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The Hot Car 0

Voice rises from a house saying,

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Twits on Twitter 0

Twits who don’t want to face up to historical fact.

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Establishmentarians 0

The Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction argues that public schools should indoctrinate students in (his brand of) Christianity:

Via C&L, where John Amato points out that Rufo is lying:

The Supreme Court made those rulings decades ago keeping religion out of public schools. The Biden administration has done nothing of the sort when it comes to “replacing American and biblical values with woke, anti-education values that tell students that they should treat their classmates differently depending on their race and sex and that they should be taught graphic sexual content at a young of an age as possible.” Those are Christopher Rufo inspired lies.

Follow the link for the rest of Amato’s commentary.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Politeness is a family value.

We are an uncivil society.

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The Motion To Delay 0

Bank robber surrounded by polite kneels with his hands up while saying,

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Vaccine Nation 0

Incubators of infection.

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QOTD 0

Leonard Bacon:

I insist that my positive knowledge, however small, is not to be set aside for the gentleman’s ignorance, however great.

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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy 0

Climate change is no longer a prediction.

I fear that we are well past the tipping point, for it’s all around us every day.

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The Whitewash, Reprise 0

Sam and his crew point out that denial is not just a river in Egypt.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Sarah Silverman, among others, is suing the makers of AI bots for copyright infringement. She has the unmitigated gall to think that Tech Bros shouldn’t just vacuum up the work of others so as to line their own pockets.

A snippet:

The suits, filed July 7, accuse the two firms of using Silverman’s and two other plaintiffs’ work to enrich their AI systems, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Meta’s LLaMA, in violation of book copyright law. It’s the latest in a stream of legal challenges to the training and output of AI systems, suits that have often accused the tech companies of lifting work without permission or pay.

“AI needs to be fair and ethical for everyone,” Matthew Butterick, one of the suit’s lawyers, said in a statement. “But Meta is leveraging the work of thousands of authors with no consent, no credit, and no compensation.”

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Fiduciary Schmiduciary 0

Meet a Wells-Fargo wannabe.

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Patriot Gamers 0

Robert Reich calls out the con.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Always greet delivery persons with politeness.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

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A Hot Economy 0

Title;  Hanging Workers Out to Dry.  Frame One, captioned

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Twits Own Twitter 0

Apparently, Elon Musk is upset at the fee hand of the market.

Afterthought:

“Rich” and “smart” are not synonyms, and being smart at one thing does not mean you are smart at other things.

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QOTD 0

Oliver Hardy:

We never see ourselves as others see us.

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Recommended Viewing 0

The Song of Names.

I gather that it did not do well at the box office, but we found it an excellent film. Look for it on your movie channels.

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A Case pf Projection? 0

Farron offers a theory as to why Trump wanted to use the IRS to investigate those who angered him.

Read the article Farron cites.

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Plus Ca Change 0

At the San Francisco Chronicle, Hakeem Jefferson reminds us that what Frederick Douglass said almost two centuries ago is still true today.

By the by, if you haven’t read Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, you can get it a Project Gutenberg.

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The Whitewashing 0

Women labeled

Via Yellowdoggranny.

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