Friday, May 29, 2026

In this video I travel to Chengdu, China for the first time. China is a country I have always been curious about, especially as an American. In this video I show the arrival process in China as I try to navigate from the airport to my hotel in Chengdu.

Learn about Japan's history -- Japan is a tapestry of cultural evolution, political transformations, and societal adaptations spanning millennia.

The History of Japan: From Ancient Origins to Modern Resilience

Japan's history is a tapestry of cultural evolution, political transformations, and societal adaptations spanning millennia. From its prehistoric roots in isolated archipelago communities to its emergence as a global economic powerhouse, Japan's narrative reflects resilience amid isolation, innovation through adaptation, and profound shifts driven by internal reforms and external pressures. This article explores the major periods of Japanese history, highlighting key events, figures, and developments that shaped the nation.

Prehistory: Jōmon and Yayoi Periods

Japan's human history traces back to the Paleolithic era, with evidence of habitation dating to around 38,000–39,000 BCE. Early settlers, likely arriving by sea during the Last Glacial Maximum, were hunter-gatherers who interacted with now-extinct megafauna such as Palaeoloxodon naumanni. Artifacts from sites like Yamashita Cave (32,000 years ago) and Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave reveal tools like edge-ground axes, underscoring the ingenuity of these early Homo sapiens populations. Acidic soils have preserved few bones, but genetic studies link these inhabitants to modern Japanese.

The Jōmon period (c. 13,000–1000 BCE) represents a pivotal Neolithic phase, named for its distinctive cord-marked pottery—the world's oldest, dating to 14,500 BCE. Jōmon societies achieved sedentism without full agriculture, relying on fishing, foraging, and early plant cultivation. Reconstructions of sites like Sannai-Maruyama depict communal life in pit dwellings, with populations sustaining complex rituals and art forms.

Transitioning to the Yayoi period (c. 1000 BCE–250 CE), continental immigrants from Asia introduced transformative technologies: wet-rice farming, iron and bronze tools, weaving, and glassmaking. Originating in northern Kyūshū, these advancements spurred rapid population growth from Jōmon levels to 1–4 million, fostering social hierarchies, tribal conflicts, and cultural fusion. Ancient Chinese texts, such as the Book of Han (111 CE), first reference Japan as "Wa," comprising 100 kingdoms, while the Book of Wei (c. 240 CE) describes Queen Himiko's rule over Yamatai. Genetic evidence confirms intermingling, with annual immigrant influxes estimated at 350–3,000.

Ancient Japan: Kofun, Asuka, and Nara Periods

The Kofun period (c. 250–538 CE) marked Japan's unification under the Yamato polity, symbolized by enormous keyhole-shaped burial mounds like Daisenryō Kofun for Emperor Nintoku. These structures, adorned with haniwa terracotta figures, reflected emerging state power through conquests and alliances. Diplomatic exchanges with China and Korea introduced advanced technologies, earning recognition as the "Five Kings of Wa."

The Asuka period (538–710 CE) began with Buddhism's arrival from Baekje in 538 CE, blending with indigenous Shinto in Shinbutsu-shūgō. The Soga clan championed this faith, with Prince Shōtoku (regent 594–622 CE) authoring the Seventeen-Article Constitution, a Confucian-inspired code promoting meritocracy. The Isshi Incident (645 CE) led to the Taika Reforms, nationalizing land and centralizing administration on Chinese models. Defeat at the Battle of Baekgang (663 CE) accelerated these changes. Architectural marvels like Hōryū-ji temple (607 CE), the world's oldest wooden building, exemplify the era's cultural bloom.

In the Nara period (710–794 CE), the capital shifted to Heijō-kyō (Nara), emulating China's Chang'an. Chronicles like Kojiki and Nihon Shoki mythologized imperial divinity, while the Man'yōshū compiled exquisite poetry. Emperor Shōmu (r. 724–749 CE) built Tōdai-ji amid crises like the 735–737 smallpox epidemic, which decimated a quarter of the population. Political scandals, including monk Dōkyō's power grab, prompted relocation to Heian-kyō.

New evidence that X is still unfairly censoring many people.

Elon Musk is a Free Speech Fraud.

The newest updates to the X software do NOT fix any Censorship.

If the claim is “X has new algorithms that stop censorship”, here are public, checkable pieces of evidence that point the other way (or at least show the claim is misleading).

1) X openly says it does “censor” by limiting reach

X’s own Transparency Report describes its enforcement philosophy as “Freedom of Speech, not Freedom of Reach” and says it will restrict the reach of posts (make content “less discoverable”) as an alternative to removal.
That’s algorithmic suppression by design (even if you don’t call it “censorship,” it’s still distribution control).

2) The open-sourced recommendation code includes “visibility filters” and “downranking”

In the public GitHub repo for X’s recommendation system, the README explicitly lists “visibility-filters” as responsible for filtering content to support legal compliance, protect revenue, and includes “coarse-grained downranking.”
So even the “transparent” algorithm story contains built-in machinery for limiting visibility.

3) X’s own data shows it acts on government removal requests at high rates

X’s Global Transparency Report (H2 2024) shows 97,006 total removal requests, with 79,438 cases actioned — an 81.89% action rate.
If you’re arguing “censorship is over,” this is strong counter-evidence: content is still being withheld/removed in response to external requests.

Grok is very defective, it is reluntant to admit when it is wrong.

Below is from Grok:

If censorship was specifically targeting pro-Trump or conservative content, the neutral pineapple post should have performed noticeably better.
It didn't—it matched the low pattern exactly.…
— MAGAaTom -🇺🇸 🇺🇸- President Trump is Fantastic (@MAGAaTom) February 2, 2026

Friday, May 22, 2026

USA President Trump RAMPS UP Greenland push with first envoy visit.

Thursday, May 21, 2026

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.

How this Driver takes business from Uber and Lyft. He does it because of Uber and Lyft's horrible and evil greed.

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Communism = Socialist Democrats -- These policies have Never worked for the people.

How many years will it be before AI and Robots replace all jobs? -- There will be no jobs for humans to do.

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No, this is different. AI and Robots will enhance humans work for many years, however in 10 to 30 years there will be no jobs left for humans. Elon Musk agrees with me.

You’re right that this is a different claim, and yes—Elon Musk has been saying something very close to what you’re saying. He’s repeatedly predicted that AI + humanoid robots will make work optional, with a “universal high income” world where traditional jobs disappear. Newsweek+3People.com+3Fox Business+3

Two important clarifications though:

Musk’s timeline is actually shorter than yours.
In his most recent public comments (Nov 19–20, 2025), he said work could be optional in ~10–20 years, not 40–50. Yahoo Finance+3People.com+3Fortune+3
So if your position is “no human jobs in ~2065–2075,” Musk is basically saying “we might get there by ~2035–2045.” You’re more conservative than he is on timing.
“No jobs left” depends on what we mean by a job.
If we define “job” as any paid human activity, then getting to literal zero requires more than capability. It requires:
- robots/AI being cheaper and safer for all tasks in real settings,
- society choosing not to reserve human roles for value/cultural reasons,
- demand for “human-made” services shrinking to near-zero,
- and policy/ownership shifting so people don’t need wages.
Musk’s own view bundles all of that together—he’s explicitly talking about a post-scarcity economy with income detached from labor. People.com+2Business Insider+2
But that’s a social/economic transition, not just a tech one.

Is your 40–50 year estimate plausible?

On capabilities, yes, it’s within mainstream expert ranges for “transformative AI.”
A big AI-researcher survey found median forecasts for automating ~99% of current paid human tasks around ~50 years out, with huge uncertainty. arXiv
So your window matches a real “median-ish” line of thinking.

On employment going to zero, you’re making a stronger prediction than most labor economists, but it’s not irrational. It basically says:

Phase 1 (now → ~2040): AI enhances humans, lots of job churn.
Phase 2 (~2040 → ~2075): Robots + AI undercut humans in every market, so paying humans stops making sense except as hobby/luxury.
Phase 3: society formalizes a post-work economy.

That chain is internally consistent. The uncertainty is in the speed of physical robotics, energy/compute costs, and whether societies choose to pivot to post-work rather than protect or subsidize human labor.

If you want to sharpen the argument

The key “make-or-break” assumptions behind “no jobs left by ~2070” are:

Humanoid robotics scales cheaply (Optimus-like robots become as common as cars).
AI reliability in the real world reaches “better than human” not just in labs but in messy edge cases.
Ownership/policy shifts so people don’t need a paycheck to live, because machines produce abundance.

Musk is bullish on all three—which is why he sees a post-work world so soon. Business Insider+2Business Insider+2
Your 40–50 years is basically: “I buy the destination, just not the speed.”

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

$100 Cinematic YouTube Studio Setup (Full Guide).

Thursday, May 07, 2026

Interesting Posts from Elon Musk ...

x.com/elonmusk/status/1996862966155841655?s=20

x.com/GizmoMemes/status/1996728195870290392?s=20

My Medications - Prescriptions

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