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Politico reports:

Social media giant Meta is pushing California state lawmakers to shield it from pending legislation that would increase legal penalties in child-harm cases, according to two people familiar with the effort. . . .

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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A Picture Is Worth 0

Samuel Alito rewriting the poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty so that it reads,

Click for the original image.

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Spun City 0

David argues that the Trump maladministration has chosen to live in a fantasy world, specifically as regards the war that Donald Trump chose to start by attacking Iran. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Yet another “responsible gun owner” displays politeness to a fellow driver.

We are a broken society.

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The Coming Robot Apocalypse 0

My old Philly DL Friend Noz tells a tale of the singularity.

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Techdirt takes a deep dive into the Trump maladministration’s attempt to punish Disney and ABC for daring to allow James Talerico to appear on The View. A snippet:

It’s all weird, performative b******t* designed to chill speech and punish ABC because President Trump is a thin-skinned autocrat. It’s also intended to send a message to all major media outlets that if they platform people openly critical of our dim kakistocracy, they’ll be inundated with endless costly legal headaches and bad “press” (read: lots of hostility aimed at them by right wing propaganda outlets).

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*Not redacted in the original, but I’m kind of old-fashioned about some things.

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Bob Keeshan:

One of the big secrets of finding time is not to watch television.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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The Privatization Scam 0

PoliticalProf looks follows the money.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much? 0

A teaching tool? If you want more fools.

At the Psychology Today website, Soren Kaplan discusses a study involving 26,000 students indicating that “(u)sing AI can create short-term results but may stifle long-term learning.”

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War and Mongers of War 0

Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay discusses the Graham Cracker’s war mongering.

Finish reading this post »

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The Disinformation Superhighway 0

Rat:  What are you doing, Pig?  Pig:  Writing a paper about the internet.  I'm supposed to explain why they call it the World Wide Web.  Rat:  Because it trapps you a spider's prey and ends what was once a healthy life.  Pig:  Of course.  Rat:  It's all right there in the name.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Once again, politeness becomes child’s play.

So many guns. So much stupid.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice that todays Supreme Supremacist Court has openly exchanged its robes black robes for white (my phrasing, not his).

No summary or excerpt can do his piece justice (just like today’s Supreme Supremacist Court can’t seem to do justic–oh, never mind). Just go read it.

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Horace Greeley:

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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Republican Thought Police 0

At the Austin American-Statesman, James Kallison is distressed at efforts in Texas to replace public education with public indoctrination, observing that

Whether the issue is slavery, LGBTQ history, or the role of religion in public education, the state’s responsibility is to ensure students learn history as accurately and completely as possible — not as political leaders wish it had been.

I commend his article to your attention, as Texas is not alone in wanting to use public funds to promote public ignorance.

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The Blame Gamer 0

Robert Reich sees a pattern:

One remarkable aspect of Trump’s horrendous reign is how many crises and problems he’s brought on himself – created them out of thin air. Then he brags about how well he’s handled them. And when they go wrong – as they inevitably do – he casts blame on others or on his political opponents.

Follow the link for examples.

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The Feckless Driver 0

PoliticalProf.

Speaking of idiocracy . . . .

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