The Bullies’ Pulpit 0
Thom looks at the right-wing’s use of bullying as a political tactic.
“An Armed Societ Is a Polite Society,” Reprise 0
In an eerily prescient article at Psychology Today Blogs (given that there was yet another school shooting on the day it was published, Dr. Tahir Rahman looks at the factors which may contribute to mass shootings. Here are two of the points he makes:
- Extreme overvalued beliefs (EOBs) and not delusions are a key driver of most school and mass shootings.
- Online subcultures provide an echo chamber for the nurturance of extreme overvalued beliefs.
I commend his entire article to you attention.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” commits yet another random act of politeness.
The bullet flew through the window of the sixth-floor classroom, striking the 33-year-old teacher in his right hand, police said.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson decodes de code.
All the News that Fits, Foxy Shady Dept. 0
At SFgate, Alec Regimbal does a deep dive into Fox News’s coverage of the attempted robbery and shooting of NFL rookie Ricky Pearsall, pointing out that it demonstrates just how far Fox News will go to make stuff up and call it “news.”
A Self Made-Up Man 0
Mrs. Betty Bowers explodes the myth that Donald Trump is a successful businessperson.
Rather, she makes it clear that what he is successful at is giving others the business.
(The Youtube page lists sources for the facts cited in this report.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politeness.
The boy was alone in the car in Lehi, Utah, on Monday, when he was said to have found the loaded gun underneath a seat.
Yeah, I know I’ve typed those words too many times.
That’s because it keeps happening time after time.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
At the Roanoke Times, Jeanne Larsen highlights Republicans’ hypocrisy.
Misdirected Play 0
At The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin notes that, in their recent interview, Dana Bash asked Kamala Harris about Donald Trump’s racist attacks on her, to which Harris responded, “Same old tired playbook. Next question, please.” .
Littwin goes on to argue that the question was directed to the wrong person:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
Often played on Dwight Davis’s Sunday show, From the Parlor. I really enjoy the show, and Susan tolerates it because I enjoy it.
The Land Grabber and the Whistleblower 0
And both of them are Florida Men.
Facebook Frolics 0
Farron dissects the doubletalk.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child plays with politeness.
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.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Ian MacRae suggests that observing how AI Chatbots and LLM’s deal with humor can tell us a lot about just how “intelligent” they are. He notes that “(a)Apparently, large language models have a Rickrolling problem,” and goes on to make four main points (emphasis added):
- LLMs struggle to fully grasp the deeply embedded trends and language patterns of internet culture.
- Rickrolling, a classic internet prank, reveals the limitations of machine intelligence in understanding.
- Machine intelligence mimics human communication but lacks true understanding, especially in humor.
- We don’t yet fully understand the impact of training machine intelligence on vast datasets of online language.
Follow the link for his exploration of these issues.
Tip for Tat 0
Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz may have sniffed out the subterfuge.