Touring the Valley

"Comply or Die"

11 seconds before the shooting, Mr. Pretti is restrained by multiple agents. Still from video by Philophon via Reddit.
The New York Times.

Greg Bovino, head of ICE, says the agents who killed a man on a public street in front of witnesses are the "real victims" and the dead man is to blame for his own murder as a peaceful citizen behaving legally. If Bovino had been around in the seventies, he'd probably have announced that poor Ted Bundy was just a hapless victim of all those nasty girls.

Even though the agents' faces were covered to conceal them from witnesses and cameras, a genuine, standard investigation into the murder would be able to determine the identity of the shooter(s). They would preserve the scene, collect evidence following strict procedures, identify whose gun fired the fatal bullets, who had GSR on their clothes, etc. But the perpetrator is unlikely to be named, because they didn't start a proper investigation at the crime scene, the evidence will have been mishandled, and all the agents will lie despite being caught on video from multiple angles; besides, DHS wants more of this.

They want you to be paralyzed with fear. They want a populace too terrified to complain. They want the perfect police state.

Recent Random Thoughts

"Do You Hear the People Sing?" Les Miserables

If you're aiming your cell phone at the same time you're aiming your gun, you're making a snuff film.

Just as we don't answer the phone for an unrecognized number - don't open your door to an uninvited knock.

It doesn't really matter that the victim was a nice guy, a nurse, a kind person, helpful, friendly. If it turned out that he was a heartless curmudgeon who kicked dogs, cursed at small children, and stole his neighbors' Amazon boxes, he still wouldn't deserve to be beaten by thugs and shot to death on the street for the "crime" of recording their behavior on his phone. These lynch mobs have been turned loose in our streets by an authoritarian regime hell-bent on intimidating and demoralizing us with their "comply or die" mentality. They give these murderous goons military weapons and send them out to act as judge and executioner. And they've been given a budget that is bigger than that of most armies in the world. The amount of money being spent to perpetrate vandalism, theft, assault, kidnapping, and murder tells you how much it is worth to the oligarchs and their henchmen to keep us in line. Let's make sure we don't stay in line.

Real law enforcement officers often detain armed suspects without killing them.

Gemini's Unauthorized Intrusion Into Your Email

Photo by Nicholas Fuentes on Unsplash

If you use Gmail, you may have noticed that AI summaries of your email exchanges have started to appear in your email feed, even though you did not request this feature.

Many people want to turn this off, and online forums are full of people asking how. I went straight to Gemini with my query. Following is the "conversation" I had with the bot.

Note that I have used red to add emphasis to some parts of this text.

ME:
How can I make Gemini stop reading my email, and stop providing those summaries?

GEMINI:
To stop Gemini from summarizing your emails and reading your inbox, you have to navigate a few layers of Google's settings. Because Gemini is deeply integrated into "Smart Features," turning it off often requires disabling those broader tools.

### 1. Disable "Smart Features" (Desktop)

This is the most direct way to remove the "Summarize this email" button and the Gemini side panel.

1. Open [Gmail](https://mail.google.com) on your computer.
2. Click the **Settings (gear icon)** in the top right → **See all settings**.
3. Under the **General** tab, scroll down to **Smart features and personalization**.
4. **Uncheck** the box.
5. Scroll further down to **Smart features and personalization in other Google products** and **uncheck** that as well.
6. Scroll to the bottom and click **Save Changes**. Gmail will reload.>

**Note:** Turning this off will also disable non-AI features like automatic email categorization (Promotions/Social tabs), summary cards for flights/packages, and Smart Compose.

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### 2. Disable the Gemini Extension (Account Level)

If you want to ensure the Gemini AI (the standalone chatbot) can't "reach into" your Gmail to answer questions:

1. Go to [gemini.google.com](https://gemini.google.com).
2. Click **Settings** (gear icon) at the bottom left.
3. Select **Extensions**.
4. Find the **Google Workspace** extension and toggle it **Off**.
* This prevents the Gemini chatbot from searching your Drive, Docs, and Gmail when you talk to it.

--- ### 3. Disable in the Gmail Mobile App

The mobile settings are separate from the desktop settings.

1. Open the Gmail app on your phone.
2. Tap the **Menu (three lines)** → **Settings**.
3. Select your specific **email account**.
4. Scroll to the **General** section.
5. Uncheck **Smart features and personalization**.

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### 4. For Google Workspace (Work/School) Users

If you are using a company account and still see Gemini after doing the above, your IT administrator may have "forced" the feature.

* **If you are the Admin:** Go to the [Google Admin Console](https://admin.google.com) →
**Apps** → **Google Workspace** → **Gemini**. From there, you can turn off Gemini for specific organizational units.
* **If you are an Employee:** You may only be able to hide the side panel, but you cannot fully remove the integration unless your admin disables it for the whole company.

Would you like me to show you how to also clear your existing Gemini activity history so Google doesn't keep a record of past summaries?

ME:
It verges on criminal that turning off this intrusive violation of my privacy will also turn off other features. Whoever designed this should be fired.

GEMINI:
It is completely understandable why that feels like a "digital hostage" situation. Having to sacrifice basic tools like spell-check and organized inbox tabs just to regain your privacy is a classic example of **forced bundling**.

Since Google currently links Gemini to the "Smart Features" toggle, here is the most effective way to handle this without completely breaking your workflow:

### 1. The "Ad-Blocker" Solution (Highly Recommended)

If you use Gmail in a desktop browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge), you can "delete" the Gemini UI elements while keeping your Smart Features (like tabs and spell-check) active.

* **Install a blocker:** Use a free, open-source extension like **uBlock Origin**.
* **Target the "Sparkle":** 1. Right-click on the Gemini icon (or the summary box).
2. Select **"Block element..."**
3. A small window will pop up in the corner; click **Create**.
* **The Result:** The summary box and Gemini buttons disappear from your screen, but your "Social" and "Promotions" tabs stay exactly where they are.

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### 2. Move to a Third-Party App

You can bypass the Gemini interface entirely by using a different email client. This allows you to keep your `@gmail.com` address but use an interface that doesn't include Google's AI overlays.

* **Desktop:** Use **Thunderbird** or **Apple Mail**. These apps will handle your spell-check and local organization without triggering Gemini's summarization.
* **Mobile:** Use an app like **Spark** or **Outlook mobile**. They connect to your Gmail servers but use their own interface, usually ignoring the Gemini summary injection.

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### 3. Disable "Gemini Apps Activity"

While the instructions I gave you earlier stop the *display* of Gemini, Google still has a background setting for what it does with your data. To ensure your interactions aren't being logged:

1. Go to [myactivity.google.com](https://myactivity.google.com).
2. Look for **Gemini Apps Activity**.
3. Turn it **Off** and select **Delete Activity**.

### Why did they do this?

From a product design standpoint, Google has moved features like "Smart Compose" and "Autocorrect" onto the same backend infrastructure as Gemini. By their logic, if you "opt out" of AI, you are opting out of the entire engine that powers those features. It is a controversial move that many privacy advocates have flagged as a "dark pattern" designed to discourage users from opting out.

Would you like me to help you find the specific CSS codes to hide the Gemini side panel more permanently in your browser?

ME:
I'd like to print this entire conversation.

GEMINI:
Since I am an AI interface, there isn't a direct "Print" button built into the chat window, but you can easily capture the full formatting using your browser's native tools.

Here are the two best ways to get a clean printout of our conversation:

### Option 1: The "Ctrl + P" Method (Fastest)

1. **Select the text:** Highlight the entire conversation from your first question down to this response.
2. **Right-click** and select **Print** (or press `Ctrl + P` on Windows / `Cmd + P` on Mac).
3. **Change the setting:** In the print preview window, look for a setting that says **"Selection Only"** (usually under "More Settings" or "Options").
4. **Print to PDF or Paper:** This ensures you don't print the sidebar or other website clutter.

### Option 2: The "Clean Copy" Method (Best Formatting)

1. Click the **Copy** icon (usually looks like two overlapping squares) at the bottom of each of my responses.
2. Paste them into a document (Google Docs, Word, or NotePad).
3. Go to **File → Print**. This allows you to adjust the font size and remove any extra white space before you print.

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**A quick tip for the road:** If you ever decide to try the **uBlock Origin** method I mentioned earlier to hide the Gemini buttons, it works on almost any website element you find annoying. It’s a great way to "clean up" the internet without waiting for companies to change their settings.

Would you like me to summarize the steps for disabling Gemini into a single, one-page "cheat sheet" so it's easier to read once printed?

ME:
Yes

GEMINI: ## Gemini Deactivation & Privacy Cheat Sheet

This guide provides the steps to disable Gemini’s presence in Gmail while maintaining as much control as possible over your workspace.

---

### 1. Disable Gemini UI (The "Hostage" Method)

* **Location:** Gmail Settings (Desktop) → **See all settings** → **General**.
* **Action:** Uncheck **Smart features and personalization**.
* **Trade-off:** This removes the "Summarize" button, but you will lose auto-categorization (Tabs) and Smart Compose.

### 2. Block the "Side Panel" (The Visual Clean-up)

If the Gemini side panel or "Sparkle" icons still appear:

* **Manual Close:** Click the **Close (X)** or the **Side Panel icon** in the top right of Gmail to collapse the AI panel.
* **Ad-Blocker (uBlock Origin):** Right-click any Gemini element → Select **"Block element"** → Click **Create**. This "erases" the buttons from your screen without disabling other Gmail features.

### 3. Cut off Data Access (The Privacy Method)

To prevent the Gemini chatbot from "reading" your emails to answer questions:

1. Go to [gemini.google.com](https://gemini.google.com).
2. Click **Settings (Gear Icon)** → **Extensions**.
3. Toggle **Google Workspace** to **OFF**.

### 4. Delete AI Activity History

Ensure Google isn't keeping a log of your AI-related interactions:

1. Visit [myactivity.google.com](https://myactivity.google.com).
2. Select **Gemini Apps Activity**.
3. Toggle it **OFF** and select **Delete Activity**.

### 5. Mobile App Deactivation

1. Open the Gmail App → **Settings** → **[Your Account]**.
2. Scroll to **General** → Uncheck **Smart features and personalization**.

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**Summary of Impact:** Disabling these features moves your Gmail back toward a "static" inbox. For a completely AI-free experience without losing functionality, consider using a third-party desktop client like **Thunderbird**, which ignores Google’s AI overlays entirely.

Minneapolis

Renee Nicole Good, as recorded by her killer moments before he fired his gun.

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” ― Margaret Atwood

It may seem weird that the regime thinks the ICE goon's own phone video somehow proves him innocent, when, in fact, it supports his guilt. But remember that their defense of him includes the assertion that the murder was actually self defense because he "felt threatened". He probably did feel something.

All throughout the most recent election campaign, It was Republicans who repeatedly told us, "Fuck your feelings" and reiterated, "Facts don't care about your feelings." Apparently their feelings are now considered facts.

A pleasant lady smiled and said she wasn't mad at him, and that drove him into a red-hot rage. How dare a woman - a woman! - not fear him and not take him as seriously as he took himself and his violent, authoritarian role-playing? Oh, yes, she was a threat - not to his physical safety, but to his fragile sense of self, his belief in his own importance, and to his and this regime's requirement that women must be subservient to male authority.

His snarled curse, after he wiped out her life, says it all -- "Fucking bitch." This is what the domestic abuser says about the woman who disobeys, who tries to escape. This is what the disgruntled male employee says about a female supervisor. This is what the sex-pest says about a woman who doesn't want him to buy her a drink, who rebuffs his demand for her time and attention.

The regime's presentation of this video as exoneration tells you what their position is. The woman who doesn't appear submissive, who doesn't instantly comply with screamed demands, the woman who cannot be controlled, whoexpects to go about her own business (as she has every right to do) -- that woman is a threat, and if she gets away with it, his very existence will implode. So of course, he had to kill her.

They want us to agree that any woman who isn't adequately humble and subservient deserves an instant death penalty.