Category Archives: Signs of the Times

Gwynne Dyer: The End of Israeli Democracy?

[NOTE: Gwynne Dyer make an important, and unnerving point in the column below: the changes in Israel’s judicial structure & policy voted in the Israeli Knesset last week were supported by a rightwing coalition that does numerically represent the current majority of the Israeli voting public. Public opinion in Israel was once much more supportive … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: The End of Israeli Democracy? →

Chatbot fantasies

AP News: Chatbots sometimes make things up. Not everyone thinks AI’s hallucination problem is fixable BY MATT O’BRIEN — August 1, 2033 Spend enough time with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots and it doesn’t take long for them to spout falsehoods. Described as hallucination, confabulation or just plain making things up, it’s now a … Continue reading Chatbot fantasies →

Goodbye, July Cartoons: BarbenHeimer, Twitter-Titters & More — Xtra-Large–On Ice

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Air-Conditioned Cartoons

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Too many indulgences for the carburetor??

More of the Texas Gospel According to Greg & Ron . . .

Just papering over our differences??

I hear the streaming version is a bomb . . .

I kept telling Grandpa to stay away from that recycling bin . . .

Indictments, Schmindictments: Trump’s Still a Hero to “Christian” Supporters

AP News: Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero BY DAVID CRARY — July 22, 2023 For eight years, Donald Trump has managed to secure the support of many evangelical and conservative Christians despite behavior that often seemed at odds with teachings espoused by Christ in the Gospels. … Continue reading Indictments, Schmindictments: Trump’s Still a Hero to “Christian” Supporters →