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Opinion | The Rise of the Bratty Machines

Good morning from under a giant pile of snow! I wrote about agentic AI and a bot that wrote a hit piece about a engineer after he rejected its code. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

Does this end up with the engineer turned into a blob of goo saying "I have no mouth. And I must scream."?

“You do a license to get a fee!“

That…I don’t think that’s supposed to be why you “do a license“

That’s not a Mustang?

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Look at how much bigger that rink is!

Ok - apparently I have prognostic powers

[skates into confessional] “Forgive me father. I high-sticked their captain and gave him a bloody nose”

“Four minutes in the box and 10 Hail Marys”

Sooner or later everyone comes around to @sonnybunch.bsky.social ‘s view

Grad student etiquette Link to phdcomics.com

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Wait, I saw this one!

I don't think he's out for Trump's praise, but it seems like he did more than he had to by pointing out a work-around?

I'm not disagreeing that he has regrets about stops or tariffs, but I can't understand why he's opening doors for Trump.

I share your hope that he'll wise up

Kavanaugh did kinda do his best to point out how the administration could work around the decision. Trump read this part from the podium.

Called it - Trump just read this part of Kavanaugh’s dissent

I assume “A Liberal’s Case For Brett Kavanaugh” is talking about a 24-pack of a craft IPA or something?

dust off the old lambda z / d, let's say a dinosaur is 3 meters, 550 nm light, 66 million light years...and my calculator exploded.

(Also, 66 million light years is about a mol of meters!)

Although I firmly disagree with the Court's holding today, the decision might not substantially constrain a President's ability to order tariffs going forward. That is because numerous other federal statutes authorize the President to impose tariffs and might justify most (if not all) of the tariffs at issue in this case—albeit perhaps with a few additional procedural steps that IEEPA, as an emergency statute, does not require. Those statutes include, for example, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232); the Trade Act of 1974 (Sections 122, 201, and

301); and the Tariff Act of 1930 (Section 338). In essence, the Court today concludes that the President checked the vrong statutory box by relying on IEEPA rather than

Kavanaugh basically tells Trump how to do just that!

Although I firmly disagree with the Court's holding today, the decision might not substantially constrain a President's ability to order tariffs going forward. That is because numerous other federal statutes authorize the President to impose tariffs and might justify most (if not all) of the tariffs at issue in this case-albeit perhaps with a few additional procedural steps that IEEPA, as an emergency statute, does not require. Those statutes include, for example, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232); the Trade Act of 1974 (Sections 122, 201, and

301); and the Tariff Act of 1930 (Section 338). In essence, the Court today concludes that the President checked the wrong statutory box by relying on IEEPA rather than another statute to impose these tariffs. In the meantime, however, the interim effects of the Court's decision could be substantial. The United States may be required to refund billions of dollars to importers who paid the IEEPA tariffs, even though some importers may have already passed on costs to consumers or others. As was acknowledged at oral argument, the refund process is likely to be a "mess." Tr. of Oral Arg. 153-155. In addition, according to the Government, the IEEPA tariffs have helped facilitate trade deals worth trillions of dollars—including with foreign nations from China to the United Kingdom to Japan, and more. The Court's decision could generate uncertainty regarding those trade Arrangements

Kavanaugh: “The tariffs have generated vigorous policy debates. Those
policy debates are not for the Federal Judiciary to resolve.”

Also Kavanaugh: But let me lay out how to get around those policy issues:

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2026: University of Texas System: students can graduate without studying “unnecessary controversial subjects”

Apple "1984" ad: "We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology—where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests of any contradictory thoughts."

Pack of angry chihuahuas trying to bite the stone, barking at the broom, snarling at the TV cameras

Would watch every minute of it

what I want people to feel, when they look at South Korea and the UK and Brazil holding elites accountable, is that it's possible here too. Elect true leaders this year and in 28, empowered - but also driven by us, the people - to hold the criminals accountable for their crimes. It's possible.

I’m gonna use this now when I can’t curse in front of the kids.

“Sweet Lebanon Bologna!!”

One Year of RFK Jr. Has Left Public Health Devastated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a lot of promises on his way to becoming health secretary. He pledged to Make America Healthy Again, of course, and to restore trust in embattled health agencies. And he sai...

"Scientific expertise from the top all the way down to bench scientists has been lost .." How Kennedy dismantled public health agencies with almost no positive achievements to show for it.
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The Ethicist:
Can I tell a member of my church group that I recognized him from the Pedo-Nazi site?

Tomorrow in the NY Times

Mad maxxing