The Ultra short pulse Laser shoots a beam traveling at 300 million K a second which means nothing will run away if it is targeted.  This new Laser is called a pulse Laser and shoots with more power than I thought possible just a few years ago due to better material science.
If they can make a 7 or 8 pound rifle with this technology (think Terminator) I want one !!

It would be nice to see or hear something good coming out of some of the 3 letter agencies but alas we are the droids they are looking for..
https://reclaimthenet.org/foreign-malign...nce-center

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• Newsletter: May 12, 2023
  

The Disinformation Governance Board Is Out. The “Foreign Malign Influence Center” Is In.
A rose by any other name.

• By Didi Rankovic
  
• Posted 9:37 am
  

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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Disinformation Governance Board met an ignoble demise last year, when it was disbanded within months, amid public criticism and staff-related scandal.
Despite being derisively referred to as “the Ministry of Truth” – i.e., a US government’s alleged attempt to create an Orwellian-like institution – it was a fairly safe bet that the strong backlash notwithstanding, the initiative would rear its head again at some point. Soon.
Meet the Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC), located at the Office of the Director of US National Intelligence (ODNI). Some sentiment suggest that this might be a Disinformation Governance Board 2 – what with a similar declarative focus on foreign threat, which is then easy to transition, as a smokescreen, to turning the authorities’ sights onto “domestic dissenters.”
And that would mean more censorship, in effect flying under the radar, critics fear.
A deceptive tactic, they continue, which could easily use foreign threats simply as an excuse to influence politics at home.
Speaking of interference – the FMIC could also “duplicate” other US efforts, such as that of a State Department’s unit that has taken it upon itself to suppress what’s seen as “populism” in other countries.
Now, this is what the FMIC has to say for – and about itself – the threat from abroad is constant and “dynamic” – no doubt – but therefore, “informing efforts to counter it requires constant attention, a whole-of-government approach, support from the private sector, and engagement from the public.”

However, the “soothing” mention of foreign threats is not the only thing the FMIC will be dealing with – there’s also “protection of US public opinion.” And this, opponents may suspect, might be a euphemism for “policing domestic narratives.”
The existence of the Center seems to have been presented to the public in a rather low-key fashion. It was last Thursday that it came up during an address by ODNI chief Avril Haines, a full 45 minutes into the speech, during a hearing organized by the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Matt Taibbi, who pored over Twitter’s internal documents to become one of those behind the explosive Twitter Files, doesn’t look at this kind of initiative very kindly.
In fact, he seems to pretty much consider it a ruse whose real goal is to “slowly adjust aim to domestic targets.”
But first – what Taibbi calls “the basic rhetorical trick of the censorship age” must “raise a fuss about a foreign threat, using it as a battering ram to get everyone from Congress to the tech companies to submit to increased regulation and surveillance.”

Not many folk know that the deepest body of water -or Lough, in Ireland resides down in the western county of Kerry and
is titled Lough Muckross. Depths of 246 feet have been reported in this goal of many tourists who wish to visit the ancient
woodland and spectacular waterfalls.



To be specific, Lough Muckross -sometimes called 'Middle Lake' is in the Killarney National Park and close to a larger lake
called Lough Leane. The Atlantic Ocean borders the west, the grand river Shannon to the north and the beautiful province
also owns the award for having Ireland's tallest mountain, Carrauntoohil.

But Lough Muckross holds a strange story hiding in the dark depths of its quiet waters and the locals call it 'Muckie'. Down
there with the Brown Trout, Salmon and the rare blunt-snouted Irish char, something once swam without the concerns that
its cousins like Nessie and Champ have to deal with daily. And it was these fish that caused a group of scientists to discover
Muckie's furtive lifestyle.

In 2003, The Irish Charr Conservation Group -founded by Dr. Fran Igoe, Myles Kelly, Steven Neylon and Paul Mitchell, sent
their group to Kerry in order to determine the fish population in Muckross. Known as the Earc Uisce project, Eileen Sheehan,
John Sexton, Margaret O’Shea and Lynda Horgan spent the year plumbing the depths of Logh Muckross with sonar and as
they finished up the echo-sound readings in early 2004, they discovered something highly unorthodox on their recordings.

Something the size of a 'two-storey house' was moving across their sonar beam and as Andrew Long, a specialist fisheries
consultant later said: “We have been unable to identify exactly what the image is, but we know it was not a computer or
logging error, as the gear was functioning normally.”

Legends had been abound of a massive serpent living in the Killarney and MacGillicuddy Reeks area. Some researchers
found a myth surrounding MacGillicuddy Reeks mountains known locally known as Cnoc na Peiste or for those who aren't
fluent in the Gaelic language, 'Peak of the Serpent'. In 1981 a photograph was allegedly taken of a flipper-like appendage
in Lough Muckross, however no image has surfaced to reappear here.

Oddly enough, on Google Maps... there's something in the water.

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"The MAD Primer of Bigots, Extremists and Other Loose Ends," from MAD #129,  September 1969. Something to amuse and/or offend almost everyone.

Do any of these look familiar today? They tried to tell all of us, and only some of us listened. LOL.






Chapter 1: The Super Patriot



Chapter 2: The Ku Klux Klansman



Chapter 3: The American Student



Chapter 4: The Right-Wing Extremist



Chapter 5: The American Nazi



Chapter 6: The Yippies



Chapter 7: The Black Militant



Chapter 8: The Looters

I got curious one day and went on a timeline trip down moviedom.



Years in which these films were set:


2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2015: Back To The Future II (1989)

2019: Blade Runner (1982)





2019: The Running Man (1987)

2022: Soylent Green (1973)

2023: Surrogates (2009)

2024: The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

2024: Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)

2024: A Boy and His Dog (1975)





2024: Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) [We all become sterile]

2025: Chrysalis (2007)

2026: Metropolis (1927) (film is now in public domain)





2027: Children of Men (2006)

2027: Babylon A.D. (2008)

2027: Nemesis (1993)

2029: The Terminator (1984)

2031: Snowpiercer (2013)

2032: Demolition Man (1993)

2034: Gamer (2009)

2035: 12 Monkeys (1995)





2035: I, Robot (2004)

2035: The Martian [2035–2038, 2043]

2035: Moon (2009)

2036: Android (1982)

2037: Mindwarp (1990)

2042: Rain Without Thunder (1992)

2043: RoboCop (1987)

2043: The Book of Eli (2010)

2045: Ready Player One (2018)

2045: Red Planet (2000)





2046: Doom (2005)

2047: Event Horizon (1997)

2049: District 9 (2009)

2050: The Adam Project (2022)

2050: Code 46 (2003)

2053: City Beneath the Sea (1971)

2053: Harrison Bergeron (1995)

2054: Minority Report (2002)

2054: Renaissance (2006)

2055: A Sound of Thunder (2005)

2055: The Age of Stupid (2009)

2057: Sunshine (2007)

2058: Lost In Space: 1998 (1960s version) / 2058 (Netflix version and movie)

2062: Jetsons (TV Series 1962–1963)

2067: Interstellar (2014)

2069: Doppelgänger (1969)

2072: Equilibrium (2002)

2073: A.P.E.X. (1994)

2074: Cyborg 2 (1993)

2077: Oblivion (2013)

2078: Ultraviolet (2006)

2079: The 10th Victim (1965)

2079: Impostor (2001)

2083: Ender's Game (2013)

2084: Total Recall (1990)





2087: Cyborg 2087 (1966)

2089: Prometheus (2012)

2092: The Hunger Games (2012)

2097: Ad Astra (2019)

2101: Supernova (2000)

2122: Alien (1979)

2130: The Black Hole (1979)

2133: Planet Earth (1974)

2139: Judge Dredd (1995)

2142: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (ends in 4142)

2154: Avatar (2009)

2154: Elysium (2013)

2155: Strange New World (1975)

2169: In Time (2011)

2170: Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

2179: Aliens (1986)

2197: Starship Troopers (1997)

2199: The Matrix (1999)

2200: The Giver (2014)





2220: Forbidden Planet (1956)





2247: Trancers (1984)

2263: The Fifth Element (1997)





2265: Original Star Trek series (1966-69)



2274: Logan's Run (1976)





2350: The Expanse (2015-2022)

2401: THX 1138 (c. 2401–2500) (1971)

2415: Æon Flux (2005)

2500: Waterworld (1995)

2505: Idiocracy (2006)

2583: The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

2586: Timestalkers (1987)

2805: WALL-E (2008)

2989: Millennium (1989)

3978: Planet of the Apes (1968)





5021: Planet of the Apes (2001) [starts in 2029]

10,191: Dune (1984)



2271: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

2285: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

2285: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

2286: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

2287: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

2293: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

2293–2371: Star Trek Generations (1994)

2063–2373: Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

2375: Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

2379: Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

2233; 2243; 2250; 2255; 2258; 2387: Star Trek (2009)

2263: Star Trek Beyond (2016)

2259: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Daily Mail

From 15th to 53rd in 40 years, and the median age of a Senator is now 65. It should be the top scandal every day that an elite gerontocracy established itself & then never left power as the wealth gap precipitously grew. The parasites obsessively cares about "freedom" except of its citizens.


1977: "By 1974 the average age of Politburo members reached 65...  at the level of top decision making, higher ages have often been accepted, but this may be due largely to past accumulation of prestige and political acumen rather than continuing top level performance."


A Note on the Ageing of the Politburo




The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin (2015) By Steven Lee Myers.




President: 80
Possible 2024 GOP nominee: 75
Speaker of House: 81
House Majority Leader: 82
House Whip: 81
Supreme Court Justice: 83
Most influential Covid authority: 82

The 80+ Club:

1. Pelosi = 83
   
2. Maxine 'Mad Max' Waters = 84
   
3. Bill Pascrell = 86 (D-NJ)
   
4. Grace Napolitano = 86 (D-CA)
   
5. Alcee Hastings = 84 (D-FL, died in office April 2021)
   
6. Pat Roberts = 85 (R-KS, finally retired in 2021)
   
7. Eddie Bernice Johnson = 87 (D-TX, finally retired in Jan 2023)
   
8. Jim Inhofe = 88 (R-OK, retired in 2023)
   
9. Richard Shelby = 89 (senator R-Alabama retired in 2023)
   
10. Immortal Chuck Grassley = 89 (longest serving Republican in U.S. Senate history) That Iowa corn must be good stuff. On Sept 17th will enter the 90+ club.
    
11. Don Young = 88 (R-Alaska, died in office last year, longest-serving Republican in congressional history)
    
12. Danny K. Davis = 81 (D-Illinois)
    
13. Jim Clyburn = 82 (D-South Carolina)
    
14. Steny Hoyer = 83 (D-Maryland)
    
15. Hal Rogers = 85 (R-Kentucky)
    
16. Jim Risch = 80 (R-Idaho senator)
    
17. Mitch McConnell = 81
    
18. Bernie Sanders = 81
    

Sylvester scared the poop out of me this morning, and made my heart stand still. He also made a liar out of me.

I always tell my crits that they had better behave themselves, and if they got into trouble, I was going to bury them in the back forty, because there was no way I was going to spend my hard earned coin on taking then to the vet, because they decided to be stupid.

Well when Sylvester started making the most God awful noise I have ever heard in my life, I could not get him to the vet fast enough. Sylvester is the quiet one, but his growlish screams put my loud mouth Enoch to shame.

Crazy thing was that the Huskies would have a melt down every time he would do that growling scream thing. I tried to keep them away, but all four Huskies had to be around him, licking him, and whining. Enoch look scared, but he tried to comfort him too.

I rushed him to the vet, and found out he had a urinary blockage. I just got a call from the vet telling me he was doing fine. He was awake from the anesthesia, and he will leave the catheter in until morning. He will see how well he does urinating on his own, and if he does well he can come home Saturday.

The house is so quiet and so still. The Huskies and Enoch are so depressed. I can't wait to see what they are going to do when he comes home on Saturday.

Right now Sylvester is still groggy so he won't really realize he is in strange country until tomorrow.

So much for the freeze dried salmon treats. Now I am afraid to even give them to the dogs.

The cats and the dogs love them, but I think they may be just too much of a good thing.

Scanning for the "One" and sounds a little like Skynet.

Quote:Software company Accrete AI just showcased its powerful new Argus dual-use anomaly detection AI agent this week, which the Department of Defense (DoD) is already putting to use in helping it map illicit activity around the globe.

The public unveiling of the anomaly detection AI occurred recently at SOF Week 2023, an annual conference held jointly by U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and industry leaders in Tampa, Florida.

At this year’s event, Accrete AI announced that its powerful AI will allow the U.S. military and Special Operations communities to go beyond human intelligence gathering capabilities and “gain the information advantage.”

“Argus is a highly configurable dual-use anomaly detection analytical AI Agent,” reads a statement on the company’s website, “that continuously analyzes the open-source web, in multiple languages, to predict anomalous and nefarious behavior hidden in plain sight.”

Capable of assessing and understanding large volumes of data available online, the learning capabilities of Argus allow it to search “everything from news and social media to company filings and microprocessor manuals,” allowing it to “predict supply chain influence, software vulnerabilities, logistics resilience, viral mis/disinformation, insider threats,” and other potential challenges to U.S. national security.

Prashant Bhuyan, founder and CEO of Accrete AI, said in a statement that his company is “thrilled to have successfully deployed Argus into production with the DoD.”

“We’re committed to advancing Argus’ capabilities to bolster national security,” Bhuyan added, “and empower our country to win in a new era of threats such as misinformation, deep fakes, and viral influence.”

Previously, Accrete AI had identified itself as a commercial partner of the DoD, as well as the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the U.S. Air Force on its website.

In its 2021 annual report, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) reported that it had partnered with an unnamed “leading AI firm” specializing in the use of natural language processing “to develop a custom threat detection platform that automates the collection and processing of more than 30 million pieces of open-source information to identify attempts by U.S. adversaries to infiltrate critical national security supply chains.”

The 2021 report stated that the capabilities enabled by the DIU’s integration of AI “has enabled DoD to identify, track, and map illicit activities at a speed and scale that is three times faster than what human analysts could perform,” while ensuring levels of accuracy consistent with past efforts carried out by DoD personnel.

“Armed with this new capability, DoD has already searched and analyzed millions of records and identified dozens of Chinese technology investment firms with illicit operations across the globe,” the report said, in addition to obtaining critical information on exposing the networks and methods utilized by those firms.

The Pentagon also said that several of these Chinese firms had “sought partnerships with U.S. companies while obscuring their real identities to escape U.S. sanctions and restrictions.”

The company’s presentation of Argus this week followed a recent announcement by the DoD that it had awarded $10 million for the establishment of a new institute that will promote “unified research in artificial natural intelligence” co-funded with the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Part of the new institute’s mission will involve the pursuit of “designs of more capable and trustworthy AI,” along with a more complete understanding of the human brain.

In recent days, many leaders in science and technology industries have warned about possible unforeseen consequences that could emerge from the misuse of AI or resulting from unpredictable outcomes that may emerge due to presently unforeseen intentions and motivations that a future autonomous AI system could possess.

Quote:Argus Reveals Global Trade Network with Significant Potential Spying Capability

As automation becomes increasingly prevalent to streamline global trade, Chinese companies have emerged as major players in the production and distribution of such technology. Some of these companies have come under scrutiny due to concerns that they could use their technology to gather sensitive information that could impact U.S. military operations.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the Pentagon had determined that Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC), a Chinese company that produces cranes used in commercial and military ports worldwide, and its relationship with Microsoft poses a cause for concern. The article cited that “some national-security and Pentagon officials have compared ship-to-shore cranes made by the China-based manufacturer, ZPMC, to a Trojan horse.”  This identified risk is due to ZPMC’s sophisticated sensors, which could be utilized to track and monitor shipping information and other kinds of data tied to  U.S. military operations. In addition, the article identified concerns that ZPMC’s technology could provide China with the ability to control and disrupt global shipping.

The problem could go much deeper than Microsoft or the United States. Using Argus, we were able to identify relationships of ZPMC with Swiss, Norwegian, and Finnish companies operating in Asia, Latin America, and other parts of the world.

ABB, a Swiss electrification and automation company, is an excellent example of how commercial partnerships can disseminate ZPMC’s technology globally. As recently as 2018, ABB integrated its remote supervision solutions and systems with ZPMC, providing its automated systems to ZPMC for cranes in South Korea and Colombia. Another example is Kongsberg Gruppen, a Norwegian defense contractor whose customers include the U.S. military. 

Kongsberg Gruppen was awarded a contract in 2014 to supply and integrate all telecom and control systems for a vessel built at ZPMC’s shipyard.

Argus also revealed that the Finnish company Cargotec partnered with ZPMC in 2019 to provide software and systems integration services for an intelligent container terminal project, with the potential to expand throughout India, Latin America, and elsewhere. Cargotec’s partnerships with Chinese companies also include a joint venture with the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). CSSC has been identified as a Chinese military company by the U.S. Department of Defense and other ZPMC partners, including the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC).

There is a vast network of Chinese entities operating in strategic ports, many benefiting from partnerships with western companies. China Unicom, for example, partnered with Ericsson and ZPMC to integrate 5G technology into smart harbor solutions. The Qingdao-based project utilizes data from over 30 high-definition cameras.

Each of these partnerships - visualized in the knowledge graph in Argus - offer a glimpse into a network that has allowed Chinese companies such as ZPMC to develop automated cranes that are now at the center of global trade. It is plausible that these could allow Chinese companies to gather strategic information about other companies and foreign states. The irony is that many layers of ZPMC’s technology come from the states concerned about it.

By leveraging public documents through advanced AI tools like Argus, risk analysts and open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysts can better understand the network of relationships between entities, enabling them to identify potential security risks and take proactive steps to mitigate them.

I have been released from the edit bay at last! Yaaay! <does a little happy dance>

So the premiere has been set for this one.

Hope you enjoy! 

An that I.Q. rating was before she was 11 years of age.. I hope she goes on to do great things in her life.