The new French trains are gawgeous. The new Amtrak line is also very very pretty. People in the US do not use Amtrak enough.

I’ll bring some more

I think the temperatures and political climate might be even hotter this summer

You may regret this phrasing.

I completely feel this post

That’s a new fun extreme… reminds me of an old movie. “Whatever it is, I’m against it!” Groucho Marx was wise

I feel that’s manipulation of people though. It impacts kids too. We need regulation and people dedicated to journalistic principles to change that.

I think this is an important point. News WOULDA been decent information, once. In the last 10-maybe 15-years it hasn’t been. It’s been confusing to find truth. Some don’t have great stamina for this stuff and now their neural pathways just won’t. Do. It. They got a simpler guide.

Algorithms have encouraged our natural bias in this area. Half of what we see should reflect opposing opinions but for the last ten years algorithms have fed us what we wanted to hear and we no longer understand how to live in a nation of different opinions. We’re “hurt” by it when it is natural.

I think that’s a dangerous assumption. I don’t think there’s a whole group of uncurious people. I think disinformation wouldn’t be so successful if people weren’t seeking answers. We just assume that answers right for us must be answers right for all. So do those on the other side of the divide.

Allison Winters is one journalist: pagosadailypost.com/2025/02/20/a...