Scripting News: Sunday, August 25, 2024

The problem with the state-by-state abortion laws that Trump says he favors: 1. The women in states that ban abortion who will die as a result of the bans, and many more who will be severely injured, and all will have their freedoms severely restricted. 2. He's lying. When Congress passes a national abortion ban he'll sign it and boast about it, of course.#
If you're interested in languages and compiler compilers and how to bootstrap a scripting environment, then you'll enjoy the progress I've made in the project to get UserTalk running in today's environments. I welcome comments from experienced or curious language devs. #
Walt Mossberg: "Journalists have one core job: to tell the truth, especially when it's clear. The staff of the NY Times has done it in the past, even at great risk. Why don't they do it now?"#
My response: "We have no visibility into the inner workings of the NYT. We can't vote them out of office. We can't even rebut them. They rarely carry opposing opinions." #

Linkblog items for the day.

Trump says abortion legislation should be left to states. cnn.com
"We have no visibility into the inner workings of the NYT. We can't vote them out of office. We can't even rebut them. They rarely carry opposing opinions." threads.net
Walt Mossberg: "Journalists have one core job: to tell the truth, especially when it's clear. The staff of the NY Times has done it in the past, even at great risk. Why don't they do it now?" threads.net
Interview with Kamala Harris's aunt in India. Really interesting. Her mother came to the US on a Fullbright scholarship. tiktok.com
Stephen Wolfram thinks we need philosophers working on big questions around AI. techcrunch.com
I've watched Michelle Obama ask dozens of times who's gonna tell Trump that the job he's seeking might just be one of them black jobs and it makes me laugh every damn time. youtube.com
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