I’ve been in and out of left-of-center groups for decades. From my beginning I’ve observed how many groups there are and how much they disagree with each other, leading to a weak front against opposition. Call it divide and be conquered. I started looking into one of the most active and visible “movements”, namely Indivisible….
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Donald Trump is Today’s Walter Cronkite
I was listening to Sean Carroll’s Mindscape podcast, episode 301, interviewing Tina Eliassi-Rad. It is an interesting discussion of AI and data, and its relevance to human knowledge and behavior. Eliassi-Rad commented that Walter Cronkite was the most trusted authority, that anything he said would be believed. Eliassi-Rad asserted that we don’t have anyone like…
It’s the Stupidity, Stupid!
“One small step for America, one giant leap for Idiocracy.” Yes, that’s a reference to the Mike Judge movie. #Republicans and the #MasterPlanners (see @levernews.com) have taken us most of the way to Idiocracy. When Private Equity and the Churches complete their takeover of the health care industrial complex, then we will make it the…
Colorado Democratic Senators Vote for Project 2025
My Colorado Senators, Bennet and Hickenlooper, have voted for six and seven of Trump’s cabinet nominees, respectively, so far. Have they not read the #Project2025 document? Why are they complicit in anything that Trump does? This collaborative cop-out will end up losing them their power, respect and maybe their country. Ballotpedia is a great resource…
Robot Optimism
I follow a couple of YouTubers who report on developments in the technological realm of AI and robotics. Recently, one described work at Meta on a home companion/helper robot based on the “dog” platform that many robot developers have adopted. Give Meta credit for opportunistic exploitation of the love that people have for dogs. The…