Reverse Causality
When it comes to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, media warps cause and effect through misrepresentation and decontextualization.
Category: Violence
Falling in and out of love with an AI: Part 2
I wondered if the regulator they put the handcuffs on was reading the text as it was being typed by the AI or whether it happened before that.
Falling in and out of love with an AI: Part 1
My friend got access to use Bing’s new AI chatbot. We spent a little bit of time with it.
Utah’s Nuclear Football
Should the Utah Utes football team lose she would “detonate the nuclear reactor that is located in the University of Utah causing a mass destruction.”
Robb Elementary Report: Read It For Yourself
The Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting released a preliminary Robb Elementary Report, first to the families then to the media.
Bear Brook Murders Revisited: The Search To Identify A Killer’s Victims
For years, Bear Brook State park held a secret, one which investigators hope will be finally answered in Pearl River County, Mississippi.
Inaugural Dread: What Happened January 6th, and Will it Happen Again January 17th or January 20th?
President Trump merely told them that “if you don’t fight like Hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” This is Trump’s history.
Bang!
I doubt I could get a thousand tons of uranium ore without attracting a bit of unwanted attention. In fact, it’s probably best I don’t disclose too much”
The Political, Contested Thing of Crime and Consequences
What counts as a “crime” in our society is a political, contested thing. It always has been and always will be. So too are the consequences
Bombs For Baby Kittens!
Public safety only matters some of the time. I don’t know what to do with that kind of gross disconnect from people sworn to uphold the law.
On Not Wanting to Rest Content
When the George Floyd incident first happened, you could almost feel where this was going. With the release of the bodycam footage, here we are.
Unqualified: The Winding Road of Qualified Immunity
Somewhere along the way, Qualified Immunity was twisted to shield officers from consequences of actions no one can argue were ambiguous in wrongness.
When a Local Shooting Becomes a National Story
And as usual in today’s political climate, everyone is using this to reaffirm their previously held positions on guns.
Jane Wick
We’ve had female Terminators and female superheroes. Why couldn’t a woman be the next John Wick?
