The Hollywood writers and actors strike is about a lot of things, but the AI issues are novel this time around. Scanning actors and saving their likenesses to use in perpetuity is creepy and exploitative. And it shows how truly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s comic is actually last week’s but I was delayed by the physical effects of medication changes that exhausted me, but I’m over that now, so no worries. The comic itself is inspired by recent moves by a few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My car recently died, so I had to get another one. I like my new car. It is newer, drives well, feels comfortable, has lots of features, is relatively fuel efficient, and looks nice. But a new car payment every[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The publicity stunt that was Trump Saves Carrier Jobs comes as he appoints people like Tom Price (for Health and Human Services) to work with Paul Ryan and Congressional Republicans to privatize Social Security and turn Medicare into a shitty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So the president went to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and asked the nation’s CEOs to give a shit about someone other than themselves. He promised them he will work on that pesky tax code (the one with the loopholes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RSA Animate has created an excellent piece of animation based on David Harvey’s lecture on the causes of the current global economic meltdown, “Crises of Capitalism.” As a lecture, Harvey’s critique of the various standard explanation for the current crisis[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Driving the kids home from kung fu, I heard this on the car radio. The financial industry poured $500 million into lobbying lawmakers on the new financial reform bill. And it was money well spent. Mike Konczal is being ironic,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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