From poisoned twilight air to the planned obsolescence of lightbulbs to printers extorting you to parents mailing relatives their children to the propaganda of Black Friday, Star Trek and everything in between .. ***"Of course I would love to take a late evening stroll with you my beloved, but alas..! The night has fallen and thusly made the twilight air poison." "For the love of god–PLEASE STOP mailing your children! Kind Regards,The US Postal Service""Call upon the fellows at once! We must create a cartel post haste as these incandescent bulbs are of too fine quality..!"***NOTE: Yes, the Centennial Lightbulb (since 1901) does have a live stream on it at all times: Centennial Lightbulb 24hr Live 'BulbCam'***SOURCES: • `A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail` (12/21/2016), Danny Lewis – SmithsonianMag• `Mail that baby: A brief history of kids sent through the U.S. Postal Service` (05/24/2017), Steve Hendrix – The Washington Post----• `History of the Miasma Theory of Disease` (Spring 2018), Ajesh Kannadan – College of Dupage - Vol 16, Article 18 • `Fantastically Wrong: Why People Were Terrified of Nighttime Air Until the 1900s` (08/20/2014), Matt Simon – Wired• `History & Major Facts about the Miasma Theory` (04/24/2024), WHE Staff – WorldHistoryEdu----• `The Emerging Problems of "AI Psychosis" ` (updated: 11/27/2025), Marlynn Wei M.D., J.D. – Psychology Today• `The Chatbot-Delusion Crisis` (12/04/2025), Matteo Wong – The Atlantic• `What to know about 'AI psychosis' and the effect of AI chatbots on mental health` (08/31/2025), John Yang & Kaisha Young – PBS News----• `Is AI Ruining Your Kid's Critical Thinking?` (04/24/2025), Ali Shehab [reviewed by: Margaret Foley] – Psychology Today• `Increased AI use linked to eroding critical thinking skills` (01/13/2025), Justin Jackson – Phys.org • `To Think or Not to Think: The Impact of AI on Critical-Thinking Skills` (03/10/2025), Christine Anne Royce, Ed.D. and Valerie Bennett, Ph.D., Ed.D. – National Science Teaching Association----• `HP Instant Ink: How The Controversial Subscription Works and Why It Has Users Up in Arms` (11/10/2024), Mark Loproto – SlashGear• `My Printer Is Extorting Me` (02/01/2023), Charlie Warzel – The Atlantic• `'The ink is completely full': Woman warns against HP printers after canceling subscription. It won't let her print anything` (08/15/2024), Vladimir Supica – DailyDot• `The nightmare is real: HP makes printing a monthly subscription` (02/29/2024), Mark Hachman – PCWorld----• `How the World's Oldest Light Bulb Has Stayed Lit For Over 100 Years` (05/20/2025), Chris Littlechild – SlashGear• `Everlasting Lightbulbs? They Exist. Well, Existed` (05/19/2025), Christopher McFadden – Interesting Engineering----• `Planned Obsolescence and the Great Lightbulb Conspiracy` (02/09/2023), Marinel Mamac – A Little Bit Human • `Planned obsolescence culture causes products to not withstand the test of time` (12/12/2024), Sunayana Khadka – SpartanShield.org• `Designed to fail: a short history of planned obsolescence` (07/15/2024), Alex Sims – Newsroom----• `Apple pays out claims it deliberately slowed down iPhones` (01/08/2024), Tom Gerken – BBC• `Planned obsolescence: Apple sued for deliberately slowing down iPhones in Belgium` (04/13/2024), Maïthé Chini – The Brussels Times----• `Nichelle Nichols Remembers Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.` (01/16/2023), ST Staff – StarTrek.com• `Star Trek: How Martin Luther King Jr Saved Uhura` (01/15/2024), Thomas Bacon – ScreenRant----• `Leonard Nimoy's Advice To A Biracial Girl In 1968` (02/27/2015), Gene Demby – NPR.org• `Star Trek Actor Leonard Nimoy, 'Spock,' Responds to Teen With An Inspiring Letter About Fitting In` (updated: 12/06/2017), Staff Writer – HuffPost ----FOLLOW US:instagram: @UncompromisingLifebsky: @UncompromisingLifesubstack: @UncompromisingLifethreads: @UncompromisingLife
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