Don't scratch that itch . . .

It's the Satyr's day . . . a cool front with a Fall label is headed toward Okieland tomorrow. Hope reigns eternal.

Finding peace, equinamity amid the turmoil, is not impossible. It begins with a willingness for its presence. An allowing. A posture of mind that says “this, too.”

“AIs don’t need to start from scratch. They are already inserted into our own systems, and they can take our systems over from within.” The real threat of AI is not the robot takeover of Hollywood, but by the millions of bureacrats, many bereft of ethics, utilizing it. – Yuval Noah Harari quoted in Noēma, 10/11/24.

First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin. – Leonard Cohen

In spite of good economic news Americans largely remain ignorant. – Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American.

Joy is a prerequisite for enlightenment.

In 1918 the first Oktoberfest was held in Munich, Germany.

The Way

cannot be told

Lao Tzu told.