Started watching Rogan's Trump episode, gave up 10 min in. Hope he wins, but don't find him interesting at all.

Israel's strike on Iran last night seems to be an exercise in saving face and so far Iran does not indicate it will respond further. That is great news, we may have dodged a wider war. Let's hope!

Ollama is pretty cool. Initially croaked on me when I tried to run any model, turned out I needed to update Mint to the latest edition. Now that all dependencies are available, it works a treat. Love that I can use it from the CLI and that it has no privacy implications.

Israel is going "scorched earth" in northern Gaza. No food aid allowed in, anyone who moves is targeted.

It’s So, So Bad, And It’s About To Get A Whole Lot Worse – Caitlin Johnstone

Trump saying Iran is trying to kill him = Trump being an Israel puppet. Still better than Kamala.

The Oera Linda is an interesting book, which ties quite nicely with the main thesis of the "Ancient Apocalypse" Netflix series. There is a passage on pages 41/42, where it is discussed why god does not prevent evil. The answer given is that god allows us to follow our destiny "so that we should experience the results of wise and foolish deeds". When someone protects you from evil, that comes at the cost of freedom. "But that is not what our supreme being wants. He wants us to help each other, but also that all should be free and become wise." Most of our freedoms today are lost because government claims they have to protect us and people sheepishly accept or even demand that 'protection'.

"The IDF continues to slaughter civilians in Lebanon with US-backed airstrikes as news surfaces that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had agreed to a 21-day ceasefire with Israel shortly before Israel assassinated him. "

The Western Media Helped Create These Horrors In The Middle East – Caitlin Johnstone