The Deep North

This is an old favorite of mine. I'm a big fan of this brand of irony and satire. The archaic language somehow makes it even more, shall I say, delicious -- pun intended.  Swift sends up the careless greed, cruelty and lack of humanity of the wealthy and powerful blithely turning a blind eye to the plight of the poor.  Source:  https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm A Modest Proposal For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick. by Dr. Jonathan Swift 1729 It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads, and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms. These mothers, instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood, are forced to employ all their time in s...

We should collectively be ashamed of the monsters we have allowed to hijack our governments, our economy our schools and even public debate. Is there any place, any place at all, that we will draw the line? "Who, commenting on the deaths of more than half a million children, said " I think that this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it." ? Madeleine Albright, as US Ambassador to the United Nations, on the 60 Minutes TV programme, 12 May, 1996 She was responding to the finding of a United Nations FAO report that 567000 Iraqi children under the age of five had died as a result of sanctions. Eight months later, Bill Clinton appointed her Secretary of State." From http://www.politicalcompass.org/iconochasms

I keep seeing 'helpful' posts of graphics of 'top AI blah blah' and all you have to do is sign up to their email spam to get them so they can be used. It's super annoying because it's not helpful and it's dishonest. These links are ones I routinely use myself. You might have to sign up for some, but they all have a free mode and it is a useful one. I pay for ChatGPT myself to get more features, but I generally use the free modes for things.  These include the links in the short guide that I posted here:  https://blog.bobtrower.com/2025/02/try-ai-right-now-simple-guide.html  Disclaimer: There is absolutely no warranty of fitness for these. Net providers have an unfortunate habit of luring people into using things they subsequently make worse. There's a term for it that is not family friendly.  Site & Link Description ChatGPT https://chat.openai.com/ ...