We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
🇺🇸🌧 2025 is quickly becoming “The Year of the Flood” in the United States.
So far, 3,358 Flash Flood Warnings have been issued, over 250 more than the next closest year to date.
The US has already surpassed its annual average for flash flood reports, with more than double the typical number seen by this point in the year.
The Texas floods, which have tragically claimed at least 145 lives, are now the deadliest non-tropical cyclone-related flood event in the US since 1976.
Abnormally high levels of atmospheric moisture are expected to persist over the Central and Eastern US for the next two weeks, so expect more flooding.
🔗 Colin McCarthy
"In Russia, you would be arrested", von der Leyen tells a protestor as he's being arrested.
We live in truly bizzaro times.
EDWARD DOWD
Meet the Unitree A2 — The 'Interstellar Hunter'
Weighing in at 37kg (70lbs), the Unitree A2 can carry a full-grown human, run at 5 meters per second (11.8mph), and climb 1-meter-high (3.3ft) obstacles like it’s nothing. With LiDAR-powered 3D vision, insane balance, and a 20km (12.4 miles) range—this thing is built for real industrial work, not just cool videos.
"Industrial work".... right.
The militarization of robot dogs is on the rise. Even more disturbing is that some of these robots are receiving OpenAI’s ChatGPT upgrades that make them all the more intelligent.
Trump even has some robo dogs at his Mar-a-Lago residence.
The Black Mirror 'Metalhead' episode also comes to mind, check out clip HERE.
The ‘Skynet moment’ is upon us.
https://www.claudiofantinuoli.org/2025/08/07/when-microsoft-ranked-us-first-and-it-wasnt-good-news/
“Not-Us Syndrome” is alive and well.
As Richard Susskind noted in 2025, many professionals suffer from what he called the “Not-Us Syndrome” — the belief that automation can and will affect every profession except their own. Among the reactions to the Microsoft paper, this mindset is palpable. A significant share of the responses downplays the data, misinterprets the concept of task alignment, or dismisses the paper outright as irrelevant to their experience.”
