ChatGPT Plus for all ... in the UAE: https://www.thearabianstories.com/2025/05/25/free-ai-for-all-uae-becomes-first-to-offer-chatgpt-plus-to-every-resident-and-citizen/ "ChatGPT Plus" is something that costs $20/month if we want it. The UAE has struck a deal with OpenAI to make ChatGPT Plus available to all the citizens and residents of the UAE at no cost to them.

@Steve-Miller Spot on wtg, Thanks for posting .

Looks like a great way to spend a holiday. Big Al

@Bernard It was fortunate in one way. The storm occurred near the end of May so the weather otherwise was fairly mild. It's hard to access the panes on a glass building that large. It took them most of the summer before they completed the repairs and all the portions of the buildings could be reopened to the public. Big Al

@RealPlayer Boring can be good. A happy belated birthday. Big Al

Who was there, and a photo of The President in his "personal time" speaking in front of American flags and the presidential seal. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/23/trump-meme-coin-dinner.htmlOk

I'm kinda looking forward to a decision by an incoming Democratic president, say on Jan. 21, 2029, to kill the entire program no matter how much Musk has been promised and has "invested" in gearing up to produce the system. This is presuming (as is likely, I think) that the system will be a substantial grift that offers little meaningful protection.

Lawsuits and marches are as effective as thoughts and prayers against this regime.

Only the best for this administration. Kristi Noem is not having the best week. The Secretary of Homeland Security drew scrutiny on Tuesday when she could not define “habeas corpus.” Then on Thursday she used her official government X account to repost a lawsuit against her department that was voluntarily dismissed and wrote “Suck It.” “You’re 53 years old,” Josh Larky wrote. “Please take this down.” “Suck what, Madam Secretary?” James Lindsay responded. “I support the Trump Administration and think y’all are doing a good job,” another person wrote. “But this post? Really? It’s embarrassing.” https://www.pennlive.com/news/2025/05/kristi-noem-roasted-for-post-on-government-account-what-an-embarrassment-to-this-country.html

I follow HCR via her substack to my email, and also in my FB feed. And on Bluesky, too. I’ll always see her somewhere!

Oopsie!