This “timeslot” after the opening post could have had one more of my newly found reactors’ analyses, again of a sad song, it could have had The Melodians with what I consider the best rendition of that Boney M song, there was various chamber music (though DAD seems not to like it so much), there was the US engineer’s YT on earthquakes (coming up later) or this below, on “Amelia”.
It’s obvious that, with each of us having our own tastes, meaning that choosing something for someone else is oft fraught with disappointment … with all that, I’d never just run my own faves, cold … not now at least … there’d have to be some special “thang” or other about the piece, e.g. yesterdays songs about dashed love.
I do have another, later, from that pair of reactors but for now … this “Amelia” phenomenon. I say kudos to the creators … there’ve been early ups and downs, plus negative reactions to AI Amelia on AI grounds alone to start with … the creators have certainly noted that and are honing it. Plus:
The major plus, apart from the graphics, is surely this Eastender’s suddenly wunnerful singing voice … I wonder whom they got in to do it.
… replace “Congress” with “Parliament” … same story.
3. Steve at 1313
Kristi Noem Speaks Out After President Trump Fires Her as DHS Chief
The US Supreme Court Just Handed Trump a Massive Unanimous Win on Immigration With the Opinion Authored by Justice Jackson
UK Islamic Centre’s “Silent Vigil” for Khamenei Overwhelmed by Hundreds of Iranians Cheering the Brutal Tyrant’s Death with Posters of Donald Trump
Military situations in the Ukraine and the Middle-East
Appointments with GP … yea or nay?
End of Greenpeace? $345 Million Fine Set to Bankrupt Climate Activists
Belgium to press ahead with restriction on asylum-seekers despite court decision
Much more.
2. In comments … pete mentions a book on Amazon
Hardly a revelation though, not a surprise in the least:
“During the 1920s Belgian historian Henri Pirenne came to an astonishing conclusion: the ancient classical civilization, which Rome had established throughout Europe and the Mediterranean world, was not destroyed by the Barbarians who invaded the western provinces in the fifth century, it was destroyed by the Arabs, whose conquest of the Middle East and North Africa terminated Roman civilization in those regions and cut off Europe from any further trading and cultural contact with the East. According to Pirenne, it was only in the mid-seventh century that the characteristic features of classical life disappeared from Europe, after which time the continent began to develop its own distinctive and somewhat primitive medieval culture.”
We then go on to look at the Golden Age of learning which we argued over at the old N.O. … it was largely Persian culture, taken over and labelled Moose Limb by Arabs. Destruction is their legacy.
1. DAD at 1313
a) The latest wheeze, by some French drivers, to avoid prosecution. Fight against garages created with fake documents and stolen identities: at least 250,000 cars escape fines.
b) Macron declares attacks against Iran violate ‘International Law’. Spanish MEP calls for Spain to leave NATO…..
c) The myth of Turkey as an indispensable bridge between East and West is beginning to give in under the weight of its own contradictions.
d) Terror Threat feared in Europe following Khamenei killing. Fears are growing over Iran’s ability to strike deep inside Europe using suicide drones and missiles, amid warnings that terror sleeper cells could unleash chaos across the continent at any moment.
