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A Tune for the Times 0
(Warning: mild language.)
This New Gilded Age 0
In case you wonder why the first Gilded Age gave rise to the union movement, this example from our New Gilded Age might help dispel said wonder.
All the News You Can Lose 0
When persons have to turn to “social” media for news because their “local” news outlets aren’t outing their local news, we are well and truly–well, let’s just say that’s not a positive indicator in dis coarse discourse.
Arificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A tool for throttling the news? ArcaMax reports (emphasis added) that
The removal of these stories underscores mounting concern that federal copyright law is being used by people relying on automated, AI-driven and anonymous complaints to file fraudulent takedown notices, all in the name of suppressing headline news.
Remember, intelligence, real or “artificial,” and integrity are not the same thing.
Indeed, they are often completely unrelated.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Todd Blanche Doubles down on the double-talk.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
As she did, the gun went off.
In an unusual twist, no one was hurt.
But we are still a society of stupid.
The Greenland New Deal 0
Farron argues that it’s all about theft of resources. Methinks he has a point.
We are (mis)governed by a kleptocrat.
American Stasi 0
Grung_e_Gene notes that the underlying force in the Trump maladministrations war on immigrants brown people is America’s original sin of chattel slavery and the doctrine of racial superiority that was created to justify it. Here’s a tiny little bit from his article:
This New Gilded Age 0
At the Las Vega Sun, letter-writer Mark Bird follows the money and reaches a depressing conclusion.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A thumb on the scales of justice? At Above the Law, Joe Patrice reports that a lawyer attempted to send a secret message to any AI agent that might read his plea. A snippet:
Methinks “AI” does not stand for “artificial intelligence.”
It stands for “antisocial invidiousness.”