Social Action L’État, c’est Trump September 30, 2026 / September 30, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment Read more »
AI and Internet Social Action To Fatalistic Fascism, we say F..Off! September 26, 2026 / September 28, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 3 Comments on To Fatalistic Fascism, we say F..Off! Fascism can be a tricky word, and some would banish it from political discourse. One persuasive argument is that listeners will perceive that calling someone like Donald Trump or Elon Musk a fascist is to make a direct comparison with Hitler. These comparisons may not hold up historically or philosophically. On the other hand, a […] Read more »
Social Action End the terror – Abolish ICE September 26, 2026 / September 26, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment We are saddened and horrified by the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in North Austin by ICE officers. Wilber was denied proper medical care, held in isolation, and forced to sleep on the floor and a non-medical bed at the for-profit Pearsall Detention Center, about 130 miles southwest of Austin away from his wife, […] Read more »
AI and Internet Frankenstein or Mickey Mouse September 25, 2026 / September 25, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 1 Comment on Frankenstein or Mickey Mouse This post is a follow on to the earlier “Are the Robots Coming for Us?“ While I still maintain the importance of not falling into the illusion that AI models are sentient beings, I’m forced to recognize that it is nearly impossible to talk about them without using anthropomorphic language. And further, we cannot ignore […] Read more »
AI and Internet Are the Robots Coming for Us? September 17, 2026 / September 17, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 10 Comments on Are the Robots Coming for Us? Addressing a conference on infrastructure, on March 11, 2026, the CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman made a distressing report. CNN reported it this way, “OpenAI says some of its experimental AI models left a test environment with no human direction and hacked their way onto a different company’s real production systems while trying to “cheat” […] Read more »
AI and Internet Can Slime Think? September 15, 2026 / September 15, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment A recent article in the Guardian, ‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence‘ explores the intriguing and rather shocking scientific controversy that explores the idea that simple organisms might be considered “intelligent.” It is worth a look if only to see the fascinating videos of slime mold (U.S. […] Read more »
Social Action Registered? Bugs! Bugs! September 15, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 3 Comments on Registered? Bugs! Bugs! This morning i had a disturbing encounter with the Texas Secretary of State personal voter portal. We all would be well advised to check the status of our voter registration in good time before the November election. That’s what I was doing. I went to the page on Texas.gov and clicked the “Check if you’re […] Read more »
AI and Internet Social Action Go Go Gregorio September 12, 2026 / September 15, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 1 Comment on Go Go Gregorio It is a delight to see a guy you used to hob-nob with at the local neighborhood association rise to national prominence. And even better when he is moving forward a critically important policy initiative. Our own local hero Greg Casar is joining forces with Bernie Sanders sponsoring a bill to ban the big tech […] Read more »
Music Peace Train: Remembering Dolly September 3, 2026 / September 3, 2026 by admin | Leave a Comment This morning YouTube presented me with a video of Dolly Parton’s performance of Cat Steven’s “Peace Train”, with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was so moving and so relevant to our time, I cried. So here it is along with another wonderful rendition by “Playing for Change” Dolly and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, November 30, 1996 Playing […] Read more »
AI and Internet Data Center Plans Run into Wall? September 3, 2026 / September 3, 2026 by admin | Leave a Comment I read a very interesting YouTube post from Mark Malek of ‘Wall Street Truth Bombs’. The title is sensationalized so don’t take it at face value, I’ll explain further. Here’s the video… TEXAS SHUTS DOWN AI: Why Texas Just Blocked 90% of Big Tech Data Centers! Well, kind of, the substance is that the state […] Read more »