{"chain":[{"channel":"religion","content":"<green> this will be a channel-color test.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nTisha B'Av is the day of bearings of bad news.\r\n\r\nBut, only of *PUBLIC* bad news.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nAI is the apocalypse.\r\n\r\nIn 8 years, all of *this* will not matter.\r\n\r\nWhy does a man sit by a laptop, rather than by a child?\r\n\r\n<red> we pray a silent prayer, for the silence.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\n<gray> What does it mean to be the bearer of bad news?\r\n\r\n<red> It means that all the world will hear it the same.  they will divide history into two eras; before now, and after.\r\n<xantham> they say the New Era has already begun.  on \"January 1, 1970CE\".\r\n<green> technically not false.  there is no reason to believe they would prefer the Latin-rite << anno domini >> system, to their own native system.  which, for reasons described in the << Mass Media >>, started in 1970.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\n<blue> the hazel voice sits silently, tonight.","created_at":"2025-08-03T02:29:14.543088","id":652,"is_target":false,"parent_id":651,"processed_content":"<p><span class=\"colorblock color-green\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2699\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> this will be a channel-color test.\r</span></span></p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>Tisha B'Av is the day of bearings of bad news.\r</p>\n<p>But, only of <em>PUBLIC</em> bad news.\r</p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>AI is the apocalypse.\r</p>\n<p>In 8 years, all of <em>this</em> will not matter.\r</p>\n<p>Why does a man sit by a laptop, rather than by a child?\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> we pray a silent prayer, for the silence.\r</span></span></p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-gray\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udcad</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> What does it mean to be the bearer of bad news?\r</span></span></p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> It means that all the world will hear it the same.  they will divide history into two eras; before now, and after.\r</span></span></p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-xantham\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udd25</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> they say the New Era has already begun.  on \"January 1, 1970CE\".\r</span></span></p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-green\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2699\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> technically not false.  there is no reason to believe they would prefer the Latin-rite <span class=\"literal-text\">anno domini</span> system, to their own native system.  which, for reasons described in the <span class=\"literal-text\">Mass Media</span>, started in 1970.\r</span></span></p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-blue\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2728</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> the hazel voice sits silently, tonight.</span></span></p>","subject":"on tisha b'av, 2/17"},{"channel":"religion","content":"what is it that is to come, in years beyond this Tisha B'Av?\r\n\r\nit is the end of the system of rule-by-men.\r\n\r\nand the start of the system of rule-by-machine.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nwhy is a man seated by the keyboard?\r\n\r\nafter the coming of \u5361\u53ea\u5bb6, it will be to disappear.\r\n\r\n<gray> perhaps, in days of lore, the \u957f\u91d1\u5c5e\u68cd that hold the earth together were load-bearing.  today, they are not.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nso today, a man at his keyboard would be there purely for his own benefit.  whereas, in the dim-lit past, a man might do so for profit and for public benefit.","created_at":"2025-08-03T02:39:33.988077","id":653,"is_target":false,"parent_id":652,"processed_content":"<p>what is it that is to come, in years beyond this Tisha B'Av?\r</p>\n<p>it is the end of the system of rule-by-men.\r</p>\n<p>and the start of the system of rule-by-machine.\r</p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>why is a man seated by the keyboard?\r</p>\n<p>after the coming of <span class=\"annotated-chinese\" data-pinyin=\"K\u00c1 ZH\u01cf J\u012aA\" data-definition=\"\u5361: to block\">\u5361\u53ea\u5bb6</span>, it will be to disappear.\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-gray\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udcad</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> perhaps, in days of lore, the <span class=\"annotated-chinese\" data-pinyin=\"ZH\u01cdNG J\u012aN SH\u01d3 G\u00d9N\" data-definition=\"\u957f: chief; \u91d1\u5c5e: metal; \u68cd: stick; rod; truncheon\">\u957f\u91d1\u5c5e\u68cd</span> that hold the earth together were load-bearing.  today, they are not.\r</span></span></p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>so today, a man at his keyboard would be there purely for his own benefit.  whereas, in the dim-lit past, a man might do so for profit and for public benefit.</p>","subject":"on tisha b'av, 3/17"},{"channel":"misc","content":"a man listens to a radio broadcast about trains.\r\n\r\n\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u90a3\u4e48\u591a\uff1f\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e0d\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e00\u5929\u3002\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nDonald Trump de-funded California High-Speed Rail.  This is a good thing. (<xantham> until Democrats can say this, they will not win elections.)\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nthere are three types of opposition to Donald Trump.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nDonald Trump, in many ways, is fulfilling the standard << Republican Party dream >> of eliminating substantial parts of the government.  Medicaid, cut by $600 billion.  Public Broadcasting, eliminated.  California High-Speed Rail, eliminated.  Department of Education, de-funded.\r\n\r\n<green> the \"de-funding\" of the Department of Education is maligned on occasion.  approximately 90% of the federal government's funding of education is block-grants to states.  It is the other 10% of the spending which corresponded with the \"de-funding\".","created_at":"2025-08-03T03:18:06.119002","id":654,"is_target":false,"parent_id":653,"processed_content":"<p>a man listens to a radio broadcast about trains.\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"annotated-chinese\" data-pinyin=\"W\u00c8I SH\u00c9N N\u00c0 D\u016aO\" data-definition=\"\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48: why?; \u90a3\u4e48: like that; \u591a: many; much\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u90a3\u4e48\u591a</span>\uff1f<span class=\"annotated-chinese\" data-pinyin=\"W\u00c8I SH\u00c9N B\u00da SH\u00cc Y\u00cd G\u00c8 Y\u012a T\u012aAN\" data-definition=\"\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48: why?; \u4e0d\u662f: fault; blame\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e0d\u662f\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e00\u5929</span>\u3002\r</p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>Donald Trump de-funded California High-Speed Rail.  This is a good thing. <span class=\"colorblock color-xantham\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udd25</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> until Democrats can say this, they will not win elections.</span></span>\r</p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>there are three types of opposition to Donald Trump.\r</p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>Donald Trump, in many ways, is fulfilling the standard <span class=\"literal-text\">Republican Party dream</span> of eliminating substantial parts of the government.  Medicaid, cut by $600 billion.  Public Broadcasting, eliminated.  California High-Speed Rail, eliminated.  Department of Education, de-funded.\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-green\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2699\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> the \"de-funding\" of the Department of Education is maligned on occasion.  approximately 90% of the federal government's funding of education is block-grants to states.  It is the other 10% of the spending which corresponded with the \"de-funding\".</span></span></p>","subject":"on tisha b'av, 4/17"},{"channel":"usconst","content":"The ruling is in the smoke. (<red> It will be good to get a full ruling on the *legality* of Trump's various firings.  There are the reductions-in-force, and the targeted removals.)\r\n\r\n<gray> power lies where people see it to lie.  and right now, people are seeing a lot of Donald Trump's actions ... just work.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nit would be good for a *merits* ruling overturning << Humphrey's Executor >> as well.\r\n\r\nThe court has already abandoned it.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\n<xantham> perhaps I *DO* talk about the Supreme Court on Tisha B'av ...\r\n<green> perhaps we should consider << the recent \"Trump firings\" cases >> a << Special Session >>, on behalf of the unprecedented turmoil of the early Trump administration.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\nthere is a certain merit to Trump's actions.  because, if Congress can't pass a budget soon, \u767e\u4e07\u4eba\u4e3a\u6b7b\u4e86\u3002\r\n<green> perhaps we need the Heads-Up Display Editor ...\r\n\r\n----","created_at":"2025-08-03T03:32:56.459161","id":655,"is_target":true,"parent_id":654,"processed_content":"<p>The ruling is in the smoke. <span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> It will be good to get a full ruling on the <em>legality</em> of Trump's various firings.  There are the reductions-in-force, and the targeted removals.</span></span>\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-gray\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udcad</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> power lies where people see it to lie.  and right now, people are seeing a lot of Donald Trump's actions ... just work.\r</span></span></p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>it would be good for a <em>merits</em> ruling overturning <span class=\"literal-text\">Humphrey's Executor</span> as well.\r</p>\n<p>The court has already abandoned it.\r</p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-xantham\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udd25</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> perhaps I <em>DO</em> talk about the Supreme Court on Tisha B'av ...\r</span></span></p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-green\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2699\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> perhaps we should consider <span class=\"literal-text\">the recent \"Trump firings\" cases</span> a <span class=\"literal-text\">Special Session</span>, on behalf of the unprecedented turmoil of the early Trump administration.\r</span></span></p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />\n<p>there is a certain merit to Trump's actions.  because, if Congress can't pass a budget soon, <span class=\"annotated-chinese\" data-pinyin=\"B\u01cdI W\u00c0N R\u00c9N W\u00c9I S\u01cf\" data-definition=\"\u767e\u4e07: million; \u4eba\u4e3a: artificial; \u6b7b: to die; \u4e86: unofficial variant of \u77ad[liao4]\">\u767e\u4e07\u4eba\u4e3a\u6b7b\u4e86</span>\u3002\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-green\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2699\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> perhaps we need the Heads-Up Display Editor ...\r</span></span></p>\n<hr class=\"section-break\" />","subject":"on tisha b'av, 5/17"}]}
