February, 2023 archive
Chickens. Home. Roost. 0
I’m sure I’m not the only person who sees misty water-colored vestiges of irony in this headline.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
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.
Digital Security Theatre 0
Bruce Schneir thinks that the efforts to ban TikTok, which seems to be the new “in” thing in the West, miss the point. A snippet:
The entire article is worth a read.
Misdirection Play, Base Desires Dept. 0
The Progressive Populist sees a strategy in the Republican Party’s sudden concern in the sex lives and sexual orientation of private citizens.
Follow the link for their reasoning.
Artificial, Yes. Intelligent, No. 0
Rebecca Watson cautions us not to believe the hype about “artificial intelligence.” An excerpt:
. . . it’s unfortunate that “AI” caught on years ago to describe these chatbots because at this point we just have to use it so people know what we’re talking about, but this kind of “AI” has absolutely nothing to do with anything that could be called “intelligence.”
Or you can read the transcript.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Once again, youngsters made the mistake of playing with a portable phallus.
And Now for a Change of Pace 0
Gene Kelly is reputed to have once said that the difference between him and Fred Astaire is that he made everything look hard, while Astaire made it look easy.
The Actual Cancel Culture 0
At the Des Moines Register, Shoshana Salowitz discusses the recent and escalating right-wing campaigns to ban books. A nugget:
They are about denying the humanity of Queer folks, Black folks, Brown folks.
Methinks she is onto something.
Aside:
Facing consequences for one’s own actions is not “cancel culture.”
It’s consequences. Consequences that one brings on oneself.
Decoding de Code 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock explores Republicans’ mystickal magickal incantation to legitimize any form of government overreach:
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“EXCEPT THAT.”
Follow the link to understand the secret of the spell.
