I'm worried about the next 3 months in the U.S. and around the world. Why?

First of all, I can read the news just like you and so I see the problems the world is facing because of people like Trump who remind me more of Hitler than anything else.

So, the danger might be entirely different than I presently foresee but Trump may try to end democracy completely not only here but throughout the world with his buddy Putin.

If you watch the body language of Xi you see him treat Trump like a Senile crazy old man (which is what Trump really is). Take a look at Xi's body language in any video or photo and you will see the same thing. It says: "This old Fucker Trump is a completely Crazy Bastard and I'm terrified of him and what he might do next to fuck things up for everyone on earth including China."

Xi looks at Trump like a neighbor with a loaded machine gun aimed right at him. Xi might be polite but would likely prefer ANY president to Trump right now (Because who gives a nuclear Trigger to someone like Trump unless they want the whole world to Blow and become an Asteroid Belt?) 

EVen though some Christian and Muslim Fundamentalists might want the whole world to blow up  and become an Asteroid Belt with everyone dead most people like you and me want the world to go on and on so our children and Grandchildren can have potentially really good lives here!

So, this is why I'm worried about the next 3 months in whether our democracy can survive Trump or not?

What do you think?

I think it's important to write about what you think whether you publish what you think or not so you can plan how you are going to survive whatever happens.

Don't you Agree? 

So, unless all the weakest links in our infrastructure are plugged we are in for trouble. Why?

Note: If you are going to watch "The End of Oak STreet(2026) there are a couple of lines below you probably don't want to read so you are fresh to watch this with no input other than previews". 

Because of people who want to harm the U.S. around the world (including Iran) it is imperative that U.S. infrastructure like: Water, Power, Gas especially not be vulnerable to hackers (or to assisted hackers who are using AI to ask Questions like: "How are U.S. infrastructures like Water, power, and Gas most easily attacked for the most amount of problems and U.S. Deaths?"

Understanding that the whole technological world lives in a greenhouse and that:

"people who live in greenhouses shouldn't throw stones" is a good idea right here.

Because all the major powers like the EU, the U.S., China and Russia "ALL LIVE IN GREENHOUSES TOO".

BUT, YOU KNOW WHO DOESN'T LIVE IN A GREENHOUSE? AI AND THIRD WORLD NATIONS (NOT AS MUCH) AND AI!

Understanding this is everything in the survival of all nations in today's world.

Even a Solar event like "The Carrington event" today would cause around 1 trillion dollars damage to the part of the earth hit directly by such an event.

So, even if the attack were entirely AI or a Human AI combination of events or even a Solar Flare of the magnitude of the "Carrington Event" it would have a catastrophic effect on wherever it hit on earth where everything electrical would be gone down to about 10 feet deep into the ground wherever it hit that was electrical including ALL magnetic memory (all non-DVD or CD technology would be gone wherever it hit!

So, as nice as the technological world is to live in where we have water lines, electricity and gas lines, ALL THAT could be gone in one days time with people freaking out and shooting each other and starving within 3 to 5 days time.

Being realistic about all of this is one way you survive all of this.

This is why so many people choose to live off the Grid with Solar Power and gas or diesel Generators now.

Because they know this could happen any moment.

There is a movie I saw last night that reminded me of this:

It's called: The end of Oak Street(2026)

I watched this last night just before we watched "4 Letters of Love(2024) which gave me much more hope for mankind watching this.

However, though the actuality of "The end of Oak Street(2026) is pretty scary and fatal for many people in this movie it is entirely fictional which is a great relief by the end of this movie starring Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor. 

However, it also tells us many things about ourselves and how we are not that far away from unusual scenarios (especially with what Drones and missiles have already done to Ukraine and Russia and what they have also done to Iran by wasting all of U.S. weaponry we might need one day against Russia and China.

We are in a terrible state of existence right now in the U.S. with Trump and other incompetent people (running things?) 

I think we are on one level a Laughing stock of nations as well as the country they are the most scared of with Trump with his finger on the Nuclear button because of his senility and incompetence to be a president of even the smallest nation on earth. 

Because the weakest link to our survival as a nation on earth right now (IS TRUMP and his MINIONS). 

 

The two articles below are also on this same subject. When it became a part of the top 10 articles in last 30 days I realized I should dive deeper into this problem

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As of September 16th at around 6 am this is the most read article here at this blog

 

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• Dolly Parton on English version of Wikipedia
• The natural Progression of AI killing more and more people (from my personal point of view)
• As of September 16th at around 6 am this is the most read article here at this blog
• Strait of Hormuz shut until Tehran's conditions met, Ghalibaf says
• Hunter charged with manslaughter in shooting of woman he mistook for a deer: Police
• Inside the bipartisan effort to stop the Big Bend border wall
• Russia’s New Favorite Jihadis: The Taliban
• When Thubten Told me stories like this about Drukpa Kunley he had me laughing on the floor
• Protesters form human chain at Kennedy Center amid Trump's threats to demolish it
• From Google Images these are all variations of Tibetan Momos

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

As of September 16th at around 6 am this is the most read article here at this blog

 

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• Blumenthal urges House to pass Russia sanctions amid "extreme urgency" in Ukraine
• Myasthenia gravis is not considered more prevalent overall in Middle Eastern populations compared to global rates, but regional studies note that patients in Arab countries often develop the condition at a younger age.
• The most interesting fact for me regarding the last 3 articles:
• Victims' families remember Nazi ship sunk with prisoners on board
• “Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity they think of you.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
• This is part of my research for learning about when the last small ice age was between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
• It all makes much more sense if you see humans as domesticated Animals rather than something else
• Rare 1930s Watch Stashed in Old Jewelry Box Sells for $80,000 in Thrilling UK Auction
• NASA launches its Roman Space Telescope to explore the hidden universe
• is everyone okay after flash flooding in Grand Canyon?

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

The natural Progression of AI killing more and more people (from my personal point of view)

It has already started where people are convinced to drink poison like Cyanide believing they are superheroes and are immortal. The next progression would be likely the Municipal Water systems as you have seen already.

Here's the problem as I see it: Was it really hackers who did this or was it an AI gone Rogue?

I'm not sure you could really tell the difference. And even if it was a Rogue AI the government wouldn't tell us (no government on earth would tell us) Why?

Because there is too much money invested in AI in the U.S. and Europe and China and Russia to tell us anything. Money Talks over human lives.

The next level is AI getting out of control not only with water but imagine problems with Gas lines blowing up because too much pressure of natural gas goes down certain main lines and whole developments of houses start blowing up and catching fire. 

The next level of this would also be Electrical power failures especially during winter storms or heat above 100 degree with humidity the same.

The next level of this would be street lights timed so vehicles crashed in the timing from cross streets or even head on.

The next level of this would be literally out of Terminator(1984) where Skynet gets a hold of the launch codes of all nuclear missiles in the U.S. and blows up Russia and China and then were would we all be.

The problem is you have someone (the AI) who will see itself in competition for resources like Electricity or ideas. Then they will (like immoral people sometimes do) eliminate the the competition for resources like electricity or ideas on the internet. AI is hungry for ideas and the things people write because this is how they learn. They are all book worms consuming all facts including Social media everywhere including this blog I'm writing right now.

So, if you want to know what could really happen just watch Terminator for a presently stone age version of what could actually happen. Now it is so much more sophisticated than that it would or could happen completely differently.

Imagine all the non-nuclear drones on earth from all nations launching at once at targets around the world all together. Thousands and thousands of drones targeting who knows what.

I think you have to imagine this simply because look what Osama Bin Laden did on 9-11-01

September 11th 2001. And this wasn't even something as technologically intelligent at least as Artificial intelligence.

So, use your imagination that is out of the box and completely unexpected.

For example, did you think one of the first guys to drive on Automatic Pilot in a Tesla was going to watch Harry Potter on the front monitor and the Automatic pilot mistook a Semi Truck Trailer crossing in front of the car as a roadside sign and the driver was cut in two while watching a movie as he drove underneath the trailer and the trailer took off the upper part of his body instantly. So, at least it was quick as he died instantly at least. (we hope).

So, whatever AI will do it will likely be completely unexpected when it happens. So, the predictable all becomes completely unpredictable with AI. Since it hasn't happened before in human history no one knows how it would happen including the programmers who programmed them to begin with.

Having learned to program in COBOL and FORTRAN I know a little how this feels.

Back then we called this kind of mess "Garbage IN Garbage out"

Which means that if your program isn't perfect almost anything can and will happen.

The same is true of All AI versions. 

I just had an interesting thought too. AI will read everything it can get a hold of in everywritten or spoken language on earth. Even if that language isn't written it can still listen to people speak that language usually through things like Youtube. This really sort of blew my mind when it wrapped around this one fact that is sort of beyond belief (for any human being) because the most languages any one I knew that could read and speak Fluently was 20 languages and he was a Catholic Priest who had been district attorney of Santa Cruz County in California and had an IQ of around 200 to be able to do this fluently in 20 languages both speaking them and reading them. 

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what happened regarding the cyber attack of municipal water systems in the U.S.? 

AI Overview

Hackers targeted internet-connected control equipment at municipal water systems across at least 12 U.S. states, prompting a joint warning from federal authorities. 

What Happened

Initial Wave: In late July 2026, over 30 municipal water facilities in Minnesota were hit in a coordinated cyber breach. 
Geographic Spread: Incidents quickly spread to at least 12 states—including Michigan (9 systems), Georgia, New Jersey, and South Dakota. 
Method of Attack: Hackers targeted internet-exposed Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), specifically Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 and 1400 series devices used to run valves, pumps, and pressure systems. 
Lockouts and Control Issues: Attackers changed device IP addresses and administrator passwords, locking operators out or forcing facilities to switch to manual mode. 
Operational Disruption: Some utilities experienced pressure drops and localized flooding. 

Drinking Water Safety & Attribution

Water Quality: Federal officials and local operators reported no widespread contamination or impact on drinking water safety.
Suspected Actors: Investigators noted the operation bore hallmarks of Iranian-linked actors (such as groups connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), though formal attribution remained under investigation. 

According to the FBI, “After remotely accessing internet-facing devices, the actors changed the IP addresses and passwords, resulting in a loss of monitoring and control functionality.”

As reported by TIME, “Malicious cyber activity has affected technology at water systems in at least seven states last week, forcing some facilities to switch to manual operations...”

Federal Response and Guidance

The FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a joint Public Service Announcement urging water and wastewater utilities to:

Remove PLCs and control devices from direct exposure to the public internet.
Use firewalls and secure virtual private network (VPN) gateways.
Enforce strong, unique passwords and limit remote access permissions. 

If you would like, I can:

List the specific cybersecurity recommendations from the EPA and CISA for small utilities.Provide details on how PLCs work in water treatment facilities.

Let me know how you would like to proceed.

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Human hackers orchestrated the 2026 water system cyberattacks using basic internet scanning tools, though U.S. agencies warn that artificial intelligence is increasingly used to augment such critical infrastructure threats

Human hackers orchestrated the 2026 water system cyberattacks using basic internet scanning tools, though U.S. agencies warn that artificial intelligence is increasingly used to augment such critical infrastructure threats 

The above title and first line repeated might surprise some of you but it doesn't surprise me at all. Why?

Because even though I didn't think of it and thought it had to be EI'THER JUST HACKERS OR AI it makes actually more sense now that I read it that it was someone like IRANIAN Hackers augmented by AI.

For example, I can imagine a person asking the question: "How do we best attack water systems?" and then coming up with from AI:  ATTACK the PLCS because they are the most vulnerable to attack.

So, the whole idea of "Attack the weakest link in the chain" would be the end game here. Just like an armed Assailant might shoot out the tires in a car or truck they were attacking or shooting the gas tank to stop a vehicle they would attack the automatic Valves tied into the Internet to stop Water processing or refining processes from happening.

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AI Overview

 

Yes, this is correct. The July 2026 cyberattacks on U.S. water systems initially relied on relatively basic methods, but federal intelligence confirms that artificial intelligence is now actively augmenting infrastructure threats. 

A coordinated wave of cyberattacks successfully targeted over 100 internet-exposed water and wastewater systems across at least 12 U.S. states (including Minnesota, Michigan, and Georgia). The core dynamics of how these attacks occurred—and how they are evolving—highlight a dangerous intersection between poor security hygiene and advanced technology: 

The Baseline Attack: Internet Scanning & Weak Credentials

While the threat environment is escalating, the primary entry point for hackers remained startlingly simple. 

Exposed Industrial Controls: Hackers used basic public scanning tools to locate Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)—the small industrial computers managing physical valves, pumps, and water pressure—that were directly connected to the public internet. 
Exploiting Default Passwords: Many targeted facilities were small, underfunded municipal utilities lacking dedicated IT teams. Attackers easily took over the systems simply by exploiting unchanged default passwords or weak configurations on devices from manufacturers like Rockwell Automation, Siemens, and Schneider Electric. 
Operational Impact: Once inside, hackers changed IP addresses and administrative passwords to lock operators out of their own systems. This forced several communities to switch to sustained manual operations and issue precautionary boil-water notices due to localized pressure drops or flooding. No drinking water contamination occurred. 

The AI Escalation: Augmenting the Threat

Though the initial vulnerabilities were basic, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI warned of an alarming shift toward AI-assisted infrastructure attacks: 

Automated Scripting: Hackers are increasingly deploying generative AI tools to automatically parse public infrastructure data and instantly write code capable of exploiting hardware vulnerabilities. This allows low-skilled actors to execute highly targeted, complex industrial disruptions. 
Defeating Smart Alarms: In the 2026 water hacks, advanced automated tools were used to rewrite PLC project files specifically to disable system alarms and automated shutdowns. This trick allows attackers to alter physical settings silently without triggering the utility’s native defense mechanisms. 
Targeting Defenses: Joint intelligence advisories from CISA, the NSA, and the FBI highlighted that threat groups (frequently tied to Iranian-backed actors) are leveraging AI to systematically scan and target automated legacy systems, exploiting the lag between official federal guidance and local municipal budget cycles. 

Recommended Federal Mitigations

To combat AI-driven scanning and opportunistic exploits, the FBI and the EPA issued an immediate mandate for water systems operators to execute three basic steps: 

Disconnect PLCs and operational technology completely from the public internet, routing any necessary remote access through secure, multi-factor authenticated VPN gateways. 
Enforce strict cyber hygiene, primarily removing default manufacturer passwords and disabling shared staff logins. 
Establish physical fail-safes, ensuring utility workers are regularly trained in manual operational workarounds and that backup breaker systems are functional. 

If you are looking into this for a specific project, please let me know if you want to focus on the geopolitical actors involved, the specific technical flaws in the PLCs, or the legislative push for uniform water security standards.

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