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Strong criticism of a K-pop company

Recently, I ran across another group (not saying who) which I liked and started looking at a few of the vlog videos, of some of the members. --- Which I often do. Doing so I watched one in which a member of the group went on a vacation, alone (not just a day out). Which at first I though, okay people do that. Then it hit me. Wait What!? Traveling alone can be dangerous enough for us nobodies, but this was a singer who's group has over two million subscribers on YouTube, and her Instagram account has thousands of followers. And the company has the video, where she specifically points out that she was alone, and likes to do that, posted on the official group channel. WTF!? --- Seriously WTF!? Some might say, "Oh there would be someone with her, a cameraman, or ...." However, it seemed obvious that she was recording the vlog on her phone. Okay, I have seen what I think are some glaring mistakes made by other Korean entertainment companies, but those were mostly mismanagment ...

Let's see if I can post an AI image from a Google Photos album ...

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well, it seems so here is an AI image, generated at one of the free text to image websites (not sure which one) --- quick check, it was apparently RaphaelAI.com

'Ground Density' (fiction)

Some of this material may not be suitable for younger readers. © 2022, 2025 Theron Jackson. All rights reserved.  DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. The characters and incidents portrayed and names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person, location, building, event or product is entirely coincidental and unintentional. ------ Dr. Black pondered, "We need something that will act as a catalyst. Something dense and hard enough not to shatter — some kind of crystal, but electrically neutral." Thinking a bit Dr. Brown replied, "Granite?" Professor Green looking encouraged, replied, "We're in a city made of the stuff."  Dr. Black interjected, "No, that's far too much; we can't generate that kind of energy. —Besides I don't fancy explaining why, if we knocked out the power to half the city." Professor Green chuckling remarked, "We can't produce that kind of power." D...

'No Nukes' (fiction)

Some of this material may not be suitable for younger readers. © 2022, 2025 Theron Jackson. All rights reserved.  DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. The characters and incidents portrayed and names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person, location, building, event or product is entirely coincidental and unintentional. ------ The president sat pondering the situation. He had exhausted all diplomatic options and was finally fed up with the other countries blatant disregard for life and human rights. The out of control regime had began indiscriminately using nerve agents, not only on their own people (many of which were fleeing the country), but the surrounding counties in the region, threatening U.S. interests. After several days of great consternation and much debate amongst his advisors and cabinet people he decided to use the nuclear option.  Upon calling the Marine with the football over to his desk, he informed the ...

AI Image Generators

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Considering how some rich people have private collections of various original works of art, we see no reason why us ordinary folk could not have our own virtual collections or uniquely original AI generated images, — just a thought, but we are already accumulating a growing collection, so.... If you have already done this, or are thinking about it, give us, and other readers, your thoughts in the comments. __ At first we were going to put some AI images, that we generated on various online generators, on a separate blog. However, after a quick Google search the AI indicated that X.com is a popular platform for sharing those images. So, we figured why fool with another blog, easier just to upload to X. However decided to make a related post here on our main blog. With a few thoughts and examples. Some online AI image generators we have tried. Listed in alphabetical order. We have noticed that different AI generators have different strengths and weaknesses in the types of images created,...

K-Pop Industry Safety Standards?

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There obviously is none, or if there is, some of the entertainment companies seem to be ignoring them. Disclaimer : Am no expert, and know nothing about safety regulations. – I am surprised that more people are not seriously injured (or killed) due to the sheer stupidity of some of the people working for the K-Pop companies. Who at times seem to be ignoring standard safety procedures, whether required by any legal requirements or not, some things are just common sense. Which obviously many working for and running some of the companies seriously seem to lack. To start, here is a nice capture of a bragging caption notice of how they were following supposed safety measures, during the making of the ITZY - Girls Will Be Girls music video. --- The singer is climbing into a moving vehicle.   – example 1: Lightbox hanging from crane, outdoors, over member of ITZY, on top of vehicle, during the making of the same Girls Will Be Girls music video. Just looking at th...

Internet Privacy - some basic thoughts

Do not become paranoid and limit your online pleasure and convenience. Remember that any access to the internet can involve a certain amount of risk to your privacy. That said, here is a few thoughts that we have came up with over the years since we have been using the internet. Do not store anything on your device, that you connect to the internet, that could compromise your privacy (documents, photos, …). If you use your phone to take personal pictures or video (regardless of the content), always transfer them to another device or offline storage, before connecting. ( we think that is even somewhat risky, due to possible caching on some systems -- we suggest using a dedicated camera, rather than your phone ) Never give any personal information to anyone that emails, text messages or contacts you in any way via the internet, regardless of who they may identify themselves as (even if you think it is them). We have been contacted on numerous occasions by persons identifying themselves ...