April, 2025 archive
Did Trickle-On Economics Give Us Trump? 0
Robert Reich looks at what led to Trump.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Field argues that we must remain vigilant as the Trump maladministrationn seeks to (further) undermine the rule of law.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
The dialog: The daughter of a London bus driver?
The closed caption: The daughter of Alinda Masdrayva?
The stupid: Mind-boggling.
Vaccine Nation on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Dr. Thomas R. Verny points out that “(s)ome people spread disinformation meant to erode the public’s confidence in medicine” and offers suggestions to avoid being taken in. Here’s one of them; follow the link for the rest.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
“Woke”? Not if today’s Republican Party gets its way.
Via Boston.com, Republicans are now opposing efforts to remove bigotry and racism from AI.
The Republican Thought Police 0
The Republican Thought Police have deployed a new unit: The Establishmentarian Thought Police.
“Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged” 0
Somehow, I can’t help thinking that that is the intended message here.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Rick Strom looks behind the curtain and explains it all in one simple sentence.
Because you are not a white person who is from this country, you are a target.
Watch the full clip for context:
America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the myth of racial superiority manufactured to justify it continue to poison our polity.
The Secretary of Indefensible 0
At El Reg, Jessica Lyons takes a deep dive into “signalgate” and concludes that,
(i)f creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed.
Follow the link for her reasoning.
Republican Family Values 0
Michael in Norfolk decodes de code.
Dye Hard 0
Farron takes a look at how RFK Jr. cherry-picks data and misquotes studies to sell his snake oil. (Warning: Farron gets rather heated and uses a bit of language.)
A Notion of Immigrants Meets Republican Family Values 0
We are again reminded that mean for the sake of mean is a Republican family value.
A Definitional Issue 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Ricky Kendall argues that DEI is not the horrible thing that today’s Republican Party seems to think it is and offers to explain it to them in words of one syllable.