Peoplenomics takes a different turn this weekend. We have spent the past month worrying at the long-wave problem from several directions, and the pieces are beginning to fit together in a way I did not expect. The latest work asks a deceptively simple question: what if the economy is not being driven by one grand national cycle at all, but by the interaction of thousands of local systems moving on different clocks?
That line of inquiry leads directly into a second problem: how do you use AI as an analytical instrument without quietly teaching it to agree with you? So this morning’s report includes a clean-room Over-the-Horizon run designed to reduce analyst contamination before the machine is asked what it sees. The result is not a crystal ball. It is something more useful: a set of testable timing windows, failure conditions, and a framework for separating signal from our own expectations.
Then we bring the whole thing back to markets with this week’s 43-page ChartPack, where inflation, Fed risk, and several long-running market structures begin to intersect in interesting ways. There is plenty of math if you want it, but you can skip the equations and still get the point. The larger question is whether economics—and forecasting—are about to become less a search for one master clock and more a study of interacting systems. And if so, are you still betting on an Apes Only future?
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George, what will prick the US AI/Data Center malinvestment super bubble with the Buffet Indicator (US equity/US GDP) over 240 on 13 Aug 2026?
Global diesel exports have fallen by 6 million barrels a day since the beginning of the Zionist-Trump gulf war. Diesel prices are in an Elliot wave/Lammert fractal daily and weekly terminal blow-off phase of price increases and hit a national average record high in the US this week.
Farmers and commercial and passenger transport are being squeezed to their operational limits and price increases will be transferred to consumers, temporarily tying the Fed’s hands with inflationary concerns. This is the end of this 1982 13/33 year :: x/2.5x fractal cycle. The recent August positive jobs report was the last hurrah in the AI/Data Center credit expansion. Expect the expected…
World peace. No fuel in west. View is new elections. Fuel in russia. All well
Apes only future! YES!, AI is the TOOL they are using to de-pop the wolrd but it will unfortunately go BEYOND their control and well annihilation of the pop will occur.
dont worry sesai can kicker . you will all be eating prime rib and fillet from brazil and argentina . wont have expensive roadkill bbqs. as for diesel thats a bigger scam to ramp prices . more oil than water in the world . wont read the big pack of philosophy this weekend . getting like marty you are and his socrates . ill try and think up a name for it . maybe just plain old yada
HDPS
Higher
Deeper
Pile
Scheisse
We will destroy Ure Mentation with tons and tons of “useless information supposed to drive my imagination”
No worries Ai – not like we have ANY need to calculate inter-stellar travel routes. Hell we can’t even get Women to the Moon anymore. Maybe monkey man musk can figure it out, kinda gotta get there prior to going for Mars, ya know Fake It till ya make It.
It is not just the economic fall-out if “The Fed” raises rates – the political explosion from Trump must also be considered. He is already making economic threats if “The Fed” doesn’t “cut rates” – immediately.
If the FOMC decides to raise rates in the face of inflationary numbers it will, very possibly, all on its’ own – end this multi-year Bull Market and severely cripple the credit markets – which in turn will bitch-slap all the A.I. happy-talk, build-outs and billions of circling debt-deals between the major A.I. monster-players. It would be ugly.
If they do not cut the rates Trump will go ballistic. He already has plans to place embargoes on any country that we have a trade deficit with if the rates don’t come down. What other economic mechanism he may attempt will only accelerate the collapsing stock and credit markets.., and bump inflation up.
With the bond and dollar markets there are three strong scenarios – and all are intertwined / influencers with/on each other. Add-in the world wide reaction and their plays on the dollar and U.S. bonds.
.., and if you listen this morning., you probably heard most of the world laughing as Treasury Chief Bessent stated he sees oil dropping to $40 a barrel as soon as we are done with Iran. With that kind of blind, ignorant leadership – we are in for a very rough economic ride ahead. [ Does he really believe that the price of a barrel of crude is the end of the analysis? Tell me again – just how did he get that jobs ?]
[ Most of this rant is not analysis – just gut feeling.]
dLynn: FWIW, lots of guts, including mine, agree with yours. I have given up on analysis until after the midterms and am basically cowering with a disproportionate amount of cash equivalents for the next couple of months. Congressoids with no spine, mentally unstable and possibly alcohol impaired sycophants in the agencies, and a loose cannon in the White House–what could possibly go wrong?
Rothchilds, Banking Families – same peeps own/control big Oil.
Zionists – sr. mgt
President- sock puppet
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The rest = Resources (Commodity)
Are Human Beings Natural ?
Then Natural Resources..like a Beef Cattle, Chicken, Hogs…
Gee, I wonder who is doing all the FARMING down here on Planet Earth?
Relax – it’s not all a conspiracy – just the parts that are…
(“dLynn: FWIW, lots of guts, including mine, agree with yours. I have given up on analysis until after the midterms and am basically cowering with a disproportionate amount of cash equivalents for the next couple of months. “)
I believe in order to analyze it..you have to live it…since catastrophic medical bills are a real slap and destroyer.. let s say you want a doctors visit.. to see a physician..if you live in the neighborhood.. you can get in tomorrow or sometime this week… if your not and live where the rest of us live..its six months to a year..and if you don’t have insurance..you travel to another country..just from the last dental repair I still owe ten grand and have two more teeth that need to be fixed..I should have gone with the suggestions of the meals on wheels group that head to Mexico to get their healthcare taken care of and headed to Canada or mexico..
to get cancer treatment my old client had to go to germany..tge message they got from the usa was similarvto one of tge guys that lived in our spare room..tge said it nicely but the message was…get the F@## out of our clinic if you can’t hand over a life’s earnings..is the message most get..get on Medicare and your limited to seeing any doctor..usually b some retired physician…..
my friends friend was wintering in the southwest..his wife got sick and it nearly cost him a million before he got smart hired a plane to take her back to canada..luckily he had the resources..most of us couldn’t even dream of getting…its the broken business model..
(“It is not just the economic fall-out if “The Fed” raises rates – the political explosion from Trump must also be considered. He is already making economic threats if “The Fed” doesn’t “cut rates” – immediately.
If the FOMC decides to raise rates in the face of inflationary numbers it will, very possibly, all on its’ own – end this multi-year Bull Market and severely cripple the credit markets – which in turn will bitch-slap all the A.I. happy-talk, build-outs and billions of circling debt-deals between the major A.I. monster-players. It would be ugly.
If they do not cut the rates Trump will go ballistic. He already has plans to place embargoes on any country that we have a trade deficit with if the rates don’t come down. What other economic mechanism he may attempt will only accelerate the collapsing stock and credit markets.., and bump inflation up.”)
Hmm… I wonder…had a visit yesterday with one of the kids about owning a house….even if they paid cash for the house…their income from a state hourly wages isn’t enough to afford those taxes.. Remember the one client whose husband receive a brain injury in Afghanistan while in the military….taxes on their home plus the payment are more than a grand more than ..closer to three grand a month than they take in..the wife was looking at apartments and jobs average wages..and broke down in tears..daycare rent etc.. Even if they lost the house ( which they will) not even considering their ongoing medical issues.. In order to get medical care had to travel to Germany because the medical system in the USA is so totally broken I personally don’t think it can be fixed..
The thing is..he sees a hint of the issues..but because he lives in a neighborhood where those issues simply don’t exist..he cannot fathom the depth seen by the average citizen..considering prime..( even if they go deep negative) cannot fix the velocity of what is happening.. And Weimar is on our doorsteps….These aren’t isolated stories. They’re becoming common and now becoming visible in the neighborhoods where real life doesn’t fit… Daycare, rent, groceries, medical care, taxes — everything rises except wages. And for many families, the math no longer works.
Some people don’t see it because their neighborhoods shield them from the struggle. But for millions of Americans, affordability isn’t an abstract issue. It’s choosing which bill gets paid first. It’s deciding between childcare and groceries. It’s watching young families drown in costs they never had a chance to keep up with…. trying to calculate or control the velocity of its damage can be controlled by lowering the interest rates..as things escalate ..so will infation..and as the cost of brick and mortar escalates..so do prices..A one dollar increase becomes twenty as it climb s from the bottom to the top..
he’s like the tzar and Mari Antoinette.. even though they were warned of the outlook in their society the situation was shielded from them.. I personally did t realize h st how shielded they were until two years ago when I spent ten days in a gated neighborhood..
the fed cutting rate cannot stop it right now..
Interesting connection here., “G”
For the past couple of weeks I have been slowly working with J.A.R.V.I.S. on establishing regional and City State Empires within this country.
Example. New York City and Los Angeles are city states and have a far reaching effect on a lot of the country – but they are both slowly collapsing economically and culturally.
There are dozens of defining city-states and regional maps within the U.S.
When you say – The Desert Southwest – what does that encompass?., what do they produce?., what do they purchase ? Population growth and transitions within that region. Demographics and education. Housing costs., payrolls.., health care availability and costs – on.., and on.., and on..,
There are an enormous number of potential and interesting data points that must be considered. How many chain restaurants have opened., or closed in the past five years? Should that be included in the parameters? [ good economy – more eating out ]
The Pacific Northwest – once a shining light now in the state of collapse due to liberal / socialist agendas and laws. And., how much interaction with the Desert Southwest does it have? Economically? Culturally? Can that be compared and charted? Should the increase / decrease in electrical power demand be included?., and tied in with city state ., or regional growth? [ .., yes. I believe so.] Tourism increase / decrease ? Big bucks in those tourist dollars.
This is a lot to take in and work with – then you have the comparisons to other named regions., and the City States like New York, Los Angeles, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami..,
How do you track & chart the interactions of a City State with a Region?.., and if you can find a way – combined – does it lead to and give you an overall picture – a master chart – of the national economy / growth / future ??? Plus the aide and interference of the federal government. [ Hard to quantify } As one region declines does another region take up the slack and grow? How does that transition affect the overall health of the national economy? Just how long does the devastation from a hurricane affect a region’s economically and thus the national economy? What’s the lag-factor? How far back do you go with the numbers research ?
I have been tasking J.A.R.V.I.S. with the numbers search., while I work on the different ideas and areas to include in the economic wave experiment. It is going to take a while. ., and I am not entirely convinced that it can be accomplished to my satisfaction. If it can be done., with this approach – rather then just a GDP number the way I view a long wave economic chart could prove to be very telling and beneficial.
I will admit that I have not worked very hard on this new area / idea.., as lately I have been mentally busy with aspect of my personal life. Plus, the fact that I have a severe case of D’Gas. Don’t Give a Shit ! About a lot things recently.
This morning I rode up to where my friend Rob drove off the road in the Chelan Hills Fire. I am pretty sure I know what he did. He waited too long to get out – probably loading up his truck. Then he came ‘down’ the winding MacNeil Canyon road and right into the fire. Had he drive up towards Waterville., on the plateau he would have driven right out of the danger zone. He made one really bad call – and it cost him.
I made a small salute with my flask – one we had spiked our coffee with on a few occasions., took a couple of gulps – and rode on home.
Still hard to believe that big ole grump died that way. .., but then, we rarely get the opportunity to write the last paragraph in our final chapter., do we….
“Stay Frosty !”
Sunday the Big Island east side will get heavy rains, fringe bands of Hurricane Karina passing to the north. Sunday we will also have a better aim of Hurricane Lowell turning north. Current forecast has the track passing to the west of Kauai, but it will still be a large major hurricane and the island will be getting lots of rain and wind as Lowell passes.
No waste saturday….labor day prep for winter meals warm thoughts and a full belly… for years labor day weekend was for gathering harvest and making bologna..the potato…used as a filler or a meal..
well I don’t have room in the freezer for bologna and a cow coming in four weeks..means I have to empty last years cow out..either can it..make up a few care boxes to drop off at households that can’t afford the luxuries of having meat in their stew..the grocery store had fresh spuds on sale.. scrub them up real good..peel them..slice dice or French fries..blanch them for two minutes..save the water..then dehydrate the spuds for winter..save the peelings..they are important…
the starch water you let settle..then pot off the water..save the starch..
now the peeling.. the precursor to the comfort food of potato soup derived bother ugh the deepest poverty and the nothing goes to waste..was a classic poor mans meal..
Potato peel broth… it was the kind of thing families made when the pantry was empty and payday was to far away. You didn’t throw out peels..everything was used — you boiled them, strained them, and turned them into something warm enough to keep the cold off your bones…. Add a little salt, maybe an onion top a handful or spoon ful of peas a carrot top…if you had any of that, and suddenly scraps became supper. It wasn’t fancy, but it kept people alive during their darkest hours..
Peels from 6–8 potatoes Russet or any variety
6 cups Water
1 tsp Salt to taste
Optional Onion skins or tops…or if you got it a slice of chopped onion
Optional 1 clove garlic
Optional Pepper or a pinch of herbs, a spoonful of peas, or a small chopped if cabbage leaf…
the stone soup of real hard times when food is scarce….
Blend the peels Add potato peels + a cup of water to a blender….( the ninja is the best..if you don’t have the luxuries of a blender..then cook and strain)
Blend until it looks like a thin slurry.
Sauté aromatics In a pot, cook onion (or onion scraps) in a little fat until soft…if you have it some bacon grease a small hunk of bacon or other piece of meat…. great if you have it ..ok if you don’t…
Add the blended peels to your modern day stone soup…pour the potato slurry into the pot…Add more water… figure one cup per person ..
Simmer The potato skin soup 20–30 minutes …This cooks the starch and softens any remaining peel fibers…Now you can Strain or you don’t have to strain…Strain for a smooth broth Leave it unstrained for a rustic, Depression?style soup base Season simply Salt, pepper, maybe a pinch of paprika or celery salt….thats the origin of potato soup..
During the Great Depression and times of famine… families didn’t throw away potato skins or anything else…instead they scrubbed the potatoes hard, peeled them, and fried the skins in leftover fat — bacon grease, lard, or whatever they had…I believe the origin of one of these is the story of A r customer (often said to be a riverboat captain) that kept sending back his fried potatoes at Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Springs, NY, complaining they were too thick… Chef George Crum got so frustraited that he sliced them paper thin out of spite, fried them crisp, and accidentally invented the Saratoga Chip — the ancestor of modern potato chips….Whether every detail is true or embellished, the timeline is real: 1853, thin sliced potatoes, fried crisp, became a sensation….
Scrub potatoes well before peeling — skins must be clean.
Save peels in cold water so they don’t brown.
Dry completely — moisture kills crispiness.
Heat oil or grease in a skillet over medium?high.
Add skins in a single layer actually i found sliding in each one at a time. Fry until crisp and golden, flipping once….
Drain on paper or a brown grocery bag Salt while hot.
What brought this up..was my pregnant grand daughter.. she was craving chips..we use to make them.. where I learned it..was during my worst and best Christmas ever..most if you have heard the story.. when I dragged the coffee grounds out of the restaurant trash to be re roasted along with grain gathered off of the ground I also gathered the feelings in the trash washed them used them…
the thickened potato skin broth also worked great for casseroles.. when you have to beat grain into a crude gruel..you realize the struggles of the past..today we take everything for granted that it will always be a quick trip to the store..but what if…the worst year of your life had you scrapping for anything..the people in Africa that only had dirty water filled with bacteria ..walking up to fifty miles for anything at all..how did they do it..and still give a smile..
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1945674067?
my friend that went to Africa seen the daily horrors up close..the cover shows him walking up a path..the children surrounding him..happy and content..living in diaper yet alive and laughing ..the love and commitment of one man..that changed millions of lives..not done for profit..he did it because he cared…amen my friend amen..you made the difference..
Ted X stone soup..
I have a friend that lectures for Ted x….. hog ex the one that originally sent me to urban.
https://youtu.be/qfPiRaV7D2Y?si=-N7iCZ7h1nthT7eJ
https://youtu.be/qfPiRaV7D2Y?si=-N7iCZ7h1nthT7eJ
its hard to imagine..that you will ever be in that position..but it happens..the engineer that lived in our spare room..the one two punch of fate..its every that most people end up in this position with extreme medical bills..hospitals destroy every day peoples lives..put them in the position of A diaper so deep..
He had it all then a hurricane and a deep water oil drilling platform exploding and him having to give congress testimony on the why..made him homeless.. his family disowned him once he was no longer the high paid executive in charge..living in his car..his car broke down he ended up in the hospital having heart surgery and then this ugly old guy stops by..hey need a meal and a bed…anyway that’s another dtory..we all can be in this position..its both the Bain of my existence and the blessing..I learned so much from my life experiences.. things that truly make life worth living..fresh roasted coffee..a great bowl of potato soup..
Sheesh auto correct disparity… not diaper…sheesh
whew, thought to write something to cheer you up dLynn but thinking rants to occasionally be healthy … rage on homey. except about age. there’s no beating it.
I’m pretty low key but with a week to go before my next spinal after a long ugly 3 months well, I am primed to bite someone’s head off at smallest things.
it was a near thing with sisters banker. I left in a sizzling huff to avoid being thrown out. okay, I did make a sparky remark when she trumpeted about their bank. laughed while explaining we owned several banks bigger but, she had it coming. I’ll go to the main branch on Tuesday (used to know the owner and ceo).
Buttercup: Who are you? Man in Black: I am no one to be trifled with. That is all you ever need know. [he unties her restraints] Buttercup: To think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned. Man in Black: They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to Iocane powder.
— Princess Bride
two hours to Grandling arrival. cant.wait
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ps – ride bike first drink after
“ps – ride bike first drink after.”
I never drink when I ride – one of “Lynn’s Laws”.., however this was special moment – of good bye.
Thanks for the thoughts.
(“rage on homey. except about age. there’s no beating it.”)
we are all racing to the same finish line..some get there faster some linger along..seen enough of both that its quite a decision as to which is better..
I just had a hundred year old woman come out to give me two peaches….for some reason she thinks I’m a saint or something lol lol lol..
but for a hundred year old she’s doing ok..a little slower but plugging right along..
Oh my goodness..my daughter just dropped off for mom and myself..half a watermelon… since this is no waste Saturday lets begin.. the wage loves cubed watermelon.. I usually put it in a seal able container then a half cup of simple syrup..why..these watermelons were picked greener than normal shipped halfway around the world.. now that we have the cubed melon ..what about the skin…..yup another old time favorite.. now we will eat these and not can them but in other times times of scarcity..
Prepare the rind
Cut off the green outer skin
Cut off the red flesh and either Cube the white rind into bite sized pieces or slice in strips like pickle slices
Parboil the rind strips to soften
Put rind cubes in a pot then Cover with water…
Boil the rind strips for 10–12 minutes
You want only fork tender, not soft like apples….not mushy
be watchful If you boil the rind too long, they’ll fall apart in the syrup…you want pickles not mush..
Lets Make the syrup
This is where the cinnamon apple comparison comes in — the syrup is similar, but the fruit behaves differently…..
2 cups sugar
1 cup vinegar
1 cup water
Cinnamon sticks…( or ground cinnamon.. I prefer stick)
Cloves..( maybe a cardimum pod)
Optional… lemon slices or a half tsp of citric acid
Simmer until fragrant….like cinnamon apples great..
Add softened rind to syrup
Simmer 20–30 minutes until the rind becomes translucent.
This is the magic moment — the rind goes from “scrap” to “candy.”
now you can Jar and process in a Water bath canning which is the traditional method like dill pickles because the acidity is high… you only have to bring the water bath up to a boil then pull..
A kid friendly version of this is watermelon rind leather.. candied water melon rind or blended in your ninja then dried cut into strips for the kids….
this can also be used as an ice cream topping..for that delicious home made labor day ice cream … well not so much anymore..labor day only transformed into a government holiday nothing for regular laborers..
Ok… another one…the Spanish dulce de manzana…or fruit cheese…
4 lbs apples (any variety; tart apples work best) 1 bag
1 cup water 2–3 cups
sugar (adjust to sweetness)
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp cinnamon or mixed spice (optional)
1 pinch salt
Optional spices: cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, nuts, raisins.. a precursor to the old Christmas fruitcake..
Optional: a splash of vanilla
Silicone molds (any shape)
Wash, core, and chop apples. You may peel them or leave skins on for extra pectin….
Add apples + water to a pot. Simmer until very soft (20–30 min give or take)…
Blend into a smooth applesauce…( oh oh your ninjas perfect for this)
(If you want ultra?smooth cheese, run it through a food mill.)
Add sugar + lemon Return puree to the pot. Add sugar and lemon juice.
Stir well….
Simmer on low heat, stirring often, until the mixture becomes thick like paste.
You’ll know it’s ready when…
A spoon dragged through the pot leaves a clean path
The paste holds its shape….It’s glossy and heavy…it will also turn dark as the sugar caramelizes..This can take 45–90 minutes depending on the apples….
Fill molds evenly….Tap to remove air bubbles….
Dry at 135°F for 6–12 hours, in your dehydrator depending on thickness….You want it firm, sliceable, and not sticky….If you don’t have a center then air dry Let molds sit uncovered in a cool, dry place for 2–5 days, turning halfway through.This creates a firmer, more traditional texture…..
Pop out the apple cheese….Wrap in parchment or vacuum seal…
Stores for months in a cool pantry…this is the original old world energy bar that’s been around thousands of years..back in the day honey was used..
The traditions like fruit cheese and fruitcake mattered throughout history…
They weren’t fancy desserts — they were symbols of survival and good will…
Fruit cooked down, preserved, molded, dried, and shared.
A loaf or a block of sweetness that could last through winter, carried from one household to another as a gesture of goodwill.
Those foods said, “We made it through another year. We have enough to share. You’re not alone.”…
Be a light for others…
Be the warm kitchen others can gather around share your lives journey…
Share your stories, your food, your time, your hope… sit on the veranda or around the table glass of wine or grog…
Because in the hardest years — and the best ones — it’s the light we give away that keeps the whole community alive….
Back in the past on the coldest night of the year, when the wind rattled the windows and the world felt a little too dark the fear of the dark and pitfalls of the night, the old kitchen glowed like a lantern…. It wasn’t fancy — just a worn table, a pot simmering on the stove, and the smell of spices drifting through the air. But people always found their way to it… a cup of wine and gentle laughter..
Some come with stories from the day.
Some come with memories from long ago of the daily dramas that were survived..Some came because they had nowhere else warm to go.. no one cared they are alone cold and scared of the what IF.. not knowing how to survive and no one around to give a ray of hope..
And the old man who kept the kitchen lights on— never turned anyone away..always give the first plate go someone visiting as in the old Chinese customs..come sit fill up..your safe..the message “Sit down. The light’s on. That means you’re welcome.and safe here”
(“It’s a holiday weekend, so the pressure comes off a bit. We can spend some time on the bigger questions in life — and economics.”)
lol lol lol now that there is funny..
https://youtu.be/RFlCD5CYAcU?si=iWFnEiRoR7i76v8J
… only in past history was it a holiday with a meaning … in today’s world if your not a government or state, banking worker and simply a regular wage earners its simply another work day…… I can honestly say that I am old enough though to remember when it was a holiday….but even that is a distant memory today……
It’s measurable now. This is the strongest El Nino’ on record now, and it is still strengthening! Record breaking #1 on the charts since record keeping began in 1950.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai4I3CJey5k
Hmm… I always thought the longest climate disruption was the one just before the Dark Ages and the plague. History shows there was a major ENSO anomaly between A.D. 800–1250 during the Medieval period — extreme drought across the Indo Pacific ENSO region, disrupted rainfall patterns, and long term climate instability.
But even before that, there was another massive climate event…. the one that helped collapse Egypt’s New Kingdom around 1200–1100 B.C. during the Late Bronze Age Collapse…. That was roughly 2,000 years earlier — another cycle of drought, famine, and societal breakdown.
And honestly, it feels like we’re in that cycle again….the timing is right..
The argument about climate change has always been split between those who think human activity is the sole cause and those who think Earth runs on long natural cycles….. But either way, we now have 8 billion little furnaces running around, plus the destruction of farmland at something like fifty acres a minute for urban expansion — building concrete heat sinks everywhere.
Which brings me to my favorite rant…….. oh oh here goes lol lol
If we’re serious about adapting, we should be greenscaping cities, building solar towers at every substation, handing out grid tie solar systems to any homeowner willing to install them as nodes, and putting air wells in arid regions.
We can’t stop the cycles — but we can stop making them worse.
Be the cure, not the curse.
The big issue, just like in any business, is the business model that’s seriously flawed… When the model is flawed, everything built on top of it eventually cracks. That’s why I’ve always told my kids and grandkids: if a company looks too good to be true, it probably is. Truly great companies don’t have turnover unless someone retires or passes on.
So I tell them — head to the break room. Sit down with a dumb cup of coffee. In ten minutes you’ll know everything you need to know. And if you can’t get a read there, go to the local hangout where the employees unwind. Listen. Watch. You’ll see whether the company cares about everyone or only the top ten percent.
If it’s the latter, and you still want the experience, take it — but take it knowing it’s not a keeper just a Lilly pad as you jump to the next one…
The same principle applies to the world we’re living in….. Climate cycles come and go, just like economic cycles and business cycles. But human behavior can make those cycles gentler or harsher. Eight billion little furnaces, endless farmland paved over for concrete heat sinks, and cities built without greenscaping — that’s the “curse” part.
The “cure” part is simple in my opinion and here I go again repeating myself…
Greenscape cities….o what if someone pulls a carrot or onion out..
Build solar towers at substations.
Hand out grid tie solar systems to any homeowner willing to be a node.
Put air wells in arid regions.
Design systems that work with the cycle instead of against it….
but that’s just my fifty year rant..
We can’t stop the cycles — but we can stop pretending we’re powerless inside them.
We have no precise scientific documentation, therefore, all climate events which occurred before 1883 don’t exist.
I believe the thing which offends me the most about climate alarmists and global warming nutjobs, is their utter pompous conceit. They believe we can sample only the last 0.000000318% of Earth’s existence and make broad assumptions regarding the whole of its climate. THEN, when they take this irrelevant slice of time, they infer that Man has an outsized effect on this 143-year sample, even given the fact that a single pyroclastic volcanic eruption will cause more (of what they, in their conceit call) “atmospheric pollution” than all of Man’s products and actions combined, over a period of many years.
WE ARE NOT GODS, and no amount of self-importance or conceit, or insecurity on our part will make us so. Our species is a temporary tenant of this planet, the same as a billion species which came before us, and a billion that’ll follow after we’re a postscript in the annuls of the Universe. We are only important to, and significant with respect to others of our kind.
It is high time Mankind figured this out…
Exactly..and even if we stopped absolutely all carbon use..the change would continue for about a hundred years.. our effect is so minimal.. but I do think that greenscaping cities and building a secure grid would at least keep us moving..As far as air wells..Throughout history, civilizations in arid regions survived by harvesting water directly from the air. From 5000 B.C. onward, people used stone pile condensers, dew ponds, fog drip systems, and early air wells to collect moisture — sometimes gathering hundreds of liters a day without electricity or pumps. Modern research shows these techniques still work, and today’s fog and dew collectors are even more efficient.
like a spiders web that collects the dew the spider drinks..or the tree that’s basically one of the most efficient solar collection systems ever made..climate cycles have existed since the beginning of time..
With water stress rising across the world, especially in arid and semi?arid regions, atmospheric water harvesting offers a sustainable, decentralized way to support agriculture, households, and rural communities. We can’t control the climate cycles, but we can use the same survival strategies ancient societies relied on. Air wells and dew collectors should be part of our modern toolkit — simple, resilient, and perfectly suited for the challenges
If we stopped all carbon use, our planet and everything on, in, or above it would be dead within two years.
Our biggest atmospheric problem is not too much carbon, but too little. The amount of carbon on Earth is at its lowest point in over 10,000 years and the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is nearing the level at which plants begin to asphyxiate.
No plants = no life…
Tropical Storm watch posted for Kauai, with heavy rains for entire island chain.
https://www.wunderground.com/severe/us/hi/pahoa/KHIPAHOA41
re: Cleanroom
feat: danger; the first island
As American peace envoys visited Moscow, an allegedly Iranian-owned shadow fleet oil tanker IMO 9189146 carrying Russian oil was allegedly attacked and sunk in the Strait of Hormuz. Its Italian owner of ten years ago, Premuda, ran into financial difficulties when the vessel was known as Four Smile. The company received financial rescue from Pillarstone which was a subsidiary of American investment giant KKR.
Premuda may reach us via Latin’s primus meaning first. It is the first island in the Adriatic archipelago of Zadar (“side of a mountainside”?). Tourists flock to Premuda for its diving walls and underwater cavern called the Cathedral.
The island is mentioned in the 16th century Tabula Peuteringeriana (lat: Peutinger’s tablet/chart” [map]). It is based upon a 4th century a.d. map of the Roman world of the time from west to east. Kyiv’s M3 subway line noted by President Zelensky last Wednesday mimics it by commencing in a wet place and ending at a cathedral.
At the time of sinking, the vessel had been known as Noxen. There is a Noxen, Pa. named after a children’s story. As chance would have it though, noxen is a plural form of the Latin word noxa. It translates as something that damages a living organism. Historically the “organism” inference would have pointed to humans. Perhaps nowadays AI can qualify.
(” Humans, in order to solve certain classes of problems, may eventually have to question one of our oldest assumptions: that we are the sole heirs to intellectual primacy.
One of the hardest questions a human can ask is:
“Am I really the smartest one in the room?”
Because the answer changes everything.”)
I know for a fact that I’m not the brightest bulb..not even bright enough to follow a path in a dark room..But I’d like to think I am not the dimmest bulb..but society says I am..more like a five watt bulb..
You are a marvel in the kitchen, Mr. LOOB, and thank you for sharing your recipes. Do not forget candied orange rinds for Christmas. Have not made those in a long time.
For those who are able and have the room, procure an extra refrigerator and an extra freezer, either chest or upright, for the coming harvest.