July, 2025 archive
Republican Family Values 0
The editorial board of the Bangor Daily News is–er–somewhat taken aback by Trump maladministration’s and today’s Republican Party’s embrace of mean for the sake of mean.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
James Noble, in the voice of Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling:
The trouble with maps is, unless you know where you are, you can’t figure out where you’re going.
Since GPS, that’s really not an issue for most of us, at least if we have a cell phone signal, but methinks it applies to politics.
We’ve got far too many persons who don’t realize where we are, let along where we’re headed.
Vaccine Nation 0
Measles is back. A snippet (emphasis added):
At least 1,277 confirmed cases have been identified in 38 states and Washington, D.C. Around 155 people have required hospitalization, with three individuals — two otherwise healthy children and one adult, all unvaccinated — having died so far.
(snip)
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 92 percent of those who have contracted measles were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.
We need a vaccine against stupid.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The spirit of George Wallace lives on in today’s Republican Party.
Election Defiers 0
Thom talks with Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State for Michigan, about what it was like when armed Trump supporters turned up at her house because Trump lost the 2020 election and about what may motivate such extremism.
Hmmmm. Seems Sort of Familiar. 0
Does this remind you of anyone in the news?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0
More politeness on the pavement.
Yessiree Bob, selling all them guns sure does make persons more polite, don’t it.
(Shhhhh. We won’t talk about the ROI for the Mongers of Death.)
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
And pretending oherwise won’t make it go away.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Susceptible to suggestion? We’ll find out.
Security expert Bruce Schneier reports that “(a)cademic papers were found to contain hidden instructions to LLMs.”
One example he provides is an implanted instruction for “no negative reviews.” Follow the link for more examples and a link to the original study.
Deportation Nation 0
Farron discusses the Trump maladministration’s plan plot to denaturalize naturalized citizens because they have the unmitigated gall to exercise their rights as American citizens.
Ironically, my local media celebrated a naturalization ceremony at Fort Monroe that took place on the Fourth.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Laura A. Cariola explores how media portrayals affect our notion of immigrants. She focuses on British studies, as she is British, but I suspect her findings are equally applicable here, as the Trump maladministration persists in demonizing every other it can target.
Here’s a bit:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” fondles his portable phallus and sends himself and a child to the hospital upon its–er–discharge.
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.