WRAL TV News — State @NCCapitol Politifact In memoir, NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson mulls 2024 run, calls for taking science, history out of elementary schools Updated August 23, 2022 By Bryan Anderson, WRAL state government reporter RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is dropping more hints about a potential run for … Continue reading Our Work Cut Out For Us – A Preview of 2024 Governor’s Race in NC
Good grief! The two images below look like professional quality photographs, but no camera made them. No person or object posed for them. Nor did a human artist paint or draw them. Well, not exactly. Humans produced them. One set of humans, software developers, made the tool, called DALL-E2. One other, tech columnist Kevin Roose, … Continue reading Stunning New Artificial Intel Programs Are Here Now—Look!
Raleigh NC News & Observer Confederate statue is bulldozed as mayor livestreams it, video shows. ‘Not in my town’ BY MOIRA RITTER — UPDATED AUGUST 23, 2022 A North Carolina town watched live online as a bulldozer pushed down its Confederate monument. Mondale Robinson, the mayor of Enfield, North Carolina, took to Facebook to share … Continue reading Confederate Statue Bulldozed in North Carolina
The Guardian — Mon 22 Aug 2022 After six months of bloody and terrible war, what exactly does Putin want from Ukraine? Philip Short Russia is trying to demonstrate that Nato is powerless to stop it. Whether it succeeds depends on the west’s political will as energy prices soar? Nearly six months after Russia’s invasion … Continue reading One More Expert Analysis: What Putin “Really” Wants from the Ukraine Invasion
Gwynne Dyer — Aug 22 2022 Was the killing of Darya Dugina an act of terrorism? INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE OF RUSSIA/AP Darya Dugina, the daughter of Russan nationalist ideologist Alexander Dugin, the Russian nationalist ideologist often called “Putin’s brain”, was killed when her car exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, officials said Sunday. Russian authorities said … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Dugina Assassination in Moscow