Big Hugs and Warm Welcomes for 010124!
New Year’s resolutions can be anything, but the people who set them and why they set them have differences. I think some people enjoy setting a goal and accomplishing it. It’s a game they look forward to, they thrive when moving towards a goal. Some people make new year’s resolutions to try to be better about something they want to change, i.e., bad habits, like drinking/smoking, not exercising. One group has a higher success rate. One group will feel good when they accomplish their goal. The other group may feel bad they failed themselves and how quickly they did so.
And maybe there’s another group, who dreams of things they might want to do and might or might not accomplish. It’s a vague timeline in the future, a moving goal, with a feeling of hope and creation. But this group, even if they don’t accomplish the goal, they don’t feel like they’ve failed, they’re continuing to keep the goal alive.
I’ve been in motion for most of 2023. A whirlwind really and things have not slowed down. I’m in the middle of the journey, riding the wave towards my destination. If in the aftermath when the dust settles and I find myself with the wherewithal, I may start again on It Is and It Isn’t. Maybe some of you remember that from older days when The Avenue was birthing. It’s been quite a while now. The Chakra Portal Project too, my heart project, just waiting for me to nurture it, and give it breath. We are moving into The Year of The Dragon this year, so …. you never know!
I do know that it will continue to be a speedy year for me, full of many changes and lots of opportunities to try things differently. I’m really excited for 2024.
I wish good tidings in 2024 for all you too starKin. Thank you for sticking around and sticking with me. And a special shout out to the Leos and Aquarians who are set to really thrive this year. Cheers all!
Thank you for reading today's post. Have an InterStellar Day! ~PrP
Did You Know
The first recorded instance of a tomato-based sauce in Italian cuisine wasn’t until the 1790s (in the Italian cookbook L’Apicio moderno, by Roman chef Francesco Leonardi). Tomatoes were a product of the New World and only appeared in Italy after importation.
PrP,
I love this post! There’s no thumbs up on your posts anymore, but I would’ve definitely given it a thumbs up! I really resonate with what you wrote, and love EG’s words.
I’m the kind of person who has goals that are in motion and ones with set timelines. I don’t really believe in new year’s resolutions, but for those that do, cool. I support whatever works for you.
I don’t know about your chakra portal project, but I hope that you’re able to take a few steps forward in your passion. I am intrigued. 😁
I do love that we are in the year of the 🐉, as dragons hold a special place in my heart. And, being an Aquarian, I’m delighted that this is going to be my year to thrive. Yay!
Thank you again for keeping The Avenue going. 🙏🏼I look forward to more of your posts in 2024. Again, Happy New Year. May sound cliche but I can’t give up. I still have hope for world peace. xox
While you think it is safe to teach humans how to generate electricity from the heat from nuclear fusion reactions, we see it as another way to consolidate the wealth of the planet into the hands of a few wealthy families.
Unless the knowledge is made universal on the planet, it will cause a scramble for control over the process. That means war on a global scale.
I cannot sign in with my I]9 “Name” because it says “forbidden – number in author name not allowed = I]9” So I will use I
I am sorry to read that you’re having problems. I’m in the process of hiring someone to do some work on the Avenue and hope to get this corrected soon.
Thanks for all you do to make us comfortable on the Avenue.
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I don’t think we are that different from you Aliens
If you Aliens don’t have consequences for your actions you do worst than us. My opinion is if you teach someone how to do it tell them that there will be consequences if they don’t share.
Facebook recently rolled out a new “Link History” setting that creates a special repository of all the links you click on in the Facebook mobile app. Users can opt-out, but Link History is turned on by default, and the data is used for targeted ads. As lawmakers introduce tech regulations and Apple and Google beef up privacy restrictions, Meta is doubling down and searching for new ways to preserve its data harvesting empire.
The company pitches Link History as a useful tool for consumers “with your browsing activity saved in one place,” rather than another way to keep tabs on your behavior. With the new setting you’ll “never lose a link again,” Facebook says in a pop-up encouraging users to consent to the new tracking method. The company goes on to mention that “When you allow link history, we may use your information to improve your ads across Meta technologies.”
When you click on a link in the Facebook or Instagram apps, the website loads in a special browser built into the app, rather than your phone’s default browser. In 2022, privacy researcher Felix Krause found that Meta injects special “keylogging” JavaScript onto the website you’re visiting that allows the company to monitor everything you type and tap on, including passwords. Other apps including TikTok do the same thing.
The Link History doesn’t mention anything about the invasive ways Facebook monitors what you’re doing once you visit a webpage. It seems the setting only affects Meta’s record of the fact that you clicked a link in the first place. Furthermore, Meta links everything you do on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and its other products. Unlike several of Facebook’s other privacy settings, Link History doesn’t say that it affects any of Meta’s other apps, leaving you with the data harvesting status quo on other parts of Mark Zuckerberg’s empire.
Meta tracks things you’re doing on other parts of the internet in a similar but unrelated way. To participate in Meta’s advertising networks, millions of companies add a tracking tool called the “Meta Pixel” to their websites. This sends Meta details about your activity when you’re not using Meta’s products whatsoever, even if you don’t have an account on Facebook or Instagram. A 2022 investigation by the Markup found at least 30% of popular websites use the Meta Pixel.
Republicans don’t actually care about children, just forcing women to give birth. Once the baby’s out of the womb, it’s on its own, the slacker.
Wow! That’s fucked PrP. I tried to add ]9 and it said “ forbidden – number in author name not allowed = Carrie]9”. WTF?
I tried Carrie9 and got this message. “ forbidden – number in author name not allowed = Carrie9” WTF? Is this your way of nicking alien participation on your blog?
This is a new problem that has popped up and I am working on it. Can anyone tell me is it happening with any other numbers? Thanks.
Apparently it’s not taking any numbers. What a drag i’m so sorry everybody. I think I found someone I’m hiring tomorrow so hopefully we’ll get all these issues resolved very quickly. Please have a little bit more patience if you’re able.
“Unique or low-density and high-value electronic signatures attract priority kinetic targeting.” Keep that in mind.
In the late 1980s, after Iran mined the Strait of Hormuz and a US frigate struck a mine and nearly sank, the Navy destroyed much of the Iranian naval combat power in Operation Praying Mantis. Iran got the message. Perhaps it is time to send it again.
A series of brazen attacks in the Red Sea and North Arabian Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels against merchant shipping and US Navy warships have roiled global shipping lanes. More than 15% of the world’s trade passes through these vast waters, and many of the major shipping companies — Maersk, MSC, Evergreen — have put voyages through them on pause.
These Houthi pirates are trained, equipped, organized and directed by Iran. Unlike the Somali pirates of a decade ago, with their rusty AK-47s, flip-flops and small speedboats, these Houthis have modern helicopters, SEAL-like armament and skills, ground-based missiles, and are clearly operating with significant intelligence support in finding and fixing their targets.
It is rumored that someone with POTUS’s ear has set in motion a 3 point plan to deal with Houthis, and a way to engage Iran if they persist when warned to stop arming and encouraging the conflict in that sea area.
First, US rules of engagement be modified to permit offensive action against verified Houthi targets at sea. The US Navy will engage and destroy Houthi vessels and their air support in the area. This kind of hunt-and-strike activity is fully justified under international law permitting preemptive attacks on threats associated with a pirate operation.
Second, The US Navy will strike ashore at known Houthi infrastructure. These strikes will include fuel depots, ammunition depots, repair facilities, floating and fixed docks, airfields and helicopter maintenance facilities — again, all legitimate targets given their use in piracy.
It is rumored that there is one very influential voice telling Biden that he needs to stop just defending against cheap drones with million-dollar cruise missiles.
Third, if the Houthis do not cease their operations after those proportional attacks against their maritime assets, he advises Biden to up the ante by striking more broadly at their military capability. In their civil war, the Houthis have built up considerable combat power to use against the government of Yemen and its Saudi and Emirati allies. Thus there are plenty of ripe Houthi military targets ashore: fuel and ammunition depots, ground-assault vehicles, training facilities, command-and-control nodes. Striking them would do real damage to Houthi efforts to overthrow the Yemeni government. He advocates that the US Navy use ship-fired Tomahawk cruise missiles, which have a range of 1,500 miles and pinpoint accuracy to destroy those assets.
We are still researching what he has advised Biden to do before striking Iranian targets. The US and its partners would need to publicly and privately inform the Iranians that the cease-and-desist order to the Houthis applies to their military support as well — and that unless the attacks stop, significant strikes would be forthcoming.
I understand that that person who has the “ear” of POTUS has advised him to very forcefully emphasize that Gaza is Palestinian land and no attempt is to be made by Israel to relocate the people of Gaza to other countries.
The far right of Israeli politics are as racists as the nazis were. Biden’s administration is making it perfectly clear to the rest of Israel’s political power structure that they had better get those racists under control or they will lose US support.