"Monday Again?" Monday

I haven't had a job since 2006 (20 Yrs. free!! Fuck you, wage-slave chumps!) but the psychological weight of Monday continues to oppress.

Also again: Winter. Now we're wasting the sun, & it was 77F° (25C) in the bunker when I forced myself out of bed about 1145. Brrr!

Did I mention weight? I now weigh 159 lbs. (72 kilos), down five over the last two months. My ass is literally bony, & my current throne unpadded, so I charged a pair of chair pads, which came tied together w/ a nice gray ribbon.

Now I can spend the rest of my empty existence sitting firmly & comfortably on my ass.

Intelligent People In Gov't.?

Might be a good idea. Note that Sen. Keating was a Republican, yet spouts the Commie line in response to the social worker from Manhasset's letter at the beginning. And robots were stealing jobs almost 63 yrs. ago too.

The Surgeon General gave a damn about his job & knew how to do it. Compare & contrast:

Since January 20, 2025, when Vivek Murthy departed, no surgeon general has been confirmed and the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS) lists the position as vacant. Deputy Surgeon General Denise Hinton performed the duties of the surgeon general until her retirement in September 2025.

Who needs a Surgeon General in the Age of COVID & other plagues?

Fellow Scientist Friday

Bring It Down, Now!!

No More iNternet, Thank You

Smash it to a billion pieces!

Politico:

US, allies warn of critical vulnerabilities in programming underlying 70% of the internet  —  The National Security Agency and cyber agencies in Europe, Australia, Canada, and elsewhere on Wednesday urged organizations to take their websites offline immediately after OpenAI tools found critical bugs …

The Hill:   NSA warns organizations to patch security flaws identified by AI

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:   A critical PHP vulnerability may take websites down today

The PHP Foundation:   Today's PHP Security Release, and How We're Strengthening PHP Security

Wired:   ‘This Is Not a Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on Fire

Leo Marchandon / Reuters:   Explainer: What is PHP and why did it take government websites offline?

Julie Bort / TechCrunch:   PHP armageddon: OpenAI, Google's Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internet

Chance Townsend / Mashable:   OpenAI says GPT-5.6-Sol helped find the PHP flaws now shaking the internet

Joseph Feldman / VINnews:   Some Websites Go Dark As Operators Address An Ai-detected Flaw In A Web Programming Language

Lisa Eadicicco / KIFI-TV:   AI helped find a critical security flaw affecting 70% of the internet

Bruce Gil / Gizmodo:   ‘Expect Mass Attacks Within 15 Minutes’: Hackers Poised to Exploit Newly Discovered Website Flaws

Wiz Blog:   PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE vulnerabilities affecting 70% of the Internet

Cloudflare:   Cloudflare deploys protections against php2shell vulnerability

OpenAI:   Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover critical vulnerabilities

Thomas Brewster / Forbes:   OpenAI Says AI Found One Of The Biggest Web Weaknesses Ever

Insurance Journal:   EU Cyber Agency Warns Websites May Go Dark as PHP Prepares Critical Fix

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:   Widespread PHP Flaw May Cause Many Site Outages Today

Lindsay Clark / The Register:   PHP devs publish critical bug fix as site owners warned: Pull 'em offline if you're unpatched

more at Techmeme »

I hope those bastards at Google have kept Bugspot up to date. I really should put my 20 yrs. of spewing here on discs or something, just in case.

Know Your Enemy

Don't believe anything anyone says about the whole stupid & unnecessary mess, from the Bible to Trump

Sunday Swiffery

Bunkerkeeping

Got tired of cleaning the filthy tile & linoleum floors in the bunker by spraying cleanser on the floor & wiping it w/ a paper towel underfoot, so I charged a Swiffer.

Works pretty well, sprays a fur piece (powered by two AA batteries) & w/ a little elbow grease did a better job than the previous method.

Probably take a powerwasher w/ bleach to really clean.

Of course now I'm in thrall to P&G for Swiffer solution & pads for eternity.

La Nouvelle Deux Chevaux

Citroën hasn't made one since its 42-yr. run ended in 1990. This new model is electric & perhaps £12,000, or €15,000.

Not until 2028, however.The original model, little changed over its existence.

Would you like to know even more?

Thursday Tab-Clearing

Advertising Analysis W/ Connie Clausen

This commercial is in my "Non-Sequitor" bookmarks, so I was amused to see this:

Analyzing the Persuasive Elements of a 1961 Coca-Cola Commercial

Ms. Clausen, by the way, had better things to do than be a "low-level actress".

More Serenades

In honor of the heat wave. Oddly, I didn't steal it from BarkBarkWoofWoof, but heard the Joanie Sommers version on the radio, & the Coltrane-Hartman take was recommended by a robot/algorithm/something.

Ebola Up-Date

Mostly because the editor likes the image of the sign.

The World Forgot About Ebola. The Organization Fighting It Has Never Been More Worried

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is on track to be the largest ever.

From WIRED, possibly paywalled. Headline's all you need. See y'all in the boneyard.

Very Early Autumn

Summer Just Left

As The Planet Revolves

Damn, there are some cats in this one.I've no interest in petty stuff like days, wks., or months, but I do like to keep up w/ the seasons, not that any exist here.

An Even More Immediate Problem

“Democratic consultants are privately encouraging their battleground candidates to avoid talking about artificial intelligence regulations out of fear that powerful tech groups will unleash a tidal wave of spending against them ahead of November,” Politico reports.

Even more imminent than the robot danger is filthy rich tech group Nazis screwing things up w/ their lying advertising & propaganda. No more private financing of elections, dammit!!

[Political Wire]

I'm Sorta Back ...

Not that I was missed.

Ugly, ugly, ugly, except the clouds.

Finally realized my problem was from constipation, so cleansed the colon, then slept for about 10 hrs. Still yawning, however, because humanity & all its works are still unspeakably dull, inane, boring & mind-numbing (image above) except, of course, for the parts where you horrid pieces of murderous shit are trying to kill anyone in your way.

Republicans Vs. Modernity

Mental Illness On Parade

Proof from the states: the right wing attempt to repeal the 20th century

We read the legislation introduced across all 50 states this session and pulled out the worst of it. 1,182 bills, 48 states, everything from abortion bounties to studying chemtrails to a proposal to legalize cockfighting against robots.

Abortion bounties, brass knuckles, chemtrail studies and a bill to bring back the gas chamber. All of it introduced this session.

Republicans are trying to make a case at their convention in Dallas this week that they’re responsible stewards of the government, while their opponents are extremist ideologues. However, a review of legislation introduced across all 50 states indicates that they are the ones with an extremism problem. From banning no fault divorce to studying chemtrails, the Republican Party has gone off the rails.

Delusional paranoids, sex criminals, & racist pigs, every last one. It's long past time to commit them to the asylums & throw away the keys.

[Heartland Signal]

Please, Please, Please, Please!

At Last, Some Good News!!

Axios:
Anthropic insiders warn AI could kill all humans  —  Three Anthropic researchers went public last night with chilling concerns about out-of-control AI, warning it could destroy humans this decade.  — Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon wrote on X, after resigning Tuesday to sound the alarm
Mark Keierleber / Straight Arrow:   ‘AI could kill all humans!’ Anthropic researcher claims 10% chance of a dystopian sci-fi future in the next decade
Troy Matthews / MeidasTouch:   Jon Husted, ‘The Face of Data Centers,’ Pushed to Replace Ohio Workers With AI

Joel Warner / The Lever:   Newsom Killed The Kill Switch

Emmet Lyons / CBS News:   Anthropic researcher says more than 10% chance AI “could kill all humans”

Chris Nesi / New York Post:   Anthropic researcher abruptly quits, chillingly warns AI ‘could kill us all’ — and current team leader agrees

Tom Gerken / BBC:   Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI ‘could kill all humans’

Michael Shepard / Mercury News:   Anthropic worker quits, says AI firms ‘gambling with our lives’

Pieter Haeck / Politico:   ‘Gambling with our lives’: AI researcher quits Anthropic with dire warning about safety

Sydney Carruth / MS NOW:   Anthropic researcher resigns, citing fear AI could ‘kill us all’

David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:   Anthropic researcher quits over existential fear of AI: ‘Gambling with our lives’

Julia Shapero / The Hill:   Anthropic researchers warn out-of-control AI could destroy humans

Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:   Anthropic Researchers Go Public with Fears AI Could ‘Kill All Humans’ Within a Decade

Alex Welch / The Wrap:   Ex-Anthropic Employee Warns AI ‘Could Kill Us All by the End of the Decade,’ Prompting Agreement From Current Staffers

Angie Orellana Hernandez / The Washington Sun:   AI Researcher's Warning Goes Viral as Regulation Stalls in D.C.

Josh Milton / Metro.co.uk:   Claude safety researcher quits and claims they ‘believe AI could kill all humans’

Diarmuid Pepper / TheJournal.ie:   The AI industry is all worked up over a researcher's claim it could ‘kill us all’ in a decade

Amanda Harding / The Daily Wire:   Anthropic Researcher Publicly Quits, Claims AI Could ‘Kill Us All’

Omkar Godbole / CoinDesk:   AI could kill us, Anthropic researcher says after resigning

Jack Wetherill / PinkNews:   ‘More than 10% chance AI could kill all humans in next 10 years,’ says Anthropic researcher

David Gilmour / Mediaite:   Ex-Anthropic Researcher's Apocalyptic Warning That AI May ‘Kill Us All’ Sends Chills Across the Internet

Edith Olmsted / New Republic:   Anthropic Insiders Casually Reveal AI Could “Kill All Humans”

more at Techmeme »

Temperature's Rising, Fever Is High, Can't See No Future, Can't See No Sky

Ars Technica informs us:

Getting violent

El Niño is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds

“One more warning sign here of what we’re facing in a warmer world.”

Babylon deh pon fire, natty nah go in deh.
Babylon deh pon fire, natty move out deh.
Move out deh, it's hot down der.
Nah go down deh, fire down der.

Spotted at B.J., which has other links. And Ten Bears always has climate news. I don't go crazy w/ the climate because I'll be dead before the worst happens, & will gladly leave this world to you wretched idjits about to experience real & serious karma. Or do you think you'll just stop, cold turkey? Après moi, le déluge! Har har har.

Monsoon Season

Or hurricane season, as this is from Hurricane Marie, now spinning off the coast. I knew those were rain clouds I saw last night. It's been raining steadily, occasionally heavily, for 13+ hrs. Mins. ago it picked up.

Must've been a last gasp, seems to be petering out.

Storm creates huge waves and dangerous currents at southern California beaches

Geography Lesson

The new world, from The Wiki.

These Sad Sacks Can't Handle Reality Or The Truth

Sarah Davis / The Hill:
US only country to oppose UN resolution correcting Africa's size on world maps  —  The U.S. was the only country to not support a United Nations resolution adjusting the appearance of Africa and other regions on world maps.  —  The body passed the “Correct the Map” initiative by a margin of 164 to one …
Jewel Bright / NPR:   The U.N. backs a new world map showing Africa in its true relative size

Eromo Egbejule / The Guardian:   UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa's true scale

France 24:   UN ditches Mercator map to adopt more accurate one reflecting Africa's true size

Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
The U.N. backed a map that shows Africa true to size.  The U.S. was sole objector.  —  The U.S. was the only country to vote against the U.N. resolution, which encourages the use of an “Equal Earth” map.  The U.S. described it as a “radical ideological project.”
Sydney Reynolds / MS NOW:   ‘Radical’: U.S. rejects U.N.-adopted world map adjusting Africa's size

Sam Barron / NewsMax.com:   US Only Country to Vote Against New UN World Map

Fox News:   United Nations votes 164-1 for Equal Earth map after US brands it ‘radical ideological project’

Nils Adler / Agence France-Presse:   How big is Africa really? Why the UN voted to change the world map

[your]NEWS:   U.N. Backs Equal-Area World Maps in 164-1 Vote as U.S. Casts Lone Opposition

IJR News:   UN passes Africa-backed map resolution 164-1, US the lone dissenter

Associated Press:   UN General Assembly endorses a new world map that shows more accurately Africa's size

The Japan Times:   Africa bigger and U.S. smaller: U.N. adopts new map

Tom Hawking / Gizmodo:   UN Approves Resolution for World Map That Depicts Africa's Size More Accurately

Mariamne Everett / Reuters:   UN votes to adopt new world map that reflects Africa's true size

Al Jazeera:   UN approves new map showing Africa's true size

Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:   UN Votes To Adopt Map Showing Nations At Their True Relative Sizes, Only The United States Voted Against It

Lisa Hornung / UPI:   U.N. to vote to adopt new, more accurate world map

Ed Griffiths / GB News:   UN set to vote to scrap century-old world map and ‘shrink’ Britain to combat ‘Western biases’

United States Mission to the United Nations:
Explanation of Vote Before the Vote for UNGA 80 Adoption on the Resolution to “Correct the Map”
Mathieu Pollet / Politico:   UN backs effort to depict Africa correctly on maps despite US opposition

They "shrank Britain". Did they "shrink" your Limey wee-wees too? How fucking stupid & whiny can these people get? I suppose accurate globes are a “radical ideological project” too.

Next stop? The Earth is flat, of course: "You can't fool me!! I can see it's flat!!"

Money-Grubbing Corporations Betray Their Workers On "Labor" Day

Fuck you, greedy Nazi pigs! Workers get to work an extra day. You think the Bosses are in their offices in their cushy chairs? And the office workers who do no physical labor or interact w/ consuming sheep daily get a day off/three-day wknd. Not that they're free: The sheep w/ time off must consume during every free moment they have, or the system breaks down. Every last one of you a sucker-ass chump who buys into the lie!

What’s open on Labor Day? Most retailers. Closed? Government, banks and the stock market.

We'll give Costco credit for closing.

Don't get you fucking lemmings who insist on travelling during holiday wknds. either. Frankly, I'd be terribly amused if there were a hideous crash between two aircraft that resulted in 1,000+ deaths, because I am reduced to a bloodthirsty ghoul who wants only to see others suffer as he has suffered. Like this:As we make America great again by returning to the 1950s, you can expect more of the above, & it'll be well-deserved!