Not that Congress cares

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A Modest Proposal

The neuroscience of learned control, the AI safety crisis no one should ignore, and why the fight over data centers is really about who holds the power.

Documents show a Microsoft exec called AI the "largest theft of labor in human history.” New AI regulations are besides the point, the problem is we don’t apply existing laws to the powerful.

Here's a render of a Glyphcaster from the City of Ten Thousand Daggers that I did during Leighton's OSE game today.

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How a Pigovian automation tax can turn AI’s productivity gains into a 4-day, 32-hour workweek and universal healthcare

Why are big AI firm trying to create billionaires from a technology they say may end the world? There are real risks to AI, but something is very off about the latest social panic.

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RISE pilot programs propose government-controlled spending, behavioral requirements, and weekly surveillance instead of the cash and freedom of choice of basic income

Following up on my earlier post ( I Was Wrong About Solo RPGs ) here is a play report of one of my Solo Star Borg sessions.  This was the s...

Liberalism has morphed into its opposite.

Five sneaky phrases Washington uses to control your vote

World Anvil is a worldbuilding community and collection of tools for authors, role playing games storytellers and worldbuilding lovers

Dolly Parton had a power no president does: the ability to influence basically anyone for the better.

How the queen of country music gave unconditional cash to wildfire survivors — and proved basic income works

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The interplay of social interactions and game rules can be tricky. They often either create a situation where the player’s social skills trump the character or reduce the interaction to a die roll,

Hey folks, I skipped the newsletter last month, mainly because I didn’t have much to report other than “still working on Diner Punks.” News & Updates I was...

Joins Trump's war on “Far-Left Extremism”

Gearing for a White House run, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laughs off "Woke 1" as "a little crazy." On the strategy of losing every political battle in order to win the political war

I started this one during Leighton's Dolmenwood game yesterday. The next set in my list was a Cyberpunk hotel lobby, so the plan was to use

Abdul El-Sayed’s victory is earthquake for Democratic Party old guard

I just finished Road Kill by Kinky Friedman--it's the one where he has to save Willie Nelson from an Indian curse--and it occurred to me last week that there are no Kinky-related American Artifacts. L

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My original plan was to start the Kickstarter for Diner Punks on July 4th (seemed appropriate for a game about American swagger) and release

If our decisions are shaped by forces we never chose, then punishing people for those decisions and withholding the resources that would improve them is our true moral failure.

The Federal government built a global navigation system, nicknamed "Lighthouses in the Sky" on which Google Maps, Wall Street, and shipping rely. Just don't call it socialism.

In response to reader questions about paywalled articles, I've unlocked prior reports.

My next location was called Tulvakammio, and it's either a sci-fi sewage plant or a hotel for the unbearable rich. I kind of split the diffe

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I guess it's true: you can't hate the news media enough.

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Francesca Hong and the death of old school politics

A rockabilly road trip through apocalyptic America.

On speech, Donald Trump is making a mess, for himself and the country.

From AI chats to the new AP stylebook to a long list of political crazes, online America is constantly looking for ways to put words in your mouth