Self-driving cars
Fig. 1. Photograph by Mark Doliner, August 1, 2012, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
It sure looks like at least the Cruise self-driving cars don’t do so well when they lose a mobile data connection; that this might happen in hilly terrain shouldn’t even be remotely surprising. There may be other triggers for misbehavior as well, but these are not identified in Aaron Gordon’s article.[1]
Aaron Gordon, “San Franciscans Keep Calling 911 About Baffling Self-Driving Car Behavior,” Vice, January 27, 2023, https://www.vice.com/en/article/93apqv/san-franciscans-keep-calling-911-about-baffling-self-driving-car-behavior
Gilead
Gun nuttery
Fig. 1. “Rally Against Gun Control ‘Come and Take it’ flag at the Minnesota State Capitol,” photograph by Fibonacci Blue [pseud.], April 28, 2018, via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Eric Lutz, “Can Illinois's Assault Weapons Ban Survive Scores of Rogue Sheriffs?” Vanity Fair, January 27, 2023, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/can-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-survive-scores-of-rogue-sheriffs
Police White supremacist gangs
Fig. 1. Photograph by Lorie Shaull, April 1, 2021, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Libor Jany, Noah Goldberg, and James Queally, “Video shows Memphis officers kicking, punching Tyre Nichols as he calls for his mother,” Los Angeles Times, January 27, 2023, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-27/tyre-nichols-family-calls-for-peaceful-protests-when-video-released
Eric Lutz, “Can Illinois's Assault Weapons Ban Survive Scores of Rogue Sheriffs?” Vanity Fair, January 27, 2023, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/01/can-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-survive-scores-of-rogue-sheriffs
Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Hartfield, “Video shows Tyre Nichols calling for his mother, beaten by officers now charged in his death,” CNN, January 28, 2023, https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/27/us/tyre-nichols-memphis-friday/index.html
Megan Guza, “Activists seek Pittsburgh police changes after Tyre Nichols’ death in Memphis,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 30, 2023, https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2023/01/30/pittsburgh-police-tyre-nichols-stop-and-frisk-pretext-traffic-stops-tim-stevens-black-political-empowerment-project-bpep/stories/202301300065
Housekeeping
I have deleted my Discord server and account. I am attempting to delete my Tribel account. I’m keeping my Post account for now. None of these offers the quality of interaction I seek and mostly find on Mastodon (profile here).
I have not yet decided what to do about Twitter and Facebook.
- [1]Aaron Gordon, “San Franciscans Keep Calling 911 About Baffling Self-Driving Car Behavior,” Vice, January 27, 2023, https://www.vice.com/en/article/93apqv/san-franciscans-keep-calling-911-about-baffling-self-driving-car-behavior↩