Paul Campos, the author at the Lawyers, Guns & Money blog who I’ve mentioned the most times here, has a post up today linking to some recent incidents with LLMs and listing some ideas about LLMs that he’d like to…
MAGA: Massive American Grift, Again
I don’t have much time today, but this is historic so I want it noted here. This “settlement” is the largest, and most brazen, act of corruption in U.S. history. This is, amazingly, not hyperbole. The lawsuit it’s connected to…
Oh, Jared: A Thoroughly Typical Modern Democrat
Jared Polis is only the third worst Jared in national politics these days; it’s hard to compete for the bottom in a field that includes Jared Kushner and Jared Golden. But yeah: he’s still terrible. Most recently, of course, is…
Still Ain’t Representin’: Alabama
Last summer, I calculated what the U.S. House of Representatives would look like if the U.S. used statewide proportional representation by party registration to elect congresscritters: Those focused specifically on Texas and California, but since the gerrymandering wars have continued…
Hawaii’s Doing This: “Citizens United” Is Easily Defeated
In the fourth post on this blog, six and half years ago, I suggested that any state could solve the whole “corporations are people too” nonsense by explicitly stating that no, they aren’t. And now a state is kinda doing…
Still Ain’t Representin’: Virginia
Last summer, I calculated what the U.S. House of Representatives would look like if the U.S. used statewide proportional representation by party registration to elect congresscritters: Those focused specifically on Texas and California, but since the gerrymandering wars have continued…
Still Ain’t Representin’: Tennessee
Last summer, I calculated what the U.S. House of Representatives would look like if the U.S. used statewide proportional representation by party registration to elect congresscritters: Last week, I updated that with a discussion of Florida: And today we get…
Democracy’s Weakness: Even Good Systems Can’t Cope With Bad Voters
Democracy is not, in itself, a particularly good way of running a State; it’s complicated and messy and really an awful lot of work. It’s only virtue is that it’s the most fair. But even that’s only really true when…
You Should Read This: ‘When You Think of It, We Shouldn’t Even Have an Election’
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again: there will be an election this fall, and in the fall of 2028 too. But neither election is likely to go smoothly. It has been obvious for a long time now…
Moar War: What Even Is It?
So, the U.S. being a country with laws but not really interested in operating by laws, there’s a problem in how the U.S. does “war”. Other than all the killing civilians, and murder and such. Those are called war crimes,…