THIS WILL KEEP YOU AWAKE TONIGHT
The World’s Leading Deepfake Expert No Longer Trusts His Own Eyes
In the age of A.I., Hany Farid is struggling to prove what’s real before the internet decides for itself. A tip of the PSACOT hat to Joe Kashi, who unlocked it for us.

CBS Publicly Self-Destructs

Here’s a fun-pak of links to my recent political work
• The Donald Trump Hour
• Arc Of History Snares Ellison/CBS As Justice Arrives—Maybe
• An Open Letter To The People “Running” Paramount/Skydance (More Like Ruining/Controlled Flight Into Terrain)[Controlled Flight into terrain is private pilot talk for “Good Weather, pilot at the controls, flew plane into the ground.” Not widely known, but self-obvious]
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19th Century Vocabulary Inflicts Obscurity
Does anyone have the whim-whams any more? The Heebie-Jeebies? If not, why not? What do the cool cats say now if something makes them uncomfortable? Beat-down? Dumbledore? So 2002?
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Dating Site Defined?
Is a dating site a meat and greet?
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Quotes Impress Readers
It’s been a while since I plugged my quotes page. In keeping with this week’s theme, there is wry humor and wit therein. See if you can find it.
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Radio Show Declared Humor-Adjacent
I thought it was funny when I wrote/performed The New Eugene Oregon Show 53 years ago. See if you agree. FYI, I asked Phil Proctor about all the material I plagiarized from the Firesign Theater. His response: “We don’t use the ‘P’ word. We call it paying homage to those who came before.”

The New Eugene Oregon Show

Can’t … Resist… One… AI… Item
The antivirus vendor Malwarebytes reports that Meta’s AI support bot happily handed Instagram accounts to hackers. Hey, if you want to destroy the digital lives of your customers, why not follow Meta’s lead and lay off all your customer support human beings? Who cares? They’re just your customers. The only cost will be goodwill, until you get your ass sued off.