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What a day!

Today I went to a traditional barbershop to have my hair cut. While I was waiting in line, an elderly gentleman struck up a conversation with me. "Hey, where are you from?" he asked me. "I'm from Justin. I have a house in the city," I answered. "I mean, where are you originally from?" he said, stressing the word "originally." "I am from China originally, and I've lived here since 2019. So where are you from? Where's your hometown? " "My hometown is Lowell, thirty miles away from Justin, but I've been in the area for almost 35 years, ever since I married my wife, Ann. What do you think about this country? It's a great country, huh? "Yeah, a great country and a fantastic country. This morning, my neighbor hung a new banner above his garage door: the banner says: Trump 2033! Please forgive me for being a Trump voter! To my knowledge, the American presidency is limited to two terms. Am I right?...

蒲生氏郷 辞世の句

「限りあれば 吹かねど花は 散るものを 心短き 春の山風」 この歌を現代文に訳すなら、 風が吹かなくとも花は時間が経てば散ってしまうのに、春の山嵐はなぜ短気にも花を散らせてしまうのか

Reading thoughts: “Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data

In southeast Memphis - KeShaun Pearson’s hometown, a latest industrial megaproject called “Colossus,” owned by Musk’s artificial-intelligence company xAI, is being used as a training ground for Grok. It can consume as much electricity over the course of a year as 200,000 American homes, and it was powered by natural gas equipped with enormous turbines. Currently, to meet the surging demand of generative AI, energy and tech companies are turning to reliable and stable fossil fuels over solar, wind, or nuclear. Swaths of Data centers are booming across the United States in states like Virginia, Arizona, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Texas. Compared with China, lack of energy is the biggest disadvantage of the United States, hungering for energy is the main driving force to push Constellation to restart their Unit One at Three Mile Island - the site of the worst nuclear disaster in American history. A guarantee to power Microsoft’s data centers over the next two decades enhanced its confi...

Reading notes

Just now, I finished reading today’s must-read article from The New Yorker, titled “He Helped Stop Iran from Getting the Bomb: The Spy Who Told All” by David D. Kirkpatrick. The article was published on March 30, 2026, and it was dated April 6, 2026. Unsurprisingly, David D. Kirkpatrick’s article portrayed a retired CIA agent Chalker who was embroiled in an embarrassing lawsuit with an investor named Elliott Broidy. Elliott Broidy is a major donor to President Donald J. Trump. In a comprehensive 53-page article, David Kirkpatrick explores the reasons behind Chalker’s decision to join the CIA. He delves into the lawsuit claiming that Qutar had paid Chalker to orchestrate Elliott Broidy and several others. Despite the loss of Chalker from the lawsuit, Kirkpatrick highlights his exceptional performance as a case officer in defecting Iranian scientists to the United States from Iran. Kirkpatrick, in a strange turn of events, appeared to be attempting to defend Chalker’s reputation....

Observation

Is the orange guy really about making America great again, or just making the rich greater? That has been one of my biggest misconceptions was about Americans. I used to believe that critical pedagogy could help ordinary people understand right from wrong and foster independent thought. However, I was mistaken. Education alone doesn’t guarantee deep thinking — people have to question and reflect for themselves. These days, it feels like society is becoming more like an OrwellianAnimal Farm — a place ruled by the survival of the fittest. Wealth seems to define morality, the poor are dismissed as worthless, victims are denied justice, and the powerful appear free to do whatever they want. Is this really the kind of world we want? The Epstein case has already showed us how blatantly those in power can insult our intelligence. And then there are people who’ll tell you that if you don’t support Trump, you’re somehow a traitor trying to undermine America. In 2023, I often...

A Few Thoughts on TikTok

Social media platforms are designed to make money, and their core algorithms are built to keep users hooked. So how can we use these apps without becoming part of their profit model? It’s incredibly easy to spend from 30 minutes to one hour scrolling on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube. In today’s world, our time and attention are valuable — a kind of visible wealth — and that’s precisely what these platforms are built to capture. I originally started uploading my spoken English practice videos on TikTok, hoping native speakers would correct my pronunciation. But they didn’t get much attention, probably because the algorithm mainly promotes content that has the potential to go viral. I also tried to find English learning videos on TikTok, but I mostly got entertainment clips. After watching a few, my feed was filled with similar content. The longer I stayed, the more it showed me, making it easy for me to lose track of time.

Good Times

Today I found a good aggregator website called Goodtimesweb.org. [Good Times: Industrial Policy Under National Security Cover]( https://goodtimesweb.org/ )