Tuesday Links - 17 June

Clayton Cramer starts us off with This Is So Profoundly Progressive

What looks like mother and son telling a black woman off who wants to get to work to feed her family laughing at the idea of work.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Your Fault: San Francisco’s Fog Could Maybe Possibly Disappear

No data, but, plenty of fearmongering.

Miguel Gonzalez - Unnecessary Worry, perhaps even dangerous.. On the subject of shotguns in self-defense.

You used a firearm in defense of life against another human being, which means you will be given an investigative colonoscopy and there is nothing you can do about it but keep your cool and follow the recommendations of Massad Ayoob.

Mike LaChance at Legal Insurrection - Faculty Members at UC-Berkeley Wonder if Trump and Other Critics Have a Point

It looks like some folks at the famously far-left school are having a moment of clarity.

The Other McCain - ‘Politically Motivated Assassination’ Targets Two Minnesota Democrats UPDATE: Suspect Identified, Had ‘Manifesto’ — ‘No Kings’ Motive? UPDATE: ‘False Flag’? It’s So Confusing!

While we await official confirmation, I must emphasize the need to beware of rumors and speculation about motive.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 14 June 2025: Lizard Oil Edition

Corporate adoption of AI is slowing as it turns out that it's expensive and kind of useless. (The Register)

Gartner warned last year that end user organizations adopting AI could discover "500 to 1,000 percent errors of AI cost estimates are possible," because of vendor price hikes, not paying attention to the cost, or simply inappropriate use of AI.

Yeah, beancounters love it when bills are unexpectedly ten times higher than you told them.

Wombat Socho - FMJRA 2.0: September in Washington. I know it is not fantasy baseball in the usual sense, but it is something similar, with a distinctly time-shifted calendar.

Ah, September…the month when the rosters expand, the kids go back to school, the miserable sweaty heat lingers over the Anacostia, and the crowds at RFK dwindle as the Senators get beaten like a rented mule.

Again from Miguel Gonzalez - David Mamet on Trigger Warnings

From his book “Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood” where he takes a dull machete and finely guts the film industry.

Again from William Teach - NC Democratic Rep Posts Call To Assassinate Trump

Now, if Julie was a Republican all the local news outlets would be calling for her to be booted from the General Assembly. They’d feature numerous quotes from Democrats decrying what she did and calling for her to be booted. It would probably make the national news, and be part of segments on the 630 evening news. And mentioned on the morning shows this morning. But, she’s a Democrat, so, the double standard plays hard.