Poop emoji reading a computer manualAmazon Basics dog-poop bags come with documentation. Do people really need documentation to figure out how to work dog-poop bags?

The documentation is titled “Quick Start Guide,” suggesting that there is an in-depth manual available.

I enjoy Star Trek more when I’m able to not try to make it make sense.

I just completed a major project that I’ve been working on for weeks, and now I have to do it again for another project, also due today. And yet my brain is all used up from finishing the first project.

I’m not complaining. This is the definition of a privileged person’s problem. My work is in demand. But—

Oh, who am I kidding? I am absolutely complaining.

The dog and I saw this in front of a neighbor’s house this morning. You can tell they mean it.

Are you making changes to stay successful in your career as AI transforms workplaces?

Getting new training?

Sharpening some skills while letting others fall away?

Changing careers entirely?

How do you see AI changing your job?

This is for an article I’m writing.

Existential threats from AI aren’t on my list of things to worry about. That the super-rich and powerful are concerned is an indication that they’ve lost touch with reality.

That’s not what happened with Twitter. The Twitter acquisition was unique. I’ve never seen or heard of a situation where somebody was forced to acquire a company against his will.

As a business/technology journalist, I’ve covered many M&A deals. Often, they start hostile, then both parties reach a deal and it ends quietly.

Russia was just like that, but with tanks.

Ian Welsh predicts that the US will be a big loser of the Ukraine war, ending the US global hegemony. The war demonstrates that countries can successfully defy the US. China will support defiant nations against US sanctions.

Welsh makes a credible case. I’m insufficiently informed to have my own opinion.

Welsh’s article went up yesterday, before the latest shenanigans.

Yes, the war is going badly for Russia, and was even when Welsh posted. That does not undercut Welsh’s arguments.

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that an American billionaire, in possession of sufficient fortune, must be in want of a Supreme Court justice.” (Alexandra Petri / The Washington Post)