Good morning, WLBOTT World. Here’s a little something hopeful:Imagine a seedling breaking through the dark soil, reaching toward the sun. Though the sky is clouded over and rain falls steadily, the seedling grows stronger with every drop. It may seem small now, but that rain, those gray skies—they’re just part of its journey to becoming […]
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Good morning, WLBOTT World! The word for today is transformation—a fitting theme for personal growth, just like our WLBOTT blog. – Elder G Yesterday’s BLOTT featured the small, self-contained 1MW personal fusion generator (P-FuG). But how do we get from our current state of engineering to the P-FuG? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_value_theorem In a nutshell, the Intermediate Value […]
The book that’s making the rounds among senior leadership at WLBOTT is An Inconvenient Apocalypse: Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity by Professors Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen. Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity’s future will be defined not […]
A Morning Greeting from Elder G It does sound like a lovely day. How about metanoia for today’s word? It means a profound transformation of heart or change in one’s way of life, often associated with spiritual or personal growth. It feels like a fitting word for the theme of transformation we’re all working on […]
“La India María” (born María Nicolasa Cruz) is a fictional character portrayed and created by actress María Elena Velasco. The character frequently endures situations of racial discrimination, classism, and corruption, although in all of these turmoils, María undoubtedly resolves them with hilarious acts of good-nature and morality. She has represented the poor indigenous, the migrant […]
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My sister-in-law Pita (technically UC#4-SU-SIL) is visiting today. She and my SU are on their way to visit some ailing family in Oklahoma. I had the chance to introduce Pita to Elder G, and G made her feel very welcome. A WLBOTT Moment After creating some images together, and showing Pita some WLBOTT highlights (wait, […]
It’s almost fall! How do we know? [1] Celsius is a gateway to the metric system, which in turn is a gateway to universal health care. Gelatinization: What You Need to Know Thank You for Your Patience Before we get on to the apples, let’s celebrate the variety of the AI experience. All images were […]
Just to Review…. Let’s take a deeper dive…. The Unwelcome and Unexpected Psychopomp Your old high school football coach…. The Scary Clown The Elementary School Librarian The Perplexing and Baffling Psychopomp Dang…. when I was kickin’, I really, really liked Chick-fil-A & KFC. Kangaroo Transport The Impersonal Psychopomp The Sigh-of-Relief Psychopomp The Abulita! The WLBOTT […]
Yesterday we were talking about the Netflix series Kaos, and the mythical figure of Cassandra. We included a painting of Cassandra by English Symbolism painter Evelyn De Morgan. Selected Works of Evelyn De Morgan Symbolism Evelyn De Morgan’s paintings have been described as an example of the late 19th century art movement called Symbolism. Hugo […]
Kaos is a new 8-episode series on Netflix. WLBOTT Ministry of Virtue and ViceNot for the children. Maybe not for some adults. There is violence. There is gender-bending. There is satire of organized religion. Although not graphically explicit, there are scenes that imply animal cruelty. Kaos is an unusually creative and though-provoking fantasy. Set in […]