Scrivener's Error

…who will not be charged with anything, however deserving. In a frustrating condescension that should surprise precisely no one, the IOC followed in the footsteps of Avery Brundage. Who was, after all, the IOC's dictator and president for life designated...

Because these link sausages are dripping with contempt. No need for <sarcasm> tags today. Let's start with the usual targets when contempt is called for: No, not baseball fans, politicians. Out here in fruit-and-nut country, the White Walkers...

A few minor administrative updates on Bartz v. Anthropic, the class action pending for copyright violations in creating one particular large language model supporting one particular generative-AI engine, merit some comment — mainly as assurances, citizens...

Not all ingredients fully disclosed — what would be the fun in that? Owners of intellectual property — supposed to be the creators, but all too often the patrons — really want two things. First, most obviously, they want to be paid. Second, they want...