A terrifying vision of the future

NextBigFuture:Weaponized drones vs. anti-drone systems

Gazette Times: Oregon State University researcher developing robot swarms

And a few month-olds, but still all-too-relevant:

GNC: Laying the foundation for drone swarms

Motherboard Vice: Pentagon wants drone ‘swarms’ to support infantry

I have a bad feeling that this tech will develop as rapidly as the smartphone, with the near future resembling something like drone swarm from the Doctor Who episode, ‘Smile’.

Using CBD at work suddenly sounds amazing

After reading this article from GQ: CBD is the Drug You Can Do at Work:

“Regular weed has a twofold effect, thanks to the compounds THC and CBD. The former is the psychoactive component of marijuana, which accounts for euphoria, lethargy, the munchies, and the rest. CBD is the other, mellowing part of the high. It’s been a breakthrough ingredient for muscle pain for that very reason. Studies have noted that, when ingested, antipsychotic properties are linked to mood stabilization and the treatment of anxiety. Lord Jones offers both CBD gummies (legal everywhere) and CBD-plus-THC gummies (legal in California if you’ve got one of those cards). I can’t say if I have tried the latter, though they sound like they would be very fun to bring to an outdoor fall picnic, to share with friends. You guys will probably have a good time, and one of you might laugh so hard that wine spews from your nose. I don’t know; I can’t say.

My CBD gummies, meanwhile, live in the top drawer of my desk. When I take one, I feel slightly but markedly better. My chair feels like it is mangling my body less. It’s harder to make a fist. It’s easier to navigate an hour or two of bullshit, which means it’s easier to do my job. It doesn’t matter if anybody notices that I am 10% more pleasant, because I feel 10% more pleasant, anyway.”

The writer uses CBD gummies made by Lord Jones, and by God, I’m going to order some.

 

Mexican cartels are making a fortune on heroin in the US

Thanks to skyrocketing demand for opiates in some form here, the Sinaloa drug cartel is making a fortune supplying heroin in the United States.

Business Insider: Mexican heroin is flooding the US, and the Sinaloa Cartel is steering the flow

The article points out that the cartels have moved away from marijuana as a cash crop due to the broad legalization that the plant has experienced in the US.

Another wonderful side effect of the US drug war? Potency, purity of drugs reaching ever higher levels

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Rampant sexual assault within US military

Over 6,000 within a year:

“The report includes rape, sexual assault, forcible sodomy, aggravated and abusive sexual contact and attempts to commit those crimes. It includes active duty service members, activated Reserve and National Guard members, civilian victims who allege a sexual assault by an active duty member and adult dependents of active duty members.

The numbers do not necessarily reflect where or even when an alleged assault occurred because victims may report a sexual assault at a time and place of their choosing, according to the report.

The Army had 2,205 reported assaults, the Navy had 1,285, the Air Force had 1,043 and the Marines had 825. There were 670 reported assaults at joint bases and another 125 in combat areas for a total of 6,153, which averages to 16.8 reported assaults per day.

The Pentagon estimates that just 32 percent of service members who experience a sexual assault go on to report the incident. That’s up from 15 percent or fewer prior to 2014.”