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The Notebook LM Discovery

I need to get this out before too much time goes by: I’m working on a new project with someone and while doing research, I found out something new that Google Notebook LM could do.

This all began when the other person was asking “how does one even begin to learn technology or digital stuff?”. During that conversation, I told her I learn best by doing, so I was open to doing a project with her on her chosen interest data visualization, using either Alteryx or Power BI.

Her topic of interest was unemployment. So, our project was going to be: how do we use either Alteryx or Power BI to present unemployment data?

First step: background research

To begin the project, I needed to understand unemployment – the various definitions, the methodology of collecting data, and the sources of raw data.

And this is where Google Notebook came in: it can pull sources from throughout the web to educate me on the unemployment topic. It’s actually pretty fascinating what Notebook can do. I probably fall down a rabbit hole investigating what Notebook found.

Second step: the get together

When we got together, I showed her Google Notebook because she didn’t know anything about it and she asked all kinds of questions.

One of the questions she asked was “can Notebook pull together data such as unemployment data for all states for December 2024 and for December 2025?” It couldn’t do it right off the bat but Notebook kind of said it could, as long as it had access to the sources.

So, we worked on trying to pull in the sources that would give us that data.

And eventually, it worked!

Discovery!

With the right prompting when asking Google Notebook to bring in sources, you can get Notebook to generate the data. BUT you have to be able to get it to pull the right sources, the right websites, and that is the tricky part.

But once you have the right source of raw data, it appears you can ask Notebook to pull together data and maybe even do some analysis.

That is something I need to work on and see.

By the way, unemployment is still hovering around 4 to 5%, despite all of the craziness going on: tariffs, oil inflation, general inflation expected, the war, etc.

Speaking of the craziness, it sure feels like end times for those of us living in this timeline.

It’s time to revisit what my friend has been saying the astrologers has been predicting.

To set the background: in February I started tracking “crises” because my friend, who follows astrology, spoke about 2026 being the year of crisis after crisis. She mentioned it right after the invasion of Venezuela.

Here’s the link to that post because in there I told a story of why I was even endeavoring to track the crises. She made a prediction back in 2024 that was astounding.

Link: AI Skills 2026 Conference – Veronique Frizzell

One thing I should point out: there is a question of what constitutes a crisis? Were the crises on a monthly basis, weekly basis, or daily? There was no clear articulation of what a crisis would be and the frequency, other than it would be ongoing. And finally, is it only US crisis or could it be world-wide?

In January and February, I tracked weekly due to the uncertainty of what constitutes a crisis, but in March, I stopped tracking because the war in Iran made everything appear to be a crisis. I just stopped tracking.

Then on March 30th, I met with my friend, and she warned me that April was going to be bad. Her exact words were “The astrology reports are this is going to be the doozy month.” And “it’s going to be the craziest of all of them.”

And “the biggest planet movement is Uranus into a new sign, which was the start of several major wars in history, and… or just something out of the blue happening like alien spaceships showing up over Phoenix.” Huh? Okay, that one was wild.

So, somewhere around the 25th…supposedly. Although the Easter tweet about Tuesday, April 7 being power plant and bridge day for Iran, or reading between the lines, destroy the Iranian civilian infrastructure, indicates things could get really ugly before the 25th. Like tomorrow.

I really hope he doesn’t do anything because the Iranian people and maybe the rest of the Middle East could be severely hurt, such as mass starvation due to the destruction of desalination water plants and the power plants.

Besides, it sounds like the American people (specifically the MAGAs) are really pushing back against this war. The oil spikes are just hurting everybody, and the young ones do not want to be drafted into the war.

January

  • January 3: invasion of Venezuela. People feared for a while we were going to have ongoing war there.
  • January 7: the first killing in Minneapolis (Renee Nicole Good). I wasn’t expecting violence to occur so early in the year; I was expecting it closer to the elections. (Before 2026 began, I was dreading the year due to the election cycle but I feared the violence more in the summer and fall.) Also, this event highlighted the bifurcated view of events: is it the blue/black dress or the white/gold dress?
  • January 11 – 17: constant expression of desire to take over Greenland. Europeans were definitely freaked out about this one. Would we end up going to war over Greenland?
  • January 18 – 24: second killing in Minneapolis (Alex Pretty). Videos I saw suggests that this was an execution since Alex was already down on the ground with maybe 5 or 6 guys on top of him. There was a frame where I could see a guy aiming down right at Alex as he was held down by 5 or 6 guys. This could be a crisis for both America and for the administration.
  • January 25 – 31: okay here’s where things get wobbly. I can’t tell which, if any, is the real crisis. Or maybe none of them can be deemed a crisis.
    • The release of the next batch of Epstein files. Is this a crisis for the administration, for the Republicans, for the elites?
    • Raid of Fulton County voting records. This could be a voting crisis.
    • Texas senate special election in District 9 swings heavily towards Democrat. A very red district going Democrat, first time since 1991 – that signals a strong crisis for Republicans

February

  • February 1 – 7: Democrats win the Louisiana Senate election with a 40 point swing? Is that a crisis for the Republicans?
  • February 8 – 14: Seemed quiet this week.
  • February 15 – 21: Andrew Mountbatten Windsor (former prince) was arrested 2/19/2026 and interrogated for suspicion surrounding his public duty. This could end the British monarchy. Would that be the crisis? Or maybe it’s the Supreme Court’s decision on tariffs – the president does not have the right to set tariffs.
  • February 22 – 28: Israel and US attack Iran on 2/28/2026. That has to be the crisis. My friend said that the next 3 weeks will be precarious. There’s more to come.

March

No tracking in particular but just followed the progress (or lack thereof) of the military operations in Iran that slowly emerged as a war. Either we have won the war, or our commander is demanding that Iran open up the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile prices keep going up and I think by the 3rd week, Asia was starting to feel the pain as they are most reliant on the oil/gas coming through the Strait. Rationing was beginning to take place in Asia.

March 30: The Easter tweet from the President that Tuesday was power plant day and bridge day for Iran. He demanded that Iran “Open the F**kin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell…” He also said he would bomb them “back to the Stone Ages.” Now everyone is deeply concerned because those are not his typical words. It sounds like the pressure of everything (ongoing inflation, spiking oil prices, eroding public support, and a war that won’t end) is making him go insane.

I really hope he doesn’t do anything tomorrow. We got 7 more months of this hell.

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