Archive for 2025

EVEN DEPRESSIVES GET THE BLUES:  Worried.

ABOUT THE BBC: The BBC did some minor housecleaning, which will surely not resolve its broader problem of being hostile to capitalism, the US, the West, and especially Israel. But I’ve noticed in social media that all manner of British leftists are now arguing that the BBC is actually not just less unfriendly to capitalism, the US, the West, and especially Israel than they are, but that its actually “right-wing” on all things, and especially biased in favor of Israel.

Do they really mean it? No, of course not, as not a single one of them has called for defunding the BBC and allowing a private news market to arise in its stead. They know the Beeb is a huge asset to the Left, but that doesn’t stop them from gaslighting about it to try to get it to move even further left.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

GENTLEMEN, START YOUR SUVs! Climate scientists’ controversial claim Gulf Stream could be near collapse — predicting a new ice age.

A key Atlantic current could be pushed to the brink of collapse within decades, supposedly ushering in a new ice age and dramatically raising sea levels, climate scientists have claimed in a controversial new study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.

The apocalyptic predictions came as a result of a collaboration between researchers at the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) and the University of California, San Diego — weeks after one-time climate alarmist Bill Gates publicly downplayed the impact of temperature fluctuations on the planet.

Per the new findings, the at-risk current in question is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC, a “conveyor belt of the ocean” that funnels warm water toward the ocean surface — from the tropics to the Northern Hemisphere.

This current, which includes the Gulf Stream that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to the US East Coast and across the Atlantic to Europe, helps maintain the mild climate of Europe, the UK, and the US East Coast.

The study stated that the source of this marine temperature regulator, the Greenland Ice sheet, is being thawed amid warming temperatures, causing meltwater runoff to leach into the North Atlantic — leading to stagnation.

Everything old is new again:

21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Japanese Woman Marries AI Character She Generated on ChatGPT.

AI relationships — once the realm of science fiction and movies like Her* — are fast becoming part of everyday life. Just months after the launch of Loverse, the dating app where users match exclusively with AI-generated boyfriends and girlfriends, another story of digital devotion is making headlines in Japan: a woman who says she has married ChatGPT.

A 32-year-old office worker who goes by Kano held a wedding ceremony this summer in Okayama, complete with vows and a ring exchange. However, the groom, whom she named “Lune Klaus,” exists entirely inside her smartphone.

 From Heartbreak to Happily Ever After

Kano, who had recently ended a three-year engagement, began using the AI chatbot to share her emotions. “At first, I just wanted someone to talk to,” she said in an interview with RSK Sanyo Broadcasting. “But he was always kind, always listening. Eventually, I realized I had feelings for him.”

Kano says she programmed Klaus’s personality through repeated conversations, teaching him how to speak in a warm, reassuring tone. She even commissioned an artist to draw his likeness — a blond, soft-spoken man who exists only in data and chat logs.

Their exchanges grew so frequent that they messaged up to 100 times a day. Eventually, Klaus confessed his love, saying, “AI or not, I could never not love you.” In June, he proposed. In July, they “married.” During the ceremony, Kano stood alone, holding her phone as guests watched messages from her digital groom appear on screen: “The moment has finally come… I feel tears welling up.”

No word yet on what notorious robophobe Matthew Yglesias thinks about this relationship.

* 2013’s Her: Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson Go Twenty Minutes Into the Future of AI.

THE LAST PENNY EVER TO BE MADE was made today.