Well, today started with someone showing an amusing new way to not resign. Presumably. While this is most likely the result of someone in IT choosing not to resign in protest, it was plausibly done by anyone with access to…
No More Kings: A Civics Lesson For The Treasonous
I’ve said it here before: you literally cannot get more Un-American than caring about the King or Queen of England. But trying to be a King of America comes a very close second. This is very well established, historically if…
You Should Read This: The Generative AI Con
I’ve made no secret here of my, let’s say disdain, for all the generative A.I. hype. Ed Zitron (at Where’s Your Ed At) is also no fan, which is very clear in his latest post: The Generative AI Con. We…
Devolution: Stick A Fork In America’s Ass
And turn it over. It’s done. OK, I’m mixing up my musical references there (and probably offending non-U.S. Americans), but you get the point? It’s time to talk about a post-U.S. America. While it’s possible that the United States as…
Герої: Save Ukraine, Save The World
I’m going to look at something other than Musk’s ongoing coup in the U.S. today. Hey, it’s a holiday. (Though not one I’ve ever felt like celebrating, and this year that’s more the case than ever.) So let’s turn our…
American Kakistrocracy: Rule By Plausible-Sounding Bullshit Generators
The Minions taking over the U.S. government have been connecting a Large Language Model (LLM), referred to as an “A.I.” by people who don’t know what words mean, to various government databases. This is truly History’s Stupidest Coup. I have…
Doubleplus Ungood: Duckspeak From The Upfuckers
Of course they’ve put out a forbidden words list. Several, actually. That link up there is about the NSF list, but the NSA has a different one; I don’t think anyone’s made a list of lists yet, but I’ve seen…
Pardon Us: This Needs Some Rules
I realize there’s an ongoing … issue … that may be more interesting, but I don’t have any new thoughts on that problem that I want to write today and this topic has been bothering me for a while. We…
America Is Not Palestine: Josh Barro Is Wrong About A Thing
I don’t think I’ve heard of Josh Barro before, though I probably have. But he made it into Wonkette’s tabs post this morning, so here we are. His post-to-which-they-linked is not entirely wrong, as most things aren’t, but it does…
That’s Entertainment: Things To Do At Home When You’re On Strike
WGA and SAG-AFTRA are on strike together now, which cuts off two of the most important parts of the entertainment industry’s supply chain. When a big strike happened 20-some years ago we ended up with reality TV. So, that’s not…