The earth running out of oxygen ? If I'm around in a billion years I will be concerned .

When will Earth run out of oxygen? | BBC Sky at Night Magazine (https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/earth-run-out-of-oxygen)

Zombie Spiders ?

Fungus-encrusted zombie spiders are now being found in America and freaking out homeowners | The Independent (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fungus-zombie-spiders-america-b2811839.html)

Can gain of function cause them to pass the fungus to humans . Her Doctor Fauci has not weighed in yet.

But if I see one of them ,I'll just stomp on them.

The biggest nightmares are still human induced . Things like drones .

A very expensive Blackhawk helicopter got downed by a cheap drone in Columbia. Drone warfare is now a global phenonium


The CNP helicopter was hit by a drone while “providing security to officers engaged in manual coca crop eradication efforts,” Antioquia Governor Andres Julian Rendon stated on X. “We have activated the hospital network and are closely monitoring this news, which is so painful for democracy and sad for our Forces. In that area, FARC dissidents and the Gulf Clan are operating.”

Colombian Black Hawk Downed By Drone Is A Glimpse Of What's To Come (https://www.twz.com/air/colombian-black-hawk-downed-by-drone-is-a-glimpse-of-whats-to-come?fbclid=IwY2xjawMWhopleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoxPuUDH dQ9PDvqyWBbn8eLsyFU1Z7Y-qcKbqOkiAmGQd9J8NTDqySavNAXe_aem_CdIhqk_y4Eh61I0Mt TTL0A)

Cartels , Rebels and Terrorists have got their hands on them .

A drone attack on a U.N. convoy set fire to all 16 trucks carrying desperately needed food to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region and destroyed all the vehicles, the United Nations said Thursday.


Drone attack destroys 16 trucks carrying UN food in Sudan | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/un-sudan-convoy-attack-darfur-0c8f6772e934683145960040b53b6488?fbclid=IwY2xjawMW h4VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHi10BdJNcOYLSr3rfsQdAUl_MAaMj8 ZkD5cOqYyOiXLubhRSOpdgRsZSOv8R_aem_UZ3TJHrfZkJ28ze BrzkGsQ)


Both sides of the war in Ukraine have used them to effect. Soldiers once safe in trenches are sitting ducks.

Ukraine becoming the ‘Silicon Valley’ of defense as startups develop long-range drones and missiles | PBS News (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ukraine-becoming-the-silicon-valley-of-defense-as-startups-develop-long-range-drones-and-missiles)

Fiber-optic drones new twist to Russia's war in Ukraine – DW – 08/21/2025 (https://www.dw.com/en/fiber-optic-drones-new-twist-to-russias-war-in-ukraine/video-73716036)

But for us the problem is the Cartels have adopted drone strategy in out border war .


Testifying this week before the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, Willoughby said federal authorities since the start of July to the end of December 2024 detected 60,000 such drone flights just south of the border and 27,000 unique remote-controlled craft doing the flying.
Most of those drones are going up at night or flying at altitudes that are restricted in both Mexico and the United States. That’s 400 feet high in the U.S. and 120 meters in Mexico. That’s enough to give Mexican drone operators a clear view of U.S. Border Patrol agents’ location and movement, send migrants north in a different direction or find places to drop drugs for later pickup.


Cartels flew drones 60,000 times along US border in six-month period | Border Report (https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/cartels-flew-drones-60000-times-along-us-border-in-six-month-period/)

In Star Wars the Ewoks used primitive inexpensive items to defeat the weapons of the Empire . In our world the drones are the bows and the rocks ,the rope between the trees.

A Defense of Ewoks (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prNOwClygdI)

Your observations about drones, and in particular those in the hands of the drug cartels who have plenty of cash to purchase and develop them, are certainly alarming. We can only hope that the Defense Dept. is working with the border patrol to counter these. I would think that some sort of jamming would be effective.

Easier said than done. RF jamming can be overcome with frequency hopping.
Technology fundamentals of hopper signals | Rohde & Schwarz (https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/knowledge-center/technology-fundamentals/hopper-signals/hopper-signals_256050.html)

Then defense requires a knowledge of what frequency is being used and when and where (the border is big) ,

Also the jammer has to be aware that by jamming they become targets as they also emit RF .

On the Ukraine front they swarm the drones expecting a percentage of them to fail. But they are cheap .

Also the jammer has to be aware that by jamming they become targets as they also emit RF .The same is true for the RF controller of the drone. These problems are generally overcome, I would think, by putting the antenna for transmitting some distance away from the controller. Antennae are cheap.

Between drones and hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) the era of projecting power with an expensive carrier surface fleet is over. The navy that dominates the sub surface will rule.

Navy Submarine Just Tested A Torpedo Tube-Recovered Drone (https://www.twz.com/navy-submarine-just-tested-a-torpedo-tube-recovered-drone?fbclid=IwY2xjawMXwJVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnyp0gE 9rkwjB-mfx07lKlneaKhmmjTsSVqo_StCh3lRrX3HesriLC_tpIBL_aem _MPK0-U7B1kGn6dzOnFcAVA)