Friday A.M.

10/09/2025

Two birthdays on this day... John Lennon would have turned 85 today. Sean who was robbed of his father at age 5 turned 50 today.

10/09/2025

10/05/2025

What this older kind gentleman said IS astonishing, and I don't know how to verify it as true, however, I have heard of many cases in which people perilously close to taking their lives, stated that it was a friendly interaction from a perfect stranger that was the spark that changed their minds.

10/04/2025

I was delighted to see what I saw today driving down Lakeshore Drive. About a month ago I posted a blog on Facebook and City Fixings in Friday AM suggesting that the blank wall across from the treble clef is a perfect spot for a mural, ideally on a music theme. I don't know if someone picked up on that suggestion, or was likeminded all along, it doesn't matter, only that, lo and behold, there's mural in the works! I can hardly wait to learn more details!

10/04/2025

"The Donald endorses Salmon Arm's little paper." You might get a giggle out of a sample of deep fake video that my artist friend Otto Pfannschmidt produced for me to show what this AI technology can easily do to fool people, but it is as scary as anything. It can accurately imitate the voice of anyone, and put words in their mouth as their mouths moving convincingly to those words. (Thanks Tracy Lindberg-Schimpf for figuring how to upload it and tag my personal pages with the video). And shame on Facebook for allowing us to post deep fake videos of real people, but restricts sharing links to real Canadian news.
It is also scarily reported that when Trump and Hegseth gathered all the Generals together this week, the Trump team applied artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technology in the room to monitor all the generals’ reactions in real time.
"Every eyebrow raise, every flicker of doubt, every moment of discomfort were scanned and analyzed by an algorithm designed to detect who would obey orders without question—and who might resist," stated former Trump political operative Lev Parnas.

10/03/2025

Here is the link to the October AM:https://friam.ca/wp-content/uploads/friday-am_10-01-25.pdf