So, was hoping to be fully recovered...but alas, my head is pounding from sinus pressure, my chest hurts from all the coughing, and my eyes are pounding when I look at a screen.
Add to that, Lady R is still fighting this damn flu. We're a mess. Going to try and knock it out with some more rest, meds, and hope.
Sorry, guys, this flu SUCKS balls and won't go away. Friends of ours who have had it had it last 10+ days. I'm on day 8, hoping to beat the double digit odds.
When I return (should be tomorrow) we're going through this SCOTUS 14th amendment decision and laughing about how cool and right I am and how dumb Sotomayor is.
Fauci is a pile of garbage putting all Americans at Risk. Some unfiltered thoughts.
CONVICTED !!! ICYMI AI BATTLE FOLLOW UP !!!
Music industry welcomes eighteen month prison sentence for streaming fraudster | by Chris Cooke | Oct 8, 2026 | COMPLETE MUSIC UPDATE 3 min. read
US streaming fraudster Michael Smith has been sentenced to eighteen months in jail. Although prosecutors were pushing for something closer to four years, the custodial sentence is significant, and has been welcomed by the music industry which wants stronger deterrents against streaming fraud
The music industry has welcomed the imprisonment of Michael Smith, the streaming fraudster who made millions by uploading AI-generated tracks to digital music platforms and then artificially boosting streams of that music.
It’s the first conviction of a streaming fraudster in the US and one of the first worldwide. He was yesterday sentenced to eighteen months in prison. Although prosecutors were pushing for a custodial sentence closer to four years, it’s still significant that Smith will serve jail time.
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