Friday, December 16, 2022

AI Learns To Write Computer Code in ‘Stunning’ Advance ~~ Matthew Hutson

 https://portside.org/2022-12-11/ai-learns-write-computer-code-stunning-advance

DeepMind’s AlphaCode outperforms many human programmers in tricky software challenges

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Record Turnout in Georgia? Not Quite. ~~ Greg Palast

 https://www.truthdig.com/articles/record-turnout-in-georgia-not-quite/

A 1-million-vote nosedive in turnout was well-concealed by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp to cover up the effects of “Jim Crow 2.O” at the launch his presidential campaign.

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Music Friday for Class Strugglers - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five ~~ dmorista

Louis Jordan was one of the innovators, and he was among the earliest musicians playing the early versions of what later became recognized as R & B and Rock n Roll.  His music always revealed its roots in the Swing Band music of the 1930s, but he was ahead of his time.  The R & B, and  Rock n Roll of the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s would not have been the same without his influence.  Jordan was an American Original of the first rank.  There are some links, to 6 records and to a video about Jordan, at the bottom of this article.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Kindred Review: Compelling FX Drama Takes a Modern-Day Look at the Horrors of Antebellum Life ~~ Quinci LeGardye

https://portside.org/2022-12-11/kindred-review-compelling-fx-drama-takes-modern-day-look-horrors-antebellum-life 

In this small-screen adaptation of Octavia Butler’s novel, a 21st-century woman has to protect her slave-owning ancestor

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“The Jakarta Method”: Torture, Mass Murder, and U.S. Imperialism Throughout the Global South

“Cold War Terror Against the Left: The Jakarta Method & Why It Still Matters, w/ Vincent Bevins”, Dec 12, 2022, Rania Khalek interview with Vincent Bevins, Rania Khalek Dispatches, BreakThrough News, at   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFFcj1f9K18&list=PLwZtBKjGSMzW-grFNiIzMyvqBYznqN2dg&index=1> 

“Anti-Communist Massacres Killed Indonesia’s Hopes for National Liberation and Socialism”, May.19, 2020, Benjamin Fogel interviews Vincent Bevins, Jacobin Magazine, at                       < https://jacobin.com/2020/05/anti-communist-massacres-indonesia-brazil-communism> 

“The Innocents at Risk From a U.S.-China Cold War: The People With the Most to Lose in a U.S.-China Cold War”, Sep. 2021, Vincent Bevins, The Atlantic, at                           <https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/09/us-china-cold-war/620223 >  


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Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could mean ‘near-limitless energy’

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/12/breakthrough-in-nuclear-fusion-could-mean-near-limitless-energy

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Monday, December 12, 2022

The Class Conflict Between Elites and Workers Goes Back to America’s Founding ~~ William Hogeland, Astra Taylor

 https://portside.org/2022-12-11/class-conflict-between-elites-and-workers-goes-back-americas-founding

You wouldn’t know it from the widespread glorification of America’s “founding fathers,” but the years around American independence were shot through with class conflict between elites and working people. And most of the founding fathers were on the wrong side.

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The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court ~~ Sheldon Whitehouse

 The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court.  Sheldon Whitehouse talks about his recent book on C-Span's Book TV. Duration of Show 1:12:40, November 21, 2022, at                                                                              < https://www.c-span.org/video/?524046-1/the-scheme > 

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New changes to MAiD laws are 'a bridge too far' for some — including doctors

 Medically Assisted Death

As more medically assisted deaths are taking place than ever in Canada, the country is in the midst of a contentious debate about whether MAiD laws are expanding too far, too fast.

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Protests begin at the COP 15 conference in Montreal ~~ Brian Champ

 http://www.socialist.ca/node/4654

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