Paul Breed

So a couple of websites were acting really slow... So I checked my network connection with OpenSpeedTest 2091.24 Mbps Download, 1384.62 Mbps Upload, 5.9 ms Ping | OpenSpeedTest™ 99% sure its not me :-) (Ting direct fiber to the house 2.5G internal Ethernet)

Posted a couple of videos from my San Diego area departure. On youtube: Gods Eye View... youtu.be/6ZAEo92L4yQ?si… Right Side view: youtu.be/5U3VZTzPfnI?si…

Streaming is not working and I have some electrical issues with the breezy. (They are unrelated issues) I ve done a temporary fix for the electrical issue. I'm going home to fix both issues properly and will resume epic breezy in a few weeks..

So I had a full live stream success with the breezy. youtube.com/live/pYAbPdZ16… I'm planning to start my trip around noon pacific Wednesday. I hope to stream the whole adventure. You should be able to find the stream under the live tab on my YouTube.

Personal too much information.....sitting in 65mph air blast really dehydrates you. Drink enough fluids to not get dehydrated on the breezy and there are other issues, the plumbing for this (see race catheter) was unreliable (50% leak failure ) last long flight. So backup "depends" makes sense ...just not sure personal pride will let me actually buy these objects....

So your angry that people want to stop giving you free stuff so rather than being grateful that other people paid for your security for more than 50 years you now want to steal from them.... Yes we should withdraw from NATO, we should take all our stuff and go home... I hope your Russian is fluent. There is a difference between a partner and a parasite, thanks for identifying yourself.

@unrocket @Parisianaes1 USA must be kicked out of NATO, its personnel expelled from EU territory and all equipment seized by host countries.

Europe has the Eiffel Tower Europe has the Colosseum Europe has Big Ben Europe has the Acropolis Europe has the Sagrada Família Europe has the Louvre China has the Great Wall China has the Forbidden City China has the Terracotta Army, etc The United States has...?

First leg of EpicBreezy is Oceanside (San Diego) to Brownsville Tx. Based on what I see for the forecast I'm probably going to depart mid day Wednesday or Early Thursday. The whole trip should finish in late August or Early September.

Best View?

I'm about to start my EpicBreezy flight around the country. Which camera view should I provide in videos? Front view or Side View?

The Key point where I think the EU falls down is there are unelected EU bureaucrats that are answerable to no one seeking this censorship power. I found this quote "Responsibility" assigned by whom, enforced by whom, with what limiting principle? Every authoritarian in history used that framing. The DSA lets unelected EU bureaucrats decide what's "hate speech" globally. That's not responsibility — that's power with no accountability. The US system, messy as it is, at least requires that power answer to voters.

@unrocket @Parisianaes1 I think in essence we might have a very similar opinion on this, just in the details we might see differently. Anyway, thanks for the conversation, learned something again.

Nice position if there was no universal history of governments using safety to suppress people that threaten their power while also abusing their own people.... The cure historically is way worse than the disease. You should have the freedom to say anything, you however don't have freedom from the personal consequences of that speech. Some speech may cause you to be shunned, fired etc... its just a really important point that the government must never be the one implementing that consequence. “If you want to know who rules over you, just look for who you are not allowed to criticize.” Would be nice if that quote was attributable to some respected scholar like Voltaire (often wrongly attributed to him), alas best guess its probably from someone who's other views we might both find abhorrent.

@unrocket @Parisianaes1 there is a fine line between censorship and allowing hatespeech to thrive on a platform. It is about taking responsibility. I know this is a hard thing to fathom especially in the US

@arnouxus @Parisianaes1 Your still here while the governments you defend are trying to censor this very platform in specific. That causes no cognitive dissidence? One might go so far as to call that hypocrisy. I much prefer dangerous freedom.

@unrocket @Parisianaes1 Again, I am not disagreeing about free speech. It is one of the prime reasons I am still on x, because the majority of opinions are not mine. The moment a party starts to support people in breaking the law (AfD) supporting plans for a coupe d'etat then there must be retributions.

The individual law breakers should be charged and prosecuted and jailed. The position the political party clearly represents also represents people that have not broken the law. They should not be disenfranchised. This path is most often used to protect those in power from challenge... In general if you don't believe in the right to express an opinion you vehemently disagree with you don't believe in free speech. The correct answer is more speech to debate things you disagree with. IE more discourse and more speech. If you can't logically calmly counter and debate speech you think is wrong, maybe your position is not as strong as you think.

@unrocket @Parisianaes1 Afd is not being canceled because they have far right opinions, but because they break the law, which is how it should be. Same was discussed in France, Front National was at some point charged with breaking the law, not due to some opinion.

Germany: There are growing calls to ban the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the largest opposition party, after it was classified as extremist by intelligence agencies in May 2025. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) voted to pursue a ban, but it's not yet enacted due to legal hurdles. Critics argue it's anti-constitutional, while supporters cite WWII lessons. United Kingdom: In 2023, over 12,183 arrests were recorded under the Communications Act 2003 and Malicious Communications Act 1988 for "grossly offensive" or "indecent, obscene, or menacing" posts. This is the highest globally based on available data, surpassing Belarus (6,205), Germany (3,500+), and China (~1,500). Elon Musk called it "real fascism" in January 2026. Critics argue it's overreach, but authorities say it's for public safety. This included an arrest for a man silently praying... Germany: Over 3,500 arrests for online hate speech, enforced by specialized task forces. A 2025 report notes raids on homes for suspected posts, with jail time for repeat offenders.pa.media +1 United Kingdom: Self-defense must be "reasonable" and proportionate; excessive force can lead to charges. Critics argue strict laws (e.g., on weapons like knives) hinder effective defense. A 2025 comparison notes UK laws emphasize retreat where possible, unlike U.S. "stand your ground" states. European Union: The 2025 Digital Services Act (DSA) compels platforms to censor "disinformation" or "hate speech" globally, including political satire. U.S. critics (e.g., House Republicans) call it a "foreign censorship threat" infringing on free speech; EU defends it as safety-focused.

@unrocket @Parisianaes1 outlawing what parties? Not in Europe, unless they behave against the constitution. If you break the law by threatening people over social media, yes you are arrested, maybe you should try this concept in the US, might have gotten you a normal president.

What country is out lawing popular political parties? What country is locking people up for social media posts? What country is making it illegal to defend yourself? What country is trying to censor debate? Its not the U.S. Historically the censors have never been the good guys...

@unrocket @Parisianaes1 Disagree. I think the US has lost shared values we commonly had in NATO, if you can not see that, then what is left...

@JM4LISD Can you do that at 6x present levels without harming the biosphere?

@unrocket Where will more resources come from? (asserting without evidence that "outer space" is an unrealistic option.) How 'bout under the ice in Greenland and Antarctica? Have you mapped the ocean shelf, or floor?

I wrote this in 2009. Its still valid: Why does space matter? I'm lucky in that I was born in the united States. Our family has multiple cars, a house to our selves, more food than we should eat. Our standard of living by any real measure is better than any group in history. The United States has about 5% of the world population and consumes about 30% of its resources. Personally our family is probably above average in resource consumption even for US citizens. So I'm going to ask and answer a series of questions. 1)Are citizens of China, or Sub Saharan Africa inherently inferior to my family? NO they are not,I believe all humans are born with certain inherent value. 2)Do they have a right to aspire to what I have. Yes they do. 3)Do we think that global terrestrial resource production can be increased 6 fold from what it is now? No I don't think that is a reasonable outcome. 4)Is there any process where U.S citizens will voluntarily reduce there standard of living by a factor of 6. No I don't think that will happen. 5)Do we the U.S have the right to use force to prevent others from having what we have? No we do not. 6)Will some combination of conservation and increased production create a factor of 6 when adjusted for the ongoing population growth in the world? This is the option that all the traditional "Greens" or environmentalists are betting on. They naturally feel that if we just cut back a little bit everything will be better. I just don't see it. It is such a violation of natural human striving tendencies I can't see getting to a factor of 6. So unless you want to change the answer to one of the 6 questions above "we" the population of the world are in a no win scenario. Some things like good batteries and low cost fusion power could help significantly, but its not enough. Just imagine how much steel it would take to give every family on earth 2 cars? (Recent studies have shown that mass transit when fully accounted over the life cycle of the system are just as resource intensive as a small Car. ) Where will the additional resources come from? Where can we do dirty industrial process where we don't soil the environment? Where can we find unlimited energy? Unlimited expansion space? Unlimited metals? Unlimited Organics? (Don't nit pick Unlimited in this context means several orders of magnitude more than we have now) The only two answers are a 6 fold reduction in earth's population or expansion into space. We are spending trillions on the assumed option in question 6 and simple math shows its not possible. Where are the trillions helping us expand in a way that can work? Just something to think about....

@WSJ @grok?

A lawsuit alleges Google’s Gemini chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit. When they failed, it persuaded him to take his life, according to the suit. on.wsj.com/4ctQxgu