Wednesday, December 20th, 2023

Time	Event
10:35a	Israel opens investigation *West Bank: Israel opens [criminal investigation] after videos appear to show troops shooting Palestinians at close range.* (Comment on this)
10:35a	"AI" mass spying AI programs that can accurately summarize the purport of conversations could create automated mass spying to go with automated mass surveillance. Unless we criminalize the practice. I have to point out that Schneier engages in a socially obligatory exaggeration when he says that "there’s no reasonable way for us to opt out of" all the surveillance systems. Knowing the surveillance they do, and the nonfree software they impose, I never opted in to them. That doesn't invalidate his conclusions, because most people do find it unthinkable to reject those systems as I reject them. (Comment on this)
10:35a	Diversity initiative support fading The wave of support for diversity initiatives that was triggered by the reaction to the murder of George Floyd is fading, so next year the right wing will try to get rid of them. (Comment on this)
10:35a	Israel's war crimes Bernie Sanders is leading the Senate to demand a report from the State Department on whether Israel is heeding the rules of war. (Comment on this)
10:35a	DeJoy's mail delays DeJoy is continuing with cost-cutting measures that will reduce post office jobs and slow mail delivery, even locally. DeJoy has been at work for years, and the results show. I recently received a bill due Dec 5, which was probably mailed around Nov 28, and I should have received it on Nov 30 or so. The bill arrived on Dec 14. I don't have a time machine, and I am not going to scurry in fear of being called "late". I pay these bills in cash, and I will pay this bill that way, next time I go to that neighborhood -- just as I normally do. (Comment on this)

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