Beware! That person walking down the street in the heavy-looking glasses might be stealing your data!

This story from today is alarming. Your entire life might be on-screen in Kenya, totally unbeknownst to you at all. And the glasses themselves might even be dangerous to its own users! If you thought Mark Zuckerberg and his AI systems were intrusive and even malevolent, you haven't even seen the worst yet. I am …

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*Parents of Public School Students: Do you know what their teachers are doing with, and to them?

Just in the past few weeks, it has come to the attention of the American People that, in many cities across the country, Teachers are taking entire classes of students out of school to demonstrate against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who are enforcing Federal Law by removing Illegal Alien Criminals from our midst. …

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Lens-Artists Photo challenge #363: Virtual Scavenger Hunt

This week's subject is a trip through the Archives, to find photos on a number of themes. We were given the instruction to choose as many as 10 different themes, and find a photo that expresses it. Boy, that was a hard choice, as there were so many good ones to choose from. For my …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #356: Quiet Hours

Most often, what comes to mind when you think of "quiet hours", you imagine sunrise and sunset. But even if the background noise is audible, you can be quiet in your own little bubble and tune everything else out. This photo of the Skagit River near Rockport, Washington was taken in the late afternoon. Despite …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #267: Recharge

After a busy, stressful week at work (made more stressful than ever since my boss left the company this week), it is an absolute necessity to find something to recharge your internal soul-battery. When I am at home, my recharge area is my bedroom. I am making a dent in our mattress from sitting on …

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Good Riddance to 2022, Year-end Review

I thought that 2021 was the worst year, the first of the reign of the dementia-plagued, America-hating, lying Joe Biden.  But I was wrong. 2022 turned out to be as bad, or worse.  It is depressing, knowing that the elites who run our formerly-strong and free country are doing their best to tear it down. …

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Photo Challenge~~~I’d Rather Be…

So here I am, at my desk, doing our TAXES, for heaven's sake!  Yeah, it's that time of year. But I'd really rather be here: On the balcony of our stateroom, on the cruise ship, to Hawaii.  With my nose in a good book, and a nice glass of wine.  Just relaxing and watching and …

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Amateur musicians needed for all-comers orchestra in Everett, WA

Hey, all you adult amateurs with the old instrument in the closet-get it out and come play with the Music Hall Community Orchestra. No auditions, everyone welcome! We rehearse on Tuesdays from 6-8PM in the OLD theater in the Everett Mall (take a left when coming out the south door of Macy's into the mall). …

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