Why Trump Won, or WreckConPense
January 5, 2025: It’s the anniversary of Trump’s attempt to wreck the Capitol; a good time to reflect on how […]
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Good Luck Getting a Date
I’ve read (in the Guardian, among other places) that young men voted for Trump because of his hyper-masculinity.
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Fire Away!
Historically, it has been humans who have outpaced the natural world. From arrowheads to artificial intelligence, our species has progressed steadily faster than geologic time. But now, geologic time — specifically, atmospheric time and ocean time — is moving as fast as we are, in some cases faster — faster than technology, faster than history. The world we thought we knew is changing under our feet because we changed it.
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Chatgpt, Part III
Blog post July 1, 2023: This is about the difference in ways of understanding between morality and aesthetics. In a
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Again, No Irony
June 11, 2023. Part 2: Here’s the latest “conversation” I had with chatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/share/b07d947f-fd39-4c68-aeb6-3ecda1412d06 I wanted to ask it why
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Learning by Imitating
January 30, 2023–The recent concern over chatGPT and other AIs that can write student papers makes me want to put
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Gothic America
One day after the midterms, the news reminds us that 210 newly elected Republicans are election deniers—those who believe the “others” stole the last election.
When, of course, it’s they who were in the process of stealing this recent election by any means necessary.
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Generous Anti-Choicers
Generous Anti-Choicers The Supreme Court decided on Friday that women have no rights to their bodies,overturning Roe v. Wade. I’m
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Die–Or Do!
May 27, 2022–But first, a message from our sponsor: As far as I’m concerned, any parent (of whatever-aged children) who
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The Supreme Moronic Court
. . . and, I should add, stupid and cruel. I mean, really, who are these morons? Oh, the rich,