3/25/2025

My Dear Friend & POTUS, DJT,

            Have you heard of “FiscalNote(FN)” & their AI agent, “Stress Lens” that somehow identifies “subtle visual & verbal cues indicating stress, unease, or hidden intentions in order to provides actionable intelligence on potential market-critical events?”  FN is now sponsoring Factbase so it provides a “reading” on your stress level when you make your speeches, which is totally unnecessary, because anyone with an iota of empathy can “read” you without resorting to AI. Everyone using the product will all have the same info, so it kind of defeats the purpose of knowing a “secret.”

Speaking of knowing secrets, what was up with that text SNAFU? Should decisions about military strikes be handled in a text? Shouldn’t folks have access to each other’s stress levels? Written words do not provide that info. Spoken words are better, so I’d suggest at least a phone call, even better would be a Zoom call to provide visual cues & best of all, is in-person to provide access to vibes. Since you & I both know that WINTA, please make it a new rule that any decision to use our army for some offensive purpose needs to be made in the Situation Room. NOT IN A TEXT!

Back to yesterday’s remarks why didn’t you say anything about Hyundai’s plans to pilot electric arc furnace (EAF) technology & using recycled steel? Hearing about that made me feel better about erecting an ugly, smelly steel facility in LA, which already has too many ugly, smelly refineries.

            I encourage you to reconsider your plans for the DOE. Without it, you won’t be able to advocate for sports or art being part of every school day, both of which can be life savers for some kiddos.

            Today’s news from Burma is a reminder of that. The G reports on an exhibit of the art of Htein Lin who created hundreds of paintings using prison uniforms as his canvases & makeshift tools including syringes, soap blocks & cigarette lighters. Creativity saved his sanity during his solitary confinement & made him “feel free.”

            He also practiced Vipassana which is something we might want to try.

            BYBS,