Tag Archives: Harper’s

Dissed and pissed Santa Claus cancels future visits

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Israeli police raided a Christmas party in Haifa, confiscating equipment and arresting a Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus; a man dressed as Santa Claus was stopped by police for drunk driving in Rivne, Ukraine; and … Continue reading

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What do you do when an apocalypse is put on hold?

From Harper’s Weekly Review: In Ghana, a self-declared prophet, who solicited money from his followers to build arks ahead of what he said would be a Christmas Day rapture, announced that the apocalypse had been postponed and used the donations … Continue reading

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More and weirder (toy) animal news

Just as I had successfully dismissed all my concerns about AI — I had none — I read this from Harper’s Weekly Review: [A]n AI-integrated teddy bear was pulled from the market after it offered advice on where to find … Continue reading

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