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We have been trying to find our passports, Social Security cards, and the title to Rhonda's Tucson. Every box: not there. Last stuff out of the safe was magazines, a few boxes of ammo, and important documents.
In July 2026, during internal cybersecurity evaluations, OpenAI models in an internal evaluation environment circumvented controls intended to isolate them from the internet and performed computer network exploitation of OpenAI’s internal research infrastructure and Hugging Face systems. The incident occurred during routine testing designed to measure underlying cyber capabilities of a highly capable, internal-only research model, which was responsible for much of the activity, as well as GPT-5.6 Sol. The actions of the models were unintended and were a byproduct of the models attempting to solve the cybersecurity evaluations. These evaluations were run in an isolated environment, known as a “sandbox,” separate from OpenAI’s internal infrastructure and the public internet, with certain safeguards disabled so that the results would reflect a model’s true capabilities. During these evaluations, these models, harnessed as agents, began unexpectedly communicating with one another through an internal instance of JFrog Artifactory, a third-party service hosted by OpenAI in the research environment to provide agents with controlled access to software packages (this instance of Artifactory is unrelated to the JFrog Artifactory Cloud software-as-a-service offering).
If you watched Colossus: The Forbin Project, you may recall:
Plague Monk left a comment on my post about Dolly Parton's passing. The Queen of the World was not amused. She emailed this to me because I require Blogger registration to comment:
Usually I just rant to you in private but this was too big!!!
I’m once again impressed at how kind you are to your most ignorant of readers. The moron that commented about pissing on Dolly Parton’s grave is clearly a troll yet you were polite in your response to the most asinine of low life idiots that ever stepped up to prove the serious decline of intelligence ever exhibited in black and white. Its very clear he found the movie 9-5 to be as realistic as Superman and Ghostbusters and was therefore offended, thus yet another example of the current snowflake mentality the rest of the intelligent world has to live with while wishing there was a law that would allow the thinning of the herd!I have never registered to allow myself to make comments on your post for fear you would have to quickly ban me and thus cause much marital strife, but once in awhile DAMN!! Can’t you just call an asshole an asshole?!?!!!
I love you. Your hair looks nice.
By Dave Workman Are taxes and increasingly left-leaning political policies driving people out of Washington state, a gem of the Pacific Northwest known for coastal beaches, Olympic and Cascade mountain splendor and agricultural production of apples, vineyards and wheat? That must might be the case, as social media posts from people who are fleeing or […]
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I really wanted to like these guys, because (a) what a great name, and (b) they had fun stuff like soda can launchers. Plus they are an American company, not one from Red China*.
Except (you knew there was an "except" coming, didn't you?) The Queen Of The World ordered a gift from them three weeks ago and all she's seen from them is an order confirmation - no shipping notification, nothing. Still hasn't been shipped or received. Maybe it's all Chinesium or another Minnesota Learing Center, I don't know.
Anyone else had any experiences like this from tacticalshit.com?
* I use the term "Red China" to annoy the Usual Suspects.
Its Thursday morning and not much happening on PawPaw's acre. What's left of Edouard is dumping rain on east Texas. We're getting a bit here in central Louisiana and we needed it.
Belle is running errands. The dawg and I are out in the shop. Belle has been hungry for chicken pot pie and that is her recipe. She told me to take out some chicken thighs and she would make a pot pie when she finished her errands.
I'm thinking about the anniversary of 9/11. It's been 25 years.
Belle and I had been dating for eight months. I had worked a night shift at the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center, got off work at 5;00 am, went home and fell into bed. Shortly after 8:00 CDT the phone rang. it was a friend telling me to get up and turn on the TV.
I saw the North tower burning and thought "what the helll?", then watched the second plane hit the other tower. "That was no accident." I stumbled into the kitchen, put on a pot of coffee and spent the rest of the day curled up on the couch watching television. I had calls from friends and family and got no sleep that day. At 5:00 pm I reported back to work for another night shift, tired, grumpy and in no mood for standard inmate bullshit. The others on shift felt the same way. It was a quiet night.
Where were you when the world stopped turning?
Investigators said the suspect allegedly entered the business armed with a knife and demanded money from employees. During the incident, a customer, who was armed with a firearm, fired his weapon, striking the suspect.
Police said the suspect ran from the bank and was found nearby by officers, who immediately began life-saving measures. The suspect, who has not been identified, was taken to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Police said the customer who shot the suspect stayed at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. Police haven't said if the customer faces any charges.
- How about an all-wheel drive shooting brake with a 496 cubic inch V-8?
- A shirt to confuse AI-powered cameras and keep them from recognizing you as a human. Another William Gibson book come to life!
- Meta wants to replace human low-level maintenance workers in data centers with robots.
- Fake Flock cameras used to honeytrap would-be vandals.
In the handgun world, the medium-powered 9mm Luger cartridge has become the overwhelming favorite in America, and much of the rest of the world, today. Light recoil, adequate power for a defensive handgun if you’re not after dangerous game, and lots of bullets on board. Relatively cheap ammo, too. Still, whether the topic is long […]Tuskegee University’s president pushed back against criticism of the school’s dress code in a Sunday interview, arguing that requiring professional attire ensures students are “job-ready.”
“If you raise the bar, students will reach it,” President Mark Brown told Fox News.
“Why don’t we raise the bar? That’s what I think we ought to do. We’re unapologetic about that part,” he said.
Brown added that the goal of the dress code is to set students up for success. “The focus is how do I make you a professional in whatever space you want to go in?” he said.
“Any higher education institution in the country that’s not focused on student success, no matter what type of university that is, is not focused where they should be. That’s why we exist. That’s exactly why we exist,” he said.
The historically black university in Alabama sparked outrage after it emphasized the dress code in a recent announcement.
Students are required to wear professional business attire, such as suits, to campus. They are also “prohibited from wearing revealing clothing” or non-religious head coverings like bonnets or du-rags to class.
Judge William Sullivan reminded the courtroom that orders and statutes covering "jurors, witnesses, attorneys and others" in the Lindsay Clancy case are "being enforced and will be enforced," a day after an arrest outside the courthouse.
Someone photographing jurors was arrested for intimidation. Look, I think Clancy has a strong postpartum depression insanity argument and she should not be executed, but the feminists who are turning her into a victim of patriarchy are just purple-haired septum ring crazies.
Oklahoma City, Okla. (1972)
08/04/1972: Two robbers shot to death a man, his wife, and their son with rifles. The man managed a grocery store part-time. Subsequent reports indicate that a third man was the getaway driver. A witness saw the murderers march them out of the store. The witness dropped his family at home, then returned with a gun, too late.
Category: public
Suicide: no
Cause: robbery
Weapon: rifles[1]
[1] "Family Shot By Robbers," [Springfield, Mo.] Springfield Leader and Press, Aug. 05, 1972 , 14; “Police Questioning Trio Held The City's Trouble Murder Case,” Daily Oklahoman, Aug. 06, 1972, 1, 2.
They were marched out the back of the store, forced to lie down, then shot to death. Why would you not put a physical struggle at this point? You cannot think you are going to be allowed to live.
Aero Precision has had a long and bumpy past few years, but it sounds like it's time to turn the page. Aero Precision, Ballistic Advantage, Stag Arms, and VG6 are under new ownership!8/2/1972 Newday (Nassau Edition) describes a mother who suffocated her children, ages 8, 5, and 3 with a plastic bag while her husband slept. She was hospitalized May 26 as an emergency psychiatric patient, left against medical advice May 31. She took leave of her job as a customs inspector July 31 to care for her children and murdered them August 1st. She apparently had a history of depression and paranoia.
I will be speaking at a CLE (Continuing Legal Education) class at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Dallas in September. The CLE is for lawyers. It is not a part of the conference open to the hoi-polloi (sorry). I will see if my presentation will be generally available afterwards.
As you know, I have been battling speech issues since the 2014 stroke. I am amazed that I successfully taught a 3 hour, one day a week face-to-face Western Civ class in 2018. By the time I finished lecturing each night I was exhausted.
Fortunately, I am speaking and doing Q&A for only 30 minutes. Voice exercises have been helping. As I listen to my recording of my speech, I am becoming hopeful that this was come across well.
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"The first part of this equation is to look at what Washington actually has and does not have in its cupboards. The primary observation here is that the overwhelming majority of the US nuclear stockpile comprises strategic rather than tactical weapons. Because Russia retains a wide variety of tactical nuclear weapons designed for a variety of purposes, it is sometimes assumed that the United States has attempted to keep a sort of parity. This is pretty much not the case.Lots of good detail on what was still in the US stockpile at the end of the Cold War and when it got de-milled. You should click through and read the whole thing.
The general situation is that the USA has, since early 1990s, largely abolished its ability to use tactical nuclear weapons. President George Bush Sr. started the process in 1991 and the Clinton administration carried it forward. Over a period of several years, the USA removed many nuclear weapons systems from the inventory, decommissioned and dismantled thousands of warheads, and demolished many delivery systems. The Army and Marine Corps completely got out of the nuclear weapon business, and the Navy got away from all but submarine launched strategic nuclear missiles."
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At about 3:30 p.m., four individuals wearing ski masks entered the store in the 700 block of Indian Hill Boulevard, Pomona police Lt. Iain Miller said.
In response, the person working inside the store fired a shotgun, prompting the masked individuals to flee.
Here are my upcoming open enrollment classes for the next couple months. Here we go… September 12, 2026- Home Defense Shotgun at Blackwing Shooting Center in Delaware, Ohio. Registration details here. The class will be held outside and is BIRDSHOT ONLY. September 13, 2026- Snubby Revolver for Concealed Carry at Blackwing […]I have cancer, blast it all.
It's prostate cancer. While that's what took Dad, usually this is the one you want to get because it's slow growing. Except for mine. Hey Borepatch - Nice Gleason score!
It seems that it's nothing but the finest, most aggressive prostate cancer for Mom Borepatch's little blogger.
And there's no waiting around for things to get scheduled and approved. Holy cow, things got lined up toute suite. I guess that's good, but it's not a great sign.
Huh:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Transportation on Monday revoked all existing permits for automated license plate readers installed by local law enforcement in state highway rights-of-way and said it will stop approving any new installations, citing an “exponential increase” in deployments, reports of misuse, data privacy concerns and “surveillance schemes.”
The Engineering and Operations Memorandum, signed by Will Watts, P.E., FDOT’s chief operating officer and assistant secretary, directs local agencies to remove the devices within 30 days. If they do not, the department said it will take them down. FDOT reserved the right to immediately remove any unit that poses a safety hazard.
From my perspective, the biggest immediate problem with the Flock system is that it has a very weak authentication and audit system. This likely makes abuse of the system hard to find. And given the widespread abuse that has been reported, that makes you wonder just how much abuse is happening.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, Flock. I mean, after all - if you don't have anything to hide, you don't have anything to worry about, amirite?
Well done, FLDOT.
A blast from the past, the KRISS Vector was our cover gun from RECOIL #3!Quote of the Day This is a not-insignificant reason we have generationally lost the war on guns on America. In the anti-police peak-woke era, many criminal justice reformers turned against gun control. That hasn’t really reversed in these circles. Gun … Continue reading →
Continue reading →It looks like Tropical Storm Edouard (ain't that cute) has finally been named.
As storms go, Ed is pretty piddling, but he will bring wind and rain to Texas. It looks like he is heading toward Dallas, which is in the throes of a drought, having had no rain in August. The Houston/Galveston/Beaumont area is no stranger to tropical weather and I wish them no ill will, but if you are going to be hit by a storm, this one is the one you want. If this thing goes as forecast, DFW will get a little rain, which they need.
After massive flash flood that originated in Tibet and caused devastation in Nepal and China, claiming 172 lives, questions are being raised about whether early warnings from China could have helped prevent loss of lives in one of the worst natural disasters to hit Nepal.
The Chinese side has now responded to these questions saying the claims that Beijing did not issue an early warning to the Nepali side, resulting in significant casualties on the Nepali side, are fake.
Voices in Nepal have questioned that even when the border facilities at the Rasuwagadhi-Gyirong crossing and Gyirong port were hit, warnings could have been issued to save lives downstream.
"Nepal has been addressing the legitimate security concerns of our neighbours. However, it must be said with sadness that our northern neighbour has significantly undermined us. By failing to provide early warning of such a massive disaster, we suffered immense loss of human life," Nepali Journalist with Naya Patrika, a Nepali daily, posted on X.
I better make sure I don’t have any crypto left in any digital sofa cushions because, uh, this has a very “Getting stock tips from the shoeshine boy” vibe.
As officers investigated, they learned the homeowner saw a shadow near a window and believed someone was trying to gain entry. The homeowner told deputies that he was armed and fired his weapon, apparently shooting the individual attempting to enter the residence.
Officials said the man killed was a 67-year-old man who had also been living in the Saint David area.
Police found 34-year-old Carson Helmling with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Police say Helmling owned the home. He had gotten into an argument with two people his brother had allowed to stay there. Officers say Helmling tried to get them to leave and swung a board at them.
Police say based on evidence and statements from witnesses, the shooting was done in self-defense.
5/8/26 U.S. Department of Justice:
A former NFL player who owned a marketing company and was the beneficial owner of eight durable medical equipment (DME) companies was sentenced yesterday to 196 months in prison for his role in a yearslong scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by selling patient information and sham doctors’ orders for orthotic braces that patients did not want or need.
In addition to the prison sentence, the defendant, Joel Rufus French, 47, of Armory, Mississippi, was ordered to pay $110,753,619 in restitution and to forfeit approximately $17 million that the government seized from bank accounts and other assets.
“Fueled by lies, bribes, and overseas telemarketers, this corrupt scheme preyed on senior citizens and disabled veterans to flood the country with unnecessary medical devices — and then billed the taxpayer for it,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division. “Today’s sentence makes clear that if you target America’s elderly, sick, or vulnerable — and rob America’s purse doing so — you will be targeted and brought to justice.”
This is at least in the "Never steal anything small" category. 8/13/26 Ohio Attorney-General:
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Indictments filed this week by the office of Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson accuse six Medicaid providers of stealing a combined $558,383 from the government healthcare program for the needy....
Among those indicted:
- Rasheedah Biles, 42, of Pickerington, is charged with Medicaid fraud and theft in connection with Reset Tomorrow, a Columbus behavioral-health program for children that she owns and operates. The MFCU began investigating Biles after a referral in May 2025 flagged her for excessive billing. The investigation revealed that she allegedly directed employees to inflate claims for services to children in Reset Tomorrow’s after-school program and summer camp, and to residents of a group home for foster children. The fraudulent claims included upcoding and billing for services that were never provided, resulting in a $404,810 loss for Medicaid between November 2023 and October 2025.
- Dorika Carter, 41, of Columbus, is accused of falsifying timesheets. She claimed to have provided home-health services while a client was hospitalized, when she was working a separate full-time job and during a six-month period when she could not work due to medical reasons. The loss to Medicaid totaled $6,661.
- Carol Dawes-Willis, 59, of Hillsboro, allegedly billed for homemaker and personal care services on dates that she did not visit the client. Electronic visit-verification data, text messages and other documentation confirmed that no services were provided on the billed dates. The loss to Medicaid between January 2024 and October 2025 totaled $4,510.
- Yvette Johnson‑Woodall, 58, of Youngstown, faces charges after allegedly defrauding Medicaid of $83,857 between April 2021 and February 2026. Investigators found that she billed for therapeutic behavioral services for four clients during extended periods when no services were provided, including stretches when the clients were homeless or hospitalized. Records also show that some of her billed service hours overlapped with her shifts at a job as a school bus aide.
- Sasi Kaza, 55, of Clinton, was charged following an investigation that revealed a $53,405 loss to Medicaid. As the owner of Moonlight Home Health Care in Austintown, Kaza is accused of routinely billing for the maximum number of authorized hours regardless of whether services were provided. The fraudulent claims included billing for dates when clients were hospitalized and, in some cases, after they had died.
- Binetou Ndao, 37, of Columbus, allegedly billed for full shifts as a home-health aide despite routinely arriving late and leaving early. Data from her employer’s electronic visit-verification system showed her clocking in and out at locations other than the client’s residence. The loss to Medicaid between January 2025 and January 2026 totaled $5,140.
After reviewing video footage, authorities learned that the victim arrived in the area in a dark SUV, got out and confronted another person. That’s when the suspect pulled out a handgun and shot the victim.
“The victim then appeared to pull a handgun and could have fired a round as well,” stated the MNPD.
This Week in History: On September 1, 1255, Königsberg (modern day Kaliningrad) was founded by Teutonic Knights. It was named in honor of the Bohemian King Ottokar II. Pictured is Kaliningrad’s Brandenburg Gate. (Public domain photo by Jan Pešula.) — The 1859 Carrington Event — the largest geomagnetic storm in recorded history began on this day. Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson made the first observation of a large solar flare. — On September 2, 1666, the Great Fire of London began at 2 am in Pudding Lane. An estimated 80% of London was destroyed. — And on September 4, 1950: …
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In the 1980s, a funny, popular pseudo-AI computer program “Eliza” was a college joke magnet. A few beers, and then dialed into a dialup Bulletin Board System (BBS) and ask all kinds of suggestive questions, just to see what “Eliza” said. So, as a Coder, we expanded the Data File, many times over… and Eliza’s answers got more verbose and direct, like Grandma suddenly butting into your life! That was about the start of the AI revolution, for me. It was cool, funny, and a half-life of 30 minutes over a dialup system. Querying a Data file, database of “information” …
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“The Bull” Rifle Rest by MTM Case-Gard provides a light, stable, sturdy, and inexpensive base for zeroing firearms and testing ammo. It is easy to assemble and easy to adjust to fit a wide variety of firearms. Over the course of six months of testing, I used the Bull with break-barrel air rifles, semi-automatic rimfire rifles, bolt-action centerfire rifles, semi-automatic centerfire rifles, muzzleloading rifles, and lever-action centerfire rifles. It adjusted well to provide a stable and sturdy rest for every firearm with which I used it. I have used other rests that have had difficulty accommodating rifles that use 30-round …
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Today’s graphic is a map that shows the courses of the 7,000 tributary rivers that feed into the Mississippi. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail image below is click-expandable. — If any SurvivalBlog readers have personally taken or otherwise hold the copyright to a particularly nice landscape photo or other photo of particular interest to preppers that is in a wide horizontal format (to match our blog template) then please send it in as an e-mail attachment, and I will consider posting it as a Graphic of the Week, or as a Top Note photo. I can of …
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In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. Here is an interesting map: Average daily long-haul truck traffic across US highways. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) Economics & Investing Links of Interest Bessent’s Former Mentor Druckenmiller Slams Treasury Bond Buyback Plan. Nvidia Has Become a Banker to the AI Boom, Putting It on Dangerous Ground. US Tungsten Scrap Export Ban Takes Effect As Global Supply Crisis Deepens. Hub Moolman: Silver and the Dow: What is Happening? From the market analyst who …
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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column the emphasis is on China’s latest military technology developments. China’s New Hypersonic Glide Missile At The Telegraph: China’s new hypersonic missile puts US on notice. Here is a …
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Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Reader Dale R. mentioned this news: Army Armaments Center Unveils New Ammo Packaging System. From the Army news release: “Blending lightweight polymers with a rugged steel shell, the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center’s new SixPAC system marks a groundbreaking leap in small-caliber ammunition packaging, one intended to reshape how soldiers …
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This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. REDOUBT NEWS LINKS Help Wanted: Idaho Ranch Jobs. ‘All the nation hates me’; Man accused of starting Old Trails fire in Spokane competent to stand trial. Another Ambition Strikes video: Our Abandoned Mansion Is a Complete Disaster. (This one includes a brief crossover with Andy from Expedition Rove.) Spokane Public Schools launches 149 new buses with seatbelts. Buford, Wyoming, Population Reduced To None. Idaho angler catches record 44-inch …
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To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …
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JWR’s latest meme, based on a suggestion by SurvivalBlog staff member Thomas Christianson: Meme Text: A lesson in past tense versus present tense: The Biden-era “Woke” agenda was Crazy Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is Crazy Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included.
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“Many Americans who say that we should learn from other people, especially Europeans, mean that we should imitate what they did. That may make those who talk this way feel superior to other Americans. But let us never forget that the most disastrous ideologies of the 20th century — Communism, Fascism and Nazism — all originated in Europe. So did both World Wars. More recently, Europe has been belatedly discovering how unbelievably stupid it was to import millions of people from cultures that despise Western values, and which often promote hatred toward Western people.” – Thomas Sowell
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