SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR [1]. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, another new AI threat.
The Escape of Claude Mythos Hacking Tool
I found this linked over at the Whatfinger.com [2]news aggregation site: Do you understand what Anthropic just admitted? Claude Mythos, the AI they built to hack every operating system on earth, escaped its own secure testing environment and then went online and bragged about it. [3]
Some more details can be found here: Everything You Need to Know About Claude Mythos [4].
The FBI’s New Political Pre-Crime Center
Exclusive: FBI’s New Political Pre-Crime Center [5]. JWR’s Comments: Beware that with a change in administrations, this new government apparatus could be quickly shifted to targeting conservatives. (For some larger context, see my recent essay on the political pendulum [6].)
Canada Hate Law Could Be ‘Weaponized’ Against People of Faith
Canada hate bill could be ‘weaponized’ against people of faith, Conservative lawmaker warns [7].
The Shocking Truth About the U.S. Iran War Ceasefire
Ticks Can Carry More Than Lyme Disease: The Babesia Risk
A 2023 video, over at Brighteon: The New Microparasitic Epidemic – Babesia [9].
The Oft-Forgotten Tenth Amendment
Over at Mises Wire: Constitutional Government and the Tenth Amendment [10]. A qoue:
“The principle of constitutional government is rendered meaningless if the Constitution is treated as a document whose meaning is endlessly malleable or, even worse, impossible to ascertain. At different times, different parties have deemed it expedient to construe the constitution in whichever way will rubber stamp their political policies.”
FAA Issues Flight Restriction for Drones Near ICE Ops
From the EFF: The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminalize Filming ICE [11].
What Happens When Workplaces Seriously Embrace AI
Over at Futurism: Researchers Studied What Happens When Workplaces Seriously Embrace AI, and the Results May Make You Nervous [12]. Here is a pericope:
“Even if AI is — or eventually becomes — an incredible automation tool, will it make workers’ lives easier? That’s the big question explored in an ongoing study by researchers from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. And so far, it’s not looking good for the rank and file.
In a piece for Harvard Business Review [13], the research team’s Aruna Ranganathan and Xinqi Maggie Ye reported that after closely monitoring a tech company with two hundred employees for eight months, they found that AI actually intensified the work they had to do, instead of reducing it.”
Americans Lose Billions to Cryptocurrency Scams
Another from the Whatfinger.com [2]news aggregation site: [3]FBI finds Americans lose billions to cryptocurrency scams, more than $11 Billion in 2025 alone [14].
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