We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
At least 24 fatalities have been reported, with 16 deaths linked to the Eaton Fire and 8 to the Palisades Fire. More than a dozen individuals are still unaccounted for. The fires have collectively destroyed or damaged over 12,000 structures, including homes and businesses, across Los Angeles County. The Palisades Fire alone has impacted about 5,000 structures and has burned over 23,000 acres, while the Eaton Fire has affected around 7,000 structures and covered more than 14,000 acres. As of now, the Palisades Fire is approximately 14% contained, and the Eaton Fire is around 33% contained. Firefighters are actively working to control these blazes amidst challenging conditions. A significant number of firefighting personnel are deployed, with reports indicating that over 7,500 firefighters are engaged in combating these wildfires. This includes support from local, state, and federal agencies. Over 150,000 residents in Los Angeles County are under evacuation orders due to the threat posed by these fires. Additionally, approximately 89,000 people are under evacuation warnings. A Red Flag Warning remains in effect due to forecasted strong winds that could exacerbate fire conditions. Wind gusts are expected to reach between 45 to 70 mph, creating a particularly dangerous situation for fire growth
Yanis Varoufakis (former Greek Minister of Finance) describes AI as a new form of capital that produces not goods, but behavioral modification. This is achieved by engineering perceptions.
The answers provided by ChatGPT, or the images rendered by StableDiffusion — as these increasingly inform our perceptions, they in turn define the reality we experience.
This is what makes AI so powerful — he who controls the AI, defines the reality of tomorrow.
⚡️🇺🇸 Some more things coming out for the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Under the preliminary drafts of the bill, the USAF is requesting a release of $57,000,000 USD ($57.0 Million) to retire all remaining 162 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs in current service. Apart of the 2023 NDAA, there was a clause for a few million dollars to be released every so often to gradually retire the (then) 250 airframes by 2034; however due to the push by the Dept of Defense to ‘shed’ obsolete or obsolescent airframes that cannot be overhauled or upgraded further without a whole new airframe, it appears the USAF wants to retire all 162 remaining A-10s by the end of 2026.
The USAF plans to fully divest the 340-total remaining A-10s entirely, including those that currently serve in a handful of Air National Guard units in some states; which will be replaced by F-15EX Eagle IIs (like what is already happening with the Michigan State Air National Guard’s A-10s), or F-35A/Bs.
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My older sister lives in the country in between Velma Oklahoma and Duncan Oklahoma near the Fuqua Lake area, this story was told by a rural mail delivery woman who delivers the mail in the country.
The incident happened while she was on her route, when she came upon to the mailbox a male Chinese nation came out brandishing a, AK-47 rifle being very hostile,
I don't know if he pointed it at her since it is against the law to do so but she was terrified and said she was never going back and that the location that had a guard tower. Was the sheriff department notified, I don't know, did she notify her supervisor, don't know. But word is from the country folk who live in the area they have seen the guard tower at the pot place;
I refuse to call it a farm because it is an insult to farmers.
And yes she was traumatized by that ordeal
