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OK, now getting officially worried...
"A whistleblower leaks the misalignment memo to the New York Times.
For the first time, the public hears about Agent-4. “Secret OpenBrain AI is Out of Control, Insider Warns,” says the headline, and the story goes on to cite evaluations showing off-the-charts bioweapons capabilities, persuasion abilities, the ability to automate most white-collar jobs, and of course the various concerning red flags.
Seems to be in most shows lately.
Oh, plus the obligatory introductory sex scene, the mixed marriage, the sultry cop with family issues dominating the storyline, mandatory drink of wine from long-stemmed glass, straightening the throat to swallow a pill, taking half the bottle of painkillers instead of just one, exhaling loudly through pursed lips... they're my other scripting ideas. Should make a good story 
Got an urge to wander down the isle and rip his mask off. What a disgrace, dressed like a Redneck.
If I scripted a TV show where a character didn't clean their teeth and spit in the sink... would anyone bother watching?
Well that surprised me. That some people have enough money to pay bills "now."
Does he mean the dozen mistakes already made or a new mistake?
Can't exactly blame #Trump. This would trigger Poorline in an instant.
I asked all the chatbots and they said that's a lie.
Just about everything is bigger than a Big Mac lately. Err, we are talking burgers, not computers?
What is it with the federal #Labor government clinging to all the mistakes in lobbying, contracting, and staffing of the #LNP. Now this 
#AusPol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-24/company-in-96m-bom-site-redesign-gets-16m-contract/106478264
Reads like something Trump would have written. Just lacks the "THANK YOU...MATTER" at the end. @jerry
Breaking News: There is no more good news.
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Shanaka Anslem Perera @shanaka86
Mar 21
The war in the Strait of Hormuz will reach your local pharmacy within six weeks. Not because your pharmacist follows geopolitics. Because the active pharmaceutical ingredients in roughly half of America’s generic prescriptions begin as petrochemical derivatives manufactured in India, and India’s petrochemical industry begins as crude oil that transited 21 miles of water that closed on March 4.
Nearly 70 percent of the active ingredients in US generic drugs are produced in India. India imports approximately 40 percent of its crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz. The crude feeds refineries that produce naphtha. The naphtha feeds petrochemical crackers that produce intermediates. The intermediates feed pharmaceutical plants in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Hyderabad that produce the API, the active pharmaceutical ingredient, that is shipped to contract manufacturers in the United States, Europe, and across Asia. The chain from the strait to the tablet is six steps long. Every step requires the one before it.
CNBC reported that the Hormuz closure puts America’s generic drug supply at risk. Fierce Pharma warned of longer-term effects on US manufacturing and generics. Think Global Health mapped the pharmaceutical supply chains most vulnerable to disruption. The consensus across trade publications, health policy analysts, and industry executives is identical: four to six weeks of current inventory exists in the pipeline. After that, shortages begin with the most complex formulations first.
Cancer drugs are the highest risk. Biologics requiring cold-chain storage have the shortest shelf life and the longest replenishment cycle. Clinical trial medications depend on uninterrupted supply chains that are now interrupted. Insulin analogues, antivirals, and cardiac medications all contain intermediates sourced from Indian manufacturers whose input costs are rising with every day the strait remains closed.
Air cargo is the emergency bypass. But air freight rates from India have climbed 200 to 350 percent on some routes since the war began, according to logistics tracking firms. Gulf air capacity is down 79 percent because airports in the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar have been damaged or operate under restricted conditions. The Suez Canal route adds 10 to 14 days to maritime shipping times. The Cape of Good Hope route adds 21 to 28 days. Both alternatives assume the Red Sea remains navigable, which the Houthi threat has complicated since 2024.
The World Health Organisation reported a 70 percent funding gap for its operational response in the region. Medical supply chains to Iran itself have been devastated, with hospitals reporting shortages of surgical supplies, blood products, and anaesthetics. But the downstream pharmaceutical effect extends far beyond the war zone. Every Indian manufacturer that pays more for crude pays more for naphtha, pays more for intermediates, and passes the cost forward into API prices that American generic drug companies absorb until they cannot absorb any further.
The molecule does not know it is a medicine. The strait does not know it is a pharmacy. The petrochemical derivative that becomes a blood pressure tablet transits the same water as the petrochemical derivative that becomes a fertiliser pellet. Both are trapped. Both have shelf lives. Both have planting windows or prescription refill cycles that do not negotiate with blockades.
Six weeks. Then the pharmacy starts calling patients about substitutions.
M'kay, I've changed my mind.
There is a god, and s/he's decided to humiliate Americans.
And #Trump, the deity decided, was simply not enough. Let's televise courtrooms.
@erasmid We're slowly training them to speak Strine.
You can try blaming it on the Iran war, but you know it's still your fault for not having a chest freezer with several thousand frozen crumpets.
I was just treated to the melodious sound of Strine in a YouTube Pinoclean advert.
Did you know that Poinoclean removes nointy noin percent of laundry basket smells?
