I CANNOT DO IT!

I JUST CAN’T BE A POLLYANNA, even when she’s preferred in times of stress. If I write from the gut, I find I’m both idealistic and realistic. I suspect my reader is, too. I cannot deny some headlines in recent news. Apologies, I should have known better.

A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn

Leaders from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons. NYTimes

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State Farm stops offering new insurance coverage in California – nytimes</span></h2>

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INFO:

Of the roughly 32 million refugees in the world today, the United States’ current cap for resettlement is 125,000. In 2022 the United States came nowhere near meeting it, resettling just 25,000 refugees

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MORE INFO:

Because of the federal actions that rendered usury regulations functionally irrelevant, there is virtually no interest rate cap applicable to credit cards today. Competition among credit card companies and banks remains the only factor keeping interest rates at their present levels.

Today the highest credit card rate goes as high as 36 percent, much higher than the 24 percent cap set by states with tighter usury limits. While the 36 percent rate is considered usurious under many states’ usury laws, that figure is nonetheless legal. So long as the rate is listed on your cardholder agreement and you agree to it, the deal is kosher.

wallethub.com/…

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HOWEVER, “ME”:

Am I “me” inside or just input-output?

Is my ken a passle of tales written to make sense?

So say some.

Who is the Me who crafts them?

What expands during meditation?

Just imagination?

“Me and my shadow” feels less lonely

than nothing and nothing.

Warmth personified