Category Archives: AI

Animal news. Sort of

Posted on August 12, 2026 by Naomi

I’d read and seen videos of the Danube’s low water level, so I knew about the remnants, some dangerous, from World War II, exposed to our view. What I didn’t know was this, from Harper’s Weekly Review: Europe’s biggest rivers … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 15, 2026 by Naomi

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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Orwell was a satirist. Wasn’t he?

Posted on May 6, 2026 by Naomi

So what’s missing from this piece of WTF info delivered to me by Harper’s Weekly Review? Meta self-mockery? Wit? Animals? Something… It was reported that Meta began installing software on employees’ computers to track their mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes … Continue reading →

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