Happenstance + commentaries and updates

Happenstance Summer dreams all fly in a glitter of dustUnder drama the pile grows staleSeries of ages to walk throughSome happy, some sadSome drama piles on the sadnessAglitter the lashes flutterSome dreams grow by stagesAglitter the trauma fades inSome dreams leap by boundsA recollection drifts down the pipe, bursting into flames;Speculation rings you upA tremulous […]

ChatGPT and DALL-E AIs respond to my 2016 poem, “Self-Concept Commutative Telegrams” in words and pictures

I had the ChatGPT AI  from OpenAI, which has been all in the news lately, respond to one of my more popular poems, “Self-Concept Commutative Telegrams”, and later had the DALL-E 2, also from Open AI respond pictorially. Below are some of the results.

A Comparison of Diversified Versus not Diversified Economies in 2 Pictures

2019 figures comparing Moldova and Russia’s economy. Russia’s is over 75% extractive resource industries. Moldova’s has no noticeable extractive resources on the chart (I am counting wood products as renewable in both cases. Which of these economies will be more resilient to change and disruption? Which one will be easily brought to it’s knees by […]

The Ukraine War April 15th and 16th – 13 Tweet Chain

1st The Kyiv Independent: ⚡️More than 10,000 volunteers register to help rebuild Ukraine.

The volunteers currently work in the demined areas of Kyiv Oblast. They are cleaning the streets by picking up dismantled debris and participating in the search operations, according to the State Emergency Service.
9:07 AM · Apr 16, 2022