miles zarathustra

I see you're planning to be at the Green Mountain Book Festival, but will you be going to the No Kings rally before?

It's too bad they wound up being on the same day.

Of all the wretchedly ugly graffiti in this town, I find it difficult to be too perturbed about this. Maybe the jerks who get off on leaving their puerile stains everywhere are trying to prove they're not total losers.

FNAC is kind of the Amazon of France. They had to pass laws so companies like FNAC and Amazon wouldn't undercut small bookstores - which is why they still have theirs, unlike the US.

I prefer Gibert Joseph, or small bookstores.

"Honoree," hah. Not much of an honor in this case.

Women with AI ‘boyfriends’ mourn lost love after ‘cold’ ChatGPT upgrade OpenAI’s release of GPT-5 prompts backlash in online communities for people with AI companions.

Nothing like losing your romantic partner due to a system upgrade 😄

www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

book cover for short story "Then Again"

I finally released a short story as an e-book. More to follow!

books2read.com/b/38woea

It hadn't realized it started on Assumption Day (it's a national holiday in the secular country of France) ... I was 10 and my parents were squares (remember that word?) so no, I didn't get to go. 🙁

As an American, I would recommend against trusting it.

But that would require having a spine.

(Shrug) Typical. As a vegetarian for about 50 years, it puzzles me that people are so in denial of the cruelty their eating habits support. Will this wake anyone up? Probably not.

I wouldn't ignore their monopoly on the best charging stations, nor their battery storage solutions. I don't think we're rid of them, unfortunately.

Great book. Lots of technical vocabulary!

Watch - the repugs will institute policies that make poverty worse, crime will get worse as a result, then they'll blame liberals for all the crime, and say we need more guns.

He's in good hands. Getting his health advice from RFK. (!)

That's what I came here to say. Thanks!

I miss the days when "wardrobe malfunction" was the big news.

I propose a new acronym:
SDS = Socialism Derangement Disorder

This describes the state of frothing-at-the-mouth blind ballistic rage that besets Republicans at the sound of the word "Socialism," blocking off all rational thought processes.

(if that doesn't work, try "vegan" 😄)

For once, he's not wrong. Basically, that's what's going on. On the other hand, it all started when the Europeans carved the place up by their own designs, ignoring the historic realities.

LOL!

Obviously, YOU did.

Not a lie. Congress gets to declare war, not the president.

Having neither soul nor moral compass, AI is the perfect replacement for the human CEO.

There goes the neighborhood.

Nothing a sharpie can't fix.

MORE than 20 years. In "Germinal" written by Émile Zola in 1885, in French, the word "Socialism" is used in the same way it is today: as an excuse to abuse workers.

Humans: "The first guy who ran a marathon died. So it sounds like a good idea - let's do it!"

There are a lot of vampires in New Orleans. Ann Rice was a Catholic, after all. Saaaaay.... 🤔

Mango Moron ... 😄

YouTube video by Dave Brubeck - Topic Blue Shadows in the Street

September 8th ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAER...

They also have lies.