NOT EVEN A GENTLEMAN’S C: Harvard Professor Faces Backlash for Allegedly Using AI to Draft Anti-Trump Op-Ed.

A Harvard professor is facing scrutiny after critics alleged that a Financial Times opinion piece he authored criticizing President Trump was largely produced with artificial intelligence, with some online commentators dismissing it as “slop.”

The column, written by Ricardo Hausmann, a former Venezuelan government minister and Harvard Kennedy School academic, was published Thursday and has since been updated with an editor’s note from the FT.

“It has come to our attention that AI was used to condense a longer draft of this column prior to submission to the FT and our own editorial involvement,” the note at the top of the article states.

“The FT editorial code of conduct specifically prohibits the use of AI in the writing process,” the statement adds.

The disclosure followed a wave of criticism on social media, where readers flagged the op-ed — which took aim at Trump’s tariffs — for prose they described as awkward and unnaturally polished.

“Gotta be the worst AI slop I’ve seen in a major publication,” one user wrote on X.

But did it contain any references to Madagascar?

HMM: The best states for swingers revealed — with a few surprising Southern states taking the top 3 spots. “Florida topped the list, boasting 148 swingers clubs — the most in the country. The state has a bustling swingers community on Reddit, according to LoveHoney. Texas and Georgia round out the top three. The Lone Star State has the second-highest number of swingers clubs, while Georgia has club availability, high search interest and Reddit activity.”

Or course, it’s not really a measure of swinging as such: “The list analyzed each US state using nine factors, including Google search interest for swinging-related terms, the number of swingers clubs, swinger-related Reddit activity, bars and hotels per capita, and the percentage of married residents in each state. Each state was given a ranking out of 10. The list doesn’t tell you how many swingers are in each state, but rather looks at public data that indicates a state’s level of interest and openness to the practice.”

I LIKE THE CUT OF HIS JIB:

Javier Milei: “I thought being on the left was a mental problem. The empirical evidence is so overwhelming that it never worked anywhere, and they refused to accept it.”

“But what I discovered is that being on the left is a disease of the soul. The left is built on envy,… pic.twitter.com/K4PHXZBbmG

— Documenting Saylor (@saylordocs) August 16, 2026

GO SOUTH, YOUNG MAN:

JUST IN: Mississippi 4th graders rank No. 1 in U.S. for reading & math score improvement since 2013, after ranking 49th in reading & 50th in math that year.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) August 16, 2026

OH: Expert and FDA Commissioner Flagged Adverse COVID Shot Events for Fauci in Early 2021.

ON SUNDAYS I PUT A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS ON MY BLOG:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

There’s also a fun vignette challenge.

QUICK-FRIED TO A CRACKLY CRUNCH: Fifth Circuit Completely Roasts Biden DOE’s Stove and Oven Efficiency Rules: The court voids the rules after determining that Biden’s Energy Department improperly tried to fast-track the measure as a “direct final rule”, which is usually reserved for noncontroversial matters.

SOMEHOW I DON’T THINK THE GOOD DOCTORS CARE (I BET SHE STILL LIKES DR. FAUCI):  Oprah washes her hands of Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz over their pro-Trump politics: ‘Not one thing to do with me’.

THE FORMER TWC EDITOR STILL CALLS IT LIKE SHE SEES IT:  My Week In Review: Leftism Killed Jason Arday, Just As It Has Corrupted Us All. Jason Arday, Rod Liddle, and a fortnight that exposed who the real gatekeepers of ‘acceptable’ opinion are.

AS KAMALA PROVED, IT TAKES MORE THAN MONEY – IT TAKES A MESSAGE:  Trump Is Opening the Financial Floodgates to Keep Republicans in Office.

THIS IS COOL:  Free Blockbusters are popping up to bring back physical media. Think a little free library, but for Friday night movie marathons.

RO KHANNA THINKS A LOT OF STUPID S[TUFF]:  Democrat Ro Khanna Thinks That Racist America Needs a ‘Multi-Racial New Deal’.

BECAUSE IT DOESN’T FIT THE NARRATIVE:  The Quiet Manufacturing Boom.

IF IT WERE ONLY IN NEW ZEALAND:  Indigenous Knowledge, Public Money, and Bad Science.

NO. NOT EVEN CLOSE:  Was This July Really the “Hottest Month in History”?

IT NEEDED ONLY THAT:  Does the Chinese police eavesdrop via ZOOM calls ? Is ZOOM used by the Chinese security organizations to surveil targets abroad !? Although we can’t provide a clear answer, we explore this question through a little anecdote with a worrying conclusion.

WHY DON’T WE BUILD NUCLEAR REACTORS LIKE CARS?  Imagine building a car from scratch. A parable for zero-carbon energy.

IT’S ALL THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT:  It’s not just Fauci.

IT’S HORRIFIC:  RFK Jr. reveals what HHS found when they went looking for the 375,000 migrant kids Biden lost. “It’s a huge, huge tragedy.” “One guy pretended to be the parent of 42 children. We have no idea what happened to those kids.”

HE’S RIGHT YOU KNOW? There’s no creature more pathetic than a doomer.

But one wonders how many of them are real doomers, or you know… enemy agents.

SOME TOWNS REALLY WANT TO SURRENDER:  A New York town is facing a federal lawsuit after officials refused to allow a Christian Nativity display in a public square while permitting Islamic religious displays.

X-Cancel.

THEY ONLY WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE UNTIL THEIR SQUADS TAKE OVER: Defund the Police?

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: ‘This goes beyond showcasing technological soft power’: China’s new moon map signals bold space ambitions.

IT’S NOT JUST CHOLESTEROL: US Cardiologists Issue New Guidelines For How to Manage Cholesterol. I question the benefit of screening 9 year olds for cholesterol, though. Starting a 9 year old on statins, for a disease that won’t affect them for probably 50 years?