Friday, September 18: Power went out early this pm. Not all at once: flickered a couple times, went dark, back on, then soon off again. After 5pm it was still off. Lordly Duke Power sent out an email, which made it all official. Area: our neighborhood. Cause: unknown. Time til power’s back on: unknown. It … Continue reading The Outage & The Power Gods
The Zombie Apocalypse is here. Or at least it is in Phoenix. And the Z’s are hot & famished. But that’s not the biggest news. The real kicker is that they’ve refined their taste: keeping up with the times, they still want to feed on brains. But they’ve discovered a new source of french fried … Continue reading Hello, I’m Global Warming. I’m Taking Your Websites (& They Might Not Be Back)
Tom Edsall writes a very valuable weekly column in the New York Times, and he’s paid a lot of attention to the rise of Artificial Intelligence. Like other observers, he’s particularly concerned about AI’s developing impact on jobs and society, present and future. In his June 5 column, Edsall picks the brains of several scholars … Continue reading Yikes!! AI Is Coming for My JOB — Even Though I’m Already Retired!
1. A Murder, a Diplomatic Dust-Up and the Risk of Impunity New York Times — Sept. 22, 2023 By Nicholas Kristof Father’s Day this year, two heavyset men were loitering near a Sikh temple in British Columbia. Then the president of the temple, a Canadian citizen and an activist named Hardeep Singh Nijjar, stepped out … Continue reading Two Views: Canada, India & An “Inconvenient” Assassination?
