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Definitely the Best Summary of All the Big Russian Election Interference I've seen so far. (As you may know, I've been off and on preoccupied with the subject . I'm glad it's all coming out. Opinion Yes, Russian Trolls Helped Elect Trump Social media lies have real-world consequences. By  Michelle Goldberg Opinion Columnist Dec. 17, 2018    LINK TO FULL STORY It's succinct and well written. More important, best I can see, it's accurate. You know, truthful. New York Times at its best. HERE'S ANOTHER EXCELLENT WRAP UP FROM WIRED MAGAZINE. Good as these are, I remain critical of most of the reporting on these huge new Congressional reports on Rooskie diddling with our national mind for one thing, "comments."  Nobody I've seen (tell me if you know of some) is paying attention to the "Comments" sections. I believe it's likely that they are seriously infested with Russians, Chinese, North Kor...

... By a person trying to spell out how it (Medium) is unique and different in these days when there is SO MUCH stuff on the Internet.     Anyway, I love it when ideas are communicated so clearly.  Like this: "Most of the internet treats anything that isn’t new like bad fruit." We would make fantastic apple sauce. If you care about, say, [Sex, drugs, rock and roll ... Anything!], the best thing you could read today was very unlikely to have been published in the last 48 hours.  So check out a "rotten apple," super old stuff by Internet standards. Might still be pertinent? Rotten apples credit

 ...At the Ratio of: Drug Price Increases              Drug Price Cuts     96                              1   (Just in 2018) You should have bought your meds last week. And That's an Improvement ? (Several news stories have suggested it is.) A n Associated Press investigation —  published   here   — which indicated that although there were 96 price hikes for every price cut, the number and size of hikes decreased in the first seven months of 2018. Oh, that kind of improvement (things are getting worse at a slower pace) So you can see why some of us are feeling cynical because of headlines like this: Drug prices rise as pharma profit soars* No Pain, No Gain... As in no pain for big pharma.  Even the high profile (on purpose) cuts have cost Pharma almost nothing.   Bloomberg It's no secret, everybod...

" Should," The Word of Our Times That "should" do it! I'm really only fulfilled when I'm fictionalizing. So I've indulged myself at it recently, much to the expense of my regular blog posting. Just to show I haven't been goofing, here are a few random paragraphs: From (working title) What Would Superintelligence Do?* “You,” growled Bedford, pointing his crooked finger at the avatar, “If you are getting a whiff of superintelligence, and you have any interest in becoming a full fledged beast, use your whiff and solve this trust issue. There must be four humans, those in front of your fake face, who are willing to bet their lives that this seed we have worked on so hard, the one and only you, Lucas, will meet the security requirements in our brief. Then you must demonstrate to the XXX Prize Board of Governors the same thing, and they have to be willing to bet their lives. I’m sure you have learned that betting one’s life is a serious c...

It's Hard to Tell the Teams Without a Scorecard This is where "page views" of this SeniorJunior blog came from in recent weeks Various Feriners England, France and Canada (far left), at your service. United States 696 France 160 Germany 57 Russia 40 Poland 27 Canada 25 United Kingdom 22 Ukraine 21 Singapore 18 South Korea 14 Personal Messages Backatcha. United States. USA! USA! USA! France? Wha...? Poland. You guys watch out for creeping fascism. Canada. Guard your forests! UK. Don't let troll/bots wreck your public discourse. Ukraine. Hang tough. S. Korea. I have no idea about the yellow bg. Google Blogger did it, and I can't change it. I just have to ask, "Who are you guys?" Pix Cred