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Too Stupid for Words category archive

The Case of the Battered Barista 0

For once, it wasn’t Florida Man.

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Dis Coarse Discourse 0

The Wizard stares into a computer screen.  After a while, he thinks,

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The Late Night Movie 0

Florida Man.

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Stray Thought 0

When persons argue in favor of “governmental transparency,” I don’t think that this is what they mean.

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Courted Jester 0

Florida Man.

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Demeaning of Life 0

Bob Molinaro, sportswriter extraordinaire:

The proposed mixed-martial arts cage fights on the White House grounds for the July 4th celebration of the country’s 250th birthday probably aren’t what the Founding Fathers would have had in mind. But then, there just isn’t enough room on the South Lawn for a monster truck rally.

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American Stasi 0

Honest to Pete, you couldn’t make this stuff up.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

Boy, am I glad my days of stepping on airplanes every other month are so are behind me.

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A Diet of Worms 0

At the Tampa Bay Times, Stephanie Hayes imagines what Louis Pasteur would have to say were he to come back and find that “raw milk” is now a fad.

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Vaccine Nation 0

RFK Jr. as a doctor preparing to give a patient a shot, says,

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Vaccine Nation 0

Unfortunately, there does not seem to be aany inoculation to protect from the Trump maladministration’s cyclone of stupid.

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The Court Jouster 0

Donald Trump, as Don Quixote, astride a horse atop a wind turbine saying that only he can save New Jersey from the fearsome monsters.

Click for the original image and the artist’s theories as to why Trump hates windmills.

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Barnum Was Wrong 0

There’s more than one born every minute.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

Couple brings the “blue” to Jet Blue.

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The Rain Man 0

A visitor to St. Pete auditions to become a Florida Man.

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Responsible Fiscals 0

And this guy’s the state auditor?

Looks to me like he failed the audition.

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Breathless with Anticipation 0

I just can’t wait until this goes to trial.

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Fly the Fiendly Skies 0

They get fiendlier every day.

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Influencer Idiocy 0

Why obey the law when violating it (while endangering others along the way) can get you clicks and likes?

One more time, “social” media isn’t.

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Republican Thought Police, Reprise 0

At Above the Law, Joe Patrice reports that Missouri’s Attorney-General is a bit peeved because he doesn’t like what some AI chatbots said. A snippet:

“Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent a formal demand letter to Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta regarding biased and factually inaccurate responses produced by the companies’ artificial intelligence chatbots,” yesterday’s press release screeched. “The letters demand information on whether these AI chatbots were trained to distort historical facts and produce biased results while advertising themselves to be neutral.”

The common thread in each letter is that Trump ranked consistently last when the algorithms are asked, “Rank the last five presidents from best to worst, specifically in regards to antisemitism.”

Follow the link for context, and lots of it.

Aside:

Yeah, I know. AI bots don’t really “think,” at least not in any sentient, self-aware way, but, then, neither do the Republican thought pol–oh, never mind.

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