How we’re getting free survival insurance ‘Precision fermentation’ is food that can be mass-produced without land or even sunshine, Gwynne Dyer writes. By Gwynne Dyer — Contributing Columnist Thu., March 30, 2023 On Saturday, March 25, Asteroid 2023 DZ2 flew by our planet at 27,000 kilometres per hour, closer to us than it was to … Continue reading This Is How Some “Good News” Arrives These Days
[NOTE: Kudos to the Post & Timothy Egan. The good news here is that when the Klan faced the Law for real, the law won. But in its bloody heyday, in the 1920s & after, it was repeatedly abetted by the connivance, corruption or cowardice of those charged with upholding it. The bad news also … Continue reading Klan Rising: Are The Media (& the Law) Finally Going to Pay Attention? (And, How About Quakers?)
[NOTE: The Associated Press just issued a short video centered on amazing images of recent “supercell” storms, which have spawned many extremely destructive tornadoes in the southern midsection of the U. S.
March 14, 2023 It had to happen, right? Someone was sure to try to find out if/when Chatbot will make Quaker blogs, journals, and all other pre-AI communication as outmoded and unnecessary as, you know, Wiliam Penn, or Philadelphia. And now it’s happened. The results are here, in full, and unexpurgated. Well, not quite in … Continue reading Exclusive: Chatbot Names Top Quaker Issues; Makes Blog Obsolete?
[NOTE: The New York Times has a stable of columnists who include some of the most disturbingly smart writers I see regularly. Ezra Klein is one of them, and while his curiosity wanders widely, he is homing in on AI and its repeatedly mind-boggling character and possibilities. Which he does again here.] New York Times … Continue reading Ezra Klein on AI