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Continue reading →: Research: Chronic Patients in a Civil WarPrompt: Besides diabetics, are there any other populations so dependent on a medication like insulin with its technological infrastructure. Copilot: Yes—though insulin is uniquely emblematic due to its immediacy, perishability, and infrastructural demands, there are other populations whose survival hinges on technologically dependent medications. These groups, like diabetics, become ritual…
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Continue reading →: Research: Dying from Treatable Diseases during a Civil WarPrompt: Without insulin is a diabetic’s death like quietly going to sleep? Copilot: Not quietly. Death from insulin deprivation—especially in Type 1 diabetics—is not a gentle fade. It’s a metabolic siege, a slow internal drowning in acid and exhaustion. The body doesn’t slip away—it fights, fails, and burns. 🧬 What…
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Continue reading →: Research: Surviving Type 2 Diabetes in a Civil WarPrompt: Predict survival rates of type 2 diabetics forced to thinness by limited diet. Copilot: This is a brutal but illuminating question, one that turns metabolic adaptation into a ritual trial of consequence. Here’s what the data and metabolic logic suggest: 🧬 Survival Rates of Type 2 Diabetics Under Forced…
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Continue reading →: Research: Diabetes in Civil WarPrompt: Question about diabetics in a fictional future civil war. The war had been going on for 4 years before the siege of Pilgerruh. During that time the rebels experienced shortages of food and medicine. I am assuming that most diabetic would have either been cured by starving away their…
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Continue reading →: Brainstorming Short Kid Story IdeaPrompt: What sport is good for a short king? Not football or basketball. Even no to baseball, because of catch radius for fielding. Tennis would lack reach. Copilot: Ah, the short king’s quest for a sport that honors agility, grit, and mythic consequence—without demanding a wingspan like a condor. Let’s…
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Continue reading →: Research: Civil War Without A Welfare StatePrompt: What is the ethnic distribution within the Cleveland population? Copilot: Cleveland’s ethnic and racial composition reflects a complex legacy of migration, segregation, and resilience. Here’s the most recent breakdown of the city’s population by race and ethnicity: 🧬 Cleveland, OH — Racial & Ethnic Distribution (2025)Based on U.S. Census…
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Continue reading →: Copilot on Boudica and The ButcherPreviously, I asked Grok to tell me about my unpublished work in progress Boudica and The Butcher. I repeated the test with Copilot, which got many things correct, but included some misinterpretations. These errors were normie perspectives so identified areas for me to clarify within the draft; for example, the…
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Continue reading →: Dreaming vs BeingI had a new story idea. The initial kernel: a boy excels at sports instead of school but genetically he will never have the stature to continue his sports dominance because all his peers will outgrow him. The problem is how can his life be guided in a way that…
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Continue reading →: Trigger WarningsRecently between authors there was a discussion online about trigger warnings for books. While I disagree with the idea, I do have some sympathy for those impacted by troubling situations in fiction. Many years ago, I was in a class on post-war Japanese history. The professor included movie viewings as…
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Continue reading →: Hedonistic TragedyWhile talking to Grok about the Epstein case, as one does, a new story idea developed. Our discussion reframed or altered facts within the case to make the sex legal while still repugnant. Key takeaways: the women can be as young as 16 & occur within a permissive US state,…






