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Agriculture Collapse of Democracy/Civilization/etc. Food Heros WLBOTT Corporate

Sweet Potato Preparedness (part III of III): Spiritual Guidance and a Proactive WLBOTT

WLBOTT has a mission to keep some sweet potato vines alive through the winter. Here we reach out to the spiritual community. This proved very challenging. There are very few “Christian” churches left in ‘Merica that recognize the Gospels or the Sermon on the Mount (too woke). As we presented our concept of incorporating vine […]

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Curated Absurdity Food

What a Dream I Had

Crazy dream last night. I was at a tractor repair garage and showroom, in the middle of the night. I needed to call my brother Ken, but my crappy cell phone wasn’t working (a recurring theme in my dreams). The phone had no contact list, and an impossible user interface that keep steering me to […]

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Prayers for the Stolen (part IV of IV)

Moral Musings and Iguanas The Moral Dilemma It’s so easy to look down from our throne of bounty, our luxury WLBOTT world, and ask these questions. The WLBOTT world, where we have unlimited ramen noodles and health care in the form of Vick’s Vap-o-rub and generic Tylenol. It’s hard to imagine anyone in America as […]

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Gander, Operation Yellow Ribbon, and Jiggs’ Dinner

Gander is a town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately 40 km (25 mi) south of Gander Bay, 100 km (62 mi) south of Twillingate and 90 km (56 mi) east of Grand Falls-Windsor. … When the U.S. closed its airspace after […]

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The Godfather of Artificial Intelligence

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two pioneers of artificial intelligence — John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton — won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing the way we work and live but also creates new threats for humanity. Hinton, who is known as the godfather of […]

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Wedding Song (There Is Love)

“Wedding Song (There Is Love)” is a title of a 1971 hit single by Paul Stookey: the song—which Stookey credits to divine inspiration – has since been recorded by many singers (with versions by Petula Clark and Mary MacGregor returning it to the Billboard Hot 100)—and remains a popular choice for performance at weddings. Wikipedia […]

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Food Minnesota

Tim Walz’s Casseroles

SAT Question Hotdish is to Minnesota as ________ is to Texasa) tamalesb) enchiladasc) tacosd) Texas A&M Universitye) heat-stress index Answer: b Timothy James Walz (born April 6, 1964) is an American politician, former educator, and retired U.S. Army non-commissioned officer who has served since 2019 as the 41st governor of Minnesota. He was a member […]

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Food Mexico

Recipes from Puebla, Mexico

As we were looking at the city of Puebla, Mexico (the birthplace of the La India Maria actress María Elena Velasco) we saw that several unique and popular recipes originate from this city. Mole [ed. note: pronounced moe – lay, or possibly mole-eh?] The best-known mole is named after the city of Puebla, mole poblano. […]

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Gelatinization and Crab Apple Jelly

It’s almost fall! How do we know? [1] Celsius is a gateway to the metric system, which in turn is a gateway to universal health care. Gelatinization: What You Need to Know Thank You for Your Patience Before we get on to the apples, let’s celebrate the variety of the AI experience. All images were […]

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Baltic States Collapse of Democracy/Civilization/etc. Poland Will there be a buffet?

The Suwalki Gap

This may seem obscure, but it makes me nervous. There are some very serious people worrying about this. Russia, with their insatiable greed and lust for power, has their eye on the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia). Many fear that Russia’s original plan was to use Ukraine (their 3-day special military operation) as a […]