Please Stop Calling Everything AI
This is a battle that I suppose I have no hope of winning, but it would sure be nice if journalists (and marketing folks) could stop throwing around the term AI for everything that works a little better than it did last year. It’s true that some of the advances in things like machine learning,…
Finally, Some More Science Might Explain Those Mysterious “Microwave Attacks” on US Diplomats
The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba on December 18, 2018.Emily Michot/TNS via ZUMA Wire Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.A team of experts advising the government have partially explained the so-called Havana syndrome, the mysterious neurological…
Trump Once Again Bullies Georgia Governor to Overturn Election Results—This Time By Phone
President Donald Trump greets Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife Marty during a campaign stop in September.Evan Vucci/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The Washington Post reported on Saturday that Trump placed a personal phone…
Congress Is About to Bar Unidentified Federal Agents From Policing Protests
Bureau of Prisons agents block protesters from assembling in front of Lafayette Park in Washington DC on June 3, 2020.Sue Dorfman/ZUMA Wire Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Congress is set to approve a defense policy bill…
Republicans Still Refuse to Acknowledge Biden Win
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The Washington Post has today’s least surprising headline: This is so appalling. It doesn’t even matter what the reason is. Maybe it’s mass delusion. Maybe it’s cowardice. Maybe it’s just the…
Fact of the Day: California Is Doing Better Than Most on COVID-19
Here in California, new lockdowns and travel restrictions are the order of the day. This extreme response to rising COVID-19 cases is based on ICU capacity, so it’s perfectly reasonable. However, it’s prompted a spate of articles about how the coronavirus is “raging out of control” in California with an astonishing 22,000 new cases recorded…