Social Media to Be Banned for Under-16s in Landmark Government Move for More Control
A power grab and embellishment of the surveillance state that is merely being dressed up as an effort to protect people.
The Expertise Gap: Why AI Doesn’t Replace Human Creativity
And Why Business Leaders Keep Getting It Wrong A guest post/repost of a thread by fadeinpro.com (posted with permission): Been thinking about the psychology behind "business leaders" pushing for "AI" in creative usage. Part of it comes down to the nature of the job:
Be More Human
We each get to, and need to, decide that our humanity is partly what drives whether or not we book work: who and what we are.
Mandate Safety Interlocks With Penalties for DHS Equipment
Federal law enforcement must use safety tech, and disabling it should mean prison.
Professional Roles (stage)
The Old Professional Roles Email Forward (with no insult meant, good intentions and tongue in cheek): Producer: • Leaps Tall Buildings In A Single Bound • Is More Powerful Than A Locomotive • Is Faster Than A Speeding Bullet • Walks On Water • Gives Policy To God Director: • Leaps Short Buildings In A Single
The Vote That Stole Breath
It is not too late to start working feverishly to undo the harm your vote inflicted and keeps inflicting.
RMS Carpathia's Courageous Rescue Efforts
“You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it" - Fathers Ethics (2:21) I was struck by this story. It is not quite about the Titanic, but the ship and people that fought to rescue her: The Carpathia. "Carpathia received
Bovino Petitions to Fight Wild Boar Naked for Sentence Commutation
Naysayers Say Nay July 12, 2034: Fremont County, Colorado - Gregory Bovino, serving several life sentences at both the federal and state levels in multiple states, has petitioned the courts asking that he be granted permission to wrestle a wild boar naked, and, if he survives, have the rest of his
Premeditated State Violence Must End
Planning to kill is bad. In 2013, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) knew that their agents would sometimes “…intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby exposing themselves to additional risk and creating justification for the use of deadly force” (PDF from CBP web server). Jonathan
Ice Didn’t Do What They Did and Do
A statement from the US Department of Homeland Security: "Guys, guys, except for all the times we have targeted, arrested, unlawfully detained, been violent with, and hurt American Citizens, ICE doesn't do those things to American citizens. We should be grateful that ICE is doing the vital
To Sea
He woke up, looking forward to finally fishing. He’s retired, even though he feels like he could keep doing the work, and now, finally, he has the chance to go out on his boat, with a beer and his rod to catch something. Maybe if he catches enough he
History’s Bloody Rhymes
It has been said that history repeats itself. This is perhaps not quite correct; it merely rhymes. - Theodor Reik, “The Unreachables” 1965 Rhyme Number One: German naval commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck was commander of U-852 and was tried, convicted, and executed (along with 2 others deemed responsible) after the