@Axtremus said in Who’s watching the SOTU speech tonight?: Not five of the nine Supreme Court justices: “Justices Samuel Alito., Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson were not present.” https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-justices-skip-trump-state-of-union-tariff-ruling No indication in the story that any of that is out of the ordinary.

@Mik said in PB4WEGO approved by NY Gov.: I cannot believe such a stupid issue made it to the governor's desk. Yeah, thought of that too. Should have been approved at a much lower level. Of course, then it would not have made the news and we would not have known about it.

I very much doubt it. Khan has shown himself to be a believer in Parcell’s draft philosophy of getting guys that are 3 year starters with at least 30 games under their belt. Ty Simpson may develop into a wonderful QB, but it won’t be with Pittsburgh. They’re going WR Round 1, and likely trading back to get draft capital for next year. My bet? They are going after Arch in 27.

It was, and is, very good advice. Awareness has been established. Now it’s up to each individual.

Because it is a closed internal competition Waterloo is free to specify and give preference to gender, race etc. in the job postings. I don’t agree with it, but that is how it rolls in Ontario. I know the Catholic school boards here in Alberta openly require its teachers to be attested and practicing Catholics. Near to impossible for a non Catholic to teach in their schools.

I heard that on the radio yesterday. BSA should tell him to shove it.

Say it isn’t so!

This is from 10 years ago... https://www.theguardian.com/cities/the-northerner/2016/jun/20/forgotten-neighbourhood-gorton-manchester-decline-urban-regeneration Living there in the 80's was just awful. Quite a lot of Manchester improved substantially after the IRA did the city a big favour and blew up the city center in 1996, but the improvements didn't extend that far.

Wonder if they tried using AI to review their textbooks for correctness.

Choot ‘em

There was a famous one they named Nim Chimsky as the idea was to use him to disprove Chomsky’s theory that language was uniquely human.

Chess is imposing to the uninitiated. Most casual fans could spend their entire lives studying a library’s worth of chess theory, only to still be routinely humiliated by competitive players. Simply getting started is difficult, too. The basic rules require a decent amount of time to memorize before anyone can make their first moves, a hurdle that has stopped plenty of people from ever trying the game. But what if there was a way to quickly improve your abilities without spending hours hunched over the board? If the mental strain that comes with learning chess isn’t enough, will some actual, physical pain do the trick? That’s what YouTuber Fletcher Heisler, aka Everything Is Hacked, wondered before embarking on the monthsong, tortuous journey of designing, building, and playing a custom chess set capable of delivering a Taser-like shock whenever it detects an error. As recently highlighted by Hackaday, the results are as fascinating as they are sometimes difficult to watch. Link to video

She did it I again. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/veteran-airline-stowaway-arrested-again-newark-milan-flight-rcna260805 Svetlana Dali was taken into custody in Milan after, authorities alleged, she sneaked onto United Flight 19 at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, which departed at about 5:30 p.m. ET Wednesday. Dali made it past ticketing agents, and when the United in-flight crew realized she was aboard without a ticket, the Boeing 777-200 was already over the Atlantic Ocean, according to sources. She pretended she couldn't hear questions from crew members when she was asked whether she had a ticket or was traveling improperly, a source familiar with the matter said.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/48044958/brady-tkachuk-miffed-white-house-ai-doctored-video Brady Tkachuk, the Ottawa Senators captain and a Team USA gold medalist, said he didn't appreciate the AI-doctored video released by the White House that made it appear he was disparaging Canadians. The video, published Sunday by the White House's official TikTok account, featured doctored footage from a Tkachuk brothers' news conference at the 4 Nations Face-Off last February. While "Free Bird," the goal song for Team USA, played in the background of the video, Brady Tkachuk was made to say, "They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f---s a lesson." The clip, which discloses that it used AI-generated media, has 11.1 million views on TikTok and has been widely viewed on other social media platforms.

More fun between the two countries. https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-pakistan-airstrikes-513791ef82fb8c2e4acce08c2b80c41a Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces early Friday, Afghanistan’s government spokesperson said, hours after Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan in the latest escalation of violence between the neighboring countries that made a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky. At least three explosions were heard in Kabul, but there was no immediate information on the exact location of the strikes in the Afghan capital, or of any potential casualties. Government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Pakistan also carried out airstrikes in Kandahar to the south and in the southeastern province of Paktia. Two senior Pakistani security officials told The Associated Press that Pakistan’s military carried out airstrikes targeting what they described as Afghan military facilities in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia provinces, allegedly destroying two brigade bases, but they didn’t mention any potential casualties. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to media on the record.

What could go wrong when you have a petulant sore loser with nearly unlimited executive order power combined with his favorite narcissistic false reality topic of a stolen election?

Grok was asked for a one sentence summary, which is a neat trick.

[image: 1772145662235-05576284-1083-427b-b1c4-392ed6a47d80-image.png] A snowmelter if there ever was one.