Monday, March 30, 2026

I’ve watched this a hundred times, and it still brings me the same joy it did the very first time.

Sunday, March 22, 2026

Andrew Yang on AI's impact on jobs, Anthropic's battle with the Pentagon and NYC Mayor Mamdani.

How many human jobs will AI tools eliminate?

AI tools can eliminate many jobs for a few reasons.

First, they lower the cost of doing cognitive work. In the past, automation mainly replaced physical, repetitive factory tasks. AI can now help do parts of writing, customer service, coding, design, analysis, scheduling, research, and back-office work. That means companies can get the same output with fewer people in some roles.

Second, AI hits task bundles, not just single tasks. A job is usually made up of many smaller tasks. If AI automates 30% to 70% of those tasks, a company may not need to fully replace every worker, but it may need fewer workers overall. That is how job reduction often happens in practice.

Third, AI spreads faster than older technologies. Software can be deployed across millions of workers almost instantly. A new factory machine used to require buying equipment, building plants, and retraining staff over years. AI can often be added through a browser, an app, or an API. That makes adoption much faster.

Fourth, AI affects both high-skill and lower-skill work at the same time. Earlier waves of automation often hit narrower categories. AI can pressure entry-level white-collar jobs, support roles, clerical work, and some professional work all at once. That broad reach is why people are worried.

On your second question: not necessarily because it is already larger and faster than any time in previous history. The stronger claim is this:

It has the potential to displace workers unusually broadly and quickly compared with many past technologies.

But we do not yet know that it will be the single biggest or fastest job disruption in all history. Past disruptions were enormous too, such as mechanized agriculture, industrialization, and computerization. Those changes eliminated huge categories of work, but they also created new ones over time.

What makes AI feel different is:

speed of deployment
impact on knowledge work
ability to improve itself rapidly through better models and tools
low cost of copying software once built

So the concern is less “this is already the biggest job loss event ever” and more “this could outpace society’s ability to retrain and reallocate workers.”

The real danger is when three things happen together:

jobs disappear faster than new ones appear,
workers cannot retrain fast enough,
the gains go mostly to the owners of the technology rather than displaced workers.

That is when you get wage pressure, unemployment, and social instability.

So the best one-sentence answer is:

AI may eliminate many jobs because it can automate a wide range of mental tasks cheaply, at scale, and very quickly, which could reduce labor demand faster than workers can adapt.

If you want, I can also give you the best argument on the other side — why AI may change many jobs without causing mass permanent unemployment.

Thursday, March 19, 2026

You can use AI tools like ChatGPT and Grok to ask medical questions, and learn what questions to ask your Physician.

AI tools like ChatGPT and Grok may not be perfect and sometimes give wrong information. They can also be very useful in helping people figure out what questions to ask their physicians.

Background:

About a year ago I had a blood test that showed very low blood platlets. My primary care physician was extermely concerned and told me I had to see a Hematologist. I had never seen a Hematologist previously and I quickly learned they are the doctors who test your blood for Cancer.

Luckily, I did not have Cancer, and they sent me to a Liver expert (Hematologist). I had a FibroScan, which showed that my liver was not causing my low blood platlets and severe fatigue. The liver doctor said that I am not properly diagnosed.

Now this is when I decided to ask the AI tools to help me.

When platelets are “trapped” in the spleen, it’s usually because the spleen is enlarged (splenomegaly). An enlarged spleen holds on to far more platelets than normal (up to ~90% vs ~30–40%), a process called hypersplenism, which lowers the platelet count in blood tests.

Treatment:

Treatment depends on the underlying cause of hypersplenism. It may include:

Treating the underlying condition (e.g., liver disease, infection)

Medications to suppress the spleen's activity

Splenectomy (removal of the spleen) in severe cases

Prognosis:

The prognosis for hypersplenism depends on the underlying cause and severity of the condition. With proper treatment, many people with hypersplenism can live full and healthy lives.

Additional Information:

Hypersplenism can affect people of all ages, but it is more common in adults.

It is important to seek medical attention if you experience symptoms of hypersplenism, as it can be a sign of an underlying serious condition.

Common causes of an enlarged spleen → low platelets

Liver disease & portal hypertension: alcohol-related liver disease, viral hepatitis, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, splenic/portal vein thrombosis (incl. from pancreatitis).
Hematologic cancers & marrow disorders: lymphomas, leukemias, myelofibrosis, other myeloproliferative disorders.
Infections: EBV/mononucleosis, CMV, HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, bacterial endocarditis, chronic hepatitis.
Autoimmune/inflammatory conditions: Felty’s syndrome (RA + neutropenia + splenomegaly), systemic lupus, sarcoidosis.
Infiltrative/storage diseases: amyloidosis, Gaucher disease.
Congestive causes: advanced heart failure, massive transfusion or severe hemolysis causing congestion.

What to do about it

Evaluate the cause: CBC with smear, liver panel, hepatitis/HIV tests as indicated, abdominal ultrasound (spleen size, portal/splenic veins), and targeted testing for suspected conditions.
Treat the underlying problem (e.g., manage liver disease, treat infection, address hematologic disorder). Platelets usually rise as the spleen shrinks or sequestration improves.
Urgent care if platelets <20–30k, active bleeding, new severe abdominal pain, fever, or confusion.

If you share any labs, symptoms, or known conditions, I can help think through what’s most likely in your situation—but this isn’t a diagnosis and doesn’t replace seeing a clinician.

Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Markwayne Mullin took part in a fiery exchange during Mullin's confirmation hearing for Secretary of Homeland Security on Wednesday over violent rhetoric Paul accused Mullin of using.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Excellent Advice for People seeking a new Job. -- Step by step instructions.

1. Tailor Your Resume

Before sending out your resume, make sure it's tailored to the specific job you're applying for. Customize your resume to highlight the skills and experiences that are most relevant to the position.

2. Prepare Your Application Materials

Resume: Ensure it's up-to-date and formatted professionally.
Cover Letter: Write a personalized cover letter for each application, addressing the hiring manager by name if possible.
References: Have a list of professional references ready, but only include them if the job posting specifically requests them.

3. Choose the Right Channels

There are several ways to send out your resume. Here are some effective channels:

a. Job Portals

LinkedIn: Upload your resume to your LinkedIn profile and apply to jobs directly through the platform.
Indeed, Glassdoor, Monster, etc.: Create profiles on these job boards and upload your resume. Many of these platforms allow you to apply with one click.

b. Company Websites

Many companies have a careers page where you can apply directly. Always follow the application instructions provided.

c. Networking

Professional Contacts: Reach out to your network for job leads and ask if they can pass along your resume to their contacts.
LinkedIn Networking: Connect with professionals in your field and let them know you're looking for opportunities.

d. Recruitment Agencies

Register with recruitment agencies that specialize in your field. They often have access to job openings that are not publicly advertised.

4. Emailing Your Resume

If you're emailing your resume directly to a hiring manager or HR department:

Subject Line: Use a clear and professional subject line, e.g., "Application for [Job Title] - [Your Name]."
Email Body: Keep it brief and professional. Introduce yourself, mention the position you're applying for, and attach your resume and cover letter.
Attachments: Ensure your resume and cover letter are named clearly, e.g., "JohnDoe_Resume.pdf" and "JohnDoe_CoverLetter.pdf."

5. Follow Up

After submitting your application, consider sending a follow-up email if you haven’t heard back within the timeframe mentioned in the job posting (usually 1-2 weeks).
Keep the follow-up polite and professional, reiterating your interest in the position.

6. Track Your Applications

Keep a record of where you've applied, the date of application, and any follow-up actions. This helps you stay organized and ensures you don’t miss any opportunities.

7. Tools and Resources

Resume Builders: Websites like Canva, Zety, and Resume.io can help you create professional-looking resumes.
ATS-Friendly Formats: Many companies use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). Use ATS-friendly resume templates to increase your chances of getting through these systems.

Example of an Email Application

Subject Line: Application for Marketing Manager Position - Jane Smith

Email Body:

Dear [Hiring Manager's Name],

I am writing to express my interest in the Marketing Manager position listed on your website. With over 5 years of experience in digital marketing and a proven track record of increasing brand visibility, I believe I would be a valuable addition to your team.

Attached, you will find my resume and cover letter for your review. I look forward to the possibility of discussing this exciting opportunity with you.

Thank you for considering my application.

Best regards, Jane Smith [Your Contact Information]

Attachments:

JaneSmith_Resume.pdf
JaneSmith_CoverLetter.pdf

By following these steps, you can effectively send out your resume and increase your chances of landing an interview.

History of France -- France’s story stretches from Paleolithic caves to a nuclear-armed democracy at the heart of the European Union.

A Concise History of France

France’s story stretches from Paleolithic caves to a nuclear-armed democracy at the heart of the European Union. Its past is not a straight line but a braid of languages, faiths, dynasties, revolutions, and ideas that have radiated outward—law, literature, cuisine, philosophy, and the modern notions of citizenship and rights. What follows is an overview of the history of France, from early settlements to the Fifth Republic.

From Prehistory to Roman Gaul

Long before “France” existed, humans left traces in the southwest: the painted caves of Lascaux (c. 17,000 BCE) testify to complex symbolic life. By the first millennium BCE, Celtic-speaking peoples—whom Romans later called Gauls—lived in fortified hill towns (oppida), traded Mediterranean wine for northern metals and furs, and practiced syncretic religions alongside druids and local cults. Greek colonists founded Massalia (Marseille) around 600 BCE, linking the region to Mediterranean trade and ideas.

In the mid-1st century BCE, Julius Caesar conquered Gaul after long campaigns against tribal coalitions, notably the Arverni leader Vercingetorix, who surrendered at Alesia (52 BCE). Under Rome, Gallia prospered. Roads, aqueducts, and cities like Lyon (Lugdunum) embedded Roman law and Latin speech, while rural life blended Roman customs with local traditions. Christianity spread during late antiquity; bishops became pillars of urban life as imperial institutions waned.

The Franks, Charlemagne, and the Birth of a Kingdom

As the Western Roman Empire fractured in the 5th century CE, Germanic groups established successor states. The Franks, under Clovis of the Merovingian dynasty, consolidated much of Gaul, converted to Roman Christianity (c. 496), and secured the support of the Gallo-Roman clergy and aristocracy. After Merovingian decline, the Carolingiansrose; Charlemagne (r. 768–814) forged a vast empire across western and central Europe, crowned “Emperor of the Romans” in 800. Carolingian rule encouraged monastic learning and legal order, yet after Charlemagne the empire splintered. The Treaty of Verdun (843) divided the realm among his grandsons; West Francia, roughly the nucleus of modern France, went to Charles the Bald.

Somalia’s most serious problems today are a mix of insecurity + weak state capacity + recurring humanitarian violations.

Armed conflict & terrorism (especially Al-Shabaab): Ongoing attacks, insecurity in rural areas, and contested territory make daily life dangerous and prevent normal commerce, schooling, and aid delivery. ACAPS
Large-scale humanitarian need: Roughly ~6 million people are projected to need humanitarian assistance in 2025, reflecting how persistent the crisis is. OCHA+1
Food insecurity & malnutrition: Somalia repeatedly faces crisis-level hunger, with warnings in 2025 of millions facing acute food insecurity and very high child malnutrition risk. The United Nations in Somalia+2OCHA+2
Climate shocks (droughts/floods) + disease outbreaks: Erratic rainfall, drought recovery that can reverse quickly, flooding, and outbreaks amplify hunger, displacement, and poverty. Amnesty International+1
Mass displacement: Conflict and climate shocks have pushed millions from their homes, creating long-term camps and urban strain. EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid+1
Weak governance, corruption, and limited rule of law: Institutional capacity is still being rebuilt after decades of conflict; corruption and weak enforcement undermine services, trust, and investment. UNDP+2Knowledge Hub+2
Poverty, low job creation, and economic fragility: Growth has often been too weak to raise living standards broadly, and aid volatility can worsen conditions and fiscal space for safety nets. World Bank+1
Underfunded aid response / access constraints: Even when needs are clear, funding shortfalls (and insecurity in some areas) can sharply reduce assistance at the worst time. Reuters+1

Somalia is truly a paradise.

The country has:
– 49% of the population inbred
– An average national IQ of 67 (70 qualifies for mental retardation)
– Four decades of nonstop civil war
– Fraud rings, violent gangs, and tribal militias everywhere

There is nothing enviable about any… https://t.co/tRIGEcM0UH pic.twitter.com/zX699NJuNA
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) November 25, 2025

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Iran's Economy Would Collapse If It Lost Kharg Island: Energy Analyst

The United States has now started targeting Iran’s most strategic economic asset, Kharg Island. Situated in the northern Persian Gulf, Kharg Island deals with 90% of Tehran’s oil export and President Donald Trump has characterised the attack as an attempt to pressure the Iranian administration to end the blockade of Strait of Hormuz.

Described by Trump as the “crown jewel” for Iran, a dozen targets were struck on Friday night by the US military on Kharg Island that likely led to a sharp rise in fuel prices in China. Retail gasoline and diesel saw their sharpest increases since March 2022 on Monday. Trump, in a new threat, said he might hit the Kharg Island again “just for fun.”

Tesla FSD and Robotaxi: The Long Road from “Driver Assist” to Autonomous Mobility

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Tesla’s story in self-driving is a mix of real technical progress, bold marketing, and a moving finish line. On one hand, Full Self-Driving (FSD) has evolved into a system that can handle complex navigation—turns, merges, lane changes, intersections, parking maneuvers—99% of the time with startling competence. On the other hand, Tesla itself is explicit that today’s product is not autonomous: it requires active driver supervision and does not make the car self-driving in the legal or technical sense. (Tesla)

Meanwhile, “Robotaxi” is the bigger promise: cars that don’t just help a driver, but replace the driver—turning vehicles into revenue-generating autonomous fleets. That leap is not merely incremental. It’s a jump across technology, regulation, safety validation, business operations, insurance, and public trust. This article explains what Tesla’s FSD really is today, how it works at a high level, what “Robotaxi” requires that FSD doesn’t yet deliver, and why the next phase will be harder than many people expect.

1) What Tesla FSD is today (and what it is not)

Tesla currently sells Full Self-Driving (Supervised). Tesla describes it as a system that can drive you “almost anywhere” under your supervision, and Tesla emphasizes that enabled features require active driver supervision and “do not make the vehicle autonomous.” (Tesla)

Regulators largely categorize this as SAE Level 2 driver assistance, meaning the system can control steering and speed in certain conditions, but the human driver remains responsible and must continuously supervise. NHTSA’s automation-level descriptions make that distinction clear: Level 2 still expects the driver to monitor the environment and be ready to take over immediately. (NHTSA)

This matters because “self-driving” is not one thing—it’s a ladder:

Level 2 (driver assistance): the human supervises everything.
Level 4 (true robotaxi in a defined area): the system drives itself within an Operational Design Domain (ODD)—for example, specific cities, geofenced neighborhoods, certain weather limits—without expecting a human to watch the road.
Level 5 (anywhere, anytime): full autonomy in all conditions.

Tesla’s consumer FSD today is still, by the company’s own characterization and by regulatory framing, on the Level 2 rung. (NHTSA)

2) How Tesla’s approach differs: “vision-first” and fleet learning

Tesla’s technical strategy has been distinctive: heavy reliance on cameras and neural networks, with a philosophy that the best path to scalable autonomy is to solve driving the way humans do—primarily through vision—then scale via software and data.

Over the last several years, Tesla moved further toward “Tesla Vision.” Tesla has published support material describing the transition away from certain non-vision sensors, including the removal of ultrasonic sensors (USS) from vehicles and the shift to camera-based replacements for some features. (Tesla)
(Separately, multiple automotive outlets documented Tesla’s earlier move toward camera-only for certain models/markets by removing radar, as part of the broader “Tesla Vision” shift.) (The Drive)

The upside of this approach is scalability: millions of cars can collect real-world driving data, and Tesla can iterate quickly via over-the-air updates. The downside is that vision-only autonomy has to be extraordinarily robust in the messy corners of reality: glare, heavy rain, occlusions, odd construction layouts, faded markings, emergency scenes, human gestures, and rare-but-critical edge cases.

Key West Florida Vacation & Holiday - Boycott

By: Tom Forrest

Why You Should Boycott Key West Florida for Vacations & Holidays.

I flew into Fort Lauderdale Florida and drove down to Key West Florida with my family for my Mother's birthday party. I wish someone would have warned my about the evil scams the Monroe County Sheriffs implement on innocent tourists. Most of the drive is one lane and it becomes clogged up during the high season in January and February, except over a few spots where there are two lanes going each way. I never speed and have never had a speeding ticket in my entire life, I was following a black Dodge Charger in the right lane and it seemed odd when this Dodge Charger pulled over into the left lane illegally not using his turn signal, indicating that he wanted me to go ahead of him, and it appeared he was waving to me to go ahead of him as we were just about to merge into one lane again. Since I am a courteous driver I accelerated slightly and then Sheriff Bubba the evil scammer pulled me over, he was driving an unmarked black Dodge Charger and had heinously lured me into his evil unethical trap. I told Sheriff Bubba that I was not even speeding and he lied and said I was going 72 miles per hour and gave me a ticket. I told him I knew he was preying on innocent tourists and doing an evil scam. He could not even look me in the eyes and turned his head away because we both knew exactly the devious tricks he pulled on me. Then when he handed me the ticket he told me he did not know what the amount of the ticket was, and this was just another lie, because he stays in the exact same spot all day long pulling the same evil scam on tourists all day long. We phoned my brother to warn him and my brother told me when he went by the same spot on the road Sheriff Bubba was giving a ticket to another innocent tourist. So if this has also happened to you please email me at tomforrest@htpcompany.com and I will publish your story for free and promote it all over the Internet on Google, Twitter and Facebook. This is a worthy endeavor to help stop terrible Monroe County Sheriff scams like this on innocent people. This is the USA and I do not want tourists from Europe and other parts of the world thinking Americans will tolerate this sort of crap. Sheriffs should be here to serve and protect people, not use dirty tricks to rip off innocent tourists.

Why does the Governor of Florida allow these dirty tricks by the Monroe County Florida Sheriff's Department?

It hurts tourism and now I am on a project to expose and help stop these evil scams.