32rd calendar week
2026
Note: Due to the current operation from changing locations, the extent
and depth of the reflections may temporarily deviate from the usual level.
20260811-L3840
Signals to
China: British Navy Cuts Internet Access to Surface Drones
Cameras from
a third-party manufacturer on British Navy surface drones were sending vital
signs to China. As a result, their internet access was cut off. The British
Navy shut down the internet connection of cameras on surface drones after it
was discovered that they were continuously communicating with an IP address in
China. The British Telegraph reported this, adding that the signals were
described as "heartbeat signals." The British Ministry of Defence has assured the public that it has no evidence
"that sensitive data or systems were transmitted abroad."
Nevertheless, the incident has raised concerns that the cameras may have
endangered personnel of elite forces. The British manufacturer has reportedly
already admitted to the discovery...
20260811-L3839
What Is the
Next Weapon? The Rise of the Adaptive Military Ecosystem
Every
generation of warfare produces a defining weapon, but history shows that
weapons themselves rarely determine victory. The decisive advantage belongs to
the societies capable of creating the organizations, industries, and human
expertise necessary to transform new technologies into sustained military
power...
20260811-L3838
The Pacific
Phenomenon El Niño
https://www.weltderphysik.de/mediathek/podcast/el-nino/
El Niño is
part of a circulation pattern that occurs in both the atmosphere and the ocean.
Researchers refer to it as ENSO, which stands for El Niño-Southern Oscillation.
The phenomenon takes place in the tropical Pacific Ocean between Indonesia and
South America—on the other side of the globe from Europe's perspective. By
"coupled," Daniela Domeisen means that the
atmosphere and the ocean constantly influence each other: if one of these
components changes, the other reacts and also changes.
20260810-L3837
A Taboo
Product Suddenly Enhances the Effect of Blood Pressure Lowering Drugs
In a recent
study, researchers from London used an everyday product, generally considered
extremely harmful to health, and achieved a measurable effect on the heart. A
controlled experiment showed that manipulating the oral environment with a
taboo product increases the bioavailability of cardioactive substances.
Scientists have stumbled upon a surprising phenomenon: Sugary chewing gum, the
bane of every dentist's existence, could enhance the blood pressure-lowering
effect of beetroot juice. In a small study, the blood pressure of healthy test
subjects dropped slightly when they chewed sugary gum after drinking the juice.
The sugar-free version had no effect. However, this sweet chewing gum is not a
new miracle cure for high blood pressure. But the result reveals an interplay
within our bodies: What we eat changes the chemistry in our mouths and directly
influences how efficiently the body produces heart-protective messenger
substances...
20260808-L3836
World’s First
Self-Driving Robot Aboard A Ship Could Soon Enter Holds Too Toxic For Seafarers
A
self-driving robot has completed the world’s first autonomous shipboard
demonstration, showing it can operate inside vessel areas where hazardous
conditions may make access difficult for crew members. Hyundai Motor and Kia’s
mobile robot platform MobED was tested aboard the
multipurpose vessel HYUNDAI DUBAI during a demonstration conducted with Korean
Register, HMM, HMM Ocean Service and Goseong Engineering in Changwon, South
Korea. The trial examined whether a land-based autonomous robot could function
reliably in a moving ship environment affected by vibration, movement and
changing surfaces...
20260808-L3835
UK DragonFire laser system shoots down high-speed drones
during trials
·
More Images: https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=38057d684074d37
The UK’s DragonFire laser weapon system has shot down high-speed
drones in new trials conducted at the UK Ministry of Defence’s
Hebrides range. Following the successful trials, the UK government has awarded
a GBP 316 million contract to MBDA UK to accelerate the deployment of the
system. The trials included drones flying at over 400 mph and included a UK
first of above-the-horizon tracking, targeting and
shooting down such drones. The laser system possesses the precision to strike a
£1 coin from a distance of one kilometre
and is priced at only GBP 10 per shot. This method is more economical when
compared to conventional missile systems, which can exceed hundreds of
thousands of pounds per shot. By 2027, DragonFire is
set to be installed on a Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer, achieving this milestone
five years ahead of the initial schedule...
20260808-L3834
70 Ships
Trapped in Persian Gulf as Iran-U.S. Conflict Nears Six Months
At least 70
ships remain trapped in the Persian Gulf nearly six months into the Iran-U.S.
conflict with more ships now being stalled after the ceasefire between the
countries broke down. The memorandum of understanding implemented from June 18
to July 8 between Tehran and Washington created the opportunity for many of the
stranded ships to finally exit the Persian Gulf after being stuck for months,
Bridget Diakun, maritime intelligence and research
director with London-based Lloyd’s List Intelligence, said during a Thursday
webinar. However, not all were able to escape before the ceasefire was called
off. Of the approximately 70 ships remaining in the gulf, 29 are tankers. At
the beginning of the conflict, there were 160 tankers trapped. During the MOU
period, ships also entered the Persian Gulf. There are now 65 ships that
entered during that time that have not left, Diakun
said. The Strait of Hormuz saw an uptick in transits last week, but Diakun cautioned that it could be an outlier...
20260808-L3833
OCCAR signs
Horizon Mid-Life-Upgrade Contract Amendment No. 2
The OCCAR-EA
Director, the Chief Executive Officer of EUROSAM GIE, and the Chief Executive
Officer of NAVIRIS have signed Amendment No. 2 to the Horizon Mid-Life-Upgrade
(MLU) contract. This amendment incorporates the contractual, technical
and commercial updates required to support the next phase of the Horizon MLU Programme and to ensure the timely continuation of the planned
modernization activities for the four Horizon-class frigates operated by the
French and Italian Navies. The primary objective of Amendment No. 2 is to
introduce all contractual changes necessary to enable the start of works
onboard the First Italian Ship (FOC IT), scheduled to commence at the end of
September. The amendment provides the contractual framework required to launch
these activities while maintaining programme
coherence and ensuring alignment with the operational requirements of the Participating
Nations. The Horizon MLU Programme continues to
address system and equipment obsolescence issues through the design, development and onboard integration of advanced
capabilities…
20260808-L3832
Meloni
rejects Sánchez ultimatum to lift Schengen checks
https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/08/meloni-rejects-sanchez-ultimatum-to-lift-schengen-checks/
Rome has tied
any review of the suspension to intelligence warnings of a fresh mass crossing
attempt at Ceuta. he Italian Government has said it
will not withdraw the border checks it imposed on travellers
arriving from Spain, rejecting a deadline set by Madrid and refusing to
reconsider the measure before August 15.
Prime
Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office said in a statement on August 7 that Italy
“does not accept ultimatums or impositions from abroad” on national security
and border control.
Palazzo Chigi said the suspension of Schengen rules for third-country
nationals arriving from Spain would remain in place at least until August 15
and until security and terrorist risks to Italy were ruled out entirely.
Only once
Rome was certain there would be no further wave of irregular arrivals heading
for European territory could the decision be revisited, the statement said.
The Spanish
Government had earlier given Italy until the end of August 9 to lift the
checks, warning it would otherwise adopt “proportionate measures” to protect
the interests and dignity of Spanish citizens.
Madrid argued
that the decision taken on August 1 rested on grounds incompatible with the
Schengen Borders Code and said the controls had disrupted thousands of passengers
at the height of the summer season.
Spain has
also stressed that Ceuta lies outside the Schengen area under a special regime,
meaning none of those who reached the enclave could have travelled onward
freely.
Italian
interior minister Matteo Piantedosi said the suspension was a temporary measure
permitted under EU treaties, adding that Rome would look again at its position
after August 15.
He said the
checks were selective and aimed at non-EU nationals and dismissed the Italian
opposition’s reaction as overblown, suggesting a government led by socialists
was treated as untouchable.
Spanish
intelligence services had themselves judged credible an online appeal for a
repeat mass crossing on August 15, Piantedosi said, making it difficult to
argue that the grounds for the measure had disappeared.
Rome insisted
the row did not damage its relationship with Spain and said it remained willing
to pursue constructive dialogue with Madrid.
Italian
border authorities would meanwhile do everything possible to ease passage for
Spanish and other European citizens, who are not covered by the air and sea
controls, the statement added.
Italy
notified the European Commission of the checks on August 3 and said they would
run until August 31, with the option of renewal. Home affairs commissioner
Magnus Brunner has said the measure must be proportionate.
Some 72,000
migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta in late July, according to figures
given by Spanish interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska.
At least 75 people died attempting the crossing.
20260807-L3831
The German
Navy: Between Upheaval and Decline
https://haintz.media/artikel/deutschland/die-bundesmarine-zwischen-umbruch-und-niedergang/
The German
Navy is currently undergoing a comprehensive transformation process, which
includes the modernization of its equipment. But even if the ambitious plans
are fully implemented, the question remains whether it can meet the demands of
modern naval warfare in time. Ambitions versus limited resources. Germany faces
a significant shortage of production capacity to prepare for a regional
conflict. The Navy continues to suffer from a marked imbalance of power,
particularly a lack of modern ships and submarines that still need to be built.
Nevertheless, the Naval Command has repeatedly signaled its readiness to become
active throughout the operational area of the GIUK gap
(Greenland–Iceland–United Kingdom) from 2029 onwards. This leaves the German Navy three
years to modernize its fleet. The fleet development plan “Navy Course 2025” and
the “Target Vision for the Navy from 2035 onwards” do not foresee the
technological modernization of the entire fleet until 2035. Until then, the
command will only have access to the “older half of the fleet,” which must
first undergo accelerated operational readiness training. The intended goals…
20260807-L3830
T-2000
Voyager offshore in a gale, drone video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVF8-fAj0I
Hats off to
my crew for flying the drone and recovering it whilst undertaking recent sea
trials with Voyager, not an easy task from the boat offshore during a gale. We captured some great drone footage of her running
fast in some fairly rough conditions. Here’s the full
video of the day...
20260807-L3829
Quick
Take…the Fauci Diaries and the Lab Leak renaissance
https://off-guardian.org/2026/07/29/quick-take-the-fauci-diaries-and-the-lab-leak-renaissance/
Dr Anthony
Fauci is testifying in front of congress today. Waiting for him, teeth bared,
is his nemesis Rand Paul, armed with incriminating e-mails and (allegedly)
extracts from Fauci’s personal diary, written between 2019 and 2022. Suddenly,
everybody is talking about Covid’s mysterious origins again. Familiar names and
phrases, like the Wuhan Institute of Virology and “gain of function” are doing
the rounds once more. “It was natural”, say some. “It was a lab accident”, say
others. “They released it on purpose,” chorus a third group. My position – and
the OffG position – has been clear for years: There
was no Covid virus. It didn’t jump from
a bat, or leak from a lab and it wasn’t a bio-weapon,
because it never existed. This is the only logical interpretation of the evidence.
The evidence of fore-knowledge and planning obviously
rules out an accident or natural occurrence. Unless you want to argue that the
greatest psy-op of all time – involving actors in
every section of civil society at every level of authority in almost every
country on Earth – started by accident. And the refutation of the bio-weapon
thesis is a simple question: What’s the point of a bio-weapon
that doesn’t do anything? “Covid” had near-identical death rates to seasonal
flu, the majority of “Covid cases” never even had symptoms. Is this what they
spent billions researching? Is it not more likely the disease was a creation of
testing protocols and propaganda...
20260807-L3828
Europe begins
to react to the Ceuta invasion, but not with one voice
Source: newsletter@brusselssignal.eu
Nothing exposes
the architecture of a union like the moment it has to
move. Europe is moving now, in the manner of a convoy whose vehicles have taken
different roads out of the same junction. Interior ministers found common
ground on August 4 on everything a communiqué can hold: Faster returns, tougher
action against smuggling networks and early-warning tools including social
media monitoring. The letter that forced the meeting had carried 22 of 27
signatures, with France and Portugal withholding theirs. Magnus Brunner,
Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, delivered both halves of an
impossible brief. He saw no direct connection between Madrid's amnesty and the
enclave, called the measure "definitely not a good signal for the rest of
Europe" and conceded it was a national competence — a scheme built for
500,000 that has drawn nearly 1.2 million applications. Rome did not wait for
the verdict. Italian airports began routing passengers off Spanish flights into
separate arrival lanes on August 1, the mandatory notification to Brussels
following two days later, while France reimposed checks along its own Spanish
frontier...
20260806-L3827
Indonesian
Navy Debuts Kamikaze USV During Major Exercise
The
Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) deployed a one-way attack (kamikaze/suicide) unmanned
surface vessel (USV) for the first time during a major inter-service exercise
in Dabo Singkep, Riau Islands. The exercise also saw
the navy launching a loitering munition from a warship and firing two C-705
anti-ship missiles. The USV features an angular grey hull with a raised section
at the rear. A mast-mounted optronic sensor sits above the raised section,
likely providing electro-optical imagery for remote navigation, target
identification, and/or terminal guidance. The two openings in the upper rear
section appear consistent with engine exhaust outlets, suggesting the USV uses
an internal combustion engine...
20260806-L3826
Germany, the
paradigm of a Europe adrift
Source: newsletter@brusselssignal.eu
The German
model was Europe's standing proof that prosperity, cheap power
and public order could be secured by careful administration rather than hard
choices, and half the continent arranged its politics around that assumption.
It is now being audited in public, and the figures are declining to co-operate.
Industry is shedding about 15,000 posts a month, a situation Federation of
German Industries (BDI) director general Tanja Gönner
calls "critical", with some 266,000 manufacturing jobs gone since
2019 and 124,100 of them in 2025 alone. Much of the loss is silent, arriving as
posts left unfilled rather than redundancies announced, and entry-level
vacancies for young people fell 42 per cent last year against the five-year
average...
20260806-L3825
White House
Pushes Congress to Build Warships and Non-Combatants Overseas
Reports
coming from Korea are that the Trump administration is pushing back on the U.S.
Congress while calling for building two warships and two non-combatant support
ships for the U.S. Navy overseas. While it does not specifically specify South Korean
years for the projects, the reports are being linked to earlier statements by
Donald Trump in favor of South Korea’s shipbuilders. The White House and U.S.
Navy have repeatedly expressed frustration about the problems in the domestic
shipbuilding industry and the delays in building ships for the U.S. Navy.
Donald Trump has outlined a plan for a large build-up for the Navy led by his
vision of a new generation of battleships. The Korean news agency Yonhap
reported in June that Donald Trump had a conversation with South Korea’s
President Lee Jae Myung on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France. He
reportedly asked, “Can you quickly build 10 U.S. warships?...
20260806-L3824
Europe
remains invaded
·
Source: newsletter@brusselssignal.eu
Apparently, emergencies
in Europe now end by press conference, while the soldiers still working the
hills of Ceuta, and the men still hiding in them, have not been consulted.
Spanish interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska
has declared the situation "almost entirely reversed", nearly all of
those who crossed having been returned to Morocco and the death toll rising
with each body recovered along the coast. Days after that, the Legion and the Regulares were still working the beaches and hillsides of
the enclave behind armoured vehicles, the temporary
stay centre was holding far beyond its capacity, and
rooms were being let by the night to those still in hiding. Prime Minister
Pedro Sánchez has blamed a Supreme Court ruling which found that migrants
arriving by swimming cross no physical containment element and so cannot be
summarily returned, a reading he said trafficking networks had turned to their
own advantage. Members of the court have called that accusation indecent,
describing a political failure rather than a judicial one and saying Morocco
had presented Sánchez with a bill whose contents they could not identify, while
the Popular Party has tabled a text in the Congress of Deputies to rewrite a
provision drafted for pressure on fences rather than by sea...
20260806-L3823
It's not
immigration, it's an invasion
·
Source: newsletter@brusselssignal.eu
Invasion is
the word Spain's own Civil Guard associations reached for, and the objection to
it has been that it is intemperate rather than that it is inaccurate. Pedro
Sánchez, arriving at the Tarajal crossing after the
fact, called what had happened a violation of Spanish territorial integrity,
which is the same accusation in a register the Spanish Government can survive.
Around 60,000 people entered a city of some 84,000 over recent days, on the
estimate of Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas, and at
least 72 died in the attempt, drowning past the fence
or crushed in the surge at the breakwater. Madrid refused a national emergency,
blamed a Supreme Court ruling of July 8 that barred summary returns at sea and
sent in an army detachment tasked with securing the city rather than the
frontier. Paris did not wait to be asked. French interior minister Laurent
Nuñez ordered controls on the Spanish border reinforced without delay and
activated a rapid border intervention force created in 2023 for the Italian
frontier, so that the European border hardened fastest last week was the one
running through the Pyrenees between two member states...
20260805-L3822
Ceuta crisis
sparks online speculation over Israel’s role in pressuring Spain
The emergency
in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta has sparked an intense online debate
over Israel’s possible role in efforts to punish Madrid over its outspoken
support for Palestine. The speculation intensified after social media users
resurfaced articles published earlier this year by pro-Israel analysts who
argued that Israel and the US should aid Morocco over its claim to Ceuta and
Melilla as a means of pressuring Spain. Israeli sources revealed that in March,
Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, called on
Morocco to organise a new “Green March” into the
Spanish enclaves. Writing for the US-based Middle East Forum, Rubin suggested
that Moroccans approach Ceuta and Melilla with bulldozers, cross into the
territories unarmed and raise the Moroccan flag. He framed the proposal as a
response to what he portrayed as Spain’s anti-colonial hypocrisy. A separate
article published by the Israeli outlet Ynet in April recommend that Israel
could use its influence in Washington to help Morocco “recover” Ceuta and
Melilla. The author, Middle East Forum fellow Amine Ayoub, presented support
for Rabat’s territorial claim as a means of punishing Spain for challenging US
and Israeli policies...
20260805-L3821
Indian vessel
sinks after Red Sea attack off Yemen, all 14 crew
rescued
An Indian
vessel sank after coming under attack in the Red Sea by an explosives-laden
boat off Yemen’s western coast, with all 14 crew members rescued, Yemen’s
government-aligned National Resistance Forces announced on Tuesday, Anadolu
reports. The forces’ December 2 news agency said the Faize
Noore Oliya was attacked while sailing about 13
nautical miles south of Al Hudaydah, in the Red Sea, causing
it to sink. The agency did not give details about the circumstances of the
attack or identify the party responsible. It said the Yemeni Navy and Coast
Guard carried out a joint rescue operation that saved all 14 crew members,
including 13 Indian sailors and one Yemeni. No casualties were recorded, and
the crew members were transferred to a safe location where they received
medical assistance, the report added. The outlet did not specify the vessel’s
flag or ownership, identifying it only as an Indian ship. No group had claimed
responsibility for the attack as of 1415GMT...
20260805-L3820
Strong Cargo
Demand Offsets Rising Costs for ONE
https://www.marinelink.com/news/strong-cargo-demand-offsets-rising-costs-541746
Ocean Network
Express (ONE) reported a profitable first quarter for fiscal 2026, overcoming
higher fuel costs and geopolitical disruptions through strong cargo demand,
disciplined capacity management and rising freight rates, while continuing to
invest in fleet modernization under its long-term ONE2030 strategy. For the
quarter ended June 30, 2026, the Singapore-based container carrier generated
revenue of $4.54 billion, EBITDA of $707 million and EBIT of $76 million,
resulting in a net profit of $31 million. The carrier transported 3.26 million
TEU during the quarter at an average freight rate of $1,300 per TEU. While
profit declined from the same period a year earlier, ONE characterized the results
as demonstrating resilience in a challenging operating environment marked by
escalating fuel prices and continued instability in the Middle East. Rising
bunker costs, driven largely by the regional conflict, significantly increased
operating expenses, while higher ship-related costs also weighed on earnings.
These headwinds were partially offset by stronger cargo volumes and improving
freight rates across key trades…
Govt honours Lomaiviti
Princess 12 crew for life-saving sea rescue
20260804-L3819
Six Medical
Professionals Rescued After Missing at Sea -
Near Fiji’s
Lau Group, Transferred for Medical Assessments
Six medical
professionals who were reported missing at sea in the Lau Group have been found
safe, the Republic of Fiji Navy confirmed tonight. The group was located about
11 nautical miles southwest of Lakeba and rescued by the inter-island vessel Lomaiviti Princess 12 after an extensive multi-agency
search and rescue operation. The Navy
said all six were taken aboard Lomaiviti Princess 12 and are being transferred for
medical assessments. No further details on their identities, condition or how
long they had been adrift were provided in the Navy statement, which thanked
mariners and vessels operating in the area for their prompt response and
support during the search. Special recognition was given to the captain and
crew of Lomaiviti Princess 12 for locating and
successfully rescuing the missing group. The Navy also acknowledged the
coordinated efforts of government agencies, search teams, local communities and individual volunteers whose combined
response it said was instrumental to the successful outcome. “This incident
demonstrates the importance of cooperation, vigilance and coordination amongst
agencies and mariners,” the statement said…
20260804-L3818
El Niño to
intensify next month as Fiji faces strong winds and rough seas
As the UN
warned a “strong El Niño” is set to intensify from next month, Fiji’s weather
services and frontline workers found themselves confronting immediate hazards
this week — from a national strong-wind alert and rough seas to a near-fatal
maritime incident that has health staff demanding better transport and safety
for outreach work. The World Meteorological Organization on Friday flagged an
El Niño event that forecasts sea-surface temperature anomalies to exceed 2.9°C
in key regions, with UN Secretary‑General António Guterres saying:
“El Niño is strengthening, adding fuel to a planet already on fire with
scorching heat domes, apocalyptic wildfires and record hot seas.” Locally, the
Fiji Meteorological Service issued a Strong Wind Alert for parts of the country
and all Fiji waters, warning residents to secure loose items and mariners to
avoid unnecessary travel as conditions produce rough and potentially dangerous
seas...
20260803-L3817
Navy awards
$76.6 billion for Virginia, Columbia-class submarines
The U.S. Navy
announced that it is awarding contracts for another round of ballistic missile
and fast-attack submarines. The Defense Department is granting a collective
$76.6 billion to General Dynamics Electric Boat for five Columbia-class
submarines and to both General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls
Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding for nine Virginia-class submarines to be
built in the coming years. “This historic investment underscores the
department’s continued commitment to undersea superiority and the
recapitalization of our nuclear triad,” said Vice Adm. Robert Gaucher, director
of submarine programs. “By securing the continuous production of both the
Columbia and Virginia classes, we ensure we will continue to deliver the
world’s most lethal, survivable and resilient combat
platform...
20260803-L3816
The Federal
Reserve Cartel. The Roundtable and The Illuminati
https://www.globalresearch.ca/federal-reserve-cartel-part-iii-roundtable-illuminati/5818582
...Rhodes
founded De Beers and Standard Chartered Bank. According to Gary Allen’s expose,
The Rockefeller Files, Milner financed the Russian Bolsheviks on Rothschild’s
behalf, with help from Jacob Schiff and Max Warburg. In 1917 British Foreign
Secretary Arthur Balfour penned a letter to Zionist Second Lord Lionel Walter
Rothschild in which he expressed support for a Jewish homeland on
Palestinian-controlled lands in the Middle East. The Balfour Declaration
justified the brutal seizure of Palestinian lands for the post-WWII
establishment of Israel. Israel would
serve, not as some high-minded “Jewish homeland”, but as lynchpin in
Rothschild/Eight Families control over the world’s oil supply. Baron Edmond de Rothschild built the first
oil pipeline from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean to bring BP Iranian oil to
Israel. He founded Israeli General Bank
and Paz Oil. He is considered by many the father of modern Israel...
20260803-L3815
US Navy
deploys GARC uncrewed surface vessel in first live-fire training exercise
The U.S. Navy
is rapidly advancing its unmanned surface fleet. Just a little over two weeks
after U.S. Central Command utilized three Corsair unmanned surface vessels to
strike a submarine and ship maintenance facility at the Bandar Abbas naval base
in Iran, marking the “first time American forces have employed sea drones in combat
operations,” the Navy confirmed its first live-fire training exercise of its
Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft uncrewed surface vessel. Two former U.S.
warships, the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu and
the cruiser USS Mobile Bay, were sent below the seas off the coast of Hawaii
during a live sinking exercise, or SINKEX, event during the biennial Rim of the
Pacific exercise. On July 24, the Navy released footage of the sinking,
including the USV targeting the hull of the USS Peleliu...
20260803-L3814
We’re Being
Plunged Into Dystopia When We Could Be Living In
Paradise
It’s not just
all the war, injustice, ecocide and dystopia that
hurts. It’s knowing it didn’t have to be this way. It’s knowing what could have
been. It’s funny the things that get to you when you’ve been at this for a
while. Today the thing that smacked me upside the head and made me lay my face
in my hands for a minute was a viral video clip of Canadian politician Bill
Oliver accidentally reading out text from the AI chatbot which had authored his
speech before the New Brunswick legislature. “Public confidence in the office
of an advocate matters,” Oliver said while reading from his prepared statement,
before blurting out “Here’s a more natural, flowing version of that section
that reads like a legislative speech rather than a series of short points...
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