including sensitive conversations, images, and passwords.


Link to complete article.

Bottom Line: Rapid screen captures mean that even Signal, WhatsApp, and any encryption method you might use, including disappearing messages, can be reconstructed and disclosed if Recall is involved.
March 17, 2025

Tornados AND Earthquake in Mississippi ....

Clear evidence that there are not enough copies of the Ten Commandments in courthouses and schoolrooms throughout the state!

https://www.wlbt.com/2025/03/15/if-tornados-werent-enough-earthquake-hits-near-magee/
February 28, 2025

I just emailed an apology to the Ukraine Embassy in Washington, D. C. for

the disgraceful way President Zelenskyy was treated at the White House today. Every American who supports Ukraine's fight against Russian aggression and invasion, should consider doing it, too. emb_us@mfa.gov.ua

February 19, 2025

Missouri bill proposes registry for pregnant women to 'reduce preventable abortions'

Source: The Hill
by Megan Mueller - 02/18/25

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KTVI) — Legislation introduced in Missouri would create a list of “at risk” pregnant women in the state in order to “reduce the number of preventable abortions.”

House Bill 807, nicknamed the “Save MO Babies Act,” was proposed by Republican state Rep. Phil Amato.

The bill summary states that, if passed, Missouri would create a registry of every expecting mother in the state “who is at risk for seeking an abortion” starting July 1, 2026. The list would be created through the Maternal and Child Services division of the Department of Social Services, but the measure did not specify how the “at risk” would be identified./

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A response, evaluation and legal team comprised of 10 members would be appointed between the director of the Department of Social Services, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) and the state Supreme Court.
February 6, 2025

Just a sentence from my email to Sen. Gallego....

"The only place where we need bipartisanship in this political climate is in Congressional efforts to get Elon Musk and his programmers out of the federal data infrastructure and keep them out."

Gallego has been voting with the Rs on some Cabinet nominee confirmations. Personally, I'd rather he didn't but he (and his campaign manager) seem to think it'll help him with "moderate" Rs in Arizona. It won't. Some folks have to touch the stove to learn about being burned.
January 14, 2025

I dropped off a "Thank You!" card at the Mexican consulate

here in Tucson, expressing our gratitude for the Mexican firefighters who are helping fight the wildfires in California, now.

We don't have a Canadian consulate, otherwise I'd do the same there.

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