Excuse me, sir, do you think there will be a conviction soon?? But what do you think are the odds?? Do you have any key observations on all these cases?? So, do you have a theory about these ninety-plus charges?? Another question: what should the folks in charge do now?? Are you looking ahead to … Continue reading An Urgent talk With A Great Prophet . . .
Near-total ban on abortions is driving doctors away, hospital says, leading to lack of nearby labor and delivery care for thousands The Guardian Gloria Oladipo — Mon 20 Mar 2023 An Idaho hospital has planned to stop delivering babies, with the medical center’s managers citing increasing criminalization of physicians and the inability to retain pediatricians … Continue reading Idaho hospital will stop delivering babies as doctors flee state due to abortion ban
Freddy and the Ice: Messages From the Future GWYNNE DYER INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST Bangkok Post — 19 MAR 2023. Two new things on the climate front this week, both bad news. Typhoons used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit and then gone. Now they’re starting to come back for a second hit.
There’s a story about an earnest young Quaker grad student and a wise and wizened elder scholar. One day they were working in one of the best Friends archives, and — “I’m having trouble making sense of this old Quaker journal,” said the graduate student to the venerable Quaker historian. “The Friend who wrote it … Continue reading Elias Hicks: It’s All His Fault (Until ChatBot Came Along)
This past week, this blog held two conversations with a ChatBot, the vanguard of supposedly all-knowing software which some believe is destined to soon take over our world and make many crucial functions (including blogging) unnecessary antiques.