NBC NEWS— In 1947, Florida shut down a popular drag club. The state has resurrected the case to do it again. Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis filed a complaint against R House, citing a 1947 state Supreme Court decision that shut down a popular female impersonator club. A drag performer at the Drag Brunch at … Continue reading DeSantis vs. Drag: Putting On An Act?
Come to the Sunny Side Daniel Trotter was a weighty Friend of his day, who often observed solemnly that “There is nothing but trouble this side of the grave.” One day at a Friend’s funeral, he stood to speak by the freshly dug mound, just as a curious sailor poked his head into the … Continue reading Quaker Humor, Allegedly
The Hill — August 26 2022 CAMPAIGN Sanders has highest favorability among possible 2024 contenders: poll BY ZACH SCHONFELD Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) clocked in with the highest favorability rating among a list of 23 potential 2024 presidential contenders, according to a new USA Today-Ipsos poll. Forty-six percent of respondents said they had at least … Continue reading Bernie in ‘24?? New Poll Says He’s Got Highest Favorability
Who says blog posts don’t have impact? Yesterday, August 24, we shared a post: “Our Work Cut Out For Us – A Preview of 2024 Governor’s Race in NC.” It got close to 40 “hits,” small stuff on the big web, but not bad for a “local” news item. The post concerned a new book … Continue reading Science Strikes Back: Is Mark Robinson Learning?
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!