Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Stupidity in Plain Sight

Japan's SLIM space probe entered the moon's orbit on Monday in a major step towards the country's first successful lunar landing, expected next month.
If successful, the touchdown would make Japan only the fifth country to have successfully landed a probe on the moon, after the United States, Russia, China, and India.

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Two men were shot outside of a GetGo near the Edgewood Towne Center overnight. It happened just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday off Braddock Avenue. One victim was hospitalized in stable condition, and the other was last listed in critical condition.

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In our analog world, where everything is put on a fluid spectrum, why is nationalism on single binary default?

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Stupidity in Plain Sight

Kamala Harris, our Czar of Artificial Intelligence, at the Essence Festival of Culture:

“Culture is — it is a reflection of our moment in our time, right? And in present culture is the way we express how we’re feeling about the moment.
And we should always find times to express how we feel about the moment that is a reflection of joy, because as you know, it comes in the morning.
We have to find ways to also express the way we feel about the moment in terms of just having language and a connection to how people are experiencing life. And I think about it in that way too."

One heartbeat away--and miles away from criticism. That this nonsense is tolerated implies very low standards in the political culture and its observers--and the possibility that they just are not very good at what they do. Can you imagine this woman negotiating with the Israelis or the Iranians?

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