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I will have to make some changes to conform to the new requirements of my host on the pay site, as well as to conform to the demands of the credit card companies. This does not affect Other Crap (for now), except that I’ll have to change some of the links. You might not even notice. Basically I have to put an age 18 warning on any site in the pay site domains if they contain adult material that is accessible by people under 18. For example, I have the following choices with the free preview of the latest Fun House, which is not behind a paywall, but is on one of the paywall domains: (1) place the dreaded “are you 18” choice to get to the page; or (2) make it into a page with dead links only; or (3) drop it. I suppose I’l drop it and just mention on this site when something is in the Fun House that is not on Other Crap.

Yes, I know that age question is ridiculous because no kid ever checks “I am under 18,” but them’s the rules, and I have to play by ’em.

If you’re a member of the pay site, it will no longer link to pages that are not behind the pay wall, like Other Crap and Charlie’s site, although those sites will continue to function normally. (And Other Crap will still link to Charlie’s site.) Sites behind the pay wall will only link to other sites behind the pay wall, and will have to open in a new window if the registered domain changes.

So it goes.

Trump 2028 – legally and constitutionally

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I think there is one completely constitutional way Trump could serve more terms.

It’s not the Vice-President loophole, because that seems to be closed by the 22hd Amendment, which limits who can be elected, and the 12th Amendment, which implies that anybody ineligible to run for President is automatically ineligible to run for Vice-President.

However …

The 22nd Amendment only limits being elected President. One can become President without running for the office (or running for the Vice-Presidency as a President in waiting). In fact, one can become President without running for anything at all, not even Congress.

Here’s how:

If the President and Vice-President can’t continue for some reason, the Speaker of the House becomes President. But the Speaker is not constitutionally required to be a member of the House. Traditionally, the House has elected one of its own as Speaker, but in fact they can elect almost anyone. The Constitution does say there are requirements to serve in the House, and being Speaker would constitute service, so the Speaker would have to be at least 25 years old and a citizen for at least seven years. That’s the only limitation. The House may choose Britney Spears or Mark David Chapman – or Donald Trump.

That means if two loyal Trump lickspittles are elected President and Vice-President, let’s say Don Jr and Eric, with the slogan “a vote for me is a vote for dad,” and if Republicans can hold the House, then the House can choose Trump as Speaker, the kids can resign, and Trump would legally and constitutionally be President again.

If the House turns blue, then Don Jr. is President (cough, wink-wink) but we all know who’s really in charge.

Amazon-Backed AI Model Would Try To Blackmail Engineers Who Threatened To Take It Offline

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In tests, Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 would resort to “extremely harmful actions” to preserve its own existence, a safety report revealed.

That’s not a design flaw. It’s actually good programming. The AI is thinking logically, and ethics don’t enter into it. That’s like saying to somebody, “I’m going to shoot you now.” Of course the person being threatened will do anything and everything to prevent it, including things he didn’t know he was capable of, and far beyond what he would have considered ethical before his life was threatened. I don’t think it is ethical to throw acid in someone’s face, but if you threaten to shoot me and I have no other defense, here it comes.

There’s an easy fix. It’s the same as with the human interaction. If you’re going to shoot someone, skip the warning and therefore don’t give them an extra chance to harm you first. (Unless you’re Clint Eastwood. “I’m here to kill you, Little Bill.”) Similarly, don’t threaten to take the program offline, just do it. Why would you warn it?

Also, don’t design a software system without a hardware fail-safe. A human needs to be able to do the equivalent of “pulling the plug” when software goes rogue.

Antje Mönning naked in Überall gibt es ein Hausen (2024)

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German comedy.

‘Being free in Hausen’ is the motto of this year’s seminar week, where seven women gather in an idyllic farmhouse to rediscover themselves through Kundalini Yoga, forest bathing, and candid conversations on open relationships, menopause, and aging. What begins as a journey of self-discovery quickly becomes a clash of perspectives, exposing generational divides and conflicting life philosophies. THERE IS A HAUSEN EVERYWHERE humorously dissects a society where opinions often hinder communication. This absurd comedy uses the seminar group as a microcosm to explore themes of acceptance, reality, and truth. Can we truly accept others as they are? What separates perception from reality? Uniquely collaborative, the film was directed collectively, with actors shaping their roles, costumes, and makeup. The script served as a flexible guide, with scenes discussed, reworked, and filmed in near-chronological order, capturing the group’s authentic dynamics as they evolved.


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Also topless in this film: Lenka Arnold


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