Clay Farris Naff

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Retired Journalist, Author, Nonprofit Exec. Former UPI Tokyo Correspondent; NPR Tokyo contributing reporter; AP editor; Science & Religion correspondent for The Humanist Magazine; Author, Free God Now!, Executive Director, Community Action of Nebraska; Executive Director, Lincoln Literacy; now writing to please myself.
Clay Farris NaffApr 20, 2023
Instant revisionist history at SpaceX as Starship explodes. Listening to their comm team and watching the cheering employees, it's like we're accompanying Kim Jong Un on a North Korean factory visit. https://www.youtube.com/live/a2AQBn4LkcI?feature=share&t=4018
SpaceX’s Starship explodes minutes after liftoff - 4/20 (FULL LIVE STREAM)

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Clay Farris NaffApr 16, 2023
Really? Does Justice Thomas believe he's above the law? https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/04/16/clarence-thomas-ginger-financial-disclosure/
Clarence Thomas has for years claimed income from a defunct real estate firm

The misstatements are part of a pattern that has raised questions about how the justice views his obligation to report details about his finances to the public.

The Washington Post
Clay Farris NaffApr 3, 2023
My latest: I explore how human nature distorts our views of the new kid on the block: #AI #GPT https://medium.com/@claynaff/why-we-both-overrate-and-underestimate-ai-9bd9a248138d
Why We Both Overrate and Underestimate AI - Clay Farris Naff - Medium

To paraphrase Admiral Perry, we have met an alien intelligence, and it is ours. Human civilization has given rise to artificial intelligence (AI) that can write fluently, pass exams that most…

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Clay Farris NaffFeb 5, 2023
Sic semper tidiness! https://www.npr.org/2023/01/29/1152149068/marie-kondo-revealed-shes-kind-of-given-up-on-being-so-tidy-people-freaked-out
Clay Farris NaffJan 23, 2023
Maia Szalavitz has penned a brave and refreshing piece: defying the language purity police, she acknowledges that not every figurative use of "addict" or "compulsion" is an insult. A step toward -- dare I say it? -- cultural recovery. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/opinion/neurodiverse-ocd-mental-health.html
Opinion | I Don’t Mind if You Say You Have ‘a Little O.C.D.’

Recognizing that neurodiversity exists helps humanize everyone.

Clay Farris NaffJan 23, 2023
Martijn BAARDAJan 23, 2023
In the men's restroom, someone punched a hole in the wall. The staff decided not to repair the hole, but to frame it... #art
Clay Farris NaffJan 11, 2023
Hamline University's hamfisted firing of a professor for showing a painting commissioned by a Muslim king to honor the Prophet inspired me to publish this brief satire. #academicfreedom #Islam #art https://medium.com/@claynaff/a-post-hamline-professor-greets-their-students-c5cc4407b693
A Post-Hamline Professor Greets Their Students - Clay Farris Naff - Medium

Good morning, students. I’m Dr. Cameron Johnson. You can call me Cam. My pronouns are whatever you feel most comfortable with. I’d like to start by acknowledging that the classroom we meet in today…

Medium
Clay Farris NaffDec 21, 2022
Jeff JarvisDec 21, 2022
"Kushner was spotted entering the stadium with former Austrian chancellor and leader of the far-right Austrian People’s Party, Sebastian Kurz... After stepping down amid a corruption scandal in October 2021, Kurz took a job with Thiel Capital" https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/12/20/elon-musk-spotted-world-cup-final/
From Jared Kushner to Salt Bae: Here’s who Elon Musk was seen with at the World Cup

Photos taken of Musk during the World Cup show him amid a group that included Jared Kushner, Qatari leaders and an Indian steelmaking magnate.

The Washington Post
Clay Farris NaffDec 20, 2022
Just arrived. Having left Twitter, I find myself in good company here. Cheers.