An interesting month and thank any relevant deity for audio edits.
Op-Ed: Your AI reputation – Another fine mess, and extremely dangerous This is likely to be extremely tough for a lot of people. Even basic transactions could become very difficult.
Op-Ed: Durov case legal issues could change social media forever These are criminal charges. The law tends to follow precedents. Join dots.
Op-Ed: AI for losers and peasants — AI porn, deepfakes and lawsuits Ever wondered what the world would be like without sleaze?
Op-Ed: Artistic paranoia vs AI — Useless and achieving nothing Time to do something about it, not whine about it.
Op-Ed: Ukraine hits Marinovka – Is Russian airspace defended only by Russian media? Apparently not.
Op-Ed: Moscow drone attack – An atypical tactic with no casualties? Really? For the first time ever? Even less likely, and most of the “attackers” were at Bryansk, according to Russia.
Op-Ed: Civilization 7 release 11 February 2025 – The plugs have begun. Now the questions This could be a good game, but it’s coming with one of the least popular features of Humankind as baggage.
Op-Ed: Who’s winning the Kursk battle? Don’t ask the media Self-explanatory.
Op-Ed: Well golly gee shucks — Somebody finally mentioned the US economy Are prices going down? Is anything getting fixed? No? You don’t say?
Op-Ed: Video game performers on strike for their biometric rights – Now what? I say that a person’s image is their personal property, and rights should be respected accordingly.
Op-Ed: Musk interviews Trump — Who wants to listen to billionaires agreeing with each other? Out of Touch talks to Never Was In Touch. Yawn.
Op-Ed: Ukraine’s excellent Kursk move has Russia baffled, with good reason Militarily, point well made.
Op-Ed: Global sycophancy – The culture of total failure An easy target, but I wanted to write this.
Op-Ed: Bringing back mammoths – Yes and No with too many caveats for both this is neither simple nor straightforward. It shouldn’t be discussed as if it is.
Op-Ed: Markets finally get it — Recession inbound, Main Street on bread and water Self-explanatory.
Op-Ed: Stupidity – The only real subject of media? Probably. Another easy target, but think about it – How many things never need to happen at all.
Op-Ed: Demythologizing motivation, and why it must happen Motivation is an old buzzword. Like most old buzzwords, it became a caricature.
Op-Ed: Why is it so hard to understand why people aren’t having kids? The endless growth model is dead. It’s now rotting away. How do you not understand this?