Shelley Powers
Reed Mideke#AIIsGoingGreat "Before a hearing, [federal judge] Rodriguez might also ask AI to suggest questions to ask an attorney or identify weaknesses in a plaintiff’s argument. In an area of law in which he feels particularly well-versed, Rodriguez sometimes — after deciding on his judgment — uses AI to draft the ruling he will issue’"
𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙Just realised I'd 'accidentally' kept resubscribing to The Saturday Paper, despite not being able to afford it. So might as well make use of it, eh?
"Pauline Hanson is dangerous not because she remains a grotesque nativist from 1990s Queensland but rather because her rhetoric has been absorbed into the ordinary calculations of Australian politics. That is the real story, not the tedious recitation of the polling data.
"For three decades, she has converted racial grievance into durable electoral power. While the major parties have condemned the ugliest episodes, they have harvested the preferences and moved the centre to accommodate the sentiment. What was once treated as aberrant is now managed as part of the landscape. That accommodation is the failure."
Joanna BrysonCountries that maintain fixed price regimes - notably net energy exporters -tend to have large fuel subsidies. When such subsidies become unsustainable, domestic price adjustments are large, often leading to riots.” Via @[email protected] wapo.st/4mbTHbw #giftArticle
Wartime fuel shortages spawn p...
Wartime fuel shortages spawn p...
Joanna Bryson, blatheringAdd to the consequences of our/US war crime of wars of aggression.
Cool, cool "C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses"
"this war was initially planned to last days, or at most a few weeks" - No plan for how it ends but it'll be quick! Also, this is fine, what could possibly go wrong "The Pentagon’s firing of two dozen admirals and generals over the past year has made some wary of challenging the president’s ambitions"
David PThere seems to be no crime too ugly for a Trump pardon.
Lest you think the shitbag part is uncalled for "At the news conference last week, a reporter asked Chief Zibolski, who has since retired, if the police should apologize to Ms. Lipps. He responded that the police were still investigating the bank frauds"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/us/north-dakota-facial-recognition-ai-errors-bank-fraud.html
#AIIsGoingGreat / shitbag cops crossover: West Fargo PD used #ClearView to identify a suspect. Never mind that she lived in Tennessee and had no connections to North Dakota, they had her arrested, extradited and held her for 5 months before she got the case dismissed