We had talked about the Socotra House encounter with Artificial Intelligence. The hope from Section Leader Miles was that we could mine the exhaustive archive that sleeps on the big machine in the basement of The Trillium, Socotra House HQ. There is material that dates nearly to the turn of the century, plus added debris […]

Miles looked round the circle at the conference table. There was a lot to cover, including the fact that the nature of war has changed. The “WAR” that people around the table knew had changed into something the GenZs and interns understood. The new one includes member of Congress telling America’s proud men and women […]

We did not know why Miles was carrying am acetylene torch to the morning meeting, but things unfolded almost immediately. Vic produced a cartoon image that resembled our Section Leader in action. “We need to turn up the heat on a few things. I want to ignore the Epstein noise. That is all a smokescreen […]

“Not in my back yard!” are the words Vic saying to the GenZers at the conference table. Holly looked concerned and had the ArlNOW paper on the table with bold type “NIMBYs fight YIMBYs!” on the banner headline. “I think the middle is missing.” Miles was getting is second cup of coffee and sat down […]

The conference room was still empty when AJ came by with the morning bagels. He had not stayed up last night to see the United States Government burp and decide to resume the simulation of constructive activity. Paid activity. That is the aspect that interests the bakery, which has been reduced to a plaintive request […]

Created by W.E. Socotra, 1903 Edited by Vic Socotra, 2025 Photo enhanced with ChatGPT 5.0 & Google Gemini Editor’s Note: There was something a little hung-over the morning after the Veteran’s Holiday, and this is the first experiment in turning actual cognitive human thought over to two AI computer programs and a record compiled 122 […]

In 1918 — 107 years ago today — at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, fighting between the Allied Forces and Germany stopped, ending World War I. The date was originally commemorated with the intent of celebrating peace. In 1954, Armistice Day was changed to the more inclusive Veterans Day, […]

Vic was sort of out of sorts with his experiment. The only way he had known his grandfathers were in musty, faded images in black and white that had faded into a sort of sepia. He had started with the direction from Section Leader Miles to see if he could generate a complete new manuscript […]

Moon Rise over The Rotonda at Tysons, VA, 06 November 2025 So there is something natural to celebrate this morning as opposed to the election news. The Creative Section continued Happy Hour through a little after six when Vapor announced he could see the moon rise, which was actually sort of a diagonal appearance from […]

This was the picture of Vic’s Grandfather that started the current furor in the Creative Section. Vic never met him, and this is the only close-up picture that was passed down. Vic was waving around something new he had composed with the aid of the AI program to see if there is value-added in artificial […]