June, 2023 archive
Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke 0
Many of the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states have been under air quality warnings because of smoke from wildfires in Quebec. Yesterday, we could smell the smoke and see the haze, though we are hundreds of miles south of the Canadian border (today, the air is clearer, but the warnings are still in effect). This is unprecedented in my experience, and I’ve lived in this general area my entire life.
Yet, as Michael in Norfolk points out, Republicans continue to pretend that climate change isn’t.
Full-Face and Profiled 0
The EFF reports on a court’s finding about farcical recognition. A snippet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for details.
Twits Own Twitter 0
Sam and his crew call out the muskrat lies.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Florida Man’s actions have consequences.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
In San Francisco, driverless cars are providing persuasive evidence that drivers are a valuable resource.
Afterthought:
Methinks one of the most striking characteristics of “Tech Bros”–and I’m referring specifically to that particular subset of the tech community–is their arrogance.
Decoding de Code 0
Thom translates the term.
How Far Will Wells-Fargo? 0
Well, as Yogi Berra once said, “It’s deja vu all over again.”
And, in more news of Wells-Gone-Farther . . . .
Chris Quixote 0
Aside:
It says something about today’s Republican Party that it makes Chris Christie look, as my old doctor would say about test results, “within normal limits.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another child is sacrificed to the NRA’s leaden idol.
Thought Police 0
The Fredericksburg, Va., Free Lance-Star reports on efforts to censor books in the Spotsylvania County public schools. You can follow the link for the story, but this sentence leapt out at me (emphasis added):
The county continues to field book challenges, most of them initiated by one parent.
Welcome to the unfree marketplace of ideas.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Peter Gärdenfors points out that (emphasis added)
Follow the link for his explanation of how he came to that conclusion and why he considers it important.
(Broken link fixed.)