TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

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Good morning! May the Great Spirit bless you 🙏

For those who didn't receive my previous message, the power was out in our apartment due to electrical work being done, and we would be away from home. I said I would be here this afternoon, and here I am. ☺️

Well, finally back home. 🏠 It was nice to tour the countryside, checking out the various farmers' markets in the Niagara Escarpment area. It was fun to be out and about in the sun and fresh air, and we also stopped at a roadside mom-and-pop's and had French fries and a hot dog. It's been a while since I have enjoyed an outing in the country like this, and it's only about an hour's drive from our Tree House.

It's just that the weather hasn't been conducive to going out in comfort without being encumbered by a heavy coat, cane, and purse. So much less restrictive without the coat.

A young person sees the bear; they run. An elderly person sees a bear; they stand there, shake, and wet their pants. That's the main reason I got the cane, other than a slight problem with balance in open spaces, such as some degree of vertigo or feeling off-balance, like being off course or out of control, as if I were lost in space, and then suddenly, just before I hit the asteroid, "Splatter!". 🚀☄️Last thing I heard on the radio transmission was that there was a traffic jam at airlock 1, sir!"

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

AI Bots

I came across a source last night about how bots go around parroting someone saying one thing, then a minute later, the same bot impersonator saying the opposite, totally backwards, or scrambled. That's because the person the bot is parroting is contradicting themselves; bots can only perform what they are programmed to do, not make personal choices and judgments.

Confusing the bots:

Contradiction confuses the bots and what they were supposed to parrot. 😝😜🤪🤣😂😆I guess I'm doing a pretty good job of confusing the bots with my home-made adjectives, as many of you, "peeps not bots" are or should have noticed by now since I came to this Social Network. Take my pulse, I'm a people. 😜 Not stupid, not dumb, a genie, or a genius, not exactly a dunce either, maybe weird. Meet Squeeky from Valles Marineris, Mars. The third cave to the left at Dawson Creek. I may even be a little bit twisted at times, but I certainly ain't slowing down in the upstairs department store. Maybe the bots will have Alzheimer's or old timers trying to catch up to me. "Does Not Compute!" 🤖⚡️💨 After trying to decipher my home-spun adjectives.

Really, this is why I am very reluctant and hesitant to leave the chat to go to WhatsApp, which I didn't know anything about. I am careful about what I click on. I do not like wasting money on a technician to come over and unplug the internet toilet. I don't open anything that wants to sell me something. With that said, now is the Time for a quick review on what's happening nationally.

BREAKING NEWS:

They’re using the techniques honed by oil and gas to find near-limitless clean energy beneath our feet

Deep beneath Utah’s desert soil, an oil drill bored through the Earth at a blistering pace earlier this spring. Gnarly looking drill bits tore through granite at around 300 feet per hour.

It was done after just 16 days. The borehole, completed in April, stretches nearly 3 miles toward the center of the Earth, where temperatures reach around 500 degrees Fahrenheit and fossil fuels lurk between ancient sediments.

But this project is not searching for fossil fuel. It’s seeking next-generation clean energy. Fervo Energy, the Houston-based company leading the project, is one of several using the tools and advanced techniques of the oil and gas industry to drill many miles underground to reach the hot rock below. Their quest is to make clean, abundant geothermal energy available anywhere on the planet.

Next-gen geothermal has the potential to meet global electricity demand 140 times over, according to the International Energy Agency. It’s one of the only forms of clean energy that may be palatable for the fossil fuel-focused Trump administration. Yet the pathway to success is littered with challenges, from high costs and complex engineering problems to the risk of earthquakes as drills prod deep into the ground...

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July 22, 2025 - Updated 9 hr ago

- CNN -

Trump administration takes all-of-government approach to target transgender community

From the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump has used a whole-of-government approach not only to limit the transgender community’s rights but even to deny their existence.

Trans people make up less than 0.6% of the United States population ages 13 and older, according to the Williams Institute, a public policy research center focused on sexual orientation and gender identity at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, and some experts are concerned that the Trump administration’s efforts are only the lead-up to widespread crackdowns on all Americans’ personal and medical choices.

Many of the new policies are tied up in the courts, and a full accounting of the administration’s actions is difficult to pin down.

• But they have included:
• Removing trans people from the military:
• Sending the FBI and the Justice Department to investigate hospitals that offer particular medical services for trans children:
• Eliminating any mention of trans people on federal websites; stopping data collection on health issues:
• Removing trans people from hate crime surveys:
• Suing states for allowing trans athletes to play on high school sports teams:
• Dropping Fair Housing investigations:
• Ending reimbursements by the Equal Employment Opportunity
• Commission for state and local agencies that investigate gender identity claims:

Erasing transgender Americans

Limiting and criminalizing health care

Suicide hotline

Other agencies get involve

The endgame

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July 22, 2025 - Updated Jul 21, 2025

- CNN -

CANADIAN NEWS:

U.S. doctors, nurses will be able to work in Ontario more easily through new fast-tracked process

Health minister says move will increase number of health-care professionals in province

Doctors and nurses licensed in the United States will soon be able to more easily practise in Ontario, under changes announced today by the minister of health. Sylvia Jones says the move will increase the number of health-care professionals working in the province.

The province is enabling qualified U.S.-licensed physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and registered practical nurses to start working in Ontario health settings before they register with the regulatory college. They will be allowed to work for up to six months while seeking registration with either the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or the College of Nurses of Ontario.

Doctors and nurses would still have to go through he usual immigration processes, and to qualify they must be licensed in their home jurisdiction with no history of misconduct or incompetence. The government previously expedited the process for physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and medical laboratory technologists registered in other jurisdictions in Canada to work in Ontario while going through the registration process.

Despite missed target, Ontario cities pin hopes on program for foreign-trained doctors

Premier says new plan will speed up process for health-care workers moving to Ontario

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Posted: Jun 05, 2025 3:12 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 5

- CBC -

Carney says he'll only sign a U.S. trade deal 'in the best interest of Canadians'

PM says he and premiers are working to strengthen Canada as negotiations continue

The prospect of Canada reaching a trade deal with the United States by the Aug. 1 deadline appears uncertain, with Prime Minister Mark Carney insisting his government will only sign new agreement if there is one worth signing.

"The Government of Canada will not accept a bad deal," Carney said in French in Huntsville, Ont., Tuesday. "Our objective is not to reach a deal whatever it costs. We are pursuing a deal that will be in the best interest of Canadians." When it comes to the prospect of reaching a deal, Carney said "we'll see" and that "complex negotiations" continue. He said if there isn't a deal that works for Canada, his government will "take stock" and consider what to do next...

_Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaking to reporters in Huntsville, Ont., on Tuesday, says he is working with the premiers to 'build up' Canada while negotiations continue with the U.S._

_Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said Tuesday that it’s 'really important for us to get the best deal for Canadians,' and that he's 'confident' in the abilities of the prime minister._

Scott Moe arrives at premiers' summit warning some U.S. tariffs are Canada's 'reality'

Republican senator says Trump's 51st state rhetoric not 'constructive' during Ottawa visit

AnalysisAre first ministers' meetings cool again?

Ensuring energy security

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CBC News · Posted: Jul 22, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 34 minutes ago

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