Thursday, September 18, 2025
The Problem with AI
Why AI is likely to have more limited use than boosters anticipate, particularly in replacing professionals like teachers and accountants.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/30/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; New RCP averages show 2024 race neck-and-neck, plus new Covid charts show positivity improvement; Kamala and joy; Trump needs a campaign reset; Unions and worker power ~
Cash Stuffing Gains Ground: Gen Z Is Using Cash More Than Millennials in UK, New Survey Reveals
This is one generational trend I wasn’t expecting.
Beijing and Washington Clash Over Russia Sanctions
The US continues to talk at, rather than with, China about its close ties to Russia.
Holiday Weekend Coverage
We are kicking back a wee bit this Labor Day holiday weekend and hope you can too!
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/29/2024
Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Kamala’s stint at McDonalds: Fact or fiction?; Kennedyon healthy food, and on the environment.; Section 230 decision: “The business model of Big Tech is over.”;
Rob Urie: Kamala Harris is the New Face Being Put on America’s Wars
An unvarnished assessment of what a Kamala Harris presidency would amount to.
Activists Link Climate Change, Gaza in a Campaign Targeting Citigroup
Protesters are pushing Citigroup to divest from fossil fuels and companies that are sending arms to Israel.
Why Poverty Reduction Under Capitalism Is a Myth
A full-throated critique of the claim that capitalism benefits the poors.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/28/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics; The DNC was a superspreading event, and adopted a eugenicist masking policy; Boeing door plug debacle reveals shop floor fiasco; Vermeer’s tronie. ~
Global Poverty Grows as Super-Rich Get Richer Faster
Oxfam gives an update on the ever-widening gap between our money overlords and the poor, and how their enrichment is increasing poverty.
