The Rule of (International) Lawless 0
Afterthought:
I doubt I shall live long enough to see the United States restore the international credibility that the Trump maladministration has so befouled with the stench of its venality in just a few short months.
Cabinet Capers, Reprise 0
(Warning: Mild language.)
Republican Thought Police 0
Once again, the Republican thought police exercise their freedom to repress.
The University of Alabama has suspended two student magazines, seemingly because (gasp!) they recognize that not all persons are alike. Here’s a bit from the news story (emphasis added):
A statement from the university said that the decision was fueled by a need to “comply with our legal obligations.” (An anti-DEI memo from AG Pam Bondi–ed.)
“This requires us to ensure all members of our community feel welcome to participate in programs that receive University funding from the Office of Student Media,” wrote Alex House, a spokesperson for the University of Alabama, in the University’s statement.
Apparently, in Republican World, the way to make persons feel welcome is to pretend that they don’t exist.
Cabinet Capers 0
Lawrence talks with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the abominable antics of Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees.
The Disinformation Distributors 0
Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.”
Apparently that is no longer the case.
Image via Job’s Anger.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politeness.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Real Big Men 0
Methinks Atrios’s definition is quite en point.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Security maven Bruce Schneier looks at the hype and hoopla over AI and hears a rhyme. Here’s a bit of his article:
We’ve seen this out play before. Social media companies made the same sorts of promises 20 years ago: instant communication enabling individual connection at massive scale. Fast-forward to today, and the technology that was supposed to give individuals power and influence ended up controlling us. Today social media dominates our time and attention, assaults our mental health, and—together with its Big Tech parent companies—captures an unfathomable fraction of our economy, even as it poses risks to our democracy.
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*Mark Twain.
Patriot Pariah Gamers
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I never expected to find myself living in a rogue state . . . .
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” displays politeness on the pavement.
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.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Once again, the man who would be king demonstrates his contempt for the rule of law.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A competent confidential counselor? At Psychology Today Blogs, psychology professor Hal Shorey warns us that “(s)ystems like ChatGPT do not adequately guard your privacy and are not accountable if they give you bad advice.”
Follow the link for more warnings.