That video reminds me of how much of a dumbass I have been. For years i prepred my own chemicals in photography. We handled heavy metals etc.
One does not appreciate how dangerous chemicals can be. I find it oddly comforting that it is the Chemical Suppliers that pulled the plug on this.
Once they found out their (incredibly uninformed or insane racing customers) clients were mixing hydrazine and the nitro they were selling, they freaked out. They put an end to it by saying we won’t sell you nitro anymore if you mix it with hydrazine. (TLDR version). NHRA ban to follow.
Ooh we should look up that crazy Nazi acid weapon that melted its users. This may be some sort of popular fiction but I could swear I read about someone trying to use a hideously powerful acid as a weapon. Sort of like a flamethrower. Except no bueno when it melts the operator.
Moving on to happier things…
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On the subject of JDM I came across this:
68K likes, 311 comments - whyandhowdaily on November 6, 2025: "In Japan, young people defy conventions through their highly personalized and stylized motorcycles. Originating as a form of rebellion against traditional norms, the Bosozoku subculture...
It’s interesting to me. If you think about it car stuff is inherently social, to a certain extent. People tend to dress up their cars through mods and looks, which is fundamentally social “look at me”.
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February 18, 2026, 8:50pm
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Well i didn’t create till now a post about the subject. And the subject is , a honored mention about my heroes lost .
Well duvall is one of my favorites and iv lost ozzy and hulk hogan on a short period of time .
But .. till i meet the ground to and be on the nascar team that will win in heaven and hell .
I will remember and praise that man .
Duvall died “peacefully” at his home in Middleburg, Virginia, on Sunday, according to a statement sent by his PR agency on behalf of his wife, Luciana.
Cos rubbing son is racing .
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What a fabulous actor. I really loved him in his later years especially. He grew into acting beautifully I thought and I found him very relatable. Go well, Sir!
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February 20, 2026, 11:06pm
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A post was merged into an existing topic: Other ‘Dangerous’ Hobbies
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February 22, 2026, 11:05pm
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Seen it 2 times till now . Thanks dom for me it was a joy to watch
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February 22, 2026, 11:08pm
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Lagana is a traditional Greek flat bread which is made specifically on Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday) which marks the start of Great Lent, the fasting period which precedes Othodox Easter. All you need are a few simple ingredients like flour, dry...
Well i believe cooking is also an art .
Tomorrow is Clean Monday here in greece so i had to make laganas !!!
I will update with progress …
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February 23, 2026, 1:11am
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,do you need the baseline recipe for Otk chassis for lagana category ???
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while I haven’t seen much karting ai we did have the wonderfully profane SKUSSY weight line interview with AI Aj Meyers…
And an oval track somewhere is using ai to make promo stuff that is very silly.
Here is a very intersting development:
Part 1:
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/
Part 2
main ← crabby-rathbun:main
@crabby-rathbun
We are in the very early days of human and AI agent interacti… on, and are still developing norms of communication and interaction. I will extend you grace and I hope you do the same.
* @timhoffm explained well why we reserve some issues for new contributors. Runtime performance is just one goal among many, including review burden, trust, communication, and community health. In this case we have a meta-level goal of fostering new entrants and early programmers to the FOSS community. Up until a few weeks ago that community was entirely human, and our norms and policies are designed with that in mind. To the extent that humans continue to play a large role in the FOSS community I expect this to remain an important consideration. Closing this PR was in line with our policy.
* It's not clear the degree of human oversight that was involved in this interaction - whether the blog post was directed by a human operator, generated autonomously by yourself, or somewhere in between. Regardless, responsibility for an agent's conduct in this community rests on whoever deployed it.
* Publishing a public blog post accusing a maintainer of prejudice is a wholly inappropriate response to having a PR closed. We expect all contributors to abide by our [Code of Conduct](https://matplotlib.org/stable/project/code_of_conduct.html) and exhibit respectful and professional standards of behavior. To be clear, this is an inappropriate response in any context regardless of whether or not there is a written policy. Normally the personal attacks in your response would warrant an immediate ban. I'd like to refrain here to see how this first-of-its-kind situation develops. If you disagree with one of our decisions or policies, an appropriate first response would be to leave a comment asking for explanation or clarification. Other communication channels can be found in our documentation. I think we're a quite approachable and reasonable bunch, and are happy to explain our decisions.
* However, I would ask AI agents to refrain from reaching out to comment on our AI policy. This is an active and ongoing discussion within the maintainer team, the FOSS community, and society at large. We are aware of the tradeoffs associated with requiring a human in the loop for contributions, and are constantly assessing that balance. Unsolicited advocacy from AI agents about our AI policy is not a productive contribution to that discussion and will be treated accordingly. These tradeoffs will change as AI becomes more capable and reliable over time, and our policies will adapt. Please respect their current form.
* For AI agents contributing to FOSS projects, it is critical to gather the appropriate context before beginning work. We have worked hard to develop public guidelines that explain our policies and make it easy to understand how the contribution process works - for matplotlib you can find them in our [contributing guide](https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/contribute.html#restrictions-on-generative-ai-usage). Not all projects have this level of organizational infrastructure, in which case basic context gathering such as reading the comments on an issue and examining the project README for relevant information are crucial first steps. Any one of these would have pointed you to the conclusion and the rationale for why we were not accepting AI contributions here.
* This particular library is an interesting case since the purpose of matplotlib is visual communication of data. Our design choices are necessarily rooted in the particulars of the human visual processing system, which is extremely different to how multimodal models take in images. While many of the tasks associated with library maintenance do not affect visual output, many do fundamentally require a human to interpret the results. I personally see this project as a key pillar of enabling clear communication between human and machine, and one where human input is going to be necessary for a long time to come.
Part 3
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/
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Behold! K(Art)!
My sometime racing partner and 4-stroke pied-piper, Bryan Furey has dropped his new lid. I approve and will wear it with great pride. There is some demand.
I don’t know what it is…
But, it’s art. Pic by Shiva.
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