From Pine View Farm

July, 2025 archive

QOTD 0

Robert Sapolsky:

Disgust is a very powerful tool for bringing about crowd violence. If a group can be dehumanized and made into the Other, the ‘them,’ to treat that group horribly is made much easier.

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A Tune for the Times 0

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False Pretenses 0

“A. I.” does not stand for “artificial intelligence.” That misrepresents what it does. It does not think. It assembles.

“A. I.” stands for “automated infringement” of intellectual property.

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The Obliterator 0

Image of Donald Trump as a bomber dropping bombs on

Click to view the original image.

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The Vice of the Turtle 0

At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin argues forcefully that Mitch McConnell’s legacy is, well, how shall I put this? somewhat contrary to the ideals of the Founders, who rebelled against a king, fought a war for independence, and attempted to establish a democracy, however imperfect it may have been at the time of its inception, as today’s Supreme Supremacist Court, created through McConnell’s duplicitous machinations, seems willing to crown a king.

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This New Gilded Age 0

John Oliver rips Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and how it will make the rich richer and the poor even poorer. (Warning: Mild language.)

Via C&L, which has commentary.

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Typhoid Bobby 0

Cartoon showing RFK Jr.'s new vaccine adviosry panel:  RFK Jr. and a panel of communicable diseases.

Via Job’s Anger.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Another case of courtesy on the concrete.

We are a broken society.

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Lewis J. Stadlen, in the voice of John Taylor:

That’s what makes this country great. Everybody has a right to express an opinion, no matter how little they know.

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