HMM: Affective Computing: Scientists Connect Human Emotions With AI.

Related: Meet your new, lovable AI buddy.

AN INCREASINGLY COMMON PROBLEM: Loneliness increases the risk of health deterioration in older adults.

ELECTRIC CARS ARE HARD: The Apple car was never a sure thing: Plagued by shifts in development direction, the doomed project gobbled up $10 billion.

HMM: Study finds daily fiber supplement improves older adults’ brain function in just 12 weeks.

NATE SILVER: Biden’s problem is with swing voters, not with his base: The political landscape has shifted since 2012, and a turnout-over-persuasion strategy may not work for Democrats.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA shutters $2B satellite refueling project, blames contractor for delays.

ISN’T THIS OLD NEWS? Naked? With Strangers? In Europe, It’s How You Relax at the Spa.

I thought Americans got over this in the ’70s, though to be fair, the whole country is much more prudish now, and not for the better.

AT LEAST ANDREW CUOMO ISN’T FILLING THEM WITH CONTAGIOUS COVID PATIENTS ANYMORE: Staffing shortages, poor infection control plague nursing homes.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT OF ELIMINATIONIST HATRED? Arizona State U. Latino organization suspended for calling for the death of various groups.

I’VE GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS: The ‘feelings economy’ to engulf US workforce as universities fail students, business owners: Emotions have supplanted academic standards and intellectual inquiry at colleges throughout the country.

INSTEAD OF REGULATION, FIX BANK DISCRIMINATION WITH PRIVATE LAWSUITS FEATURING TREBLE DAMAGES AND FAT ATTORNEYS’ FEES: Coalition warns against giving Democratic regulators more power. “A broad coalition of Republican groups called on congressional leaders on Tuesday to junk banking legislation that would expand the reach and powers of federal regulators who view terms such as ‘Trump’ and ‘MAGA’ and customers of outdoors stores such as Cabela’s as extremist. Led by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the coalition said the proposed regulations sold as the best way to police failing banks go too far and would give federal officials the power to fire Republican executives and track spending by people on guns, ammo, and Bibles.”

Regulation by lawsuit means no entrenched bureaucracy dominated by bureaucrats.

PROGRESS: University of Florida Fired All of Its DEI Staff.

DON’T GET COCKY: Election Countdown: Trump Surges in Swing States Amid Legal Turmoil. Why shouldn’t you get cocky? Because: “The election is eight months away. The Democrats will not be sitting by idly. They have a country to ruin and power to maintain, and they are not going to let up on Trump.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Yale University employs nearly one administrator per undergrad.

JOHN LUCAS: Pushing the Woke Agenda on the Military.

THEY ALWAYS PROMISE THE OMELET, BUT ALL WE EVER SEE ARE BROKEN EGGS:

Damn right! How does rule of law and press freedom help all those starving kids in Canada, Sweden or New Zealand? See how North Koreans all worship the Kim Dynasty for 'delivering full stomachs'.

Or maybe the SCMP wants ever-stupider op-eds… pic.twitter.com/3pKnjn5xss

— HK Hemlock (@HKBigLychee) March 2, 2024

Related: How China strangled its golden goose – and paid a terrible price: Under Xi’s tightening grip, Hong Kong’s days as a global deal-making hub are numbered.

MARK JUDGE: The Upper Room: A Beautiful New Christian Understanding of Grief.

OPEN THREAD: I haven’t forgotten you.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: India targets uncrewed Gaganyaan orbital test mission in July, crewed flight in 2025.

SOONER OR LATER YOU RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY: Gavin Newsom’s California Model is Collapsing: California deficit soars to $73 billion. “In contrast, prime competitor states like Texas and Florida enjoy large budget surpluses.”

BOB GRABOYES: A.I. and Community (Double) Standards: Political bias? What political bias?

If it weren’t for double standards, they’d have no standards at all.

SHOUTOUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN 2020 WHO SAID “IT’S JUST A BAD FLU.” CDC COVID Guidelines Now Align With CDC Flu Guidance.

UPDATE: WSJ: It’s Official: We Can Pretty Much Treat Covid Like the Flu Now. “A case of Covid no longer means isolating for five days, according to the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday. It’s the latest sign of the virus’s normalization four years after it upended our lives. You should now follow the same precautions with Covid as you take with the flu, according to new guidelines from the CDC. That means staying home until you’ve gone a day with no fever and symptoms start to improve. Take other precautions for the next five days, including wearing a mask and limiting close contact with others. Those are the same steps the CDC recommends for other respiratory viruses.”

Related (From Ed):

The @CDCgov now says to treat Covid like the flu. Just a reminder… pic.twitter.com/iIxbD9cUXB

— Five Times August (@FiveTimesAugust) March 2, 2024

SCIENCE: How Sweden proved the world wrong about lockdowns: The evidence is clear: authoritarian restrictions did not save more lives.

IT WAS THE BEST OF CARS, IT WAS THE WORST OF CARS. Why the Lucid Air Is the Best and Worst Car We’ve Ever Had.

NOW BLOCK IT: Team finds novel vehicle for antibiotic resistance.