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Event |
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Rigging a national vote, KH
*Cambodia’s only major opposition party is barred from running in July
elections.* The thugs came one day, years ago, and
seized their
registration
papers. |
| 2:32a |
EPA back in business
The
EPA has become quite active
in requiring cuts in various sorts
of pollution, including greenhouse gas emissions.
However, Biden's foolish approval of drilling in large fossil fuel
reserves is likely to counteract around half the reductions in
greenhouse emissions.
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| 2:32a |
Tories repeal environmental laws
Important laws about reducing air pollution, both toxic and greenhouse,
are
among the laws the Tories plan to repeal.
The Tories say these
laws are "no longer applicable."
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| 2:32a |
Journalist, opposition leader "terrorists" imprisoned, Tunisia
*Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi
sentenced to year in prison
[for perhaps calling official thugs "tyrants"].
Ghannouchi used the word for "tyrant" but I don't think it was clear
if he was referring to anyone in particular. The Tunisian dictator
does not hesitate to act like a tyrant.
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| 2:32a |
AI rough, shoddy draft
Speculation about what AI in reality might do to
script-writing.
I can't believe this couldn't happen, if someday artificial intelligence can tell
plausible stories. Speculation about this goes at least as far back
as Asimov's story "Galley Slave".
But be careful not to think of ChatGPT as artificial intelligence.
It does not know anything, and does not understand anything.
It might be able to script a surrealist absurd movie, where lack
of knowledge and understanding might be no problem. But I hesitate
to assume even that. The great works of surrealism may well be less
random than meets the eye; that may be what makes them great.
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