"There are two ways of calculating percentages". Sec. Kennedy is right. There's the right way, and the wrong way. I wonder if Trump uses his new math to do his taxes, too.

Okay, can you give us a little hint? Is the novel under discussion written before 2010, or after?

Vermiculture Invasion

I liked how Vicki seemed to follow the Zeroth Law of Robotics.

You've got your priorities straight :)

Not only no word from R leaders, but no leadership from Rs in word or deed.

This woman is facing a copyright claim for her own music by an AI company that took her youtube page and copied her.

I'be been thinking about this. Given that PHM is an Amazon movie, what are the odds of a release of physical media?

Product page from Etsy marketing AI slop in the "style of Michael Whelan"

Twice stolen...it's bad enough using an artist's name in a prompt, but doubling down on their name to market AI slop is just... 😡😱

Hoping for an extended cut on BluRay/DVD.

For folks in the Salem, OR area...I'm giving a talk tonight at 7:00 on The History of Fascism in the US from the 1920s to the Present. It's sponsored by Progressive Salem and will be at 245 High St. NE. It's free and open to all.

When I use a tool, I expect consistent, reliable results. AI does neither.

Artificial intelligence in medicine: a scoping review of the risk of deskilling and loss of expertise among physicians Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly deployed in clinical practice, particularly in radiology, pathology, endoscopy, and decision sup…

"Although limited in number, empirical studies consistently demonstrate that AI can inadvertently impair physicians’ performance or reduce opportunities for skill maintenance."

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just a reminder that we have alternatives to right wing billionaire-owned news orgs. Here's a starter pack of LOCAL journalists and news outlets. In general, vastly less vulnerable to right wing bullshit.

go.bsky.app/FzSc9z

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Help bring Firefly back. Nathan Fillion has the original crew, show runners, and permission from the both Whedon and Disney (who own the rights to Firefly). All they need is a home, and they're asking for people to support in Instagram:

www.instagram.com/reel/DV6Js56...

Giant robots battle it out in Detroit's Robowar Fighting robots is a cultural fantasy going back at least to Richard Matheson's 1956 story "Steel." One Detroit impresario is now bringing the idea to the stage — and real audiences.

Fighting robots is a cultural fantasy going back at least to Richard Matheson's 1956 story "Steel." One Detroit impresario is now bringing the idea to the stage — and real audiences. n.pr/4b88Er9

Trump needs this way to try and build support for his regime and to distract from the Epstein files. He gives Putin and Russia oil money, so they encourage and support Iran, which strikes back against the US.

Another faux-adaptation. And it looked so promising...

Go Oregon State Beavers!

Correction:
"Most Americans disapprove of President Trump". Period

We could really use that income at the state level.

If only there was a group of concerned citizens who might submit an initiative petition to those governing groups...

Then I ordered several sets for testing, and with the help of family and friends we've tried various ideas for rules and game mechanics. I've landed on two that I like and will be showing the prototypes to local disc golfers at stores and tournaments.

#discgolf #chainofevents #triviagames

Game box, blue counters and 18 disc golf history trivia cards on a table, arrayed in chronological order.

I haven't posted about Chain of Events in a long time. I built the game up to 464 events, found a box that's a little bit smaller than the round 1 prototype, and hired a really good artist to help with graphics and layout.

I checked, and I don't see it either.

Back to the Futures (episode 63) This time on Science Fiction 101 , we take some trips down memory lane to revisit classic time travel movies. We mostly focus on the Back to...

New episode!

We go time-travelling as we review the Back to the Future series, plus two other time-travel favourites.

101sf.blogspot.com/2026/03/back...

I hope this show goes on tour.

Did she lie under oath? Is anyone investigating this?

Williamson County will no longer offer countywide voting sites on primary Election Day Countywide voting will still be in place during the two weeks of early voting, but voters will have to go to their assigned polling location if they plan to vote on Election Day for the March 3 primar...

I found this article from @hcrichardson.bsky.social's March 4th letter. The Republican chair of a county says that they made voting harder because they could, and it was expected of them by their party.

www.kut.org/politics/202...

Ethically unacceptable, I definitely agree. But there are so many more people on Xitter than BSky that for an agency that wants to reach people, it makes a certain sense.

In any case, I couldn't use the word BlueSky or a BlueSky in any post over there. They blocked the post automatically.