Compressed Index Of Blog & Notes

* This page provides an index to back issues of MrG's weblogs, with short listings of articles in each monthly log.

[*] CURRENT MONTH

* JAN 2025

• WEEK 1: Musk-MAGA feuding; House Speaker contest; Trump & Ukraine; 1831 eruption; thermite dragon drones; Tirana Puzzle Tower; norovirus resistance; MS Copilot+ AI PCs; Russian economic rot.

[*] 2024 INDEX

* DEC 2024

• WEEK 48: Klitschko owns Joe Rogan; rare earths from coal ash; AI image enlarger; controlling plastic pollution; Trump making noise about tariffs; elks (almost) in my back yard; crazy people shooting at indigents; getting rid of CD racks; leaving Spoutible.
  
  
• WEEK 49: Joe Biden pardons Hunter; exodus from Xitter to Bluesky; background checks for Trump nominees; Ukrainian drones & radio target tagging; my misadventures with trolls; turmoil in Georgia and South Korea; my new headphones and fun with MS Copilot; Syria rebels on a roll; new US Navy LRMP 155mm glide munition; frozen Russian funds for Ukraine.
  
  
• WEEK 50: Universal Plug & Charge for EVs; Luigi Mangione, CEO killer; finding elk manure on my lawn; Trump voters pretend Trump is a great guy; up against obstacles in training AI models; the election was rigged, sort of; tsunami warning systems; dubious drone sightings; AMELIA THE LEVEL-0 HERO.
  
  
• WEEK 51: paranoid Putin; still trolling the election; Ukraine assassinates General Kirillov; bogus partnership of Russia & North Korea; Ukraine laser weapon; lenacapavir against HIV; Elon Musk hates hashtags; dicey Bluetooth; my dental problems; gene editing against inherited blood disorders; inauguration day of inaction; Jon Pavlovitz calls out division.
  
  
• WEEK 52: Musk & budget fiasco; Ukraine drone & missile warfare; funding for Syria's HTS; K3MNet neutrino telescope; Trump hates remote work; Osmo Pocket 3 camera, Asus ROG Ally gamebox, Audacity audio editor.

* NOV 2024

• WEEK 44: Israel strikes back at Iran; news media hallucinations about election; Bezos tells WAPO to drop Kamala endorsement, Borowitz shoots back; Trump Puerto Rico gaffe; Kamala packs them in at the Ellipse; enhanced rock weathering against climate change; Trump rides the garbage truck; US Army 155mm shell production ramp-up; fall & rise of the shopping mall; my Halloween fun; WEBTOON.
  
  
• WEEK 45: election day, didn't go well; V-BAT drone; buttons V touchscreens; a mouse in my house; ESTATE DEVELOPER mangwha; new Ukrainian drones.
  
  
• WEEK 46: election recriminations; Israel crushes Gaza; antivaxer goes to jail in the UK; incompetent Trump Gang; ASUS ROG Ally handheld game box; failed supernova; Xitter replacements; kick scootering; THE ONION buys INFOWARS at auction; Matt Gaetz & other lunatic Trump picks; no, Ukraine will not go nuclear; iMicro smartphone microscope; audio-only games; bike lanes.
  
  
• WEEK 47: Election blues lifting a bit; installing my Google Nest doorbell; legal actions against Trump going into suspension but not canceled; Netanyahu now ICC war criminal; Matt Gaetz won't be AG; Ukraine drone carries killer drones; Merkel pushes back hard on Ukraine accusations.

* OCT 2024

• WEEK 40: No, Putin was not scared of Trump, quite the opposite; Small Diameter Bombs for Ukraine; Iran launches salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel; Joe Biden on top of hurricane relief; Tim Walz & JD Vance debate; Colorado election official Tina Peters gets 9 years in the slammer.
  
  
• WEEK 41: Putin's Black Sea estate at Sochi being turned upside down; Israel provides early warning systems to Ukraine; Russians get bad North Korean ammunition; Trump talked to Putin (big deal) and wants to sell out Ukraine (yes, we knew); Ukraine drone strikes on Russia picking up pace; my battle with hay fever.
  
  
• WEEK 42: badmouthing FEMA; Nintendo Alarmo clock; Russia's economy, much more down than up; dropped off my 2024 ballot; scenario for general war with Russia; Kamala on Fox; Elon the Musk Rat weakens blocking; far-ranging Ukraine drone attacks.
  
  
• WEEK 43: Threads & Bluesky unimpressive; rethinking my blog; North Koreans in Ukraine; $66 billion USD from USA to Ukraine for warfighting; bogus gloom & doom about election; drilling for hydrogen; Phoenix Ghost drones; MRNA pesticides; Pete Buttigieg is way too smart; reconfiguring my smart lights.

* SEP 2024

• WEEK 35: Jim Carville being a clown; USA TODAY'S Rex Huppke gets Trump's number; Jack Smith re-introduces Trump indictment for Judge Chutkan's court; Ella Emhoff being trolled; F-16s in combat in Ukraine; Brazil takes on Elon Musk; my misadventures with roofers; Frau Merkel as TV detective.
  
  
• WEEK 36: Trump's bungled campaign; Dennis Quaid in REAGAN movie; Trump upset because Kamala worked at McDonald's; phone call threats; Russian disinformation operation disrupted; Trump's legal hassles; not a close presidential race; more GMLRS for Ukraine; Dick Cheney says VOTE FOR KAMALA; Judge Merchan puts off sentencing Trump; Hunter Biden cops a plea;
  
  
• WEEK 37: fumbling with government shutdowns; Ukraine builds underground munitions factories; credit card-sized smartphones; Trump-Kamala debate; my misadventures with IRAs; bought a Google Nest Hub smart display; Ukraine versus Shahed killer drones.
  
  
• WEEK 38: armed lurker after Trump; fading charges against Trump; Pete Buttigieg dumps on Trump; Zelenskyy "peace plan"; Hezbollah's pagers (& walkie-talkies) explode; Ukraine blows up huge Russian munitions depot; North Carolina voter ID flap; bogus polls;
  
  
• WEEK 39: no government shutdown; Trump's lunatic campaign; badmouthing Haitians in Springfield OH; Manchin whines; phone locator; dubious followers on Spout; Ukraine support not really weakening; Spout developing a sense of humor; hay fever crushing me; my new toy music keyboard.

* AUG 2024

• WEEK31: yes, Kamala is qualified to be president; Alexander Mountain fire; tech CEOs endorse Kamala; Joe Biden springs American prisoners in Russia; no, the Ukraine War wasn't going to be ended easily; Trump's lethargic campaign; no, climate change wasn't really a thing until the 1980s.
  
  
• WEEK32: Kamala campaign on a roll; Ukraine gets F-16s; Alexander Mountain fire contained; Tim Walz for VP; Ukraine illusions about Trump; Farage & UK anti-immigrant demonstrations; MAGA trolls against Walz; SCOTUS Justice Gorsuch talks trash.
  
  
• WEEK33: Ukraine invades Kursk Oblast; discarded vape unit; legacy media snubbed by Kamala; MAGA drivel and Joe Biden still rides; FTC bans fake reviews; Hans Peter Midttun says Ukraine War not a stalemate.
  
  
• WEEK34: dubious read on Kamala the candidate; Joe Biden at DNC; the Obamas at the DNC; price-gouging laws; Ukraine drone attack on Moscow; press "sanewashing" Trump; Kinzinger at DNC; Ukraine in Kursk Oblast; my trip to an airshow.

* JUL 2024

• WEEK26: SCOTUS term limits; Ukrainian sea babies laying mines; Assange cops a plea and goes home; SCOTUS allows moderation of social media; fewer linkings to troll media; toss-bombing in Ukraine; Stoltenberg says Russians can't make big breakthroughs in Ukraine; Joe Biden's bad debate night; SCOTUS overturns CHEVRON V NRDC; Zelenskyy sacks General Sodol.
  
  
• WEEK27: Pressure on Biden to drop out; SCOTUS judgement on presidential immunity; solar panels for Ukraine; my new socks with reinforcements; Labour wins big in UK; possibilities of long-range AAMs for Ukraine;
  
  
• WEEK28: French elections; more pressure on Biden to drop out; fun with Assistant and Copilot; somebody took a shot at Trump.
  
  
• WEEK29: Trump's lame assassination attempt; media doomsplaining about election continues; #DumpBiden persists; my new Yamaha PSR EW310 keyboard.
  
  
• WEEK30: Joe Biden drops out; Judge Cannon rejects Trump classified documents case; Kamala starts out strong; Keir Starmer runs a taut ship; Trump pushes back on hush-money case; MAGA continues threatening calls; Ukraine gets F-16s; David Frum praises Joe Biden.

* JUN 2024

• WEEK22: Trump V Libertarians; fighting ongoing in Ukraine; sanctions on Russia; Trump hush-money trial; peace proposals for Gaza.
  
  
• WEEK23: Ukraine peace conference; Netanyahu under pressure; MAGA still after Dr. Fauci; I voted; using Voice Notepad to help memory; intense solar activity; Steele Dossier and Republican chaos.
  
  
• WEEK24: flag wars in my neighborhood; Hunter Biden guilty; Ukraine Uncrewed Systems Forces; no Republican Moderate party; Trump wants Congress to overturn his conviction; Google Assistant and MS Copilot.
  
  
• WEEK25: Bump-stock ban overturned; trolls bashing sunscreen; cheapfakes against Biden; small boats as Ukrainian sea drones; Russia has shipping container bottleneck; F-16s to Ukraine; DeviantArt DreamUp super-couples; post-Quantum encryption; Farage sides with Putin.

* MAY 2024

• WEEK 17: Kaja Kallas on cyber-security; Biden goes for re-election; Biden at Correspondent's Dinner
  
  
• WEEK18: Trump "hush money" case; Hunter Biden defamation lawsuit; guided munitions V jamming in Ukraine; lame Trump campaign; war of attrition in Ukraine; Macron speaks; DJI Osmo Pocket 3.
  
  
• WEEK19: GREEDY, a nice PAC-MAN game clone; Biden V Netanyahu; UK general election; Ukrainian guerrillas in Crimea; BlueSky & Spoutible.
  
  
• WEEK20: Russian threat to Kharkiv; the Modern MAGA Criminal; John Oliver has a deal for Clarence Thomas; SCOTUS protects CFPB; Joe B. Wan Kenobi; political resistance to Netanyahu.
  
  
• WEEK21: Hunter Biden's memoirs; Judge Merchan annoyed at Trump's legal counsel; assessing current SCOTUS; Ukraine resistance stiffening; MAGA Capitol rioters in court; Biden Administration not unfriendly to business.

* APR 2024

• WEEK 13: Chinese banks halting transactions with Russia; Elon Musk against free speech; Biden ready for election cheating; abortion pill controversy; container ship wrecks bridge in Baltimore; al-Qaeda on the rocks; Ukraine troop shortfall; Disney owns DeSantis.
  
  
• WEEK 14: Trump stock goes public; ObamaCare is now popular; sanctions on Russia working, imperfectly; car wrap scam; Notta transcription service; Ukraine drone attacks; Disney not woke, just wants to make money.
  
  
• WEEK 15: Reproductive rights poll; Trump against Ukraine; FALLOUT series on Amazon Prime; GAI synthetic song lyrics; US evangelicals in decline; Chinese scholar says Russia losing in Ukraine.
  
  
• WEEK 16: our local House district changed; decline in religion; problems with chocolate production; lethargic Trump; stalled military aid bills; Moskowitz trolls MTG; US & Ukraine drone deep strikes; stoner hashtag #420; aid package for Ukraine.

* MAR 2024

• WEEK 9: Ukraine War goes on; malware booby-trap; Mitch McConnell stepping down; settling in on Spoutible; games on my Fire TV Cube;
  
  
• WEEK 10: Ukraine's updated armor; Ukraine shoot-downs; Ukraine sea babies; GOP unhappy about vat-grown meat; Russian wire-guided drones; Joe Biden's State of the Union address.
  
  
• WEEK 11: Trumps take over RNC; Xitter won't delete my account; Mueller & later Trump investigations; Jasmine Crockett on IVF; Kremlin trolls busy in the USA.
  
  
• WEEK 12: Trump bond problems & finances; Lev Parnas slams MAGA politicians; no government shutdown; Ukraine attacks Russia, Allied reaction; election not likely a near thing.

* FEB 2024

• WEEK 5: trading shots with the Yemeni Houthis; Ukraine War, sea babies and assassinations; Oregon legislators kneecapped for quorum-breaking.
  
  
• WEEK 6: Hertling on Zaluzhnyy retirement; Ukrainian asymmetric warfare; battle over Ukraine funding in House; Spoutible & social-media wars.
  
  
• WEEK 7: Stumbling Trump's fascist rhetoric; Santos replacement election; Ukraine sinks another Orc ship; bogus Biden witness indicted; Navalnyy's death; Trump loses hush-money trial; leaving Xitter and embracing Spoutible; interview with General Syrskyy.
  
  
• WEEK 8: Joe Biden under fire for Gaza; atmospheric rivers; defecting Russian pilot murdered; Assange appeals extradition; Trump's troubles; Michael Mann vindicated in court; my Razor A6 kick scooter.

* JAN 2024

• WEEK 52: Russia's war as economic disaster; MS Copilot for Japanese learning.
  
  
• WEEK 1: ridiculous Trump; USA climate jobs market looks good; hidden viruses.
  
  
• WEEK 2: Russia's Wildberries burns down; synchronized extrasolar planets; adventures in learning cyrillic.
  
  
• WEEK 3: AFU k-drones against Saint Petersburg; US Climate Corps;
  
  
• WEEK 4: General Budanov speaks; decaying Trump.

[*] 2023 INDEX

* DEC 2023

• WEEK 48: Ukraine fights on; USA not withholding aid; a Briton calls out Trump.
  
  
• WEEK 49: Gaza fighting continues; greenhouse solar cells; STAR TREK 1920s.
  
  
• WEEK 50: Hunter Biden owns Congressional MAGA; MAGA trolling running out of steam; steamy planets; my Xmas toy train.
  
  
• WEEK 51: Pope tapdances on gay marriage; Colorado disallows Trump on ballot; Transwing drone; AI fake prime minister; things geezers used to do.

* NOV 2023

• WEEK 44: Trump tax-evasion trial; Corvo cardboard drones; my Uncle Sam outfit for Halloween.
  
  
• WEEK 45: General Zaluzhnyy white paper; poor Russian intel; impeach Joe Biden?
  
  
• WEEK 46: false equivalence between Biden & Trump; Bluetooth MP3 player; crazy company names for Chinese products on Amazon.
  
  
• WEEK 47: Russian economy tanked; possibility of life on planets without stars.

* OCT 2023

• WEEK 39: Trump criminal trials; General Milley calls out Trump; glass origami; my trip to balloon fiesta
  
  
• WEEK 40: Iran releases hostages; Ukraine HUR in Africa; paper battery; bringing back net neutrality.
  
  
• WEEK 41: Israeli onslaught on Gaza; Trump's shaky presidential campaign; Japan gets aid to East Asia right; my latest COVID booster
  
  
• WEEK 42: Russia corrupts elections; MAGA troll to jail; AI bacterial experiments; my Razor A6 scooter.
  
  
• WEEK 43: Israel at war; George Takei speaks; Meta and Google under legal attack.