Being Conned

That’s right. Moron economists insist nothing has changed.

But compulsory items have gotten vastly more expensive while optional ones have decreased or barely increased. And those same idiot econs tell us that it’s irrelevant. Because that’s their role, to lie for money so the status quo keeps quo-ing.

But of course it is relevant.

What Did They Do To Andrea?

A claimed good use of AI.

(This is marked NSFW for a reason; if you click on that, you will see someone something naked.)

But it’s not a good use of AI? I’ve seen that film. It’s decent. Better than the reviews indicate. And that nude scene works in the context of the film rather well. That bit is in black and white.

In the “improved” AI version Andrea does not even look human. That is fucking not a good use of AI.

Microsoft is now scaling back Copilot in Windows 11 amid Microslop backlash, pulling 8 AI actions from File Explorer and calling it โ€œsimplifyingโ€.

More than 16 years after BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster, marine life has not recovered.

Whatโ€™s called an elegant mathematical structure is essentially a crutch that humans were forced to invent just to accommodate their pitifully limited brain capacity.

Private Contractors Are Set to Cash In as Millions of Americans Lose Healthcare.

FEMA tells states to handle disasters on their own.

Subaru is killing off gas cars and will only sell EVs in Europe.

The Data-Center Rebellion Is Just Beginning. Ugh. Morons.

France announces nightly curfews 'for as long as necessary' in Paris and other cities.

Tiny possum and glider thought extinct for 6,000 years found in remote West Papua.

Why Windows 11 still ships with Windows 95โ€™s memory manager hidden inside it.

How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?

Americans Are Spending More Money to Drive Worse Cars. If high gas prices wonโ€™t persuade drivers to go electric, what will?

The End of Rationing.

Hera Mission Prepares for Follow-Up Asteroid Imaging

The ESA spacecraft will capture results of a planetary defense test.

The Maya collapse was blamed on drought. The full story is more complicated.

Computer Chips Are the Most Magnificent Things Humanity Has Ever Made.

Quantum probability can't be derived without assuming it first.

AI slays the dragon as four agents conquer Minecraft without human intervention.

What motives Mamdani is the same thing that motivated young Obama – to ascend to the ranks of the global elite. Correct.

How Ukraine Is Navigating Trumpโ€™s Latest U-Turn.

The wealthy boomer problem is metastasizingโ€”they got 38% richer over the last 3 years as Gen Z and millennials under 35 got wiped out.

Trumpโ€™s Disastrous War Has Been Great For Big Oil Companies.

US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect.