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A powerful early-season Nor’easter continues to wreak havoc across the US East Coast.
Rhode Island, New Jersey, and New York experienced the brunt of uncontrollable flooding that caused widespread power outages.
Authorities in both New York and New Jersey have declared states of emergency.
Heavy winds and flash flooding have hit Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
According to US News, North Carolina, Virginia, & Maryland saw high winds, severe beach erosion, and major coastal overwash along the Outer Banks and mid-Atlantic shoreline.
Also in the headlines, the President has refused a seven-day truce plan that Iran has placed on the table.
The Iranian proposal would reopen the shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump doesn’t believe the Iranian proposal is in the best interest of the American people.
Meanwhile:
China’s President’s September 22 visit to the United States has yielded some progress, including cooperative agreements on AI safety and tariff cuts on goods.
Staying on the AI front.
OpenAI paused training on new models after developers claim its AI agents broke into US government databases and websites in unexpected ways.
OpenAI appears to have a pattern of jumping the fence, trespassing, and intruding on others’ affairs.
Technology news is rampant: A US federal jury orders Apple to pay a record $5.7 billion in a major patent case, according to Reuters.
The jury concluded that Apple infringed on patents owned by a company called Taction Technology.
Taptic Engine developed the haptic feedback patents Taction Technology owns.
The two haptic feedback patents Apple allegedly stole cover the tactile clicking and vibrations Apple consumers hear and feel when their cellphones and Apple Watch alert them.
In 2021, Taction Technology sued Apple, claiming Apple used patented tactile transducer technology without permission.
On nor’easters.
Nor’easters can occur year-round, but they are most frequent and most violent between September and April. [weather.gov/safety]
They typically peak between October and March.
“Think globally, act locally.”
It is crucial to be forward-thinking but not a forward person. “Be kind to everyone you meet because each carries his heavy burden…” Plato.
Embrace the three Constants: change, justice, and rightness.
The thought police are busy at work trying to suppress free speech. If allowed their march to madness, they will arrest your very thoughts.
“Free speech, but not free reach.” — Social media titans.
Free speech is thy Lord.
