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Cake day: January 23rd, 2025

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  • That brings up some interesting questions. Morality aside (a big aside. I know), does border security actually give citizens an economic or physical security advantage? Is it even possible for another country to send over so many people that they could take over? Some of this is predicated on an “us vs them” mentality, which I agree is part of the problem. I also know there are people with values incompatible with mine and who might not be willing to coexist peacefully with me. I agree on the goal. I don’t have the solution. Thoughts?
















  • That’d make for a great element in a modern remake of the movie, The Birds.

    Researchers trying to reduce the distortion are tracking the patterns. They can’t figure it out until a main character, a blind audiologist who lost his vision in the first attack many decades ago, has an epiphany and suggests assembling the images in sequence to form a video. It shows a bird flying and flapping its wings. The researchers keep gathering data, making the video longer and more complex.The bird now also does loops and spins. The researchers set up remote microphones all over the world and network them with their computer so it can compile in real time.

    We learn that blind main character has now trained himself to “see” the images that he hears. Main character and love interest colleague walk through the park discussing their work as a flimsy pretext to spend time together. All of a sudden, the birdsong changes. “Run, love interest!” says main character, but love interest won’t leave main character behind. The camera pans over to the computer screen in their laboratory, which overlooks the park. The video now shows another scene at the end, an enormous eagle shredding a person with its talons and beak.

    That’s all I’ve got so far.