FROM DAVID FRIEDMAN, another AI-generated SF story.
Archive for 2024
December 14, 2024
NEWS YOU CAN USE? Don’t Get Burned: 2.6 Million Stanley Mugs Are Being Recalled Worldwide After 38 Reported Injuries.
Not to be confused with the fad dihydrogen monoxide conveyance device of early 2024: What is behind the TikTok thirst for Stanley water cups?
THE CRITICAL DRINKER ON THE BEST AND WORST MOVIES AND TV SERIES OF 2024 (Video):
HIGHER EDUCATION IS A MONEY LAUNDRY FOR LEFTISTS: University of Iowa paid MSNBC host Joy Reid $55k to speak on campus.
DAVE FRIEDMAN WROTE A SCIENCE FICTION STORY USING AI: Here’s the prompt: “Write a 10,000 word1 short story about an asteroid miner marooned on an asteroid. Narrate in first person. The miner has a wry, ironic, and detached demeanor, but he really pines for his family back home. He has a number of robots to keep him company, including one which helps him with sexual needs, but as he becomes more aware of how inextricably marooned he is, he starts to think about descending through Dante’s circles of hell. The overall message is one of increasing existential despair, akin to Sartre’s No Exit. Now, this is a science fiction story, but I want it to be a well-written, *literary* science fiction story–think something akin to Alastair Reynolds’ style.” Story at the link.
SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER ON X:
This gotta be the greatest community note I ever seen. https://t.co/CxSAQq6hgc
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) December 13, 2024
SUCCESS:
That is the goal. This platform only seems to”right-wing” to the left. https://t.co/5Gk0lYn1gl
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 14, 2024
As the most politically balanced site on the Internet, X seems “right wing” to the left.
OFF AND RUNNING: Trump forms MAGA ‘Dream Team’ for 100-day sprint.
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN MLB, THE NFL, OR THE NBA THESE DAYS:
Star-driven league. When Magic and Bird are your leading faces, you’re gonna thrive. When Jordan takes over, you’re gonna really shoot for the moon.
Hand the league to some childish commie like LeBron for 20 years, and this is what you get. https://t.co/tXG4JDp05W
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) December 13, 2024
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GERMANY’S SCHOLZ NEARS HIS ENDGAME. HERE’S WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN:
Few other countries can choreograph a government collapse that’s as painstakingly slow and deliberate as Germany is doing right now.
Monday’s vote of confidence in Chancellor Olaf Scholz in the German parliament, which he’ll almost certainly lose, is just the latest step in a process that started in early November and culminates in a snap election on Feb. 23.
And even though the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is bound to try to throw a spanner in the works in the coming week, what happens next is largely predictable.
The constitution, designed to prevent the kind of tumult experienced during the Weimar Republic — which helped enable the rise of the Nazis — contains a series of provisions intended to make the unravelling of a government as stable and orderly as possible.
Here’s our guide to what to expect.
As Glenn insta-quipped right around this same time nine years ago, “We have the worst political class in our history. The Germans, at least, can say that’s not true for them. . . .”
HEH:
My favorite part of this story is when a liberal bartender was forced to admit that Republicans are cooler people than Democrats. pic.twitter.com/fnlcTyQ6xB
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) December 13, 2024
AND AGAIN, TOMORROW’S NEWS TODAY: By 2035, All California Vehicles To Be Replaced By Little Tikes Cozy Coupes.
ISN’T IT AMAZING HOW MUCH WE’RE FINDING OUT ABOUT OTHER WORLDS? Io’s volcanoes get their lava from separate magma chambers, not a global underground ocean of magma.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, DOESN’T WANT YOU TO HEAR: Testimony on children and the vaccine that Hallett does not want to hear.
A PARDON MEANS HE HAS NO CRIMINAL EXPOSURE AND HIS ONLY RISK IS PERJURY – THE FACTS ARE SUFFICIENTLY DAMNING THAT CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT IS UNNECESSARY: A pardon for Fauci? The covid cover-up is in full swing.
IF THE SCIENCE WAS VALID THEY WOULDN’T HAVE TO FIDDLE THE DATA: The climate scaremongers: Met Office fiddles the figures over Storm Darragh.
COMPLIANCE IS THE OBJECTIVE: They’ll stop at nothing to get you jabbed.
SO STUPID PEOPLE FIGHT OVER LE BON MOT TO DESCRIBE HER STUPIDITY: Kamala’s Total Incompetence Explained to the French; RIF Member’s Comparison Is “Borrowed” by a Le Pen Family Member.
CAN THEY BOTH LOSE: Swamp Fight – Nancy Pelosi Tries To Keep AOC Under Control.