Letter from Convention-Goers to Seattle: Your Homelessness Problem Is Out of Control
“Based on my recent visit, I believe the problem is out of control.”
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Mitt Romney: I Agree.
I’m with Mitt Romney: I’d vote YES on Article I and NO on Article II. The enormous powers of the Executive Branch should not be marshaled or weaponized to damage, investigate or monitor political opponents. That’s a terrible precedent. This goes for a president coaxing foreign allies either with favor or via threatened-withheld resources to…
Candidate Questions for the 2021 Seattle Election: Prosecution for Misdemeanors
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West Coast Progressives: It’s Time to Show Your Work.
It’s October 2023. Let’s check-in on the empirical results of progressive policymaking over the past decade. Has it been the “compassionate” and “effective” approach that we were promised?
Say it with me: Progressive Policies Are Inflationary
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DeOldify: Auto-color B&W Photos with Machine Learning
I’ve just discovered an incredibly cool project on Github: DeOldify, which uses deep learning to automatically colorize old black & white photos. It’s not perfect, but what it’s able to do is pretty amazing, and improving rapidly. In addition to ninja-level coding, author Jason Antic (@citnaj on Twitter) does a terrific job writing up how…
