Category Archives: Journalism

Weird article which mentions me; is this AI slop?

I recently stumbled across this article that mentions me: https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/federal-and-state-actions-reshape-privacy-regulations-237420 (archive link) I found it curious. I’m guessing that it’s AI-generated, and that therefore probably the whole site, “The Pinnacle Gazette”, is probably just an AI slop farm, despite its claim that it is a haven for “intelligent journalism”. What do you think?

Washington Post downplays excess mortality, Long COVID in its most recent article about COVID deaths

To: ariana.cha@washpost.com, dan.keating@washpost.comSubject: What about excess mortality? What about Long COVID?Date: November 28, 2022 Your article in today’s Washington Post committed a grave error in not mentioning even a single word about the fact that the statistics you were citing reflected only deaths officially classified as being caused by COVID, which is a massive undercount… Read More »

“Ask Amy” has been removed from the comics aggregator

The advice column “Ask Amy”, written by Amy Dickinson, has been removed from my comics aggregator and will not be coming back. Advice columnists draw from three wellsprings: advice, compassion, and judgment. All three have their place, and different responses call for different measures of each one. Good columnists accompany all three with a healthy… Read More »

#GlobeDelivery also fails to NOT deliver to people who DON’T want papers

(See the previous chapter of the Globe Direct saga.) To the staff of the Boston Globe and everyone else who has anything to do with your vile “Globe Direct In association with redplum” weekly advertising circulars: When I asked you over and over and over again for six months to stop mailing me your advertising circulars…… Read More »