As the Twig Is Bent, So Grows the Tree . . . 0
. . . and it appears that Oklahoma is planning to bend itself its twigs.
Trolling the Troll 0
Sam and the crew discuss Gavin Newsome’s masterful trolling of Trump and the Trumpettes.
Establishmentarians 0
Via The Sacramento Bee, Bryan Clark takes a look behind the robes of America’s establishmentarians. A snippet; follow the link for context.
Also, too . . . .
Stray Thought 0
As I watch the ads for sports gambling on my telly vision, I can’t help but wonder whether the prospect of a new Black Sox scandal might be more than a mere farfetched fantasy.
Sporadic Bloggery 0
Family matters, and it does.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Impartial and objective? Per Cornelia C. Walther, “, , , a new study has exposed an unsettling paradox at the core of our assumptions. Involving analysis of nine different LLMs and nearly a half-million prompts, the research shows that these supposedly impartial systems change their fundamental ethical decisions based on a single demographic detail.”
Details at the link.
Emoluments 0
Farron runs the numbers.
A Question of Identity 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
Apparently, the Trump maladministration believes that, if they don’t talk about it, it didn’t happen.
The Privatization Scam 0
Emma talks with Whitney Wimbish about how private prisons are profiteering from Donald Trump’s campaign against brown people immigrants.