Super-advanced self-aware programs are the greatest threat to national security, according to the US Department of "Defense". And these AIs, coincidentally, will be how America protects itself

tradition is not a law it's a lot ... much more bigger than a donkey larger than a horse skip the oceans exceeds epochs keeps customs the tribe makes a people

In the shallows of the Black Sea. Byala, Varna region, Bulgaria. Little jellyfish.

Yesterday morning I took a hike up the mountain on the back of our property. It's not the biggest mountain, and we don't own the whole thing, but it was still quite a hike. We live in a holler, about halfway

On the water Sony A7iii 72mm F6.3 1/500 ISO 100 Click here to view larger Two Boats one heading out on coming back in, one with classic style and one more modern and speedy. Which would you rather be on?

Hussain shot 15 people in a mostly-Greek neighborhood of Toronto Ontario on Sunday evening, and was then shot to death by police. Faisal Hussain Faisal Hussain It was widely reported initially by the

Sofia, Bulgaria The magical city - so called its happy inhabitants. You feel this magic when you walk down the narrow, ancient streets leading to the medieval square. There, a magnificent Catholic Church

I have recently been extremely busy and it was only today that I realized that I had slipped back into old patterns of elevated stress and overthinking. These type of mind-states are extremely

In the shallows of the Black Sea. Byala, Varna region, Bulgaria.

I have truly enjoyed discovering beautiful/interesting things in and around my apartment complex...flowers, trees, shadows. When I first moved here, I simply wasn't paying attention because I was elsewhere

Happy anniversary/Astana Day to Astana, the now 20-year-old* capital of Kazakhstan (and of course happy birthday to none other than Nursultan Nazarbayev). For your viewing pleasure, here is a podcast on

It seems there's not much time left for [the pathetic remnants of] the freedom of speech in Europe. For this reason, here are a few of my favorite ways to circumvent our local censorship schemes: The

It's #treetuesday, brought to us by @old-guy-photos ...one of my favorite days here on Steemit! Today, I wanted to share with you a couple of trees that are only a few steps from my apartment door. Even

Josh Friedman reports from Istanbul on simultaneous presidential and parliamentary Election Day in Turkey. Will Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan win Turkey's new executive presidency outright or

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Continuing our journey around the Batak Dam, we find more photographic gems ... What a sky! Submerged dreams ... Abstract art: "Climbing ..., forever striving ..., we're gonna' find our way out ...,

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Macro is not only photography of insects. Equally fascinating, even more fascinating are the flowers. Let me show you the close up of this lovely blue flower. Oh, by the way, it is Cichorium intybus. Once

This is Germany, whose social structure and identity the EU is trying desperately to destroy. Migrants wanted to come to Germany because of the society they had built. Germany's destruction was a long

Hello all, it's @pasaift. Today being 19th of June happens to be a day set aside to increase and create awareness on the disease "SICKLE CELL". Credit This movement was initiated by the United