2023 archive
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
And some of them keep truly bad, bad company.
Little More than Computer-Assisted Hockeypuck 0
St. Louis University Professor Matt Grawitch calls BS on ChatGPT. A nugget:
. . . although it may provide a coherent response, coherence is not synonymous with accuracy.
Follow the link for context.
Republican Family Values 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
Ballooning Reports 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Robert Bartholomew suggests that, based on past history (as opposed, I guess, to future history), we should be prepared for a a bunch of bogus balloon sightings in the next few months. An excerpt from his article:
A Tune for the Times 0
Amongst all the fuss about the Chinese balloon, it’s about all I can do not to remember Francis Gary Powers.
Furthermore, in these days of satellites, “social” media, and the like, all this fuss over a balloon at 60,000 feet seems a bit silly.
It’s not that I’m in favor of spy balloons, but that I’m in favor of a sense of perspective.
Furrfu.
An Empty Case of Whine 0
Once again, a court throws out a Trump lawsuit because there’s no there there.
To Demote the General Welfare . . . . 0
Michael Hiltzik skewers the specious sophistries being used to push for raising the age of eligibility for social security. A snippet; follow the link, where he debunks more bunk.
Separation of Church and State
The Establishmentarian Con
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Thom dissects the deception.
Durham’s Bull 0
Michele Goldberg exposes the manure spreaders.