Who Coulda Knowed? 0
Well, for that matter, anyone who was paying attention.
Backfire 0
At the Psychology Today website, Raj Persaud writes of a “study examining air strikes in Afghanistan (that) found that they encouraged insurgency rather than inhibiting it.”
Given recent events, methinks it a timely read.
The Lake Effect, the Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye notes that
But we don’t because Arizona’s perennial loser Kari Lake pulled the plug last year on most of Radio Farda, which previously broadcast news in Farsi into Iran, along with much of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and the multiple outlets that fall under the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
She goes on to discuss a federal judge’s ruling that Lake’s doing so was illegal and unconstitutional. Follow the link to find out why.
(Broken link fixed.)
Collateral Damage 0
Farron discusses how the Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” has harmed health care.
The Grand Plan 0
Afterthought:
I never anticipated in my wildest dreams that I would find myself a citizen of a rogue state.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child.
Authorities say Geonard Wade handed a 15-year-old family member a shotgun that unintentionally discharged around 7:40 p.m.
A bullet struck the 51-year-old in the arm. . . .
A Quibble:
It was a shotgun. Shotguns shoot shot or slugs. They don’t shoot bullets.
The Business Man President 0
Shorter Michael in Norfolk: Yeah. Right.
Quackery 0
Farron discusses an editorial from The Lancet about the damage RFK Jr. has done to the public’s health.
Read the news report that led to Farron’s video.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we all know, politeness takes practice.
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.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A wolf in sheep’s clothing? At the Psychology Today website, Mike Brooks explores why many persons don’t see the dangers posed by AI. He makes four main points:
- We laugh at each new AI iteration right up until it’s too late. This is a pattern as old as the steam engine.
- AI agents have already retaliated against humans and disabled their own safety controls unprompted.
- Bad actors are imagining AI-powered schemes that decent people would never think to anticipate.
- There is no enforceable global regulation for autonomous AI agents operating on private computers.
Follow the link for a detailed exploration of each one.