Algernon D’Ammassa

Ooof.

Hey, I've included this along with my own reactions to the website internally. Thanks for commenting.

Got away with murder, earned celebrity, and found someone to marry him. How great.

Reserving my reaction to ABQJournal.com’s new web design, launched today, because it’s new and I’m not used to it.

But today’s e-edition (which is what I read) is screwed up so I’m restive. Fix it damn yer eyes.

Emphasis on “streaming” versus permanent possession of media is a whole other topic.

Yet I freely admit I subscribe to a streaming music service and have it on frequently, daily. I have mixed feelings about this.

I appreciate the internet’s capability for supporting reading, searching for information, watching or listening to presentations of art and meaning.

But that’s the very thing developers keep screwing up because that isn’t what’s important to them.

TL;dr? Too bad. Practice reading.

5/5

(I’m cheating, perhaps, in regarding the “reading” of photography and videography as a mode of narrative counted as a use of language. But I think it counts.)

4/5

Digital-only news sites, hit or miss. Some manage to facilitate reading, others are crap.

Concern: Emphasis on idea that internet media is for delivering “content” (a phantasm) and not language — written or spoken.

3/5

Another: Ad pops up. Clear it, then a video pops up. Now I’m angry.

Observation: Broadcasters online seem to deliver news articles online better than long-running national newspapers. I can read them and choose how to interact with videos. The ads are less intrusive and not a bother.

2/5

Trying to read newspaper articles on a given topic online and continually running into obstacles.

I no longer subscribe to the Times or the Post, so I’m now completely blocked: No meter reset.

Another paper: Article not loading properly, text not available.

1/5

Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...

The U.S. is not a member of the ICC, but the court can still prosecute individuals for actions carried out on the territory of ICC member nations.

Project Jupiter permit applications forecast massive carbon fuel use LAS CRUCES — The natural gas-fueled power facility envisioned for Project Jupiter, the massive data center under construction in Santa Teresa, is far larger than had previously been disclosed —

Last month, Acoma LLC, an Austin-based company affiliated with developer BorderPlex Digital Assets, filed two air quality permit applications pertaining to planned microgrid facilities at the complex where four data centers supporting computing capacity for OpenAI are planned.

It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.

Teaching when to trust As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge

“Media education in Finland begins as early as primary school, with media and science literacy integrated into the curriculum.”

Headline reads: “‘Great honors of my life’: Trump wins FIFA Peace Prize after Nobel snub.”

Hey, Axios headline writer: The Nobel committee didn’t “snub” Trump any more than it snubbed me. Why are you playing into a false and disingenuous narrative?

Also, ditch the superfluous subheads. Story reads fine without them.

Las Cruces slows spending due to budget 'math problem' LAS CRUCES — Less than halfway into the fiscal year, the city of Las Cruces has put the brakes on spending, with City Manager Ikani Taumoepeau admitting that the city’s

The city of Las Cruces has put the brakes on spending, with City Manager Ikani Taumoepeau admitting that the city’s general fund balance had been “overstated.”

Pentagon upbraids mainstream media in briefing with pro-Trump press corps DOD press secretary excoriates “legacy media.” especially The Washington Post, at a news conference solely for the Pentagon’s new, largely right-wing outlets.

Gift link. Really worth reading how this weirdness rolled out. At times I had to check to make sure I wasn’t reading The Onion. The verbal slip and correction calling Hegseth the “defense secretary” instead of war secretary is included.

Trump administration files suit demanding New Mexico turn over personal voter data New Mexico has joined the growing list of states facing legal action by the Trump administration for failing to turn over personal voter information.

Olivier Uyttebrouck reports: The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a federal judge to order the state to turn over an electronic copy of New Mexico's voter registration list, including names, dates of birth, addresses and other data.

Well, he ain’t woke.

Interesting, isn’t it?

Back-to-back pedestrian deaths in Las Cruces prompt road safety talk LAS CRUCES — Two fatal crashes involving vehicles and pedestrians in the course of a week prompted calls for focused attention from city councilors Monday.

Two fatal crashes involving vehicles and pedestrians in the course of a week prompted calls for focused attention from city councilors Monday.

Not great that we’ve created a system where the best job opportunities for working class men involve either overseeing other working class people in prison, or working as masked secret police violently hunting down working class immigrants targeted for deportation despite having committed no crimes.

County commissioners threaten litigation over Sunland Park expansion SUNLAND PARK – Doña Ana County commissioners pushed back against a new proposed annexation in Sunland Park Tuesday, weeks after expressing concerns about the city expanding its boundaries to encompass

“We’ve been receiving requests from the developers,” Deputy City Manager Marco Grajeda said in an interview before the commissioners’ meeting. “It hasn’t been the city actively trying to expand the territory.”

YouTube video by The Great Amida F*** Henry Kissinger! Rest In Piss. #AnthonyBourdain Is Sorely Missed!

Henry Kissinger died on this day (Nov. 29) in 2023, outliving Anthony Bourdain by five and a half years. Tony never got to throw his punch.

Stop saying AI hallucinates - it doesn't. And the mischaracterization is dangerous The language we use to describe AI is pivotal to how humans see AI - so we'd better get it right.

“…Terms can create myths and misconceptions that lead to unrealistic and even dangerous expectations about the technology.”

State grants bring high-speed internet to Lordsburg and Columbus Hundreds of students attending the Lordsburg Municipal Schools will soon have greater access to high-speed internet thanks to a new grant from the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and

On internet projects benefiting Hidalgo and Luna counties.

Part 3: Catch and Kill If you are new to this series, read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.

(Checks Substack) Aw shit. More Nuzzi tea.

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Nothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania Desiderius Erasmus lived his happiest months from late 1507 into 1508 at the Venetian print-shop of Aldus Manutius. A peripatetic scholar, the Dutch scholar had lived in Rotterdam and London, Basel…

“When I have a little money, I buy books,” wrote Erasmus in a letter, “and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”

An Army captain who refused orders in 1864 today is remembered with reverence for his defiance | Colorado Newsline The Sand Creek Massacre comes to mind in reading about U.S. Rep. Jason Crow's call for members of the U.S. military to refuse illegal orders.

Commentary: As Trump threatens Colorado's Rep. Crow with death, recall the Army captain who refused orders in 1864 and today is remembered with reverence for his defiance.

From Big Pivots

Legal challenges to Project Jupiter funding meet headwinds LAS CRUCES — In Santa Teresa, construction is rapidly moving forward at the site of a planned data center campus supporting AI technology.

$165 billion in industrial revenue bonds and other public incentives authorized by Doña Ana County commissioners supporting the project are facing legal challenges and criticism from a government transparency watchdog group.