● Today’s comic by Matt Bors is Coping with the Climatepocalypse:
● Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is a Democrat … again. And, of course, he wants to run for president, because previously Republican billionaires are just what Democrats need to rescue them.
● Flight delayed after woman brings an "emotional support squirrel" onboard. Enough, people. Just enough.
● And here’s something just as stupid, but involving acorns not squirrels.
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● Amazon tried to build a recruiting tool using artificial intelligence to find the top talent. It discriminated against women, and not subtly:
Amazon’s computer models were trained to vet applicants by observing patterns in resumes submitted to the company over a 10-year period. Most came from men, a reflection of male dominance across the tech industry.
In effect, Amazon’s system taught itself that male candidates were preferable. It penalized resumes that included the word “women’s,” as in “women’s chess club captain.” And it downgraded graduates of two all-women’s colleges, according to people familiar with the matter. They did not specify the names of the schools.
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On today’s Kagro in the Morning show: Greg Dworkin brings word that polls say the punditry about Kavanaugh rallying Republicans was wrong. Joan McCarter brings word that "Trump's" rambling op-ed is wrong. And that thing Susan Collins did? Well, that was wrong, too. Way wrong.