Thursday, September 24, 2026

How AI got its start, and what deep learning really means with cognitive and computer scientist, Nobel Laureate, and one of the architects of AI, Geoffrey Hinton.

 




How did we go from digital computers to AI seemingly everywhere?
 
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly dive into the mechanics of thinking, how AI got its start, and what deep learning really means with cognitive and computer scientist, Nobel Laureate, and one of the architects of AI, Geoffrey Hinton.

The USA government has FAILED to give us Online Freedom of Speech. How many innocent people is evil Google unfairly censoring?

 



Subway was once the largest restaurant chain in the world, with over 44,000 locations across 113 countries. But behind the “Eat Fresh” slogan was a franchise system that slowly destroyed the very owners who built the brand.

Subway’s brand value rose 18% to $9.52 billion in Brand Finance’s 2026 restaurant ranking (still #4 globally), even after a decade of U.S. store contraction from a 2015 peak above 44,000 locations down to 18,773 by end-2025.

The 2024 Roark Capital acquisition at roughly $9.55–9.6 billion captured the brand’s remaining scale (~37,000 global units and $16 billion system sales) plus recent same-store sales gains and international master-franchise pipeline, offsetting low U.S. average unit volumes near $500,000 and ongoing net closures.

The franchise-model problems highlighted in the shared video (oversaturation and thin operator economics) reduced U.S. footprint by more than 8,000 stores since 2016, yet brand valuation has recovered from earlier stagnation through digital sales, menu refresh, and overseas growth rather than collapsing with unit count.



This is why the WOKE Communist Democrat Party still has supporters.

 



Wife Ordered A Hitman To Kill Her Husband (Instant Karma).

A 27-year-old woman struck up a friendship with a coworker at her job. 

Their conversations started out like any other—talking about the weather, complaining about their boss, and making small talk. But over time, she began asking him a disturbing question: whether he knew anyone who would be willing to kill her husband. According to investigators, she repeatedly asked the coworker if he would carry out the murder himself. 

After refusing several times, he eventually gave in and put her in contact with someone he claimed could help. Unbeknownst to her, that contact wasn't a real hitman at all.


Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Exiled Crown Prince of Iran: The regime is 'BUYING TIME'

  • Exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi's statement that Iran's Islamic Republic regime is "buying time" via deals or delays to survive pressures.
  • Reza Pahlavi, living in the US since the 1979 revolution, frequently argues in 2026 interviews and speeches that the regime uses negotiations to regroup, rearm, and avoid collapse rather than pursue genuine reform.
  • The post appears amid reports of regime defections, recent US military actions against Iran, and Pahlavi's calls for an orderly democratic transition through his Iran Prosperity Project.
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    Uber and Lyft Upfront Pricing is a Scam to Ripp-off Passengers and Drivers. Uber takes up to 80% of a passenger fare.

    Uber and Lyft are out of control with greed. Upfront pricing is a scam to hide how much Uber is making in profits per ride, and how much they are paying the Driver. All this information should be transparent, and not an evil scam for Uber and Lyft to earn huge profits.
    This video gives detailed evidence and examples. So if Uber charges a passenger $100 and pays the Driver $20, is that fair? Years ago it was 80% for the Driver, today it is up to 80% for Uber.
    They are many reasons why people do not trust Uber and Lyft to treat them fairly.
    One example is insurance costs. Uber and Lyft like to blame increased pricing on inflation and insurance. When the truth is Uber owns their own insurance company, and the laws protect Uber and Lyft from showing how insurance prices and profits are calculated.
    Uber utilizes an internal captive insurance subsidiary registered in Hawaii named Aleka Insurance Inc. to manage self-insured risks, which does not maintain a public consumer-facing website or independent URL. 

    Federal, State and Local governments need to do a lot more to regulate evil Uber and Lyft.




    Tuesday, September 22, 2026

    How long does a RSV shot last?

     


    Your observation makes total sense—if a vaccine's protection goes down over time, it feels completely logical that you would need a booster or an annual shot to stay safe.

    The reason federal health agencies like the CDC currently advise only a single lifetime dose comes down to a few specific scientific factors:
    • The protection is still strong enough to save lives: Even though the vaccine's power wanes over time, it continues to work against what matters most: severe illness and hospitalization. Research shows that a single shot reduces the risk of RSV hospitalization by about 69% in the first year and still provides roughly 48% protection in the second year. For an older or vulnerable adult, that lingering protection is still considered highly valuable. 
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    • Boosters haven't shown a huge extra benefit yet: In clinical trials where researchers tested giving people a second "booster" dose of the RSV vaccine, the results showed that the booster didn't significantly jump-start or increase immunity compared to what a single dose was already doing over multiple seasons. 

    • Careful monitoring of rare side effects: Because the RSV vaccines are relatively new, health authorities are balancing the benefits with safety data. Scientists are closely watching very rare safety signals—such as a tiny, slight increase in cases of a nerve condition called Guillain-BarrΓ© syndrome. Until they are certain that a booster dose provides clear, necessary benefits that outweigh any potential risks, they are holding off on recommending repeat doses. 
    In short, scientists fully expect they might recommend an RSV booster in the future once they figure out the exact timeline of when it's truly necessary and safe. But for now, they are prioritizing a single shot because it gives heavy, multi-year protection right out of the gate. 
    I received a RSV shot in the fall of 2025.

    YouTube Is Cleaning House in 2026 (AI Strikes & New Rules).

    YouTube’s 2026 “cleaning house” actions are accelerating a broader creator-economy shift from low-effort volume to originality, human involvement, and advertiser-safe quality. The platform is not banning AI; it is using monetization rules, automatic detection, and channel-level reviews to starve mass-produced “inauthentic content.”

    The inauthentic-content policy (renamed from “repetitious content”) now explicitly targets three patterns that lose Partner Program revenue: generic or template-based videos with little variation, off-putting or emotionally manipulative material, and AI personas presented as human experts on health, finance, legal, or political topics. Enforcement has been channel-wide rather than video-by-video, so a pattern across recent uploads can pull an entire catalog out of ads and subscriptions. Early 2026 saw a visible purge: 16 high-volume AI slop channels totaling about 35 million subscribers and 4.7 billion views were terminated or wiped, removing an estimated $10 million in annual ad revenue. Studies around the same period found AI slop occupying roughly 20 percent of new-user recommendations and even higher shares on Shorts. YouTube simultaneously rolled out automatic photorealistic-AI labeling and viewer “does this feel like slop?” prompts. Winners are creators who treat AI as a production aid (scripting, editing, B-roll, thumbnails) while adding original commentary, variation, and disclosed human judgment. Losers are content farms, reused-voiceover slideshow operations, and some legitimate faceless educational or documentary channels whose format now resembles slop; several report algorithm suppression or demonetization even without generative tools, prompting some to hire on-camera hosts. Advertisers have favored face-on-camera, lower-volume long-form work. Structural barriers are rising at the same time. 

    History of President Trump -- Donald John Trump (aka President of Peace) is one of the most consequential figures in modern American history.

     

    Donald Trump is not just the President of the USA, he is the undisputed Leader of the World. He is known thoughout the world as the "President of Peace". He has already stopped eight Wars and saved millions of lives.

    Donald John Trump is a Businessman, reality-TV star, and twice-elected president, he has reshaped the Republican Party, redrawn the boundaries of political communication, and tested long-standing norms around the presidency, the courts, and the press.

    President Trump takes no salary and works all the time. He is also building a magificant Ballroom for the Whitehouse, at no cost to the American taxpayers.

    Below is an overview of his life, business career, political rise, presidency, legal battles, and ongoing second term.


    Early life and business career

    Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York, the fourth of five children of real-estate developer Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. He grew up in the affluent Jamaica Estates neighborhood and attended New York Military Academy, where he was described as competitive and focused on winning. 

    Trump began college at Fordham University before transferring to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1968 with a degree in economics. In 1971 he took over his father’s company, rebranding it as the Trump Organization and shifting its focus more aggressively into high-profile Manhattan real estate, casinos, hotels, and later golf courses and luxury branding deals.

    His business record has been a mixture of big, attention-grabbing projects with huge success, and a few projects that had problems. Several Trump-branded casinos and hotels went through bankruptcy proceedings. Overall President Trump is a fantastic businessman and is a billionaire. He is the "billionaire for the people" ...


    Building the Trump brand and reality TV

    Trump’s most valuable long-term asset became his personal brand. He published The Art of the Deal in 1987, presenting himself as a master negotiator and dealmaker. WHHA (en-US)

    In 2004 he became host and executive producer of the reality TV show The Apprentice, where contestants competed for a job in his organization. The show was a ratings hit, made his “You’re fired” catchphrase famous, and turned Trump into a household name far beyond New York real estate. 

    Licensing his name for everything from buildings to steaks to universities became a major part of his business model, even as some ventures collapsed or led to lawsuits and settlements, such as those involving Trump University. 




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    Entry into politics and the 2016 election

    Trump had flirted with politics for decades, but his serious entry came in June 2015, when he descended the escalator at Trump Tower and announced his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. He ran as a populist outsider, promising to “Make America Great Again,” crack down on illegal immigration, renegotiate trade deals, and challenge “the swamp” in Washington. Business Insider+1

    He defeated a crowded Republican primary field and then scored an upset victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November 2016, winning the Electoral College while losing the national popular vote. HISTORY+1


    First term as president (2017–2021)

    Trump’s first term was marked by significant policy changes, intense controversy, and constant media attention.

    These problems were all caused by the Communist Democrat party, when corrupt and evil President Obama started the horrible lies of RussiaGate. Now in 2025 we are finally seeing some of these RussiaGate criminals investigated and charged with crimes by the DOJ.

    Domestic policy and economy.
    President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, reducing corporate tax rates and cutting individual taxes. 

    His administration emphasized deregulation, seeking to roll back environmental and financial rules, though many efforts were challenged and often overturned in court. Brookings+1

    During most of his first term, the USA economy experienced low unemployment and rising household wealth. People were very happy with the economy.

    Trade and foreign policy.
    Trump adopted a more protectionist stance, imposing tariffs on steel, aluminum, and many Chinese imports, and renegotiating trade agreements such as NAFTA (replaced by the USMCA). 

    Courts and social policy.
    He appointed three Supreme Court justices and more than 200 federal judges, decisively shifting the federal judiciary to the right for a generation. WHHA (en-US)

    Investigations and impeachment.
    Trump’s first term was shadowed by FALSE and Fake News investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election and his conduct in office. The House of Representatives unfairly and incorrectly impeached him twice—first over his dealings with Ukraine, and second for incitement of a FAKE insurrection related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Senate acquitted him both times. 

    He lost his bid for reelection to Democrat Corrupt Joe Biden in November 2020 but claiming widespread election fraud—claims rejected by courts, state officials, and his own Justice Department.

    Many people still beleive there was election fraud in 2020, it is one thing to be able to prove it in court, yet your gut feelings tell you that the 2020 election results were very suspicious. 

    E.g. How did Joe Biden receive 6,000,000 more votes in 2020, then Kamala Harris reveived in 2024? 

    There are many more questions about the 2020 election results.


    Timeline of RussiaGate / Russian Hoax.

    President Trump is a Crime Victim.