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News of the Bogus:

• 0:48 – When AI art has no author: MIT study finds generated images often can’t be traced to any training data https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/when-ai-art-has-no-author-mit-study-finds-generated-images-often-cant-be-traced-any-training
  • Outputs of generative diffusion models are often unattributable https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-75667-5.pdf
• 8:41 – Bad reasons and worse reasons to hate data centers https://reason.com/2026/08/20/bad-reasons-and-worse-reasons-to-hate-data-centers/
  • Republicans Are Pandering to Data Center Hysteria — and Helping China Win the AI War https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/08/20/republicans-are-pandering-to-data-center-hysteria-and-helping-china-win-the-ai-war-n4956347
• 16:53 – The Feds Are Pushing for Unprecedented Access to Your Medical Records https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2026/8/18/the-feds-are-pushing-for-unprecedented-access-to-your-medical-recordsnbsp

20:55 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: Ghent University

• University Suspends American Academic Who Exposed Jason Arday’s Plagiarism https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2026/08/20/cambridge-university-suspends-academic-who-exposed-jason-arday-for-plagiarism-n4956370

25:18 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Europe

• 2026 European Heatwave: Record Temperatures Country-by-Country (Latest Update) https://weatheronthisday.com/trends/2026-european-heatwave

This Week’s Quote: “People say, ‘Well, in Europe they have gun control! In Europe they have socialized medicine!’ Yeah, you know what? In Europe they have state religions and monarchs!” —Tim Slagle

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:43 – Final Judgment: Silencer Shop Foundation v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70709999/137/silencer-shop-foundation-v-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and/
• 5:38 – Florida woman spent 7 months in legal hell after cops used Flock to ID the wrong car https://reason.com/2026/08/13/flock-cameras-and-license-plate-readers-are-everywhere-can-we-trust-cops-with-them/
• 12:10 – Court Faults Self-Represented Plaintiff for Including Hidden “Prompt Injection” in Court Filing https://reason.com/volokh/2026/08/13/court-faults-self-represented-plaintiff-for-including-hidden-prompt-injection-in-court-filing/

19:22 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The European Union

• Quick Facts: Transparency rules for AI systems | Shaping Europe’s digital future https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/factpages/quick-facts-transparency-rules-ai-systems
• Anthropic adds watermark to Claude-generated content https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2026/08/11/anthropic-adds-watermark-to-claude-generated-content/
• How Claude’s text watermarking works https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-text-watermark

26:34 – Idiot Extraordinaire: The News Media

• ‘Project Anchor’ Theory Explained: NASA Denies Gravity Will be Switched Off https://www.newsweek.com/project-anchor-theory-explained-nasa-denies-gravity-will-be-switched-off-12313820

This Week’s Quote: “It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong.” —Isaac Asimov

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News of the Bogus:

• 0:43 – Judge To xAI: If This Law Is So Urgent, Why Did You Wait Three Months To Sue? https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/03/judge-to-xai-if-this-law-is-so-urgent-why-did-you-wait-three-months-to-sue/
  • Lala on X https://x.com/keepgoingAnnie/status/2085074084333801962
• 7:18 – The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/screen-act-threatens-privacy-far-beyond-adult-websites
• 11:04 – Expansion Of Flock Camera Systems Is Leading To Even More False Positives https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/29/expansion-of-flock-camera-systems-is-leading-to-even-more-false-positives/

17:57 – Biggest Bogon Emitter: The Trump Administration

• The US government just banned Roombas https://www.theverge.com/policy/972312/us-robot-ban-sweep-up-chinese-vacuums

21:35 – Idiot Extraordinaire: Francesca Hong

• Democratic socialist Francesca Hong defends call to ‘cancel Thanksgiving’ amid Wisconsin governor race https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6008235-hong-defends-thanksgiving-post/

This Week’s Quote: “There’s no reason to assume that my idea of what’s better would really be better. I resent it when other people try to inflict their ideas of betterness on me. I don’t think they know. And I can’t see any authority on the horizon that’s got any answers that seem worthwhile.” —Frank Zappa

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