My Car and I Dismiss AI Co Pilot as Nuisance
A driver vents about a 2025 German car with AI features. He dislikes the female voice assistant guiding or lecturing him, claims it steers itself while he dislikes chatter, and laments the tech’s intrusiveness in a mainly practical long distance commute. He notes color and comfort preferences and distrusts dealer hype.
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My Dialog With a Loud Mercedes
Kathleen Parker vents about modern car voice assistants in a humorous column. She laments chatty in-car AI, noisy interruptions, and a longing for solitude with 1950s tech, ending by noting Mercedes is not a person. Parker is a Washington Post columnist.
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Letters to the editor guidelines from The Chronicle Telegram
The Chronicle Telegram outlines letter submission rules for editorial pages. Letters must be 250 words or fewer, may be edited for brevity and taste, and require signature full address and phone number for verification. Submissions accepted by mail fax or email with Deadline noted for the May 6 election.
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Universities, politics and the drift to Gleichschaltung risk
George Will argues that both major parties push for government control over higher education, threatening civil society by politicizing faculties and curricula. He warns against endangering independence, campus autonomy, and the role of intermediary institutions amid debates over funding, taxation, and compliance with a distant federal agenda.
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Decline of Sit-Down Family Restaurants Shrinks Dining Options
The essay laments shrinking sit-down family dining as chains like Applebee’s Olive Garden and Pizza Hut retreat from full service. It cites closures and bankruptcies startups while noting the loss of tablecloths and in-person service. The author reflects on a generation raised without traditional dining experiences.
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Actor Henry Cavill Turns 42 Today
AP FILE notes actor Henry Cavill is celebrating his 42nd birthday on this Almanac date May 5 2025 marking a day packed with birthdays from Kierkegaard to Adele. The entry also recalls past milestones including Tchaikovsky conducting Carnegie Hall in 1891 and Secretariat’s 1973 Derby record.
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