I've seen two different AI "companions" online and on FB. Are these for real? Are they just a way to hack my computer?

Gwen

Red flags aplenty in London police’s swatting of Twitch streamer Clara Sorrenti: expert

https://globalnews.ca/news/9069338/london-police-swatting-tw...

some say that we Brits have a fixation with the weather

i'll be glad for the mercury to drop!

A story from the Guardian. It appears drag queens have been reading stories to children in public libraries and the right-wing have got hold of it and, on the pretence of protecting children are prepared to protest against such things because they are different.

Is now out!

I'll be having a zoom meeting this Sunday Aug 7 4:00 PM Texas time. This meeting is for trans women only. Feel free to invite others, if you have an invite. It is international. Past attendees have been from Great Britain as well as Germany.

https://www.time.gov/
Britain 10:00PM
Germany 11:00PM

and of course that means its raining!

Yesterday, England won the 2022 women's European cup.

What made it sweeter was it was against Germany. In England's footballing history (Soccer for those in the USA), Germany always end England's dream of winning anything. Often in a penalty shoot-out. The men's team lost to Italy in the final on penalties last year.

I’ve been to Texas many times. Other than the men trying to convince each other who’s got the biggest penis -- they seem to be quite normal.

So why all the hateful trans laws?

The other night I was watching CNN. They aired a report that seemed to answer that question. The report slipped into CNN jingoism but contained a lot of information that led to sound conclusions.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/24/politics/texas-far-right-poli...

Well it's Friday again and for some of us it is the Time for the ladies get together, this Sunday at 4:00 PM Texas time we will be having yet another get together. Last week was pretty good we had two well known authors from Britain and a German attendee and of course me.

https://www.time.gov/
Topic: Ladies GTG
Time: Jul 31, 2022 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

The UK weather has returned to summer "normal" 24c today possibly 21c tomorrow, nearly 20c difference from last Tuesday.

Where I work we have aircon. Often the women don't want it on, whereas the men do. The thickness of clothing could make a difference in how hot men feel. I have read that men have more muscle mass, which generates more heat. Apparently, men have a faster metabolism which again generates heat.

I am back from the hospital/nursing home and am resuming the Zoom meetings. These meetings are for trans women only. Feel free to invite others. It will be on Sundays at 4:00 PM Texas time. It is international. Past attendees have been from Great Britain As well as Germany. You would like to attend just send me a PM via big closet.

https://www.time.gov/

Time: July 24, 2022 04:00 PM

but its still under 30 degrees!

I saw a new author on kindle Isabella Emma with over 703 stories most around 500 pages all posted this year. The cover pages and summary are all half-assed, they are all tg fiction.
Authors name is Isabella Emma
Some authors might want to look at some of these stories

My heart goes out to those poor people killed or injured by another angry man with a rifle. On a day of celebration they were attacked for some so far unknown reason.

I know it is not guns that kill, it's people. But giving those that want to kill people easy access to guns makes it a lot more likely to happen.

Here are some frightening stats about gun deaths in the USA.

It's nice to know the world isn't all about hate.

Boy in sequined prom dress ‘living his best life’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-62041127

A 16-year-old boy who wore a red dress to his school prom has said it was "surreal" it had been seen more than seven million times on social media.

Korben stepped out in a sequined tuxedo and ballgown skirt to loud cheers from pupils and staff at Archbishop Sancroft High School in Harleston, Norfolk.

as we start the new month.

Erin and I are friends.

That is a huge statement for me. I know thousands of people. For most years in my business I worked with six to eight hundred entities who had anywhere from ten to five thousand transactions with me. . .enough so that my last year in business my sales were forty-eight million dollars.

now resumed!

When you woke up yesterday, did it seem like you were in another world?

You are.

In a democacy, a position supported by less than a third of the population has turned our country inside out.

The supreme court ruling yesterday and accompanying opinions made it clear that the three uber-conservatives Trump appointed to the court are hell bent on taking us back to the dark ages. We now know exactly what MAGA has meant from day one.

The latest research shows what we suspected, women are left out of the authorship of many scientific papers, we all know of Rosalind Franklin and DNA, it seems it's still happening. I hope that when I am able to continue my research, I am able to publish, it isn't ground breaking stuff but I hope it will show one woman is trying to buck the trend.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/22/female-scien...

Apparently we need to vote more with our feet with regards to these companies. Don't expect me anytime soon as a customer for one of these and I will ask my environment to do the same.

See for instance:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/datablog/2021/jun/27/pride...
https://fortune.com/2022/06/01/major-corporations-donate-ant...