4.25.2025

There's a Duluth in Georgia too. And a goat.

Loose goat evades pursuing police in Georgia

The Duluth Police Department said on social media that numerous calls came in Tuesday reporting a loose goat "trotting" on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard "like it had somewhere very important to be."

Also about a million streets named Peachtree. 

Video from across the pond

Trump says Russia not conquering Ukraine is a 'concession'

The US has proposed a deal between Russia and Ukraine, in which the front would be frozen where it is, meaning Ukraine would cede 20% of its country. US President Trump said Russia had made a major concession by not seeking to conquer all of Ukraine.

4.24.2025

More artful negotiating from our Intern-in-Chief

Trump on Russia strikes on Kyiv: 'Vladimir, STOP!"

"I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing," Trump wrote in a social media post a day after saying Ukraine's leader was hampering peace talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine.

Now if Vlad can just get the timing right… 

The merriment never ends

Musk's X sues to block Minnesota 'deepfake' law over free speech concerns

"This system will inevitably result in the censorship of wide swaths of valuable political speech and commentary," X said in its complaint.

Musk's X (by now we all know it's "formerly Twitter," right?) is of course widely known for its "wide swaths of valuable political speech and commentary" if, by valuable speech and commentary, you mean mindless meanderings valuable only to Musk himself. 

Now he's lobbying for even faker fake news — deeply faker, in fact — because, hey, he's got a big loan to pay off there.

And the faker the more valuable on X.

4.23.2025

The clear unclear

Education secretary says she spoke to Columbia, Harvard presidents about ‘abiding by the law’

“And I made it very clear. I said, these are not First Amendment infractions. This is civil rights.”

Look. Maybe these presidents of Ivy League universities know what she's talking about here. Also, maybe she does. She is, after all, the former CEO of some professional wrestling league or other. But that's too many maybes for me.

The whole kerfuffle is about federal funding of research projects at various universities around the country (not all of them are Ivy — some are just plain crabgrass); the universities are suing the government and the government is suing them back, and it's just another day in America.

4.21.2025

Whaduya want, everything?

As Trump eyes coal revival, his job cuts hobble black lung protections for miners


Nobody'e got a ritght to be healthy, says our new health inter, that guy fron Wicked.

Anyway, at least they won't have to be putting those little screws into iPones like the rest of us.

Don't be so nice

Saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to ChatGPT costs tens of millions of dollars, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits

A 2024 survey revealed that approximately 67% of American users regularly employ courteous language when interacting with chatbots.

Within that group, a majority (55%) believe politeness is ethically correct, while another 12% humorously indicated that their polite language serves as insurance against potential AI rebellion.

Of…wait. Maybe…