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AIs are already invading corporate and government systems. I suggest that the next war after the current drone wars will be fought with "return to sender" drone-hacking AIs.

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20 Sept

Bad news about the Trump cabal is not the fault of the journalists.

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19 Sept

So fears over AI safety are now a hoax, just like global warming. So sayeth Trumpski. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comTrump says AI safety fears a 'hoax' as he rejects calls for greater safeguardsThe US president's comments come after Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told the BBC an AI "kill switch" may need to be mandatory.

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16 Sept

Saw regular gas--at the cheap station--at 4.35. Affordability! Fed raised interest rates and DOW bottomed at 900 down before soaring back to 600 down. How's your retirement doing?

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14 Sept

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... And, he says, we have just such a president.

nbcnews.comTrump says AI doesn’t need guardrails, only a ‘high IQ’ presidentHe also alleged the existence of a ‘sick conspiracy’ against AI and data centers, at a time when Americans are increasingly concerned about the technology.

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11 Sept

"I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that." slashdot.org/story/26/09/...

slashdot.orgAnthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons - SlashdotAnthropic says it has disrupted several cases this year in which scientists used Claude for biological research that could potentially aid bioweapons development. "In a report describing misuses of it...

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10 Sept

Trump wants to give every US citizen $5.000. So a "quiver-full" family with 12 kids gets 70 grand? And the money follows every deported citizen kid?

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9 Sept

Finally! The March-April Analog has arrived, though they didn't have the nerve to put the months on it. It's "Vol. 96 Nos. 3 & 4."

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8 Sept

Flu and Covid jabs done.

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8 Sept

The only true world map is a globe. www.kohls.com/product/prd-...

"Gender-affirming care" really has to include Hegseth's fave--testosterone jabs--as well as most plastic surgery, boob jobs, nose jobs, butt jobs... Think these should be banned too?

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4 Sept

More culture war stupidity: dc.citycast.fm/news/marylan...

dc.citycast.fmThe Maryland Renaissance Festival Has Banned Furries This Year · City Cast DCThe costumes make people uncomfortable, organizers say. Furries call it discrimination.

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4 Sept

And it ain't done yet: www.axios.com/2026/09/03/o...

axios.com"Welcome to the AGI era," OpenAI says as GPT-6 Astra debutsExecutives say this could mark the moment when artificial general intelligence equals human capabilities.

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3 Sept

Anthropic is sending out requests that we confirm our claims. Got mine this morning. Must be getting closer to paying us. Maybe???

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2 Sept

The optimism is very strained: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

unep.orgUNEP: World set to cross 1.5°C global warming, but can still limit, adapt to and return from higher temperaturesGlobal temperature rise is set to cross 1.5°C, likely within the next few years, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights, but it is still possible to bring temperatures dow...

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31 Aug

Back in the 70s, a study reported that different beers tasted better with different musical notes. I wondered if that connected with ethnic cuisine (and music) and if someday restaurants might have plates that played different notes when you touched the food with your fork. And now...

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31 Aug

...there is "sonic seasoning." www.pastemagazine.com/drink/craft-...

pastemagazine.comSonic Seasoning: How Music Changes the Taste of Your BeerPaste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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31 Aug

I thought I had written something on this at the time, but it was still the Age of Typewriters. Can't find anything.

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28 Aug

Great quote from Milos Yiannopoulos: "I never thought the leopards would eat my face!"

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28 Aug

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

usatoday.comRight-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICEAccording to ICE, Yiannopoulos overstayed a visa. The UK native became a prominent figure on the right after railing against BLM, transgender people.

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27 Aug

Anyone else signing up for twitter.now ? Now way shape or form is it X.

twitter.nowTwitter - The Square Is BackThe public square is back and better. The New Twitter social media platform. Visit twitter.now.

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28 Aug

And today it's "server not found." Bah.

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21 Aug

All hail the Compliance Crew! Pissing people off by obeying the law! www.kcur.org/2026-08-20/t...

kcur.orgTransgender men in Kansas 'compliance crew' use women's bathrooms to protest state lawThe group of trans men are using women’s bathrooms in publicly owned facilities, which is required by Kansas law, to highlight what they say are flaws in the bathroom bill.

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13 Aug

Don't video gamers just want to make things go boom? www.cbsnews.com/news/video-g...

cbsnews.comPlay video games? You, too, could become an air traffic controller.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is touting the success of a campaign targeting video gamers to train as air traffic controllers.

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4 Aug

This bears on the current AI debate. When I tried this on my creative writing students, it confused the heck out of them. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

docs.google.comdocs.google.com

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4 Aug

It may be the most significant thing I've ever done. 37 years ago!

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4 Aug

Though, to be honest, "significance" is for others to judge.

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28 July

Yes, worry! www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...

aljazeera.comSam Altman says AI has entered ‘singularity’: Should we be worried?The 'singularity' refers to the point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.

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27 July

futurism.com/future-socie...

futurism.comProfessor Hides White Font in Midterm, Catches Students Using AI in the Stupidest Way PossibleA professor used white font to hide instructions to throw off students using an AI chatbot to cheat on their midterm.

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22 July

$$$ RSN!? apnews.com/article/ai-a...

apnews.comJudge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbotA federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement involving AI company Anthropic. The company will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book for using pirated copies to train its C...

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18 July

The money is the point and the whole of the point: www.npr.org/2026/07/11/n...

npr.orgTrump administration rolls back a key protection for imperiled wildlifeThe Trump administration finalized a rule Friday that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act. The administration narrowed the definition of "harm" under the landmark law.

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18 July

Prediction: It won't be long before a developer goes to investors and says, "We're going to build on this parcel. It's home to threatened and endangered species, but the government says it's okay to shoot them. We're taking bids for the chance to do so." I am mulling a story.

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15 July

So much Canadian wildfire smoke over Boston the sun looked like it was on fire.

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5 July

They DO NOT understand how things work. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

independent.co.ukMAGA suggests someone ‘geoengineered’ weather as extreme heat threatens Trump’s partyA right-wing activist and Trump loyalist insisted the extreme heat must have been ‘geoengineered’ by people who dislike the president

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19 June

Accountability? Why? As they said in Vietnam, "No nits, no lice." www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

nbcnews.comPentagon investigation into Iran school strike being finalizedThere is growing concern in Congress and the Pentagon that the Trump administration may make the investigation’s results classified as the monthslong probe is under final review by senior U.S. militar...

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17 June

I've subscribed to Analog for 70 yrs. I've contributed many articles and stories and spent 30 yrs as the book columnist. That's Analog MAFIA! But my subscription is now 3 issues in arrears. They say they're getting a new printer and everything will Real Soon Now be well. But...