At first I was unsure if you were referring to the "AIs" of some of the people surrounding them -like boosters, financiers, CEOs, marketers... I think lack of judgement abounds when it comes to AI, so maybe the comment applies to both the producers and the product.

You make a critical point: Borders are legally different than areas in the interior of the country in terms of what law enforcement can do. Special rules apply- and the CPB officer has unusually wide discretion to decide to block, investigate, arrest, or generally make your life difficult. I recall seeing that electronic device searches without warrants are allowed by law at the border, the CBP website confirms this. Rules are very similar in many other countries, in my experience.

Bottom line: Border areas are special in terms of CPB authority (they have much more than usual). Personally I am especially careful at borders, and would not pull any stunts for kicks (though of course I am not saying that's what happened here).

Well, if you need a new EV, I have some Good news! As far as I know this is the only "unconnected" vehicle on the market (I could be wrong). We will see how it sells...

If they do, it would not be the first time the world witnessed such a thing...

I think McClatchy's management's approach is exactly the wrong direction for their organization with the advent of AI. There is a good possibility that in an infinite ocean of machine-generated text of unverifiable information, there will be a market for human-generated news that has a known provenance and is known to be "reliable". They could charge for that, even. I think they would do better to market that rather than chase the slopwagon, as I think there that have exactly 0 advantage over other players in the slop arena- but many legacy costs.

I ran a similar experiment on x from January to about April last year. It helped explain some things to me, like why some folks are reacting to events as they do. But in the end the content was so horrible (and, I strongly suspected, fake), that I closed my account. I hope not everyone's feeds are as toxic as mine became in short order.

Now, on topic of TFA- can I reverse some of my age issues by taking a /. detox for 2 weeks? Its been a constant in my life for about 25 years now, maybe a break would be good!

jk, I could never leave!

Interesting site, thank you! I personally fell on the lower left in my personal score (ec=-2.88&soc=-3.49).

I agree with you, I think there is a strong migration to the upper right. Its not just the US, either. I don't know that a single factor accounts for it, but I do feel that the migration to that quadrant (and extremes in general, along various axes, that I have seen in my life time) is a worrying trend. Of course, societies have all been through cycles of this before, but it is usually painful. I appreciated Jon Grinspan's "Age of actinomy..." in this regard. The US has certainly been here before. And found its way out (at least that time). I recommend it if you are interested in the topic of political tribalism and extremes.

I was also surprised by this. You can read up about the method they use here. See also my reply upthread.

You can read about the methodology they used in detail. While I agree that "media bias ratings are not simple to do, I don;t believe they are impossible or that they need to be subjective. I am not affiliated with AllSides in any way, but I think they have a rigorous methodology.

Yup. And if you are a visual person, here is a chart showing changes in quantified media outlet bias over some years, It's a shame I was not able to find an updated one, but the picture is pretty clear.

Yes, indeed. I add another important one folks often forget: "Do you like to eat?". Agriculture runs on fertilizer and diesel fuel for the machines. Fully agree with your hope for the future, but it is a long road.

Relevant, I think: A recent blog post positing that AI worms might come soon. I suspect this could be the other side of the coin from using AI agents to find vulnerabilities.

... Godzilla!

Recent news indicates that Porsche, at least, should be worried. There seem to be multiple factors at work here, but value and drop in sales to China are among them. Status symbols change over time.

There might be hope for a future release of MacOS.