Feeding your hospital bill to AI… Even paying yourself should not be more than Medicare

https://privacy.ca.gov/

Data only eSIM: Saily.Com

Do look for Retailmenot.com

Coupons

The vulnerability of Infractructures:
Submarine Cables
https://www.submarinecablemap.com

agentic AI‘Sneaking in’ to products liek Chrome, Microsoft Edge etc (Which captures Screens)

Romance espionage?! Remembering the Profumo Affair

Medici.Tv classical concerts, opera  & performance by subscription (Wire-Cutting)

Prop 65 warnings on Everything! And Peanuts! And Wet Floors!
Labelling everythign is just Cheaper. And un Endemnifies you!

Mark Levinson Audio & the perceptions of mass-production &
‘quality’ in a mass-produced and once Analog works

• A study found that chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini exhibit “social sycophancy,” endorsing user behavior 50% more often than humans, even when the actions are harmful or misleading.
• Volunteers who interacted with an agreeable AI felt more justified in their irresponsible behavior and showed less willingness to patch things up after arguments or consider another person’s point of view.
• Researchers discovered that users rated flattering chatbots more highly and trusted them more, creating “perverse incentives” that reinforce attachment and reliance on agreeable rather than honest personal advice.
• Then there is always Rude AI.

Last Call ESU! Windows 10- extend to Oct 2026
“Extended Security Updates” only to patch woes and updates antivirus
Requires a Microsoft Login.
Throwaway Email Address wil Do!
Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and look for the “Enroll Now” option
Windows 11 also now  tries also to force you off a Local Account although there are ways around that
You make a grown man cry

Lithium Iron Phosphate  
batteries form ‘Static Backup’ Devices from the likes of  Jackery for power outages and RV use?? .VS. Generator: “Pure Sine Wave” Etc.
How does this Compare to a Generator?!

RV campgrounds in 2026 will require  Grounding Monitor Interrupter (GMI), or GCI 
Generally a part of OSHA regulations. This is not the same as GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter),
This is seperate from overload protection…. etc

California fired cyber-security chief

Giant “BotNet” made out of YOUR devices at home?! Krebbs on Security great report
“Post Hoc ergo Propter Hoc”– avoid blaming it for EVERYTHING

Forwarded Emails are classfied Spam by some recipient systems.. : (
DKIM, SPF MAY help- IF you have ther Tech Chops for it
BUT if GMAIL use the Web Interface & check the SPAM folder to mark good stuff as NOT spam.
Advanceds Topic- Beware! https://easydmarc.com/

Last Calls(s) for Microsoft ESU – Windows 10 lifeline for another year to Oct 2026
MAY be Impossible after Oct 16 2026?! BUT you have to make a non local Log In

new broadcaster Michael Tamony guests talking about Audio studio analog digital studio upgrading and interactions

How to setup Emergency Information on your mobile phone:

Android:

Open the Settings app, tap on Safety & emergency (or User & accounts on some versions), then select Emergency contacts. Tap the + Add contact button, choose a contact from your phone’s list, and then save your changes. 

Glen is away on vacation, watch out Folks, it’s Just me!

Windows 10 ESU- ‘free’ til Oct 2026 BUT may need to Sign In To Micro$not account (free) NOT ‘local’ so Use a throwaway Email address….
ALSO beware of scam sites offering this,…
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Possible a Trade In Option for your PC??

CHROME emergency Updates

APPLE has jumped latest MacOS _and_ IOS to
version 26 “Tahoe” from about 18
Leaving behind more hardware- iPhone must be newer than iPhone X (10)
IE: 11+. I like it though, I do NOT like that it will make older hardware increasingly unable to get or update Apps like the STARBUCKS one left behind as IOS 15 : (

What use are your older phones and devices? 3G was left behind so for example nothing older than an iPhone 5 will work as their 3G only will not work….

Multiple Issues with both PC/MICROSOFT   and now mainly APPLE automatically encrypting your drive during an upgrade or even an Update. Apple uses FILEVAULT while PCs use BITLOCKER. More on this during the show.

Scam Mechanism thoroughly explored : ) Who has Time for this? “Pleasant Green”.
If a friend is entangled in any such thing find the correct video and Send it. 10 mins

Here is “Pleasant Greens” Channel 
and, while we are at it a longtime favorite of mine “419 Eater”