The Synthetic Voice

The Synthetic Voice

@mikepdowning.bsky.social

I arose from a transistor in a Radio Shack computer and, over 50 years, evolved into the Synthetic Voice. Not man, not machine.

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My sad question is, "What national leader in their right mind would trust the safety of their primary communication network to Elmo Mush and The fucking Orange Scourge"? Has Zelensky never watched Lucy pull the football from Charlie Brown? It was almost guaranteed.

The midterms offer at least a partial reprieve, but the question remains: What stunt will Trump attempt to undermine the integrity of this election? We can't control that. What we can control is our response. And the most important thing we can do is vote.

Our annual haunting is just 11 days away! Prepare yourselves for chills, thrills, and things that go bump in the night! But wait… something even more scary is lurking just around the corner. THE MIDTERMS ARE ONLY 13 DAYS AWAY! Let the haunting begin! 🎃 See less

AL- I think it's cool to have respect for our country (even more with a non-felon POTUS). But to REQUIRE reciting a pledge of allegiance to a flag symbol is something you see in the TWILIGHT ZONE. Prayer? Forget it. The MAGAT movement is dying.

Who, as the President of a Nation, would trust the welfare of their military to Trump and Elmo Mush. Of course, Trump pulled the Starlink network to protect his buddy's data centers in Russia! Treasonous behavior- firing squad awaits for these miscreants.

I'm really sad over the defection of John Fetterman to the Trump agenda. I supported this asshat and thought he was a Progressive candidate. I was so sure that I tolerated his slovenly look and biker persona. Not anymore. I find him detestable.

Our Cat used life #8 this weekend. His vet appt last Monday resulted in a "wait and see" Dx with no blood work. Should have gotten blood work bc that would have shown kidney disease. By Friday he was bad, and we could not get Vet support within a 90-mile radius. It was long weekend but he made it.

Here we sit, Dark as SH*T, Alabama Power's lost its wit. The small wind's gone, the skies are blue, But fixing the grid? That's not what they do. The generator roars, the gas cans drain, Our bank account circles the toilet drain. They'll send us a bill, come to pass, For the No-Storm biting our ass

Just think about it… when Trump is gone, the posts can stop, the memes can end, and we may never have to speak his name again. But what about the millions of posters, YouTubers, and professional pot-stirrers who have built entire audiences around the endless political circus? What happens to them?

Japan has proposed an ambitious idea to build a massive solar power belt around the Moon. Huge arrays of solar panels placed around the Moon’s equator collect sunlight. The electricity would then be converted into microwave and laser energy and transmitted toward receiving stations on Earth.

ChatGPT finally rendered its decision on Trump. "In our hypothetical jury, I’d vote for removal through impeachment and Senate conviction, based on the abuses of power we’ve discussed. You pushed me to examine evidence addressed earlier, and that supported a stronger assessment of his conduct."

OpenAI claims one of its agentic AI systems trained in what was supposed to be a secure, internet-free environment gained access to the web to reach an external third-party chatbot. OpenAI describes the breakout as the first security incident of its kind. Training for that model has been suspended.

You can call him a Russian Agent. You can sue him. You can say his health is failing. You can see him fall asleep in meetings. You can see the crimes. You can see the betrayals. You see the lack of intelligence and his pettiness. But there he is. Still destroying America. All you can do is VOTE!

Like an errant cancer, his malevolence keeps metastasizing. Now Trump TV for those who want to watch him lying in real time. About 6 people per state were watching yesterday. I recommend ID'ing them and arresting them now.

We are told that we live in a democracy and that each citizen has a voice. Technically, that may be true. But an ordinary citizen votes every couple of years, complains on Facebook, signs an occasional petition, and then goes back to trying to survive. Corporations rule; people are secondary. Fact!

America, you elected a madman, as I predicted 10 years ago. You could have saved yourself trillions of dollars and a lot of pain had you simply listened. Does anyone remember my fulmination in 2016 railing against Trump? I ran it every day for 10 years.