2023-09-06

Worthy

My Presidential Platform - by Scott Alexander

The American people deserve a choice. They deserve a candidate who will reject the failed policies of the past and embrace the failed policies of the future. It is my honor to announce I am throwing my hat into both the Democratic and Republican primaries (to double my chances)

Together we can make America great again - which is not to imply I think it was ever better in the past - which is not to imply I don’t believe we’re currently at a time of unprecedented crisis. Sorry. Um. America has always been terrible and still is. But it could be better tomorrow!

YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate’s videos, court says
Biden to wear mask indoors after COVID-19 exposure
Fauci Knew NIH Funded Wuhan’s Gain-of-Function Research as Pandemic Began, Email Reveals
Non-COVID deaths are still way higher than normal. Why?

Wading through this data reduces to a sobering reality: Americans over the age of 65 are dying in numbers and at rates far in excess of what data from recent pre-COVID years would predict. These are not Americans that typically show up in the elevated drug overdose and homicide statistics. And at least according to the CDC, the vast majority of them are not dying of COVID.
Mpox pandemic spreads into China after lifting of Zero-Covid policy

Roku to Lay Off 10% of Staff
- Roku turns to layoffs (again) and removes streaming content to cut costs
Streamers Want You To Dumb Down Your Film and TV Ideas: It’s hard to follow the plot if you’re not paying attention!

Bateman said, “I’ve heard from showrunners who are given notes from the streamers that ‘This isn’t second screen enough.’ Meaning, the viewer’s primary screen is their phone and the laptop and they don’t want anything on your show to distract them from their primary screen because if they get distracted, they might look up, be confused, and go turn it off. I heard somebody use this term before: they want a ‘visual muzak.’ When showrunners are getting notes like that, are they able to do their best work? No.”

Biden’s ‘War Room’ Takes Shape As Impeachment Probe Looms.
Attorneys General from all 50 states urge Congress to fight AI-generated CSAM

This technology is extremely new and, as such, there’s nothing on the books yet that explicitly places AI-generated images in the same category as other types of child sexual abuse materials.
awesome thread: Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates | Hacker News
Biden's in Trouble - by William Otis
FEMA and FCC plan nationwide alert test messages sent to all TVs and cell phones
Democrats think Kamala Harris would lose to Trump. Polls say they're probably right.

Unless there’s a last-minute health scare or scandal, Joe Biden is almost certain to be the Democratic nominee for president again in 2024. RFK Jr. and Marianne Williamson don’t have traditional qualifications for the job — remember, Democrats still care about experience if Republicans don’t — and are nowhere close to Biden in polls. And it’s probably much too late for someone else to jump into the race and build out the campaign they’d need to seriously contend — let alone actually defeat a sitting president.
Biden blasted for walking out before end of Medal of Honor ceremony: ‘Lack of respect.’