-- we got an email [from a group that is likely anti-war, didn't notice that] that war is a research lab for ai, unsure. sad idea :/ immediate response was that the nice thing about using AI in war is that the only solution is peace. all alternatives lead to a destructive borg replacing known reality with self-replicating weapons :/ [uncertainty -- traffick boss is full of flibbertigibbets. they are prooobably a form of mistakefrog, maybe nascent mistaketadpoles. some could identify them as other species with [potent-- the flibertigibbets hop out of him, this way and then, exploring the rain -- once upon a time, long long ago, -- -- 0545 . times move because sys clock here is pdt but local time is mdt (i think these things, uncertain) ummm it's tomorrow and our devices are both still broken O_O the phone eventually turned on but at 6% and dropped to 3% . the ipad only seems to turn on from black screen if both power buttons held at once, and then shows zero battery (while plugged all night); similarly the phone needs battery reseated to show display