Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Programmed to prevaricate? At Psychology Today Blogs, John Nosta explains why your AI bot will come up with an answer even when there isn’t one.
American Stasi 0
Rick Strom argues that ICE should be abolished.
I’m not sure that I sure that I would go that far, but certainly those changes that have turned it into the official KKK of the USA need to be undone.
Photoslop 0
The EFF reports that the Trump maladministration is making stuff up. And this surprises you how?
Here’s a bit from their article.
A short while later, the White House posted the same photo – except that version had been digitally altered to darken Armstrong’s skin and rearrange her facial features to make it appear she was sobbing or distraught. The Guardian, one of many media outlets to report on this image manipulation, created a handy slider graphic to help viewers see clearly how the photo had been changed.
This isn’t about “owning the libs” — this is the highest office in the nation using technology to lie to the entire world. . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
We are again reminded that a polite society is a clean society.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Stray Thought 0
I can’t help wondering whether Minnesota Governor Walz’s presence on the 2024 Democratic ticket is part of the Trump maladministration’s attempt to invade and conquer his state.
The Greenland New Deal 0
Robert Shapiro follows the money.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes’* 0
Thom recalls an experience from his past that rhymes with “Minneapolis.”
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*Mark Twain.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Martin Sheen, as President Bartlett:
I’m the President of the United States, not the president of the people who agree with me.
Freedom of Repress 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye reports on some–er–Trumped up charges.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Express your frustration with politeness.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
QOTD 0
Caroline Graham:
Idealists are never innocent. They cause half the trouble that’s going.
Graham, Caroline, Death in Disguise (New York: Felony and Mayhem Press, 2007) p. 333>
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and the occasional snow storm doesn’t mean that they aren’t. A snippet from the report by WHYY, my old NPR station in Philly:
A warmer atmosphere can hold more water, so that increases precipitation overall, Barlow said.
When conditions are right, snow is still possible. And in some cases, climate change can even drive heavier snowfall.
As an aside, we got off easy, a little bit of snow washed away by rain with highs in the low 40s F yesterday.
This New Gilded Age 0
Sam and the crew discuss AOC’s masterful calling out a CVS executive for monopoly practices.