CITY JOURNAL: How to Defeat Left-Wing Racialism: A symposium on restoring the principle of color blindness.

IT’S COMPLICATED: The Top Three Issues of 2024 (And Yes, Abortion Is a Big One). “The 800-pound gorilla in the room is the political reality that abortion is unsettled on the national level, and that is costing us elections. Abortion aborted our long-promised red wave in 2022. Last night, it crushed Ohio conservatives’ attempt to shore up the state constitution against a new right to abortion — which will now likely be voted into existence in November.”

ALL TALK, NO “EQUITY:” UC grew its freshman class 3,000 spots – not one went to a Black student.

This fall, the University of California system is growing its freshman class by 3,017 slots from 85,268 students to 88,285. Black students aren’t getting a single one of the new slots according to preliminary University of California data analyzed by The Center Square.

Hispanics gained 1,435 slots in the newly expanded freshman class.
Whites gained 982 spots in the class.
Asian Americans grew by 359 positions.
Native Americans obtained 60 additional admissions.

African-Americans remained exactly the same with 4,855 spots in the freshman class in 2022 and 2023 while their percentage of those admitted to the freshman class declined 17% from 6% of all incoming freshmen in 2022 to 5% of freshmen in 2023.

Someone should ask undeclared presidential candidate Gavin Newsom why his flagship state university hates black people.

STRONK AND INVINCIBLE CHINA…  First stage of Chinese rocket crashes in Chinese city.

HEY! THOSE WEATHER REPORTS DON’T COME CHEAP:  Foreigners Paid More Than $20 Million to Biden Family, Associates: Bank Records.

TRUST THE SCIENCE, THEY SAY. WE WILL, WHEN IT’S NOT BOUGHT BY OUR ENEMIES:  Gov’t scientists got $325M in royalties from China, Russia, pharma firms: report.

GOOD, GOOD. SANCTUARY CITY STUPIDITY SHOULD HURT:  NYC migrant crisis could soon cost $12B: Mayor Adams.

Also, it’s not a migrant crisis. It’s an invasion. Say the right term.

I SEE. HOW MUCH IS IT TO BE FEARED WHEN CHINA BRIBES BIDEN, THOUGH?  Biden bans US firms from investing in China tech companies over security fears: report.

Keep in mind I don’t think we should be buddy buddy with tyrannical China. I also don’t think we should have as president Zhou Bai Den, vice-roy to his serene majesty Xi the Poo, Red Emperor of the Middle Kingdom. I’m funny that way.

GOOD. RACISM IS RACISM IS RACISM:  Pushback: Judge rules that libel suit against two black professors for slandering white real estate assessor can proceed.

IS HE RELATED TO ELIZABETH WARREN? WARD CHURCHILL?  Chief of Shawnee Tribe says KU professor falsely claims Indian descent.

OH, NO. I’M STILL IDEALISTIC. I’M ALSO DISGUSTED:  When idealism runs into the brick wall of reality.

YES, IT DOES. NEXT?  Does pop culture really matter?[VIDEO.]

GOOD. IT’S TIME TO FIGHT BACK:  Real pushback: Judge slams Southwest Airlines for violating settlement terms of free-speech court case.

FORMER FORT HOOD? IS THIS TRUE? The Army Can’t Feed Its Soldiers Stationed at Texas’ Ft. Cavazos—And That’s Not the Only Problem There.

OR IN OTHER WORDS, THE INTERNATIONAL CORPS ARE REWARDING FOX FOR DROPPING TUCKER? I HOPE IT MAY LAST THEM:  Fox beats profit projections in fourth quarter after boost in ad revenue.

Okay, no. No I don’t. Once you betray your core audience you deserve what you get.

THE UNIVERSE IS NOT LOGICAL. IT’S WHIMSICAL:  Cosmic question mark discovered in deep-space by the James Webb Space Telescope.

THAT’S WHO THEY ARE, THAT’S WHAT THEY DO: Nine Years Later, Race Hustlers are Still Lying About the Death of Michael Brown.

OPEN THREAD: It’s there. It’s there for you. It’s what you want.

QUICK, EVERYBODY FIRE UP THEIR SUBURBANS AND F-150s: “Experts” Claim the Diminished ‘Ship Track’ Clouds From Pollution Cuts Added to “Global Warming.”

IF YOU WORK HARD, SON, YOU CAN BE HUNTER BIDEN TOO: “The mother of a U.S. Navy sailor charged with providing sensitive military information to China encouraged him to cooperate with a Chinese intelligence officer, telling her son it might help him get a job with the Chinese government someday, the prosecution said Tuesday.”

CHANGE: NOAA lifts many commercial remote sensing license conditions. “NOAA noted that a ‘small number’ of Tier 3 restrictions are being retained for national security reasons at the request of the Secretary of Defense. NOAA did not specify what restrictions remain in place and on what licensees.”

I’M SURE THIS IS PURELY A COINCIDENCE:

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— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) August 9, 2023

AI IS NOW WRITING CLICKBAIT ARTICLES: G/O Media’s AI ‘innovation’ is off to a rocky start. The company, which owns outlets like The AV Club, Gizmodo, and The Onion, announced last week it would begin experimenting with AI tools.

Over on The AV Club, a list called “The Biggest Summer Blockbusters of 2003: 10 Can’t-Miss Movies” is credited to the outlet’s bot. The article contains almost no writing or analysis, but its construction suggests that the piece is an attempt to attract cheap search traffic. The piece was also syndicated to Yahoo Entertainment.

It is unclear how the articles were assigned, generated, and if they were edited at any point by a human before going live. G/O Media didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s questions about its editorial process and oversight of AI-written stories.

The company, which also owns publications like Deadspin, Jezebel, and The Onion, is far from the first media outlet to utilize generative AI software to produce content. From BuzzFeed to CNET, publishers have turned to AI tools to churn out material like explainer articles, quizzes, and lists, selling the pivot by saying machines would not replace human writers but instead would free up staff so they could work on more ambitious projects.

But for all of the benefits of AI tools media companies extoll, there are glaring issues — for one, the material produced is often bad or plainly inaccurate. After a litany of errors in stories produced using AI systems, human CNET staffers did the work of going back and rewriting dozens of articles. At Men’s Journal, AI-powered articles contained errors in stories about health and science that had to be corrected after publication.

At the moment, The AV Club is warning readers that they’re reading AI generated content, but how long will that last?

Related: G/O Media Vows to ‘Dismiss the Trivial’ Backlash in Memo to A.V. Club Staff About AI-Generated Stories.

HAWAII WILDFIRES: At least six dead as Maui wildfires overwhelm hospitals, sever 911 services and force people to flee into the ocean.

MOVE ALONG, NOTHING TO SEE HERE: Democrats’ J6 Committee failed to preserve records, has no data on Capitol Hill security failures, GOP charges.