Incompetence of the powerful
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All too human
Sam Altman, the public face of OpenAI (ChatGPT vendor) is most of all a fast-talking salesman. He’s really good at that. As such, you can’t really believe anything he ever says; when he says “A”, it’s just a reason to obtain “B”, no matter what it takes. Truth is entirely beside the point. Seems like… Continue reading
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meta meta
I’m not talking about the company formerly known as Facebook. I’m talking about the actual noncommercial sense of “meta,” which is basically self-reference. You have to be careful about letting self-reference tie your thinking up in knots. It gets complicated very quickly. The traitors and dragons (in the sense Tolkien used the term) attempting to… Continue reading
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Cornered
The lying weasels trying and failing to ruin the US are more violent lately. More idiotic “don’t believe your own eyes” bloviation. It’s because they’re cornered, and they know it. I hope there are real consequences on the way for all of them, but there probably won’t be. Maybe a few of the brute squad… Continue reading
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ICYMI
Every once in a while the nonstop liars tell the truth — and sometimes about their lies. Way back in 2024, JD Vance openly admitted that he made up lies about Haitian immigrants, even though his lies led to violence and injuries. “…he wasn’t going to stop repeating his false narrative just because his words… Continue reading
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Bored of peace?
The traitorous right in the US (and maybe elsewhere) has for decades wanted to get rid of the United Nations. The latest attempt is the “Board of Peace” spun up out of nowhere by the orange baby. It’s redundant, ridiculous, and amateurish, like practically everything these slimeballs do. The logo shows not the world, but… Continue reading
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Isn’t this nice
Now that it’s January 21, I’m certainly enjoying my newly lowered credit card rates of just 10%. Just like the orange baby promised. It’s making everything so much more affordable. I bet you’re enjoying the lower rates too. Makes us forget all about Epstein, right? Remember Epstein? You’re not supposed to. Continue reading
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“Two Weeks” again
Now the orange baby says it will sue JP Morgan Chase for closing one of its accounts a few years ago. It’s claiming to have been “de-banked” as a result of its attempted Jan 6 coup. The whole thing is nonsense, just more deflection. They didn’t even “de-bank” Epstein. Oh, remember him? You’re not supposed… Continue reading
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Is it simpler than it seems?
It seems like there are so many reasons for the decline and fall of the United States. But I keep wondering if it mostly comes down to one thing: the decades-long dismantling of public education, and of education in general. The people in the current cadre are not deep thinkers, with only (maybe) a couple… Continue reading
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“Exceptionalism”
For a long, long time “American exceptionalism” has been a jingoistic slogan generally used to tout some way in which the US is touted as better in some way than anywhere else. But “exceptional” doesn’t really mean “better.” It means different. Adam Bonica did some interesting math to illustrate the current state of American exceptionalism.… Continue reading
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It’s all distraction
The orange baby knows the Epstein files have its name all over the place. All it cares about is itself. All it’s worried about is the Epstein files. It’s willing to do anything to change the story, because changing the story is how it has managed to survive for decades. It won’t work forever, but… Continue reading
About Me
I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer (among other things) located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate Bossypaws. No surprise, she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
Check out my other blog, Techlimitics, where I’m grappling with the nature of simplicity. You can also find some of my minor software projects at GitHub. Nothing very impressive. I mostly write tiny utilities in Python.
I find myself suddenly de-corporatized (their choice, not mine). To help keep the lights on, buy me a coffee!