I hope I’m wrong too. But I’m pretty pessimistic.

Even if the tools are not yet there, “they” want to know exactly who asks for code to things like a DIY radar station or autonomous drone control. We’re well into “first they came” territory.

I generally drink either whole or 2% cow milk in my coffee. Never added sugar, but sometimes half and half or the occasional oat milk phase instead. When you switch exclusively to oat milk for a while, it grows on you. I like oat as the best overall plant milk for coffee, and the Planet Oat original unsweetened in particular as you’ve heard, but it’s definitely a different product with a different culinary experience than cow milk.

But of course it is. Goat milk is also a different culinary experience. It tastes like goat cheese, which is maybe unsurprising but also rather unwelcome in coffee. Each alternative is rather different.

I mostly drink coffee at home. I grind beans one or two scoops at a time immediately before use and brew hot concentrate with an aeropress then dilute to black (americano-ish), but my milk preferences are the same in an occasional expensive coffee shop latte. Oat is the best alternative option. You’re right that it’s not as potent, and I tend to use even more oat milk in coffee than my somewhat heavy pours of cow milk.

I haven’t done careful investigation, but I suspect oat milk has a better balance of impacts on personal health and environment than many of the plant-based options. Almond milk production, for instance, takes enormous amounts of water out of the aquifer under California’s Central Valley, whereas oats are widely grown. Soy milk is controversial health-wise. Oat also tastes better to me than both of them. Coconut is okay but has a somewhat strong flavor and thin texture.

As a highly-engineered food product, you should expect substantial variation from one brand to the next. Try several.

Last week, Trump called NATO a “paper tiger”and said he was “absolutely” considering to withdraw from the 32-member alliance, arguing that European members have relied on U.S. security guarantees while offering inadequate support when Washington needed them most.

“Defensive alliance refuses to join ridiculous war of aggression, news at 11.”

“Trump can’t attack the alliance forever without making it hollow,” said Michael Feller, chief strategist at Geopolitical Strategy, as Iran was “testing unity” by offering Spain and Turkey waivers to get their oil via the Strait of Hormuz.

Russia is widely believed to have interfered in both elections that got the guy into office. The fracturing of NATO sure is great for them. Incredible ROI. China is a pretty good friend of theirs too. Where will Europe be if China reaches for Taiwan and Donny has pissed in everyone’s beer? Even if it’s always TACO time and he never grabs Greenland, he’s an unreliable partner in anything.

He’s not necessarily directed by anyone to cause all the havoc, such as pawing at Greenland again now. He’s enough of a loose cannon to cause trouble by himself, especially as Iran threatens to embarrass him as weak in front of his most ardent supporters and he needs a new distraction from both that and the Epstein files.

Where can I find some biased “fake news media” where they actually talk about realistic interpretations of the facts on the ground?