Enmanuel De Jesus strikes out Shohei Ohtani on a nasty cutter, with replay + ump cam
“The most alarming sign of the state of our society now is that our leaders have the courage to sacrifice the lives of young people in war but have not the courage to tell us that we must be less greedy and wasteful.” #WendellBerry
How many ways can you say “We used ChatGPT” without actually saying “We used ChatGPT”?
We were going to watch it last night but hit the same shocker, so we watched "Song Sung Blue"...and loved it. A really great stroke of luck.
He likely figured that since he'd betray his country to its enemies rather than hurt his portfolio, the same would be true of Iran's regime...
"We destroyed their homes to force them into the streets so they could play their role in determining the regime's fate so we could then seize control of determining theirs...and for some reason they aren't displaying the enthusiasm we had expected..."
Grey wolf
"Most importantly, consider the confidence problem. AI tools deliver lies with the same authoritative tone as facts. In the past, search engines forced you to evaluate information yourself. Now, AI wants to do it for you. Don't let your critical thinking slip away."
"But I was just a little boy, so of course I didn’t. I went back to my seat and never said a word to her.
"We were in school together for five more years. I’d see her around but we never chatted. Then one day she was gone. Lynne left school at 15 and I wouldn’t see her again for 55 years."
Really is.
Lovely story.
They both pretty much said, "I was only following the executive order."
Both of these boys would look at home in the uniform usually associated with that kind of excuse.
Doing systemic racism to eliminate research on systemic racism to make systemic racism easier to hide and deny.
"This is not just about morality. It’s about the law. When the government takes someone into custody — whether criminal or civil — it assumes a duty of care. The reason is simple: the government has taken control over that person’s liberty and ability to care for themselves."
The is the federal government telling news stations to provide favorable coverage of the war or their licenses will be pulled.
A truly extraordinary moment.
We aren't on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
Act like it.
"Ina Forrest rose to that particular challenge with her first stone, only for Zhang to then edge her out, his stone kissing the edge of the middle green ring. Thurston and Wang traded blows with no effect on the score and that left Ideson and Wang to contest the final knockings."
“If the regime is what you want to hit, even if you think these depots were used by the regime, where do you draw the line? What about us, the ordinary Iranians? We rely on this civil infrastructure. Why take away our ability to govern in the future? Who can rebuild utter ruins?”
Basic carpentry: If you've 100 per cent completed screwing in a screw but continue, bad things will happen.
Life comes at you fast
From "Fool's Gold: America's Exceptional Fall" (2043):
"As China accepted the formal U.S. invitation to control shipping from the Gulf (which it later interpreted to also include shipping through the Red and Baltic seas), Italy and France imposed a Line of Control along Lebanon's Litani River."
A wonderful metaphor for how "history" works and how the past remains present... :-)
“Canadian nursing schools often rejected applications from Black women, as it was believed that white patients would not want to be touched by Black nurses. In cases where Black women were permitted to train as nurses in Canada, such as in Montreal, they were only allowed to treat Black patients.”
CRISIS WHATEVER #: The U.S. and Israel have chosen to make assassination warfare a legitimate tactic in this conflict, with permissible targets extending beyond top leaders (and their families) to include generals, ruling party politicians and cadres, and weapons-related scientists...so just wait.
"Whether that's good depends on who you ask"
...and who you are.
So once control of the Strait of Hormuz is in China's hands (by invitation), all will be well...? Phew. He really is a geopolitical genius, isn't he?
I'd forgotten about this post until just now when I got a bloop that someone had liked it...
...but it's now more relevant than ever as the empleomania of snollygosters takes an ever-mounting toll on this poor ol' world.
(...and in keeping with The Law of Threads, any long thread referring to grammar will contain a typo in the word "grammar" in the thread's first post.)
"A primary healthcare facility in the town of Burj Qalaouiyah was hit by an Israeli strike late on Friday, setting it ablaze and causing the structure to collapse on top of the staff inside. The strike killed doctors, paramedics and nurses on duty, according to the Lebanese ministry of health..."
Sure, it's maybe just loose grammar in one hurried post...
...or maybe it's a moment where a chance breeze flipped the curtain aside, giving a glimpse of what's coming on stage next.
Is it just sloppy verb agreement? Or are we witnessing the birth of a new post-Christian religion? /6
This is a departure from obeying the teachings of the Bible or following the example of Jesus; it seems a specific call to stand by for direct orders from God on an ongoing basis (as decoded by club leaders). Jesus actually seems nudged aside here, with Kirk as God's new communication relay port. /5
