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TMI 260318 AI Slop Everywhere

AI Slop everywhere. YouTube recently deleted channels with millions of views because they were A.I. Slop. But these channels are coming back with minor changes. Will A.I. crowd out the humans?

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EARLYBIRD Clue:

THIS WEEK

Moondog2A

Moondog Reviews

Moondog Go

BRAND CONTEST CLUE 2

This margine brand was created by the Lever Brothers Company which later became Unilever. It gets it’s royal european sounding name may be tied to Unilevers roots as a Dutch company.


DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

AI SLOP Nuked by YouTube

YouTube just deleted 4.2 million views and dozens of channels that it says violated it’s Terms of Use by posting A.I. Generated Low Quality Content “Slop”. Most of these channels were in India and Latin America. Some of them include these 5 biggest channels

CuentosFacianantes (Fascinating Tales): Considered the top AI channel in the report, it had ~5.9 million subscribers and 1.2 billion views before being removed. It primarily produced low-quality, AI-generated Dragon Ball-themed stories.

Imperio de Jesus: A major channel with ~5.8 million subscribers that featured AI-generated religious quizzes and content.

Super Cat League: A channel with ~4.2 million subscribers known for AI-generated content.

Screen Culture: A prominent channel specializing in “AI concept trailers,” often merging real footage with fake actors and stealing views from official content.

KH Studio: A major AI trailer channel often cited alongside Screen Culture for producing mass-produced, fake AI trailers. 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuRTBA_gdX1Jy98D-kma3Q


https://www.youtube.com/@Imperio_de_Jesus/shorts

https://www.youtube.com/@mindofstates

https://www.youtube.com/@screenculturetrailers

LoFiLulla
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wzQlYaJmezE

Natalylofi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W41OtfmpSik

LadiesCall
https://www.youtube.com/@LadiesCall/shorts

Tilly Norwood
https://youtu.be/ZTpQMrNVCWA?si=3ZA7ptybk1qiL4IW&t=64

CONTESTS

BRAND CONTEST CLUE 3

This margarine brand has a long running advertising campaign where crowns appear on the heads of people who taste it.


MARCH CONTEST

MOONDOG Contests

Shooting Sports

CVLife BearMightt Solar Red Dot

CVLife rolled out the Bear Swift multiple reticle solar red dot, a completely solar powered reflex sight that runs off of an internal solar charging battery. The Bear Swift features a selectable 2MOA dot and a 32 MOA circle/starburst reticle. It has a Glock MOS footprint which along with this low base, allows it to co-witness to factory iron sights.

Overall build quality is top-notch and a far cry from CVLife’s budget offerings from 10 years. The glass is flat, the reticle is crisp, and it has motion activation from sleep to concerve battery life. It has a rated 20,000 runtime at low brightness on the dot which is over 2 years.

The BearSwift is an alternative to the CVlife WildHawk X, which has a back-up solar panel but runs off a replaceable coin battery but that has a RMR footprint. https://youtu.be/emxu_VHTdes

The completely solar-powered unit is useful for shooters who regularly go to the range, which would allow regular racharging of the internal battery. But for occasional shooters, collectors, or as a bedside gun, the requirement for solar charge can pose an issue. It would have been nice if this optic had a USB-C or magnetic charging as a backup.

SHOP

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Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FFH2HHS9

SPECS

BearSwift

Magnification: 1x

Window: 20 x 16mm

Reticle: 2 MOA + 32 MOA Circle

Color: Red

Brightness: 2(NV) + 8

Max Adj: ±40 MOA

Click Value: 1 MOA

Waterproof: IPX 7

Footprint: MOS

Weight:1.31 oz

Dimensions: 2″ x 1.13″ x 1.06″

Shooting Sports

SHOT2026 UTG MP5 Upgrades

https://youtu.be/QXawCUs70KA

UTG has been quietly modernizing the MP5 by offering clamp-on handguards that allow the mounting of all the lasers, lights, and tactical accessories that a Tier 1 Operator would want in the legendary SMG. At SHOT Show 2026, they brought a new extended lower handguard sized for suppressors and a new fully knurled round charging handle.

Travel

Carmel Mission Basilica

Founded in 1771, by Fr. Junípero Serra, Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Río Carmelo, or simply Carmel Mission, was the 2nd of 21 missions founded by Fr. Serra and the headquarters of the mission system. In 1833, newly independent Mexico, stripped the missions of their lands and assets. Carmel Mission was abandoned and fell into decay. 

Abandoned for decades, restoration efforts were started in the early 1900’s and the grounds and church were finally restored in the 1950’s through the efforts of clergy and the community. Today, Carmel Mission Basilica is a fully functioning Roman Catholic church parish, historical site, and museum.

Tourist may enter the grounds during the week by making a donation at the gate. The church contains the remains and relics of Saint Junipero Serra, who was canonized by Pope Francis.

Gadgets

SHOT2026 Nite Ize

Nite Ize brought practical, high-utility new gear to SHOT Show 2026. Nite Ize has a reputation for clever everyday solutions, producing innovative gadgets to outdoor and climbing; they invented the S-shaped carabiner.

For outdoor enthusiasts, the RunOff Waterproof Phone Case Plus offers complete protection for larger smartphones in wet or rugged environments, while the G‑Series Mini Lanyard 2 Pack provides a simple tethering solution for small essentials using stainless steel dual‑chamber carabiners.

Nite Ize earned a SHOT Show new product awared for their new Orange Screw, a large plastic anchor designed for securing tents and pop‑ups in soft ground. My favorite product is their wire twist ties.

Social

TMI 260311 Future Pefect Machine OP: Epic Fury

Future Perfect Machine will be joining me to discuss Op: Epic Fury and its impact on the world economy. This video is sponsored by Venice.ai. Enjoy uncensored, private A.I. using my link https://venice.ai/moondog to get a 20% off their Pro Plan using code: MOONDOG.

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EARLYBIRD Clue:

THIS WEEK

Moondog2A

Moondog Reviews

Moondog Go

BRAND CONTEST CLUE 2

This is the largest U.S.-based oil and gas company in the world. It is the largest oil company that can trace its origin directly to Rockefeller‘s Standard Oil .


DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

NOT EPIC FURRY
Furries is an anthropomorphic cosplay subculture that is focused on alter-ego/fursonas; not characters from a movie, anime, or comic book.  

EPIC FURY
A joint US and Isreali air and sea opperation that launched on February 28, 2026. The US’s stated aims are to destroy Iran’s military, missile, and nuclear capabilities. Isreali’s seem to be Iran’s political leadership and ability to support proxies like Hamas.

Q: How is this conflict affecting energy and trade?

GUEST PAUL DRAVIS

Paul Dravis
Former Managing Director of Bank of America, a former VP at JPMorganChase, and the founder of Future Perfect Machine, a technology analysis and consulting company focused on emerging technologies. https://www.futureperfectmachine.com/

CONTESTS

BRAND CONTEST CLUE 3

This American oil/gas company is headquarterd in Spring, TX. It was formed in 1989 by the merger of Exxon and Mobil oil.

MARCH CONTEST

MOONDOG Contests

YARD SALE

Fundraiser for St. Anne Middle School 8th grade class trip to Washington D.C.
https://moondogindustries.com/yardsale/

This week, you can get a Monstrum 2000 lumen weaponlight for half off.

Yard Sale School Fundraiser
Shooting Sports

Aquilifer EP 5-25×56

https://youtu.be/RJ7wTW-XKZo

Aquilifer is a budget scope brand that takes its name from the Aquilifer, the soldier in the Roman Legion given the honor of holding the golden eagle standard. Their EP 5-25×56 FFP is their new flagship long-range optic, but with a budget to mid-range price point of around $300.

To achieve this low price, this optic made some trade-offs. It has a very unforgiving eyebox that’s tight even at its lowest 5x magnification. It is also a heavy scope at over 2lbs. Its Vortex-style turrets only offer a middling 26 MRAD of adjustments.

Its value-tier price and overall performance make up for many of its shortcomings. The scope has well-made turrets with a Vortex-style zero stop. Its illumination is almost daylight bright. It has ED (Extra Low Dispersion) glass, which allowed me to see a good level of detail at 25x, though the image lacked contrast and sharpness above 16x. Given its weight and limited range of elevation adjustments, I wouldn’t recommend this for PRS or NRL-22 competition, but it’s a good entry-level scope for mid-range bench rest.

SHOP

HD 5-25×56 Amazon https://amzn.to/4qGIHUA

DiscoveryOpt 6061 34mm scope rings
(10% Discount Code: Moondog) https://discoveryopt.com/collections/scope-rings-durable-and-precision-machined-mounting-solutions/products/6061-series-aluminum-scope-rings-medium-profile-30mm-34mm-35mm-scope-mount-for-picatinny-rail

RESOLUTION

Group -1 / Element 4

SPECS


HT
Magnification: 5-25x

Objective: 56mm

Eye Relief: 3.54″–a4.33″

Exit Pupil: 11.2mm –2.24mm

Parallax Focus: 15y – ∞

FOV @ 100y: 22.9ft-4.4ft

Click Value: 0.1 MRAD

Max Elev Adj: ±26 MRAD

Max Wind Adj: ±26 MRAD

Tube Diam: 34mm

Length: 15.26″

Weight: 35.2oz

Illumination: 12 levels red

Battery: CR2032

Shooting Sports

SHOT2026 Monstrum Tactical

At SHOT Show 2026, Monstrum’s newest products weren’t new scopes but a whole new product line: red dots. Monstrum sold red dots a recently 5 years ago but quietly dropped those products due to issues with quality. They didn’t want poor products to taint their strategy of improving quality and performance in the budget optic brand space.

They released their Nitro line of traditional reflex sights in both RMR and RMCs models. At their SHOT both, they showed their newly released Bird of Prey (B.O.P.) shotgun dot. And they showed me a prototype of an upcoming enclosed emitter red dot, which didn’t have a name at the time.

Monstrum changed the budget optic landscape about 5 years ago with the introduction of good-quality LPVOs under $200. I was fortunate to be part of the awareness of this brand with my reviews of their Banshee and later a head-to-head comparison review of their Panzer vs a much more expensive one Vortex Razor HD Gen3. Spoiler alert, the Razor was the better optic but the Panzer was not bad in comparison.

Monstrums history of delivering better-than-good-enough quality for a shockingly low price bodes well for their new red dots. I look forward to testing them out this year.

SHOP

Nitro+ red dot: https://alnk.to/d3FY8t3

B.O.P. shotgun dot https://alnk.to/1N5tmev

Travel

The Cheese Shop, Carmel California

In the Carmel Plaza shopping center, you’ll find a well-stocked cheese shop. When you enter, find one of their cheese mongers who will guide you through a free tasting of their cheeses. They offer a wide range of California and European cheeses. My wife and I tasted a flight of French and Swiss hard and soft cheeses and she walked out with a delicious, stinky bag of them.

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