My weight dropped 10%, and my blood lipids and "bad" cholesterol dropped to levels I hadn't seen in 35 years, after 2 years with creatine. Do not overthink this. Just try it, especially if you are 40+

Oh this is too funny. Yes, silicon idiot, human brains are the result of a million years of evolution. Nobody said they were perfect. For example they make terrible mistakes. Like designing LLMs that "hallucinate" articles like this

no, verrrrry expensive

https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/26/big-tech-ext...

these "free" products are hugely, mind-bogglingly, yet invisibly expensive

Exactly, They are “expensive” because they are harvesting every single piece of data about you that they can possible collect

Most people know something like that is happening but they have no idea the vast knowledge graph of information that is available for sale about them.

And these days that data isn’t just being used for advertising.

Read you loud and clear. I enjoyed the crazy adventure that was the early internet. Really truly enjoyed it for over a decade, almost two. It's now gone, FUBAR and loaded with trackers. I usually can't even access an online newspaper anymore without logging in and being tracked. That's where I draw the line. It is nobody's business what I am reading. Got a stack of books to read now, instead. Not to say that legit sites without trackers don't exist anymore, but finding one of those randomly, for example as a result of search, is getting harder every day. Of course, the risk is real is that as the quality of journalism has diminished, thanks to trackers and putting the most popular dating advice and recipes on online newspapers' front pages in lieu of the reports of what's really happening in the world, we'll all soon be living in bubbles of filtered, sanatized information. So, it's not just privacy threats anymore.

Amen. Completely agree. Getting harder and harder to fight the good fight these days.

"the only thoughts of value are those reached through walking" - Nietszche

(reading that in German might have more nuances)

I've been buying a "new" used iphone for $100-150 now, every few years, for over a decade. My "new" used Dell laptop I bought a few months ago for $40 which became a linux system in just an hour. All good here.

My goodness thank you.

they swapped out the "t" for an "e"

/s

Nice essay, good analysis of the Machavellian types that thrive around unlimited money, power and bullshit. Would a scene from another Russian novel about playing Russian roulette while partying would fit here? Sure you capture the spirit of that but nearly everyone has severe dopamine addiction while online these days. It has to be outrageous and over-the-top to get clicks and resharing!

The internet has become a circus and AI keeps us all on the freak show and hall of distorted mirror images.

Make it into a script/screenplay, perhaps?

that garden site is something I'll return to. I have a "baby" site at xeriscape.neocities.org and this kind of feature would be muy excellente to include

thanks

Here's another rough one of mine... about 59% complete on my quest to document 100 DAYS OF PICKING UP LITTER

https://100daysoflitter.blogspot.com/