Artist Roger Hane (1939-1974) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?26202
L, 1965; R, 1970
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Artist Kinuko Y. Craft (1940-) was born on this day. Bibliography: isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?25614
L, 1983; R, 1981
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Trump's Risky War in Venezuela (Conor Friedersdorf/The Atlantic)
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Trump’s Risky War in Venezuela
By going around Congress, the president is showing contempt for the will of the public.Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
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Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.
Just seen a video of someone preparing instant noodles (shin ramyun) inside the metallised cellophane bag they came in. Which is to say, opened bag, poured boiling/very hot water in, clip the bag top closed, leave for a few mins, reopen bag, eat.
This has provoked a conversation about whether or not it is safe to do this, in terms of the plastic, hot water, and chemicals leeching out of the plastic into the water which is then consumed.
Is this a real concern? It’s got me wondering.
Shockingly forceful and well-argued editorial by the NY Times editorial board (gift link)
Looking at the current actions of the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant @davidallengreen makes the compelling point that while Trump is of course directly to blame for the US actions in Venezuela, in a wider sense it has been the constitutional failure to hold him to account (and corral his actions) that is the underlying structural cause of this foreign policy (although I hesitate to call it a policy - adventurism might be better?).
#USpol #USconstitution #USSupremeCourt
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The United States is a gangster state at home and a rogue state abroad
And how this is ultimately the fault of Congress and the Supreme Court.d. a. t. green (The Empty City - a law and polity blog)
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In the AI Slop Era, Instagram’s CEO Says New Tools Are Needed to Support ‘Authentic’ Creators
https://www.pcmag.com/news/in-the-ai-slop-era-instagrams-ceo-says-new-tools-are-needed-to-support?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"Let's be clear about this, I believe that Artificial General Intelligence is possible, and that given enough well-directed effort, it can be achieved. I think that On Computable Numbers gives a clear, formal proof that that is so. But I don't think we're on the road to it at present, and I don't think any of the present well-known #AI businesses will achieve results which actually provide any cost benefit." -- me
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The Road to Artificial General Intelligence?
This essay grows out of a thread I wrote on Mastodon this morning, which in turn grew out of an essay by Tim O'Reilly on the current state of the 'Artificial Intelligence' industry. One sentence from that essay particularly caught my eye:Simon Brooke (The Fool on the Hill)
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