Top Ten Reasons THE END IS NIGH
THE ALIENS: According to WIRED this week - The Trump Alien ‘Disclosure Speech’ Rumors Are Reaching a Fever Pitch. Do I believe the aliens are going to end modern society? If they have mastered interdimensional travel, they could...but I think they would have done it by now. I am absolutely positive there are aliens.
THE AI SINGULARITY: According to the Wall Street Journal this week - How Would AI Actually Kill Us All? Do I believe AI is going to kill us all? I don't know. According to AI itself: "Jacob Coxon is problematic." **
THE WEATHER: According to NPR this week - August Shattered Global Heat Records. I 100% believe the headline that in the last 200 years, this was the hottest year on record. I still think other threats are much more urgent, seeing that millions of years ago the Earth was littered with streams of lava and hundreds of active volcanoes. Pretty sure it was much hotter then.
THE SECOND COMING: According to Politico this Spring - How the Rapture Explains the Rupture Over Israel. You know what? There is no more divisive topic in America right now than Israel. Said it before and I'll say it again, I welcome the second coming with God sorting through this mess. Statistically, I think there's a more realistic probability of Aliens or the AI Singularity
THE PLAGUE: According to the CDC this week - Ebola Outbreak: Current Situation. This version of Ebola is burning through the Democratic Republic of Congo faster than other versions. Am I worried? Not unless it mutates and becomes airborne.
THE JOB APOCALYPSE: According to the New Yorker this week - Has the AI Job Apocalypse Been Postponed? You may live, but you may not have a way to earn an income.
WORLD WAR III: According to The Daily Express and The Jerusalem Post this week - Russia Threatens World War III, Iran Threatens World War III. In the year 2016, I was terrified of "Trump starts World War III" warnings. Now I'm just numb to them.
DEADLY FUNGUS: According to ABC News this week - Cases of Potentially Deadly Fungus Detected in 27 states, CDC data shows. Only officially discovered in Japan back in 2009, the fungus C. Auris is a type of yeast that kills at a "30-60%" rate. But the only people who seem to contract it are those already near death in nursing homes.
FOODBORNE ILLNESSES: According to Axios this week - America's Expensive Groceries are Getting Less Safe to Eat "The FDA recently hit a record 19 simultaneous outbreak investigations, covering everything from infant formula to jalapeños."
THE FALSE PROPHETS: According to PBS this week - Trump promised $5,000 checks if Republicans win the midterms. How would that work? If you return to the Bible, one of the signs of the Apocalypse is the rise of the false prophets. We have tried to be fair with our coverage of Donald Trump, but almost everything he has ever believed in has changed. He had one set of beliefs when he was a Reform Party stalwart in 2000, another set of beliefs when he was a Democrat in 2005. When Trump was elected President in 2016, he ran opposite of what he believed a decade earlier, and now Trump from the second term is almost the opposite of Trump from the first term. DONALD TRUMP HAS NO MORAL CORE. Promising cash for votes is very illegal, no matter which version of Donald Trump you choose.
I just want to expand on # 10 a little bit more. RIght now the world is run by a bunch of guys who admire their own reflections in the mirror instead of having the vision to do what's best for society.
You're screaming at your computer that Trump is the AntiChrist? None of these dopes, whether it be Trump, Putin, or Netanyahu, are the AntiChrist.
Humankind will more likely end due to stupidity than evil.
** - Sorry to make light of a serious situation.
Things that absolutely AREN'T happening.
Gravity will briefly disappear - Back in August, there was a viral moment where it was rumored that Gravity would disappear for 7 seconds. That was an unmitigated hoax.
Gazan Genocide - Beacon of Speech was approached on Bluesky this week to publicize the Gazan Genocide. Again, what is happening in the Middle East is WAR. Hamas and Hezbollah declared war on Israel on October 7 (2023), Israel declared war on Hamas and Hezbollah the next day. Once you start losing the war, you can't cry genocide. Speaking of which....
Trans Genocide - At Vulture: Lilly Wachowski Calls Out J.K. Rowling for Supporting Trans Genocide. I am going to say this very slowly so it sinks in: There...is....no....Trans....Genocide. If "not living your truth" is the new term for genocide, then I guess I'm a genocide victim, since I still have my crappy day job and I'm still dirt poor. In my head, Beacon of Speech is the most important blog in America and readers can't throw money at me fast enough.
Best Headline when researching this article? National Review's Next Week’s Forecast: Cloudy with a 10 Percent Chance of AI Apocalypse
Special Bonus: AI's condescending attitude toward Beacon of Speech:
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