When will people realize that Trump's various proclamations are intended, not to announce or clarify policy of action, but to manipulate stock markets so that he and his friends can make "insider" trades out the wazoo.
Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: Vietnam era soldiers fight dinosaurs, Russians, and wormhole-enabling technology in "Primitive War." Over a dozen types of rowdy dinosaurs, for fans of CGI VFX. youtu.be/ixXxdWY6d68?...
"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought
The US military can't seem to feed its personnel a reasonable diet, but shipments of food from loved ones in the USA are blocked - USPS has suspended delivery to military zip codes. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Robert Lawrence Kuhn discusses his work on a taxonomy of theories of consciousness. youtu.be/Kcy1SLTXl6A?... There's a whole lot of 'em.
Penn and Teller file a Supreme Court brief. “I am carny trash. I am uneducated. If you want to say I have a position of expertise, it is that I have lied to people onstage and gotten them to believe it. And I think I could do what that police officer did.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
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Journalist Tereza Pultarova discusses her path from covering space exploration to reporting on defense technology after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. plutopia.io/tereza-pulta...
“Love and kindness are a form of resistance.” - David Byrne, paraphrasing John Cameron Mitchell.
Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "The Lost Episode of Star Trek" is actually a whacky montage of bits clipped from various episodes. "Captain, are you all right? What about the ship?" youtu.be/AUMZaR52YaA?...
Stephen Dulaney says AI is a powerful but risky partner that can boost human work, but it still needs judgment, ethics, testing, and oversight. plutopia.io/stephen-dula...
It's hard to feel normal or do normal stuff when your supposed leader is threatening a whole civilization with extinction-level violence.
Earth from Orion...
What the market will bear, I suppose...
“Sensible people who look at what’s being proposed here think this is insane,” said JP Bryan, a conservative former oil executive who owns two ranches and a popular hotel in the Big Bend region. “Anyone who supports this ought to put their name on this wall, so it can go down in infamy forever.”
*I blame science fiction dystopias
But where else might you see something like this?
I'm hot to buy a new Macbook and a new Mac Mini, but I keep realizing that I don't have a use case demanding the boost. As you say, I just have this anxious greed to have MORE. BETTER. LATEST. SHINIEST.
I was part of a blog that developed a huge following, and a cofounder decided to monetize it. He met with all the writers who'd been contributing for free when there was no money, and made it clear that there was no plan to pay them, once monetized. The list of contributors decreased by several.
Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: Steven Spielberg manifests his fascination with UFO possibility in "Disclosure Day," set for summer blockbuster release. At SXSW he said "I have a very strong sneaking suspicion that we are not alone here on Earth right now." youtu.be/RWgbu7uWLw0?...
Mason and Dixon led me to buy a Kindle, because I couldn't otherwise hold it while reading in bed. Definitely a masterwork, I should re-read it. ...so claim'd are the Surveyors in their contra-solar Return by Might-it-bes, and If-it-weres, - not to mention What-was-thats.
I'm launching a blog called "Unshaved Truths," after the magazine I published in 1994. Read about it here: open.substack.com/pub/unshaved...
Ha! Meanwhile I'm puzzled why they would continue to be Christians while rejecting Christ's teachings. Clearly they'd be more comfy with Satan...
In this Plutopia podcast episode, futurist and data analyst Anne Boysen argues that today’s AI systems, especially large language models and emerging AI agents, are being adopted far faster than their reliability, transparency, and testability justify. plutopia.io/anne-boysen-...
He avoids saying whether or not he agrees…
I don't think those folks will say that Jesus condones violence. I think they would say that Jesus was weak (or woke) and that Christians should ignore him.
Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: If the invading enemy in a film is an alien from outer space, as in "War Machine," does that make it science fiction? Or is it an explosive, mindless action film? youtu.be/AFuE1LRxm80?...
Marc Abrahams discusses the Ig Nobel Prizes, awards that honor real achievements that make people “laugh and then think.” Also the “Annals of Improbable Research,” highlighting unusual but meaningful work ranging from pasta physics to fingernail growth studies. plutopia.io/marc-abraham...
