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AI Costs Human Lawyer His Job… Just Not The Way The Tech People Expected — See Generally

AI-Brained AUSA Falls On His Sword... I Wonder If That Was Also ChatGPT's Advice: Federal prosecutor who filed AI-hallucinations -- and then made misleading statements about how they got there -- r...

Shorely You Jest

Read Shorely You Jest Guest: "Why is a five-star resort allowing its private beach to have so much sand! It gets everywhere! I can't walk on the beach without it getting in my shoes!" Read Shorely ...

Lexxual Debauchery: Season 3

After their struggles against His Divine Shadow and Mantrid led to the destruction of the entire Light Universe, the crew of the Lexx have fled to the other universe – the Dark Zone. Almost immedia...

Weeknotes 2026-03-15

This week's entry coming in just a little bit late because I was busy yesterday. The World The Iran conflict enters its third week. Trump claims it will be over soon but I am skeptical. Everyone is...

Oh, Well, Whatever, Never Mind

So, the funny thing is that I really did want to blog for the 25th anniversary of Firefly next year because it was my home fandom for a decade, but now that there’s a new project I think I’m alread...

Brendan Carr and the Fog of War

In war, the facts are hard to determine. In Carr’s war against broadcasters, the facts are easier to see.

Daily News Stuff 15 March 2026

Wiffly Waffly Edition Top Story Montana's Governor Greg Gianforte has signed into law the state's Right to Compute Act, the first legislation of its kind. (Western MT News) Before you celebrate, th...

We asked our Japanese team of writers how they deal with seasonal allergies in Japan

When you’re all choked up and there’s nose way out, take a leaf out of our book to get yourself out of the throes of nose blows. We’re approaching that lovely time of year again in Japan, when the ...

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 03-15-26

I missed posting Pook-Emu Bee links on Friday and Saturday was newsletter day. But today we are back and ready to trim down my list of unused Pook-Emu Bee links. If you enjoy the (almost) daily lin...

Griffin McElroy On Writing His CYOA Book The Stowaway

I got to see Griffin at his only event about his new book The Stowaway where he did a live reading and gave advice on writing a CYOA book.

Strategic Snapshot: U.S.–PRC Tech Competition

Under General Secretary Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made technology competition the focus of its long-term struggle against the West.

The Double Marriage

So Sibylla of Jerusalem married Guy of Lusignan and spoiled the plot of others to marry her to someone else. He brother, King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, was content that now there was someone to inhe...

10 Hacks Every Signal User Should Know

“Signal is one of my favourite messaging apps because of its focus on privacy and security. I use it to message my closest friends regularly, and in the process, I’ve discovered a fair few hidden f...

The Incredible Story of Elyesa Bazna, the Spy Who Warned the Germans of the D-Day landings and Was Paid with Counterfeit Money

In 1952 the American director Joseph L. Mankiewicz released 5 Fingers, a film in which James Mason portrays a spy named Ulysses Diello. Set during the Second World War, it tells a true story by ada...

Bothering to understand

First it makes you slow, then it makes you fast (maybe)

Search the Past

In today’s world of content generated by the Weighted Random Word Generators (also known as Large Language Models (LLMs); too often incorrectly referred to as Artificial Intelligence), the vast maj...

AI is useful for publishing, but only when it removes drudgery

AI can help a publishing workflow when it handles repetitive operational work around material that already exists. It starts making the work worse when it replaces editorial judgment.

Self-Check Yourself Before You Securely Wreck Yourself

Read Self-Check Yourself Before You Securely Wreck Yourself The swearing I could tolerate. The bad attitude I could tolerate. Calling me an ableist slur? Nope, not happening. I literally dropped th...

From Chief Judge Boasberg's Opinion Quashing Grand Jury Subpoena Related to Fed Chair Jerome Powell

For more on the opinion, see this post. The post From Chief Judge Boasberg's Opinion Quashing Grand Jury Subpoena Related to Fed Chair Jerome Powell appeared first on Reason.com.