The Ai mystery . . .
Tuesday, September 15, 2026. It's Tiw's day . . . Heat Advisories dominate the forecasts for GreenCountry and TulseyTown today, and looks to be long term. So much for that cooling mid-week hope. 100's and indices to 107º with warm moderate Southerlies dominate through Saturday. Nights remain warm. A break in the pattern is a “maybe” starting Sunday.
Prince Harry—the younger son of Charles, prince of Wales, and Diana, princess of Wales— turns 42 today. He was born in 1984 London.
Today is the birthday of Robert Benchley. The humorist, essayist, actor, and drama critic was born in 1889 Worcester, Massachusetts.
Mystery novelist and playwright Agatha Christie was born today in 1890, Torquay, Devon, England.
Today in 1949, The Lone Ranger, originally a radio series, debuted on television, with Clayton Moore as the renegade lawman and Jay Silverheels as Tonto.
One of the most prominent and popular American jazz musicians of the 1950s and ’60s, Cannonball Adderley was born in 1928, Tampa, Florida.
Pull the plug? Conceding Ai danger raises, not reduces public anxiety. – Nathan Gardels, Noēma, 9.14.26
Why Trump Loves AI. – Robert Reich, Follow The Money, substack, 9.15.26
“Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.” ― Robert Benchley
A rare second post . . .
A Rare Second Post
I’m happy to share this because I don’t care what side of the aisle you sit on, this is a fact.
Speaker Mike Johnson this is for you. Concerning Social Security payments, my contributions were made for over 55 years on every salary I received. Those jobs may not have always been the work I wanted to be doing at the time, BUT I always had a job. The Social Security check is now (or soon will be) referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment?" I'll be part of the one percent to forward this. I am forwarding it because it touches a nerve in me, and I hope it will in you. Please keep passing it on until everyone in our country has read it. The government is now referring to our Social Security checks as a "Federal Benefit Payment." This isn't a benefit. It is our money paid out of our earned income! Not only did we all contribute to Social Security but our employers did too. It totaled 15% of our income before taxes. Congress took our money and used it elsewhere. They forgot (oh yes, they knew) that it was OUR money they were taking. They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them. And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed. And recently they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer. And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit", as if we never worked to earn every penny of it. Just because they borrowed the money doesn't mean that our investments were a charity! Let's take a stand. We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare. Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government. Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it. Then call it what it is: Our Earned Retirement Income. 99% of people won't cut and paste this to their timelines. – Tulsa area home-grown-woman posting on Neighborhood, to whom I say “Amen.”
—james
Conditioned learning . . .
It's the Moon's day . . . Green Country forecasts indicate another hot Summer day. Afternoon temperatures are to reach 100º with an index of 105º. Moderate Southerlies are to maintain Sunny skies. There's a cooling trend on the horizon mid week.
Certainty is the dominant addiction of the modern mind. – Maria Popova, “Breaking Free From The Tyranny Of Certainty,” The Marginalian,
The discoverer and author of conditioned learning theory, physiologist Ivan Pavlov was born in 1849 Ryazan, Russia.
And, today is the birthdate of essayist Barbara Harrison, born in 1934 Queens, New York.
The Sermon on the Mount doesn’t teach a list of beliefs to be memorized and recited. Instead, it teaches a way of life that culminates in a call to revolutionary love. This revolutionary love goes far beyond conventional love – the love that distinguishes between us and them, brother and other, or friend and enemy. Instead, we are called to an unconditional, nondiscriminatory love that includes even the enemy. Before you check the box declaring yourself “Christian,” consider: Are you walking this path, learning its lessons? Is this what your church teaches?