Mitch's Blog

Neal Stephenson explores the fascinating science behind bullwhips. Bullwhips relate to a medical mystery in post World War II Germany, where multiple men went to doctors reporting “floaters” in their eyes that turned out to be nearly microscopic copper filament. P

I don’t get why a person would want to buy an AI recording gadget, for $179. Why not just use your phone?

Now you can read an excerpt of from “Winds of Wycaro," the book-within-a-TV-series whose author, Carol Sturka, is the main character of “Plur1bus.” “She would know that voice anywhere. As smooth as wyld bourbon and deep as the Robrionian Trench.”

My fortune cookie was smashed and missing a fortune. This seems ominous.

Here’s where you can watch the censored “60 Minutes” report about CECOT, the brutal El Salvadoran prison where the United States is sending migrants to be tortured and abused. Trump supporter Bari Weiss, who now heads CBS News, killed the report, even though it had been approved by strict editorial and legal review. However, the report aired in Canada, and is now all over the Internet.

“There’s a sort of pride around the poor conditions, and around the suffering.”

“It’s the year 2025 and Americans have to watch a bootlegged international version of a news program because it was censored here in our country to protect a criminal president.” — @jojofromjerz

J. D. Vance Fails a Simple Moral Test. The vice president welcomes anti-Semites into the Republican coalition.

Anyone with links to the livestreams could view them — no credentials required, as reported by 404 Media.

Emma Roth at The Verge:

“I watched a man leave his house in the morning in New York…. watched a woman jogging alone on a forest trail in Georgia. This trail had multiple cameras, and I could watch a man rollerblade and then take a break to watch rollerblading videos on his phone. How? Because the camera’s AI automatically zoomed in on it — just like it zoomed in on a couple arguing at a street market in Atlanta.”