John
@johntreynolds.bsky.social
Retired.
My wife and I live near Santa Fe, New Mexico USA.
My wife and I live near Santa Fe, New Mexico USA.
Can the Supreme Court force Congress to exercise its check on the Executive before we end up with a Dictator?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Can the Supreme Court force Congress to exercise its check on the Executive before we end up with a Dictator?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
"The manual cites firing upon shipwreck survivors as an example of a “clearly illegal” order that should be refused."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows
Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"The manual cites firing upon shipwreck survivors as an example of a “clearly illegal” order that should be refused."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Donald is busily making the US "the skunk of the world"
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Donald is busily making the US "the skunk of the world"
"Ruđer Bošković showed us that the universe is not just a machine. It is a dance of forces, a play of attraction and repulsion, and a mystery that invites both mathematical rigor and spiritual wonder."
www.zmescience.com/feature-post...
www.zmescience.com/feature-post...
The 18th-Century Jesuit Priest Who Sketched Quantum Theory Two Centuries Early
Before Einstein, before Bohr, there was a Jesuit priest with a telescope and a startlingly modern vision of the universe.
www.zmescience.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Ruđer Bošković showed us that the universe is not just a machine. It is a dance of forces, a play of attraction and repulsion, and a mystery that invites both mathematical rigor and spiritual wonder."
www.zmescience.com/feature-post...
www.zmescience.com/feature-post...
"When neither the people it's supposed to serve nor the people making money from it are happy, does it work at all?"
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
U.S. health care is broken. Here are 3 ways it's getting worse
One year after UnitedHealthcare's CEO was shot and killed, the crisis in U.S. health care is intensifying — even for the companies and investors who make money from it.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"When neither the people it's supposed to serve nor the people making money from it are happy, does it work at all?"
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Those Sky-High Bitcoin Prices Everyone Said Were Here to Stay? They Left.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Using artificial intelligence to identify Congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system. n.pr/48mmSlu
An independent effort says AI is the secret to topple 2-party power in Congress
Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"The Post reported that after an initial strike showed two survivors, the commander overseeing the attack reportedly ordered a second strike to kill them"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
House and Senate committees launch inquiries into reported second strike on alleged drug boat
Both the House and Senate armed services committees said separately that they would conduct "oversight" into the circumstances around the strikes.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"The Post reported that after an initial strike showed two survivors, the commander overseeing the attack reportedly ordered a second strike to kill them"
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Capitalism has evolved into Short-Term-Profitism...
We're doomed
We're doomed
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Capitalism has evolved into Short-Term-Profitism...
We're doomed
We're doomed
The rush to make money off AI is killing people...
"Waymo spent 15 years with safety drivers before removing them; AI therapy apps skipped this phase entirely."
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
"Waymo spent 15 years with safety drivers before removing them; AI therapy apps skipped this phase entirely."
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
AI Therapy Skipped the Most Important Step
Tessa, the NEDA chatbot, gave problematic eating disorder advice to someone in recovery. AI therapy needs safety measures.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The rush to make money off AI is killing people...
"Waymo spent 15 years with safety drivers before removing them; AI therapy apps skipped this phase entirely."
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
"Waymo spent 15 years with safety drivers before removing them; AI therapy apps skipped this phase entirely."
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
Bluesky needs a similar geolocation tool
Twitter's new geolocation tool reveals not only how many men are interacting with fake accounts pretending to be attractive women, but highlights a disturbing and persistent issue that has long plagued the site:
Coordinated inauthentic behavior.
Coordinated inauthentic behavior.
Twitter's foreign influence problem is nothing new
The platform's just-debuted geolocation tool illuminates a disturbing and persistent issue.
www.motherjones.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Bluesky needs a similar geolocation tool
50 States with equal populations
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
50 States with equal populations
It's absurd to think that any "question answering service" that gives wrong answers is worth paying for.
studyfinds.org/chatgpts-hal...
studyfinds.org/chatgpts-hal...
ChatGPT's Hallucination Problem: Study Finds More Than Half Of AI's References Are Fabricated Or Contain Errors In Model GPT-4o
New study finds ChatGPT fabricates 20% of academic citations and introduces errors in 45% of real references, posing risks for researchers.
studyfinds.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's absurd to think that any "question answering service" that gives wrong answers is worth paying for.
studyfinds.org/chatgpts-hal...
studyfinds.org/chatgpts-hal...
Cryptocurrency makes stuffing cash in my mattress seem like a great idea
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/b...
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/b...
Crypto plunge wipes out nearly $400 billion in a week
Bitcoin has lost a third of its value since setting an all-time high in early October.
www.axios.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Cryptocurrency makes stuffing cash in my mattress seem like a great idea
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/b...
www.axios.com/2025/11/21/b...
