One thing that became apparent during Covid, with all the minimizers comparing it to the flu, is that people don't know how bad the flu is. People think that when they have the sniffles that's a "cold" and then when they have an actual cold that's "a mild flu" but the flu is actually a big deal and it kills people.
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Nobody wants this.
The BBC says it has filed a complaint with the US tech giant Apple over AI-generated fake news that was shared on iPhones and attributed to the broadcaster.

Apple Intelligence, which was launched in Britain this week, produces grouped notifications from several information sites that have been generated by artificial intelligence.

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Bye bye, asshole.
South Korea’s parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday in an extraordinary rebuke that came about after his own ruling party turned on him following his refusal to resign over his short-lived martial law attempt.

It is the second time in less than a decade that a South Korean leader has faced impeachment ( Read more... )

Mrs. A isn't a pro but she has traveled her cello a few times. There's a good chance the people at the counter don't know what the policy/routine is, and because every airline handles it differently - puts it in the computer differently - booking through codeshares is a problem. Isserlis, another famous cellist, is always complaining on twitter ( Read more... )

Slacker Saturday.

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Rock on

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I have no idea why people get fed up with politics and vote for people who (usually wrongly, I know) promise to smash the system. You don't have to support the murder of CEOs to understand the elite reaction to it is ridiculous.

Gov. Kathy Hochul will broker a virtual meeting Tuesday with state law enforcement officials and about 175 corporate ( Read more... )

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