Update 31 January 2023

Some interesting stuff, and for a nice change, something to blog about. I’m so tired of writing about “somebody did something stupid”. Had enough of writing obituaries, too.

Op-Ed: Google AI ‘MusicLM’ writes music from a text description – But…

Op-Ed: Leopards, Abrams and Challengers — Hype, maybe, but hope as well

Op-Ed: Global water crisis — Getting worse, as usual, no action

Op-Ed: Who’d have thought extinction could be so irritating?

Op-Ed: Same old Republican debt ceiling blackmail, global credit crash OK?

Op-Ed: David Crosby dies at 81

Op-Ed: France goes on strike over raising retirement age — A global problem ignites

Op-Ed: The times they are about to get a lot weirder — Global economics hitting expiry date

Op-Ed: ChatGPT Hype, hoopla, fear, and utter rubbish as ‘high tech’

Op-Ed: How to alienate viewers, devalue your product, and make money? YouTube ads

Op-Ed; Jeff Beck dies — A real loss to the musical world

Op-Ed: Recession, reality, and greed — Some sanity required

Op-Ed: Seattle schools vs Big Tech, but how do you make a case?

Op-Ed: Brazilian far-right follows conservative coup script as Lula slams police for inaction

Op-Ed: NHS mass murder — Getting worse and numbers of deaths rising

Op-Ed: The GOP, global conservatism, and the fossilization of democracy

Op-Ed: New COVID variant hits New York, US, and UK, experts slam CDC

Op-Ed: US finally notices it’s in a space race with China

Op-Ed: The Anthropocene, extinction, and how irritating humans really are