[Computer programs do] not understand “stakes” as humans perceive them. – Tong Zhao
When an especially-prolific musician dies, I often choose one of his lesser-known works as a memorial; this Neil Sedaka composition is quite different from the pop songs he’s known for. The links above the video were provided by Matt Welch, Popehat, IncarcerNation (x2), T. Greg Doucette, and Mark Bennett, in that order.
- R.I.P. Neil Sedaka.
- Last week in artificial stupidity.
- Cops murder man for sleeping while black.
- Another triumph for cop suicide assistance.
- They keep demonstrating exactly what they are.
- New York reporter has clearly never seen an actual pig.
From the Archives
- The 1st Amendment has been so eroded it needs state law to give it teeth.
- Garbage responds to women’s deaths by trying to endanger other women.
- It’s only been six years since the UK lost in court the last time it tried this.
- When will the mainstream media admit that pigs in schools are a menace?
- I was fated to be threatened with state violence regardless of career path.
- Both sides in the culture war have completely taken leave of their senses.
- David Johansen, Michelle Trachtenberg, Gene Hackman, and much more.
- Busybodies are most infuriated by affairs that are none of their business.
- Erosion of civil liberties starts with “undesirables”, but never stops there.
- I’m sure “anti-trafficking” crusaders will be going after this any day now.
- Cops try to combine fentanyl hysteria with panicmongering over edibles.
- Hey, female cops; how’s that collaboration with the police state working?
- Give aggressive thugs power over teens; what could possibly go wrong?
- I’ll believe Facebook is going to use encryption when it actually does it.
- Another moronic culture war “monkey see, monkey do” parade begins.
- How “excited delirium” was invented as an excuse for murder by cops.
- Trans people have become another canary in the civil rights coal mine.
- As an LSU MLIS alumna, I am qualified to declare this bat-shit insane.
- Female “youth ministers” aren’t safe either, at least if they’re married.
- Politicians will use any asinine rhetoric to gain control of the internet.
- Cop deals with others as he normally does, and the press is shocked.
- Government persecution now extends far beyond their own borders.
- “Disciplinary action” = asking rapists to “think about what they did”.
- Cops, puritanism, Ricou Browning, Wayne Shorter, and much more.
- Hollywood profits from sex workers while discriminating against us.
- Cops don’t care how many false positives these systems shit out.
- Starting a new D&D campaign for the first time in over a decade.
- Rapist cops are typical and representative of their warped breed.
- This blog has a lot more infrastructure than most people realize.
- Seems like a significant fraction of child porn is spread by cops.
- Fanatics’ crusade to control all human thought is never-ending.
- Montana politicians are trying to reduce all women to serfdom.
- Your “leaders” refer to this mindless brutality as “correction”.
- Cops should not be allowed anywhere near legal minors.
- Fixing a leaky hot tub seal with my own soft little hands.
- By now, the title “youth pastor” should be a big red flag.
- Wannabe preachers are often as bad as the real thing.
- Medical confidentiality has gone the way of the dodo.
- Governments worldwide are emulating China’s evil.
- My two previous posts for Sex Worker Rights Day.
- Another victory for US evangelical prohibitionists.
- Cops, Georgia, Steve Lawrence, and much more.
- The legacy of Operation Choke Point and its ilk.
- Another cop demonstrating exactly what he is.
- It’s nice to see a journalist getting it for once.
- An excerpt from Rikki de la Vega’s new book.
- Black beauties with a calm temperament.
- These thieves have absolutely no shame.
- My three previous posts for Mardi Gras.
- What remains when a loved one dies.
- You can’t keep a bad bill down.
- Good riddance to bad rubbish.
- Throwback Thursday 1980.
- Rapist cop of the week.
- A classic case of “NHI”.
- Ghost of Fridaystein.
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