I coach a robotics team should I ask for Tesla to send us one of their general purpose robots so we can see if it can do the task that thousands of high school students are building robots to solve?

It involves picking up balls and putting them in a basket.

There is no argument, NONE, that bans on transgender kids in sports promote “fairness.” They never result in positive outcomes for the kids who are questioned; they end up harming completely uninvolved parties; and they don’t materially help the kids playing with or competing against trans kids. It’s all theater and scapegoating with kids as pawns.

https://www.fox4now.com/us-news/birth-certificate-dispute-keeps-arizona-teen-from-boys-basketball-team

Columbia must now show courage and empathy by admitting it made a mistake. Clemency for the protestors; open the gates; stand up to the would-be authoritarian. Great piece by former Provost Jonathan Cole.

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025/10/15/columbia-must-now-show-courage-and-empathy/

A small, good thing: DC jury finds woman not guilty after she was indicted by Pirro for some bullshit. Dunno know if any Beltway media are going to bother to cover this.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jeanine-pirro-dc-sydney-reid-not-guilty-b2846934.html