Sunday, September 20, 2026

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

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by Eric Goldfarb A smudge no larger than a lentil darkened the water glass. By breakfast, yellow tape had reached the horizon. No body. No b...

FEAR, IN SILENCE

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by  Peter Lilly BBC, September 14, 2026 “The world is right to be afraid” at the mercy of a merciless wave “but we should trust AI firms.” C...

AI IS US

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by Murray Silverstein AI-generated graphic by NightCafé for  The New Verse News . Feed the poems to the bot             all the ones that ev...

WATSON IN THE CHAIN OF EVOLUTION

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by Peg Quinn Watson is a system of Artificial Intelligence science fiction long imagined, tracking genetic codes, human faces and the “finge...

SOME FIELDS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN REVOLUTIONARY

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by Hilary King “These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight…” —Jacob Coxon, on quittin...

MISALIGNMENT

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by Phyllis Frakt I ask about the best shade for an east-facing window. It wants to see a photo, calmly tweaks its advice.   I ask why the mu...
Saturday, September 19, 2026

CALL TO ARMS

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by  Ellen Jeri When truth is trampled far and near, and all around is hate and fear, then I’ll fight back with all I have: my voice, my pen,...

THE CIRCUS COMES TO SAN DIEGO

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by Steve Rodriguez September 16, 2026 Someone whispers, the circus is in town .  A dark  caravan is seen parading down the road. We might ex...
Friday, September 18, 2026

BEYOND THE TIPPING POINT

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by Tamara Madison " Climate goals missed, UN says" — The New York Times , September 2, 2026  Heron so still we do not see him; the...

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO THE TOWERS FELL

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by Al Ortolani September 11, 2001 by Ann Telnaes In twenty-five years I lost two sets of parents. All four of my children married happily. M...
Thursday, September 17, 2026

OUTBOUND MESSAGE

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by Lynne Barnes Today is National Suicide Prevention Day and I have spent it oblivious  to the day’s significance. Me, of all people. Today ...

KENNEDY CENTER CLOSING SALE

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by Martin Dickinson i want the music stand that leonard bernstein used remembering becketts play i saw recast the seats from the opera house...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

YOU GOTTA LOVE

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by Joey Whitton after Bob Dylan’s “Gotta Serve Somebody” BBC , September 14, 2026 Here you are handing out PTSD like candy What parts of you...