National security adviser Michael Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador, despite denials, officials say. National security adviser Michael Flynn privately discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with that country’s ambassador to the United States during the month before President Donald Trump took office, contrary to public assertions by Trump officials, current and former U.S. officials said. (Russian Interference In The 2016 Election) (more)

Matt Taibbi: Why the Russia Story Is a Minefield for Democrats and the Media. The manner in which these stories are being reported is becoming a story in its own right. Russia has become an obsession, cultural shorthand for a vast range of suspicions about Donald Trump. (Russian Interference In The 2016 Election) (more)

FBI Director James Comey tried to reveal Russian tampering months before election. While news outlets reported in June that Russian hackers accessed Democratic National Committee emails, U.S. intelligence agencies didn’t confirm that the Russian government was trying to influence the election until months later. (Russian Interference In The 2016 Election) (more)

What we know about the leaked NSA report on Russia. Reality Winner, a government contractor accused of leaking top secret National Security Agency intelligence on Russia’s alleged interference in last year’s election, was arrested on Monday, according to court documents filed in the case. (Russian Interference In The 2016 Election) (more)

Rod Rosenstein announced indictments of Russians in U.S. election meddling (more)

First Person Sentenced In Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation. A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Alex van der Zwaan to 30 days in prison, a $20,000 fine and two months’ supervised release, making him the first person to be sentenced as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 election. Russian Interference In The 2016 Election (more)

Scott Adams: Russia Hacked our Election! (So what?) From 2017 onward, the democratic process in any country is open to “voting” by the entire world. The foreign “votes” will come in the form of social media influence on the local voters. Russian Interference In The 2016 Election (more)

Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election. Russian military intelligence executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting machine software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails to more than 100 local election officials just days before last November’s presidential election, according to a highly classified intelligence report obtained by The Intercept. (This led to Reality Winner arrest.) Russian Interference In The 2016 Election (more)

an agreement to do something (by a certain time, conforming to certain expectations) (more)

Zvi Mowshowitz: o3 Is a Lying Liar. I love o3. I’m using it for most of my queries now. But that damn model is a lying liar. Who lies. (more)

Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, Swamp Thing, Batman: The Killing Joke, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? and From Hell.[1] He is widely recognised among his peers and critics as one of the best comic book writers in the English language.[2][3] Moore has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, Brilburn Logue, and Translucia Baboon; also, reprints of some of his work have been credited to The Original Writer when Moore requested that his name be removed.... Moore is an occultist, ceremonial magician (maagick),[6] and anarchist,[7] and has featured such themes in works including Promethea, From Hell, and V for Vendetta, as well as performing avant-garde spoken word occult "workings" with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been released on CD... As a comics writer, Moore applies literary sensibilities to the mainstream of the medium as well as including challenging subject matter and adult themes. He brings a wide range of influences to his work, such as William S. Burroughs,[90] William Blake,[91] Thomas Pynchon,[92] and Iain Sinclair,[93] New Wave science fiction writers like Michael Moorcock, and horror writers such as Clive Barker.[94] Influences within comics include Will Eisner,[95] Steve Ditko,[96] Harvey Kurtzman,[97] Jack Kirby,[98] and Bryan Talbot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore

genre of sci fi and music

In knowledge representation and reasoning, knowledge graph is a knowledge base that uses a graph-structured data model or topology to integrate data. Knowledge graphs are often used to store interlinked descriptions of entities – objects, events, situations or abstract concepts – while also encoding the semantics underlying the used terminology.[1] Since the development of the Semantic Web, knowledge graphs are often associated with linked open data projects, focusing on the connections between concepts and entities.[2][3] They are also prominently associated with and used by search engines such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo; knowledge-engines and question-answering services such as WolframAlpha, Apple's Siri, and Amazon Alexa; and social networks such as LinkedIn and Facebook. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_graph

see Linked Data

From the Great Depression through now. 2 separate Economic Transitions. (A Brain Fart started in 2009.) (more)

see GoogleTalk, etc.

Rich Hickey is a computer programmer and speaker, known as the creator of the Clojure programming language. Clojure is a Lisp dialect built on top of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).[1][2] He also created or designed ClojureScript and the Extensible Data Notation (EDN) data format. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Hickey (more)

Structured Group Discussion system. In the 1980s, Horst Rittel developed the Issue-Based Information System, a hypertext environment for the structured discussion of design issues. This system uses a stringent classification scheme to organize the data. There are three node types (issues, positions, arguments) and nine link types (responds-to, questions, supports, objects-to, specializes, generalizes, refers-to, replaces). These elements are designed to be used in the analysis of "Wicked Problems." (more)

Tim Leary 1979 book The Game of Life, connecting his Eight-Circuit Model Of Consciousness to tarot, the i-ching, cabala (more)

The tarot (/ˈtæroʊ/, first known as trionfi and later as tarocchi or tarock) is a pack of playing cards, used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play games such as Italian tarocchini, French tarot and Austrian Königrufen, many of which are still played today. In the late 18th century, some tarot decks began to be used for divination via tarot card reading and cartomancy leading to custom decks developed for such occult purposes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot (more)