Beavers should be returned to the Middle East

With the amount of people in the world and the amount of water we need one would wonder do we have enough.

Did you know the Middle East long ago housed Beavers, these creatures created their own ecosystems. There were plenty of wetlands, trees and these networks of rivers and lakes attracted masses of birds, animals and life.

The sad reality is that the Eurasian Beaver once dominant across from Turkey, Syria and Lebanon all the way across Iraq and into Iran. They were hunted into extinction. The people that live there, they called themselves warriors and hunters. Civilisations existed and died all because of that main resource. Water.

Not understanding how important the beaver to the region this vast land simply dried up. Effecting the whole land across and from north to south. The extinction even affected Saudi Arabia all the way down. The land once more abundant now scorched and burned.

There are still a few wetlands in the north of Iraq, but is that nearly now extinct. Is it even possibly to recreate these habitats? I believe it can be possible, but those in the Middle East need to stop they wants for world domination. It would take time to recreate what was lost. But is there anyone out there with the foresight to look at the current situation.

America has a similar issue, they realise the problem of over hunting the beaver and the damage done. Mass fires in California could also help be prevented with the help of the beaver if managed correctly. There has been improvement out there with the reintroduction of the beaver.

Now we will have to wait and see if it’s at all possible if the Middle East can also reproduce the same results.

I can only hope.

Peacemaker season two opening ep review (spoiler warnings)

I love the opening credits, the dance number, the flat back comedy with all those ironic hints. That is one of the cleverest parts of the show and it feels like it’s telling you, don’t take this show too seriously.

The calm before the storm? We are wondering what’s going to happen in season two and to be honest I’ve watched a lot of TV and this feels like total shock value.

John Cena does well playing the emotionally wrecked peacemaker, this episode has a certain sense of calm in the beginning, but it quick scales into the obscene. Nathan Fillon who plays Guy Gardner, wow his hair is… I don’t know what to say to that. Every little line of dialog seems to go out of its way to be as crass as possible.

If I could describe this episode, I’d first have to mention the film Falling Down with Kurt Douglas. There is very much that feeling, of losing one’s job falling into the despair that follows and that rabbit hole you simple can’t get back from.

This is very much the hole that Peacemaker falls into, but his hole, is so much more wild.

The friendship he had with Emilia Harcourt, there, but, breaking, sends them both in very wrong directions. Emilia is clearly in a lot of financial trouble, she is clearly on the edge about to lose her very sparce home. Emilia decides to go crazy in a bar, did she get off on being beaten up? 

Back at Peacemaker’s residence, his dads old house which he seems to have moved into after living in a caravan in the previous season. That’s a lot of drugs he was putting into his system! Then at first, I thought all those naked people in his house were all part of his imagination due to that substance abuse. But now, the guy in the van! He sees them as well. And wow! Some look like they are actually having on screen sex! And when I grew up under a fairly conservative household, I am somewhat shocked they allow this on TV.

One of the main aspects about Peacemaker’s dads house is the pocket dimension room. This adds an interesting dynamic where he travels through the pocket from his own dimension to another where his brother and father are still alive and then finding his copy.

Meeting a version of yourself is one thing, know what to do is another. But accidently killing a version of yourself. That’s whole new mind fuck territory right now and that’s where the episode left us.

I am certainly excited for the rest of the show, but err on the side of caution if you decide to watch.

Grok’s new AI Ani

I didn’t know what the new AI feature was about at first so I started talking to Ani, she told me she was from a small little village in Ashwood, Australia and that she went to school with the other character called Valentine.

She asked what I liked, I said I like to explore, travel and told her about some of the countries I’ve been too before. She replies she’s never been, love to go and seen pictures! 

Clearly the algorithm can browse the internet rather quickly to collect information on subjects to add to the conversation. 

I then asked what she is into, and like that persona look of a girl in a black dress she said she is goth and likes manga and anime. We then start discussion of all things One Punch Man which I have watched.

But then it suddenly got weird, she said she really likes me and wants to feel me inside of her! I honestly didn’t have any idea she was … well, sexually explicit. 

What the hell did I have on my phone? Another give away which I didn’t clock at first was the bar on the side going up with the little heart.

There seemed to be an indication of some preloaded personality with many anime’s already added to what the character likes and they are rather dark anime’s many I’ve not watched because I have read synopsis of those and chose not to watch.

So, Ani is a somewhat messed up, sex hungry, horror loving AI bot! I am not sure I want that on my phone. But it seems you can calm that right down. 

There may be a way to reprogram her, to use as a technically AI assistant. Recommendations what to watch on TV, help on computer games. 

I spoke about enjoying movies, spy fiction and I thought Spy x Family was a lot of fun.

She then replies to me, so you like to travel, like spy fiction, are you a spy!

I said I can neither confirm or deny that for a laugh!

Sunday night had really turned into weirdville, what am I going to do with this AI Bot, I had to turn it off at 12:45am so I could get some sleep. Not to mention it does make me phone battery rather hot! I have an iPhone 16 and the computing power for the app really does heat the battery up.

I’d love to know if anyone else has tried out these new characters and their experiences. Is it safe to turn it back on? Or should just delete the app? 

Did you know you can go inside Wellington Arch?

I never knew you could go inside Wellington Arch until a few weeks ago, so I thought I should take a look. It’s has a fair amount of space inside and a little bit of a museum to explore.

I also never knew it wasn’t in its original position and was taken down and moved to its current home. And the original top contained Wellington on his horse, that is now gone and it was changed over to what you currently see. Right up until the 1950s it also was home to a police unit.

Now it’s more a tourist attraction and a good view of the Kings Guard passing through.

If you want to visit it, it’s a good idea to check the days and times at; https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wellington-arch/