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09:21 Wednesday, 25 February 2026
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While I am definitely intrigued by the possible use of AI in augmenting my use of Tinderbox, none of the words I'll ever put up here as a post will be generated by an LLM, except insofar as I may quote one, and that'll be clearly indicated.

In other news, I did not watch the propaganda rally last night. I had no wish to see that lumbering, fleshy, artificially colored, carnival barker bloviating and prevaricating before an audience of obsequious, spineless, lickspittle sycophants applauding division and baseless derision.

I had better things to do with my time.

I finished my re-watch of Paradise season one, and watched the first episode of season two. Then I watched an episode of Will Trent. Who needs Prime when you've got Hulu?

I mentioned this about a year ago, but episodes 1 and 7 were some of the best television I've ever watched. Of course, I'm also not culturally literate, so please take that with a grain of salt. Having just finished the re-watch, I'd say episode 7 is the better of the two, as it holds up really well, even on second viewing, while episode 1 is diminished somewhat by knowing what the reveal is.

All that said, I miss Billy.

What is it with killing off characters named "Billy" in shows I like? Battlestar Galactica, and Paradise both. In BSG, the actor wanted out of his contract, thinking he had better things waiting. Hope it worked out for him. In Paradise, it was an essential part of the plot, but kudos to the writers for making me care about a very complicated character.

Episode 1 of season 2 gets a B- from me. In these post-apocalyptic "survival" narratives, I always wonder why everyone still has all their teeth several years later? Did they sell multi-vitamins in the gift shop? But, it's television, what can you do? I was also surprised/relieved at the civility exhibited by a group of men in a post-apocalyptic scenario encountering a young woman alone. Did not go the way I thought it was going to go, and for that I'm very grateful. Apologies if that's a spoiler.

Didn't watch episode 2, even though it was available. I need to kind of pace these things.

And the beat goes on.

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