Lawyer Sues The IRS, Demanding It Recognize Pets As Legal Dependents

I feel like a pretty decent case could be made for that one. Obviously not to the same extent as humans, but you also wouldn’t be spending/deducting as much money on them as you would humans

Phone Addiction Signs: What People Would Rather Do Than Give Up Phones

What would it take for you? I don’t have a problem, I can quit any time I want

I’m sharing some of my fiction writing as a serialized story. Paid subscribers can read the story each week, but free subscribers will be able to follow what’s happening in the story through news reports from the in-universe site “NewsGator”

The Last Four Years Ch. 9: Global Response to U.S. Shelter Plan: A Mix of Praise, Criticism, and Calls for Unity

In The Last Four Years, a comet is four years away from hitting Earth. It’s not enough time to stop it, but long enough to get bored waiting for it. It is a story about what people do with the time they have left. Families trying to stay together, scientists trying to find a way out, and leaders holding civilization together

The Last Four Years Ch. 8 | The Last Four Years Ch. 7 | The Last Four Years Ch. 6 | The Last Four Years Ch. 5 | The Last Four Years Ch. 4 | The Last Four Years Ch. 3 | The Last Four Years Ch. 2 | The Last Four Years Ch. 1

Also Worth A Look…

• 20% of Today’s Jobs Didn’t Exist in 2000 - Something to think about when people talk about AI destroying jobs. Of course that doesn’t help if you’re out of work right now, but at least in the long run we’ll be OK

• Firefox Survey Finds Only 16% Feel In Control of Their Privacy Choices Online - Ne’er-do-wells only have access to the information you choose to put out there. If you’re really worried, you can just live in a cabin in the woods and stay off the internet entirely

• Having nightmares? Science explains what your brain is going through - I mean, I think we all know what our brains are going through these days

• Woman discovers man hiding in trunk of driverless Waymo taxi when ordering ride - They only claim to be driverless. They never said anything about being creeperless

• Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI - *insert Palpatine “Ironic” gif here*

• A Costco Manager’s Unexpected Kindness Turns a Coat Donation Into a Holiday Surprise - My America was always great

• Hawaii board votes to change official name of Hawaii Island - I’m still going to call it “Sears Tower”

• Virginia’s drunk raccoon exposed as serial offender - I hope he’s hit rock bottom and can finally get the help he needs

• High-roller sues Las Vegas casino after real-life ‘Hangover’ experience - That’s one strategy for trying to get out of a $75k bill

• Florida Student Holding Clarinet ‘as if It Were a Weapon’ Sends School Into Lockdown: Report - Clarinet players were always fine, it’s the flute players you have to watch out for