I lean toward #satire to keep myself sane. #UCLA #linguistics #PeaceCorps #Senegal long ago. I can now testify that 75 years passes quickly. #grandfather Interested in #science #languages
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Last Notes npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn I want to live on a planet where people adore art, music, literature, and the sciences. And cats and dogs, of course. npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn #dogsofmastodon npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn No, trump's mental health is NOT in question. Every day people write shit like this and it annoys the hell out of me. If his brain were on display at the deli counter, people would call it gray swiss cheese. Or maybe green--I don't want to know. When he rubs thoughts together, it only generates dandruff of a singularly repulsive variety. If he weren't useful to the horrible criminals running the country, he'd be relieved of duty faster than a fox snatching a chicken. Not much mental left, and nothing healthy. npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn I've never studied Japanese but have visited once and our family business' main supplier is Japanese. Anyway, long ago I memorized this proverb: npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn When all the freshwater on earth is going to data centers and there's none for humans, will there still be headlines like "I compared CHATxxx to Claude-xyz and the Winner is Clear!" ? npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn Hmm. Online music is increasingly AI generated. Online writing is increasingly LLM generated. Much schoolwork comes from LLMs. Online videos, ditto. So-called art? Ditto. Seems like if you want to hear real music, for example, you need to take up an instrument, learn to play a bit, and then find some folks to get together with and do your best. The good news is that a few chords can get you quite a ways, and it's fun. If you're a parent, keep reading aloud to your little ones. As far as earning a living as a musician or a writer, that seems like a tough road. Not totally impossible yet, but increasingly a big struggle. And the kids who use LLMs to do their schoolwork are going to graduate with heads full of internet slop. You'll hear them sloshing when they walk by. Gosh darn it! npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn Our family business ships beads around the world every day. We are good at shipping. But in these stressful times... npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn @nprofile…eew3 npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn When you read a promise saying "AI will do blah blah in blah years," just change it to its negative version and see if that seems more likely. npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn Another not-true idea: npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn CDC--that's the center for disease creation, right? npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn We can't possibly show billionaires how much we admire them. That's why I'm starting a gofundme to pay for bronzing them. Literally. I don't know much about bronzing things (actually I don't know anything) but we can try different techniques until we find the best one. Offhand I think dipping each one in molten bronze will likely work fine, but if not we can experiment until we run out of test subjects. BRONZE RULES! npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn I suppose it's not surprising that people believe their chatbot friends are listening and giving them good advice. People have been listening to and taking advice from their various gods for thousands of years. The tech has changed. People haven't. npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn I know this quote from Carl Sagan has been shared here before. But it's still true: npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn why not? npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn I hope MTG never needs surgery. Not for her sake; for the surgical team that discovers she is literally full of shit. Yeeech. npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn @nprofile…vdm6 npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn If Elon wants to cut back on government waste, he could start (and finish) with trump's endless golfing. Millions of our tax dollars burning up so the inflated orange ignoramus can waste time playing with little white balls. npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn If you have some extra polar bear liver in your kitchen send some to RFK Jr. so he can protect himself against measles. One gram of polar bear liver contains enough Vitamin A to equal the amount that is toxic for a human, so please don't be stingy. Send him a nice half-pound steak at the very least. That's about 227 grams. Enjoy, Robert! npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn @nprofile…0n9n npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn Trump et al: npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn Will the MAGA faithful have regrets when their plane crashes at an airport because the FAA is understaffed? Will they be angry when their unvaccinated children are hospitalized with measles? Or when the hospital, over-filled with flu patients, turns their children away? Will they be surprised when their local TV weatherperson fails to warn them of monster storms because NOAA staff were fired? Will they be shocked when bird flu mutates and starts to spread from person to person? Will anyone be left to tell them that a 5% mortality rate is deadly serious, and that 50% is the same as one out of two? Will they cheer when the average class size in their elementary school is 40-50 kids? Will they be pissed when food shortages and food prices both increase? npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn In a surprising reversal, Canada declares the USA Canada's 11th province. In addition to a lightning takeover of federal and state governments, the military, and all major media outlets, Canada declares the Senate and House closed for business and retires all reps and senators. The Canadian government also declares Trump and all his associates (including almost-President Musk) persona non grata, confiscates their assets, and gives them four hours to leave the country after which they will be jailed without bail. The website X vanishes with a sucky gurgling noise leaving only a greasy oil stain behind. npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn @npub189n…satx npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn #HamRadio npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn Could it be that the people preaching hellfire and brimstone are on to something? npub1r7wesu5f6sr5myfdper3u75wf7kw5fwh38d6wnzzwn79akrv33dqzusag9 B Kahn The only reason for the SCOTUS to decide against total presidential immunity right now today this very instant is that Joe Biden will immediately order hits on most of the members of the court not to mention Trump and all his key supporters. Put those Seals to work!
