This weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters.
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Reader C.B. mentioned this, published by the leftist USA Today: Will humans cut down trees that have been alive for thousands of years? New rules say no. JWR’s Comments: Throwing in mention and photos of 2,000-year-old trees is just a sympathy-inducing tactic. Those trees have long been protected. The new rules will effectively limit USFS timber sales to just second-growth trees. In many areas, that means small-diameter pulpwood logs. The Bidenistas want to wreck the economies of most of the western and southern states. This new policy fits in with their overall strategy of marginalizing Republican “Red” states.
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Channel 1: The world’s first AI-generated news channel.
JWR’s Comments: AI-generated tripe is becoming ubiquitous. Some websites and alleged blogs are nothing but AI-regurgitated pablum. And Amazon’s self-publishing platform is now becoming choked with AI-generated schlock books. I now often receive articles submitted for our writing contest with phrasing that is clearly AI-written. In my experience, the telling hallmarks of AI-writtten text are: A repetitious writing style, odd or simplified vocabularies, awkward phrasing, perfect punctuation, no typos, paragraphs of almost identical length, circular logic, and a monotonous recounting of facts. I of course reject these scam articles, but I often wonder about the editors of other blogs and websites who are not as discerning, or that simply don’t care. My fear is that the blogosphere will soon resemble my e-mail inbox — that is: overwhelmed by fakers, scammers, spammers, SEO stuffers, and fraudsters. Rest assured that what you are reading at SurvivalBlog is legitimate. Our old-fashioned blogsite may lack those snazzy animated graphics and embedded videos, but we are genuine journalists, guided by Christian ethics.
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The “Post-Degree” Era Is Here: Study Reveals Top 10 Six Figure Careers That Don’t Rely On College. (A hat tip to H.L. for the link.)