Author Archives: Naomi

Let’s check up on those low approval ratings

From Harper’s Weekly Review: [T]he Ukrainian president penned an open letter to his Moscow counterpart, inviting him to the negotiating table. “When you came to power in Russia more than twenty-six years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively,” … Continue reading

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“Up to no good”

Harper’s Weekly Review produced this gem. “I knew they were up to no good,” said the owner of an auto-repair shop in Queens, New York, after he witnessed three men lower themselves into the city’s sewers. Now I want to … Continue reading

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How craztupid are things getting? I had to invent a word for it

Yesterday, I read a talk Paul Krugman had with Azeem Azhar about A.I. There’s either very, very little or almost nothing I understand about A.I., except that I believe I’m using it when asking Perplexity.com to find some fact for … Continue reading

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