Polistra's Mill

Common opinion seen online: Is it just me, or has mainstream music not only gotten so bad, but it’s also kinda matching up with how dumbed down everything feels now?

Carrots trigger productive thoughts.

The stories on today’s Nieman website show an industry working HARD in every possible way to drive away its customers and empower its enemies.

This week’s weather news is full of the Nor’easter in the Northeast.

Shiny Hunters hacks FBI, exposes list of employee data.

It’s an old old story.

Microsoft proudly announces that Excel can now accept a group of values or things in one cell.

Spending too much passive online time this week, recovering from some tiring stuff.

While everyone is busy disputing the wrong questions about apocalypse, one Congressman hits the correct end of the problem.

Author Daniel Williams notes that several mainline pastors are running for Congress this year with a good chance of success.

The AI demons show a casual and happy attitude toward technically driven apocalypse.

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Sovereign citizens spend HUGE amounts of time and effort “resisting” the legal system, using antiquated bits of law.

Writing about grain elevators made me think of seeds and seed storage.

An odd Zillow listing triggered this tribute.

Congress is passing a very small law that could have a large effect on the Foy Rebellion, the return to analog skills.

The Spokesman has been doing an OUTSTANDING job on the arson epidemic.

Evan Barker’s book is packed with inside info about the current characters in charge of “progressive” politics.

There are lots of jokes about oldsters encrypting against yoots by writing in cursive.

Back to Hudson because I feel like it.

Cute meme: An ancient bench under a tree.

Manweller’s Rule: “Elections” are not allowed to change things.

Back in hippie days I once attended a lecture by Dick Gregory.

I thought IRCs were phased out in 2013 but apparently the PO delayed the deadline until the end of this year.

Oddly enough, her death was unnoticed at Substack.

Tired of the AI shit, which is going to happen no matter what the peasants think.

Following on previous about sugar and spice.

Nieman has a fair-minded article on the decline of science journalism.

Reprinting this 2016 item because I wanted to hear the march, and also because one chance mention has better reference points now. = = = = = START REPRINT: Before 1960 local radio stations, even in big cities, spent a LOT of time serving farmers and agric…

Somebody on substack mentioned the Episcopal tradition of painting the front door red to symbolize the Holy Spirit and a place of sanctuary.

Amodei is giving two messages right now. 1.

Tonight’s rainstorm must have traveled across the Pacific from Australia.

I’m pretty sure Google is letting AI do its programming now.

New Scientist explains clearly and lucidly the latest foofaraw about AI “solving” problems.

Earlier this year I sanded and rasped the back door so I could open it easily.

The new History Today print edition covers a remarkably vast and sophisticated intellectual project in the 800s.

A well-written warning: = = = = = START QUOTE: Informational obesity will kill you.

I’m constantly slamming local prosecutors and judges who dismiss charges and release serious criminals so the criminals can continue stealing and burning.

Buick’s portholes, now seen as a fresh stylistic invention, were just a continuation of old practice.

Archeology has been steadily moving forward with solid discoveries while most other sciences have stagnated or dissolved into insane abstraction or political stupidity.

Bitcoin scammers nabbed 250 million from easy targets without leaving their computers, then splashed the cash all over the place, guaranteeing fast capture.

This cartoon by Jectoons is three years old and it still works perfectly despite all the recent crap on the AI front.

Time to reprint again the genuine history of the symbol, which doesn’t match the standard etymology. = = = = = START REPRINT: I’ve always been bothered by the bizarre-sounding etymology of Ampersand.

I’ve devoted plenty of attention and words to Harding, FDR and Ike as peacemakers.

Via RealClear, a lively article on false etymology.

These fuckers need to be in jail for life.