Please stay safe this holiday weekend
Could hardly be a worse weather day for the Marade: Denver set to celebrates annual MLK "Marade" - Axios Denver
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Come join me and CJ Box to talk about his latest great novel!
Saturday, March 1 in Parker/Lone Tree area
Featured Events | Douglas County Libraries
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Not as good a day as yesterday for private space flight
Today's Guests
Bill Scebbi is President of the Equine Heritage Foundation and Executive Director of the Colorado Egg Producers. We'll talk about horses and eggs, unsurprisingly.
Why are egg prices so high: bird flu, new Colorado law or both?
Horses: New Horse Protection Act requirements February 1, 2025 | APHA
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State Senator Paul Lundeen joins us for the first of many "legislative updates" during this year's Colorado legislative session. Paul is a Republican from Monument and leader of the Republicans in the state senate. He's also a graduate of the Leadership Program of the Rockies.
Colorado Senate Republicans aim to repeal slew of fees, regulations
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Other Stuff
TikTok is less dead today than yesterday: Biden won't enforce TikTok ban, official says | AP News
Metaphorical video about TikTok:
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The Biden administration is proposing a massive reduction in the maximum nicotine level allowed in most smoked tobacco. It will be up to the Trump administration to put the rule in place...or not.
Here are two different takes. The first is a news report but serves as an example of arguments in favor. The second, from the libertarian Reason magazine, argues against:
FDA moves to cut nicotine from cigarettes, in plan first floated under Trump - CBS News
DEA ends airport gate searches after years of civil asset forfeiture abuse
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The reference to the Babel Fish is unbeatable. I think it's fascinating that prior translating systems turned spoken language into text and then turned the text into the other language but the new system skips that intermediate step.
Joint speech and text machine translation for up to 100 languages | Nature
Meta’s new AI model can translate speech from more than 100 languages | MIT Technology Review
Meta’s New AI Translates Speech in Real Time Across More Than 100 Languages
And just for fun
Today's blog picture (the picture on the page that shows all the blog entries) is of Douglas Adams' grave in London. Note the marker number...
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Sure, it's about safety: Aurora seeking new photo speed enforcement operator | Aurora | denvergazette.com
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Interesting bit of inside baseball about Pettersen: Gabe Evans appointed to congressional Problem Solvers Caucus
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Offered without comment: American 'hijab assassin' to be charged over botched hit on British businessman
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To the person in the next-to-last paragraph of this article: yes, please leave. Meanwhile this is utterly outrageous: Alejandro Mayorkas' final tally: $3 billion in extra vacation time for DHS employees - Washington Times
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Rudy's long nightmare is over, but he's much worse off for his egregious lies: Rudy Giuliani avoids trial by settling with Georgia election workers he defamed | CNN Politics
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This is interesting but long. If you don't have time for it all, just read the last 3 paragraphs: ‘Fact Checkers’ Become Rent Seekers - WSJ
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Not sure what's scarier, Mike Johnston protecting Denver citizens from the left or Jared Polis protecting Coloradans from the left.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's vetoes shift city's power dynamic - Axios Denver
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No, Pete Hegseth was not fired and Luigi Mangione did not shoot himself:
Apple Intelligence: iPhone AI news alerts halted after errors
Apple pauses AI summaries that botched news headlines - The Washington Post
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There may be some bad apples in with the bunch and those will get attention in conservative media but conceptually I'm in favor of this. The "war on drugs" has been a disaster for this country. Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges | AP News
Statement from President Joe Biden on Additional Clemency Actions | The White House
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Be ready for next week: Donald Trump has 100 executive orders ready for his first day back in the White House - Washington Times
Today's Video
This was right then and it's right now
It's hard to defeat the swamp, but let's hope they make serious progress
LA Lakers coach laments not just the loss of homes and property, but of community, in the Palisades Fire