HMM: Google Deepmind Gemini Is the World’s Best AI. “Gemini gets us closer to AGI. AGI = artificial general intelligence = a machine that performs at the level of an average (median) human.”
Archive for 2023
December 8, 2023
HE MAKES A STRONG ARGUMENT:
Why on earth would we want another Boomer in the White House when we have this generation ready to lead?!?! https://t.co/ADDtuYxlTq
— Nathan Martin (@NathanMartin) December 8, 2023
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: ‘I Just Got Out of Prison’ T-Shirt Guy Just Got Sent Back.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: India sets sights on a moon base by 2047.
DON WE NOW OUR WHAT APPAREL? This Christmas, Disney Decides Not to Say ‘Gay.’
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Stellantis cutting back SUV production, citing California emissions rules. “Stellantis said on Wednesday it is seeking to void a 2019 California emissions deal in which rival automakers agreed to voluntarily cut emissions beyond levels stipulated by the then-Trump administration. Separately, the automaker also said on Thursday its Toledo, Ohio, assembly plant that builds the Jeep Wrangler will move from an alternative work schedule to a traditional two-shift operation. Both moves will result in job losses but the company did not have a precise figure.”
I NEED TO DO THIS: Why You Need To Compete In A Practical Pistol Match.
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Were ‘Former Intel Officials’ Who ‘Debunked’ Hunter’s Laptop on the CIA Payroll?
TYPICAL NGO BEHAVIOR, ALAS:
The parents of an Israeli being held hostage by Hamas were reprimanded by representatives of the Red Cross after they tried to ask the Red Cross to transfer prescription medication to their child. The Red Cross told them they needed to "think about the Palestinian side. It's hard… pic.twitter.com/CrtHLKRzZf
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) December 8, 2023
WSJ LISTED ‘CANCELING’ AS ONE OF THE TOP POLITICS BOOKS OF 2023: More at the end of the latest post for the Eternally Radical Idea.
READER FAVORITE: SOG Multitool Pliers. #CommissionEarned
FIGHT THE POWER — STICK IT TO THE MAN: WATCH: Plane with ‘Harvard hates Jews’ banner seen flying over college campuses. “A group claiming to represent Jewish students said they hired a plane carrying the message ‘Harvard hates Jews’ to circle over Harvard and other Ivy League campuses over the next ‘several days.’ . . . According to a statement sent to Boston 25, the student group says this in response to ‘the runaway antisemitism’ on the university’s campus.”
THE ECONOMY IS BOOMING: Luxury Stores Are Bursting With Unsold Stuff. “The slowdown has left brands’ own stores, independent boutiques and e-commerce retailers stuffed with unsold stock. The boss of online luxury goods seller MyTheresa said the company is experiencing “the worst market conditions since 2008,” and had 44% more inventory by the end of its latest quarter than a year earlier. Burberry is buying back unsold products from department stores.”
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Researchers create 3D DNA nanorobots.
HMM: First, an arthritis drug that helps treat diabetes. Now this: New study finds diabetes drug may reduce risk for colorectal cancer.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Iran sends biological capsule into space in step toward human launch.
SHE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A MAGA TYPE, BUT I’M TOLD BY ALL THE BEST PEOPLE THAT THEY’RE THE THREAT: Woman arrested for pouring gasoline, trying to burn down Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth home. “Police said they have arrested 26-year-old Laneisha Shantrice Henderson and charged her with criminal attempt arson and criminal attempt interference with government property.”
Plus: “Police say two tourists from Utah who were in the area saw Henderson pouring gasoline on the home and interrupted her. . . . Video from a witness shared with Channel 2′s Michael Doudna shows a woman dressed in all black pouring gasoline on the windows and in the bushes of the home. Atlanta Fire Department Battalion Chief Jerry DeBerry said had the witnesses not intervened, the house could have been burned to the ground in moments.”
Black woman dressed as Antifa tries to burn MLK birth home, is stopped by a white guy from Utah and two off-duty cops. But if she’d gotten away with it and those bystanders hadn’t been there, the press would be telling us it was yet another example of white-supremacist domestic terrorism.
ANALYSIS: TRUE. Sports journalism utterly sucks: Deadspin ‘blackface’ debacle proves it. “Now sports journalism is filled with midwit wannabe politicos, leftist ideologues and talentless influencer types (sometimes all three in one individual), and they all think they’re better and smarter than the audience they’re paid to entertain.”
Which is funny, because they’re not better and smarter than most anyone.
I DIDN’T BOTHER DRUNKBLOGGING THE LAST ONE: Why Have Pointless Debates When Trump Is Going to Win?
TEXAS: Suspect In Six Murders Out On Bail Thanks To Soros-Backed Group. “When news dropped about the six-body Austin-San Antonio murder spree, I thought “Should I do a post on that?”, but didn’t see any political angle. But now one has come to light: The accused spree killer was previously out on bail thanks to yet another George Soros-funded ‘criminal reform’ group.”
REMINDER: CBS: Americans need an extra $11,400 today just to afford the basics. “The typical American household must spend an additional $11,434 annually just to maintain the same standard of living they enjoyed in January of 2021, right before inflation soared to 40-year highs, according to a recent analysis of government data.”
Huh. What happened in January 2021?
UNDERSTANDING YOUR CONSTITUENCIES: Rep. Pressley Calls for Giving 16-Year-Olds and Felons the Right to Vote.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH PEOPLE HAVEN’T BEEN EXACTLY BRILLIANT, HAVE THEY? Critics say a fumbled rollout of the brand-new RSV shot for babies has pediatricians worried and frustrated.