Practicing political scientist, hiker, tabletop gamer, etc in Northern Arizona
Stephen Meserve
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‘Cos. that raced to put AI tools in the hands of their workers are starting to rein in their use as the cost of deploying the tech at scale tests budgets. Amazon, Walmart, Cisco, Uber and Meta are now discouraging wasteful use or pushing employees to cheaper models.‘ www.ft.com/content/1d37...
19 Jun 2026
The reflecting pool is actually a great metaphor for tough civic problems that evade easy fixes, the risks of ignoring experts, and the allure and hazards of contracting out a fix and calling it a day.
RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”.
A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24.
Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.
Nobody used the term "arms race," but that's what they're describing: enormous pressure, including from some professors, to use AI or fall behind those who are. Many say they hate it, don't want to use it, but they feel like now it's submit or fail. 5/
