Devolution 0
WHYY. my old NPR/PBS station in Philly, explores why younger persons are turning to “social” media as a source of news. Methinks it a worthwhile read given the state of dis coarse discourse.
Here’s a tiny bit:
“It’s a much less controlled top-down environment,” Lobdell said. “That also has its downsides. There can be a lot of confusion over what is true and what is not true.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another child.
The shooting occurred while the child was in bed with his parents and a firearm placed under a pillow discharged, according to Geneva County Sheriff Tony Helms.
“Apparent accident.” Obvious neglignece is more like it.
So many guns. So much stupid.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Your BFF? At the Psychology Today website, F. Diane Barth reminds us that “(t)here is no capacity in AI bots for conflict or self-awareness.”
The Sycophancier 0
Steve M. offers a theory as to Donald Trump’s fascination with Natalie Harp:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
The Welcome Zap 0
Somehow, I don’t think this is what Emma Lazurus had in mind when she wrote
Afterthought:
Metninks that the crucial item that our “news” media fears to address is this:
The core value that unites Trump with the Trumpeetes is racism.
Without that, they have nothing.
The Crypto Con 0
Thom follows Donald Trump’s funny phoney money.
Responsible Fiscals . . . 0
, , , seem incapable of remembering what they are responsible for.
The Me Veneration 0
Writing at the Kansas City Star, Terry Albright offers an unlikely theory as to the origins of Donald Trump’s desire to slap his taint on everything.
I say “unlikely,” because I suspect Trump has no clue as the the precedent Allbright posits. See what you think.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” demonstrates politeness on the pavement.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You won’t find one without the other.
Plastics People, You’re Such a Drag* 0
I find this worrying.
Researchers at the nonprofit analyzed aquatic insects like mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies that were collected between 1998 and 2019. . . .
They’re everywhere, even inside our brains.
I doubt that’s healthy.
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*With apologies to Frank Zappa.
This New Gilded Age 0
Methinks one sign that we are in a New Gilded Age is government’s privatizing the common weal so as to line the pockets of the already wealthy.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Going rogue? Security maven Bruce Schneier argues that the genie may have escaped from the bottle.
QOTD 0
John Wood, in the voice of Patrick Tyneman:
Time’s a thief, Jean. Don’t waste any of the little that you have.