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“If regulators wouldn’t tolerate banks profiting from fraud, they shouldn’t tolerate it in tech,” — Sandeep Abraham, former Meta safety investigator. Editor’s Note: This is the second article in our series on the real-world impacts of Artificial Intelligence. This post examines the technical settings and financial models that allow synthetic deception to bypass traditional safety…
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(Washington, D.C., February 17, 2026) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced proposed updates to federal line speed regulations in poultry and pork establishments operating under modern inspection systems. These updates reflect years of data and experience, and are designed to lower costs for American families, reduce outdated regulatory barriers for processors, and…
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In the late 19th century, a feverish wave of migration swept toward the Western frontier. While the transcontinental railroad brought settlers to the edge of the plains, the tracks only went so far. To bridge the gap between the railheads and the remote “boom towns” of Southeast Colorado, a vital network of stagecoach lines emerged.…
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A look back at the heart of the Southeast Colorado community of Vilas, and a glimpse at how its story might be told in the Digital Age. For the residents of Baca County, Colorado, a Kent Homsher social media post with a single photograph of “Tony’s Market” was enough to unleash a flood of memories…
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Dear Plainsman Readers, As we headed into 2025, we promised one more year of printing the Plainsman Herald. Because of your continued demand and loyalty, we adjusted rates, made changes, and found a way to keep the paper in print throughout the year. The year 2025 brought challenges both exciting and exhausting. Putting together a…
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A recent Facebook post by Steve Doner shared a brief Springfield Herald clipping (below) dated January 12, 1900, documenting trapping activity along the river in southeastern Colorado. That short notice, combined with a comment recalling wolf trapping by Kent Homsher’s grandfather, prompted a return to the archives and to earlier research I conducted several years…
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AI and the War on Memory Be very careful what you swallow; we are living in the age of AI. I’ve spent years preserving local history and working in IT and cybersecurity, and I never expected those two worlds to collide. But guess what—they have. I didn’t respond to this FAKE HISTORY topic as quickly…
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If you watch only one online-safety video this October, make it “A Message From Ella.” In the spot, an AI-generated future version of a child sits her parents down and asks a hard question: why did you share my childhood with the internet without asking me? It’s part of Deutsche Telekom’s #ShareWithCare campaign, and it…
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October 22, 2025 – Washington, D.C. After a week of growing anger from ranchers over President Trump’s beef import remarks, the administration rolled out a sweeping recovery package designed to reassure rural America that “America’s ranchers come first.” The new plan, announced jointly by Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Health and…
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