The Japan That Can Say No

Unlike the USA, Japan isn’t interested in bankrupting itself for Israel: Japan has canceled an annual high-level meeting with key ally the United States after the Trump administration demanded it spend more on defense, the Financial Times reported on Friday.Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had been expected to meet […]

https://voxday.net/2025/06/21/the-japan-that-can-say-no/

Atari 2600 Beats ChatGPT at Chess — No, Seriously

In an unexpected clash of tech generations, an engineer from Citrix pitted ChatGPT against a 1977 Atari 2600 console running Atari Chess. The result? The retro console won — and convincingly so.

For over 90 minutes, GPT-4o struggled against the 8-bit game’s simplest difficulty setting. It confused pieces, forgot past moves, and made blunders that would embarrass a novice. Even after switching from icon-based display to standard chess notation, its gameplay didn’t improve.

The funniest part? ChatGPT kept complaining that the piece icons were “too abstract” to interpret — a very human excuse for losing to a machine older than most of its users’ parents.

Despite Atari only looking 1–2 moves ahead, it managed to consistently outplay a state-of-the-art language model. A stark reminder: understanding language ≠ understanding logic or spatial reasoning.

Full story here 👉 https://futurism.com/atari-beats-chatgpt-chess

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"Then there’s the entire topic of the “Many Worlds” interpretation of quantum mechanics. This isn’t physics. It’s not even science. It’s a weird cult religion that believes that at every moment, at every position, every possible outcome takes place, and an uncountable infinity of infinities of universes spawn. You, the person reading this, are a continuity of a consciousness flowing through a random assortment of realities as if it were merely a single reality.

"As the saying goes, this is so bad it’s not even wrong. It’s category error. It takes a special kind of smart to come up with something this dumb. It takes a lot of dedicated propaganda and repeated programming to convince people of something this obviously silly."

https://substack.com/home/post/p-166425390#:~:text=Then%20there%E2%80%99s%20the,this%20obviously%20silly.

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How global propaganda and persuasion work.
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The world's most exported drones

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Turkey is Next

Simplicius explains why the world is increasingly supportive of Iran and disinclined to permit Israel anything that looks like a victory against Iran: Israeli figures and media are already salivating at the prospect of what’s next after Iran, with various posts about Qatar, Turkey, and Pakistan all being lined up for disarmament and dismantling. Israel […]

https://voxday.net/2025/06/21/turkey-is-next/

Why Oklahoma has this strange panhandle

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"In a segment of his show released Tuesday, Carlson bombarded Cruz with questions related to his support for regime change in Iran as the U.S. supports Israel's war on Iran. And Carlson was effective — despite being motivated by right-wing isolationist ideas rather than progressive anti-war sentiment."
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tucker-carlson-ted-cruz-interview-iran-rcna213760#:~:text=In%20a%20segment,anti%2Dwar%20sentiment.

An AI short film about the ancient origins of Sumerian civilization.
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The Iranian Expedition

It appears Trump decided to bend the knee to Clown World in the end. Every empire seems to end this way, with imperial overstretch. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Pax Americana is going the way of its predecessors. It’s disappointing, but after the vaxx debacle and the failure to cross the Rubicon, […]

https://voxday.net/2025/06/22/the-iranian-expedition/

Why Every U.S. President Protects the Iranian Regime. Even When They Pretend Not To.

For over 45 years, the U.S. has maintained a bizarre relationship with Iran. Publicly they threaten it. Privately they protect it. From Reagan to Obama to Biden, even Trump to a degree, the pattern is the same: keep the regime alive but manageable. Why?

1.Iran is the perfect controlled villain.

The regime gives the Pentagon a reason to keep forces in the region. It keeps Israel, Saudi Arabia, and other allies dependent on U.S. military protection. No Iran means no justification for dozens of overseas bases, missile deals, and emergency deployments. Iran is too useful alive.

2.They keep the region divided.

Iran sustains the Sunni-Shia divide. That fracture prevents any unified Islamic front from forming. A reconciled Middle East would be harder to manipulate. Division means control. The U.S. would rather have Iran and Saudi Arabia at each other’s throats than cooperating.

3.Chaos means energy leverage.

A semi-hostile Iran lets the U.S. pressure oil markets, threaten the Strait of Hormuz, and play global energy broker. Too much peace and independence in the region would mean less U.S. influence over global energy flows.

4.The nuclear deal was a leash, not a solution.

Obama’s JCPOA deal didn’t stop Iran’s nukes. It formalized the status quo: let Iran enrich slowly, keep Gulf states scared, and build a trapdoor. Sanctions off today, back on tomorrow. It was designed to manage the regime, not end it. And yes, pallets of cash were flown in. That was hush money, not diplomacy.

5.Reagan, Bush, Clinton all played along.

Reagan secretly armed Iran in the 80s (Iran-Contra). Bush Sr. and Jr. ignored Iran while fighting Iraq and Afghanistan. Clinton tried empowering “moderates.” Classic CIA soft power. None of them pushed for regime collapse. They wanted containment, not freedom for the Iranian people.

6.There’s more under the surface.

Iran is likely plugged into blackmail pipelines, proxy control, and off-books intelligence work. They’ve held American hostages. They’ve helped fight Sunni extremists when asked. There are channels between U.S. agencies and Iranian power brokers that don’t show up in press briefings. It’s not war. It’s managed theater.

7.The real reason: a free Iran breaks the game.

A post-Islamic Iran would destabilize the entire U.S. strategy. The youth are pro-Western. The culture is ready to modernize. If the regime fell, it would ripple across the Middle East and dismantle the controlled conflict model that U.S. foreign policy depends on.

That’s why the regime kept surviving. Let’s hope Israel continues to ignore DC and finishes the Islamic regime oppressing Iranians and terrorizing the world once and for all.

BREAKING: President Trump confirms to Fox News that "6 huge bunker busters" & 30 Tomahawk missiles fired from submarines were used in the attacks on Iran