Peter J Carroll
@peterjcarroll.bsky.social
Chicago， Maine， Shanghai， Taipei, here, and there. aka 柯必德 So many bots--I hope they're bots...
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Jury selection began Friday for the trial of the man accused of killing an 11-year-old boy in Edgewater last year.
Jury selection begins in trial of man accused of killing boy trying to protect mother in Edgewater
Jury selection began Friday for the trial of the man accused of killing an 11-year-old boy in Edgewater last year.
abc7.ws
May 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Jury selection began Friday for the trial of the man accused of killing an 11-year-old boy in Edgewater last year.
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At least we have the foreign press to tell us how it is
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
At least we have the foreign press to tell us how it is
Concerned about student reliance on AI, freaked out about AI friendship with sweet-talking, sycophantic LLMs--which have been known to suggest self-harm? Well...
www.dw.com/en/love-from...
www.dw.com/en/love-from...
Love from your smartphone: AI marriages in Japan – DW – 12/20/2025
In Japan, more people are "marrying" virtual partners. Yurina Noguchi’s case shows how AI can seemingly help people to feel less lonely, while also raising ethical questions about love and our depende...
www.dw.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Concerned about student reliance on AI, freaked out about AI friendship with sweet-talking, sycophantic LLMs--which have been known to suggest self-harm? Well...
www.dw.com/en/love-from...
www.dw.com/en/love-from...
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Für Elise
Stefanick’s campaign proved to be more pathétique than eroica. But if you asked her why she dropped out, she’d probably plead the fifth.
by Maureen Dowd
Stefanick’s campaign proved to be more pathétique than eroica. But if you asked her why she dropped out, she’d probably plead the fifth.
by Maureen Dowd
December 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Für Elise
Stefanick’s campaign proved to be more pathétique than eroica. But if you asked her why she dropped out, she’d probably plead the fifth.
by Maureen Dowd
Stefanick’s campaign proved to be more pathétique than eroica. But if you asked her why she dropped out, she’d probably plead the fifth.
by Maureen Dowd
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These College Republicans say Hitler was a good leader and Jews are a money-hoarding societal ill. Some College Democrats disagree.
December 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
These College Republicans say Hitler was a good leader and Jews are a money-hoarding societal ill. Some College Democrats disagree.
Nations with the highest ratio of guns to people were the United States (120 guns for every 100 people), Yemen (52 guns per 100 people), New Caledonia (42 per 100), Serbia (39 per 100) and Montenegro (also 39).
www.dw.com/en/guns-how-...
www.dw.com/en/guns-how-...
Guns: How Australia's tightening laws compare globally – DW – 12/16/2025
Australia's governments are poised to further tighten what are already some of the world's most restrictive gun ownership laws. Its attitude is a contrast to other nations around the world.
www.dw.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Nations with the highest ratio of guns to people were the United States (120 guns for every 100 people), Yemen (52 guns per 100 people), New Caledonia (42 per 100), Serbia (39 per 100) and Montenegro (also 39).
www.dw.com/en/guns-how-...
www.dw.com/en/guns-how-...
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Anthony Albanese says he will take a proposal for tougher gun laws, including limits on the number of firearms a person can hold, to National Cabinet when it meets on Monday.
Breaking: Albanese proposes tougher gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack
Anthony Albanese says he will take a proposal for tougher gun laws, including limits on the number of firearms a person can hold, to National Cabinet when it meets on Monday.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Anthony Albanese says he will take a proposal for tougher gun laws, including limits on the number of firearms a person can hold, to National Cabinet when it meets on Monday.
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Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other Chinese elites are building mega-families by hiring American surrogates.
The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
on.wsj.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other Chinese elites are building mega-families by hiring American surrogates.
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When students use AI to write their papers and professors use AI to grade them.
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
When students use AI to write their papers and professors use AI to grade them.
Oh, Pookie! So many associates and admirers...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
How a Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking Was Freed
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Oh, Pookie! So many associates and admirers...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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What an interesting coincidence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an interesting coincidence.