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July 01, 2022

Putin’s Propaganda is Rooted in Russian History – and That’s Why it Works

Putin’s popularity is skyrocketing, with 83% saying they support their leader. Most Russians also support the Ukraine war. Putin gives Russians what they have been missing since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 – a surge of national pride....

June 30, 2022

Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa Vows to Fight Philippines Order Shutting Rappler Site

‘Kill’ order to revoke news website’s certificates of incorporation made in final days of Rodrigo Duterte’s rule...

June 26, 2022

Do LGBTQ Animals Get Discriminated Too?

We have had several pets in the past who appeared to have gay or lesbian characteristics. When they insist on indulging in sexual activities with our other ‘straight’ pets, the ‘straight’ ones get annoyed. However, they are rarely troubled by them....

June 26, 2022

Google’s Powerful AI Spotlights a Human Cognitive Glitch: Mistaking Fluent Speech for Fluent Thought

Words can be misleading, and it is all too easy to mistake fluent speech for fluent thought....

June 24, 2022

The Nutribun Returns, Reviving Myths and Misery of a Bygone Marcos Era

It is not only the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr making a comeback in the Philippines. A fortified bread known as nutribun, and the controversy surrounding it, has also reappeared....

June 23, 2022

The Long, Uncertain Road to Artificial General Intelligence

"When a developer tells me their plan is to wait for an artificial general intelligence to magically emerge from the miasma of big data like a mudfish from primordial soup, I tend to think they’re skipping a few steps.”...

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