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It was bound to happen. If there is big money to be made there will be big investment.

There is plenty of coverage about how growing Mary Jane has gone from sneaking a few plants in with your tomatoes or growing them out in the woods. Farming weed has become big business.

So has processing it into balms, extracts and the like. This plant just outside Oakeelokka, California produces over 800 barrels a day of pure extract. The extracts are repackaged into tiny 1 and 2 gram sizes for the consumer.

1 barrel can produce about 80,000 grams of extract generating an incredible profit margin.

The plant also does a brisk business synthesizing phenols for the plastic industry.…

It’s the latest in robotic entertainment. Some creative techies have hacked Roombas into dancing robots that you can ride. And they are so colorful.

When activated you can sit on these and slowly they will rise up on three-foot legs and start doing the Rhumba. You better have good balance because there’s not much top hold onto. It’s quite a sight when all four are in action.

You can only ride them at the Wild Grape Ballroom in Walnutport along the Lehigh River in PA. Each ride costs $100 and despite the steep cost, people line up to experience the thrill. Unfortunately, there aren’t any videos to link to and I was not allowed to photograph them or video them myself. People are required to surrender their cell phones before entering the ballroom and are thrown out the window into the river if they try to take a photo.

So I guess you’ll just have to take my word for it that these things are amazing.…

Not much left of old glory. Only 28 stars and two stripes. Weathered and beaten. Only the styrofoam survives intact.…

I’m not sure about this one. Is it a typo. Is there an apostrophe missing? Did Jesus incorporate as an LLC?…

“Texas tea” to steal a line from the Beverly Hillbillies.

The fossil fuel industry obviously knows there is supposedly a movement towards less dependence on oil, although they are pumping more every year with no sign of slowing down. But they’re smart and know eventually the climate crisis is going to catch up with them so they’ve been innovating and innovating BIG.

What they have come up with is genetically engineered grass that somehow grows oil. As we all know crude oil is a product of ancient vegetation. The oil giants reverse engineered the process threw in some gene splicing and dicing and voila, oil grass.

Black is the new green.…

The must have toy for 2021, AI dolls.

They look innocuous and frankly they look pretty cheap and uninspired. They are simply extruded pink flexible plastic with some hair attached, but it’s what inside that counts.

These dolls have micro hydraulics allowing them to move their limbs and more astonishing, they have a computerized control center with artificial intelligence allowing the dolls to “learn.”

At first the dolls do nothing as the AI collects data. The eyes are little cameras and they have microphones hidden under the hair. They are always on. There is no off switch. Gradually, they begin to move and talk in response to being played with. They start to come alive, so to speak.

Little by little they begin to act like a baby or a toddler to the delight of the children who play with them.

It’s a little spooky for adults, but kids have never heard of Chucky.

The manufacturers, Tsing Hai International, insists the AI is quite limited and the dolls will only progress to a certain point. Their lifespans are also limited to 5 years because the batteries are sealed in and non rechargeable. The dolls are also recyclable. When the battery dies you simply return it and receive a $100 in return. Nothing to worry about here.

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When we think of ancient remains we usually think of Egypt, the far east or the Jungles of South America, but there are mysterious ancient ruins to be found throughout North America. Many of these ruins predate, by thousand of years, the indigenous nations that were here when white colonists showed up in their wooden boats looking for riches.

The ancient history of North America is murky but archaeologists have identified a few civilizations including the Mayo people, who thrived in the mid Atlantic region stretching to the Ohio River.

Surviving Mayo monuments are small and rare and they share a remarkable consistency throughout the entire region, a pyramid with a cube. Scholars speculate that this represents the arrival of the god Quewbix on the sacred mountain Illuminatos, believed to be in western Pennsylvania.

Scientist have deduced the meaning of these monuments by laser scanning to create 3D images of the markings on the pyramids and feeding the data into a supercomputer.

The data indicate that when Quebix descended from the great cosmos and alighted on Illuminatos, a multitude of small wriggling, worm-like beings emerged and spread over the land morphing into all the plants and animals on earth, including man. The earthworm was deified and worshipped by the Mayo. A few worm-like ruins have been found surrounded by piles of artifacts that resemble butter knives. They are believed to be ceremonial sites.

There is so much to learn about the history of this land. I wonder why we were never taught this in school.…

It can happen anywhere. We are living on a dynamic planet. Volcanic eruptions are part of the deal.

Most volcanoes are located in areas where tectonic plates meet, especially at convergent boundaries. The emergence or activation of a volcano can be sudden and unpredictable. Being dynamic, the earth is unpredictable too. We don’t know everything there is to know and it often surprises us.

Locals in Bedminster Township, PA were very surprised when a tiny riff opened and burped out a bit of granular lava. recently. There was a big bang at about 3:15 am, people were alarmed and the 911 lines lit up. As police responded to the calls they discovered the damage to one of the local roads. By the time they got there the eruption was over and the granular lava already cooling down.

USGS volcanologists visited the next day with all their fancy seismic and volcanic equipment. They swarmed all over taking measurements and photos and produced a bunch of 8×10 glossy photos with circles and arrows and a description on the back of each one.

When asked what the hell happened and could it happen again, they said, probably, maybe, they don’t really know.…

You never know if you can believe that non-physical beings can communicate by talking through a physical being. I’ve read a few books that were reportedly written this way and am open minded about it.

After what I saw recently I’m convinced.

I stepped out of my studio one day and encountered Avery talking to Frank who was busy transcribing everything Avery said. Avery’s voice was a low, powerful baritone but he certainly did not look like he would have that kind of voice. I paused, he looked at me and in a deep friendly voice invited me to step over to say hello.

Frank who was transcribing introduced me to Avery and explained what they were doing, writing a book. However, Avery introduced himself as Jellaiton and told me he was a entity no longer focused in a physical body. He said Avery willingly allowed him to do this. Avery squawked and ruffled his feathers in agreement. It was entirely believable.

I asked what the book was about. He said it was a self-help book on organic lawn care. I don’t know why they were doing this in the parking lot.…

It started as something for a science fair and has since become the greatest, latest technology for reversing the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Like many kids, Kyle is unnerved by the dire predictions for his future. He’s also clever. Motivated by other young people like Greta Thunberg, he decided he’d do something more than worry so he invented a CO2 extractor that everyone could use. He showed it to me and explained the principles.

The extractor is designed to be attached to a bicycle and requires no power except muscle power. As the rider increases the speed of the bike, the wheels create a micro quantum vortex that slightly shifts the CO2 molecule’s nuclear bond just enough to break the carbon and oxygen atoms apart resulting simple carbon and gaseous oxygen. The carbon is deposited wherever the rider is riding and the oxygen escapes into the atmosphere.

By relying on quantum vortex it is extremely efficient and can convert a ton of CO2 during a simple ride around the block. The gauge shows how many tons are converted per ride.

Kyles made about 15 of these in his garage so far and is giving them out to friends. His older brother, Blatan, is building a manufacturing plant in the backyard where they expect to produce about 100 of these per day to start.

They will soon sell for $29.95 on ETSY. For more information visit their website: CO2DESTROYER.com…