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• Post #2955178

  Short but brutal article, expounding on the principle of "#billionaires aren't like us": https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/ The pull quote that really slammed into me: > When Peter Thiel said, “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible,” he wasn’t talking about your freedom. He was talking about his own. You don’t exist. #politics #capitalism

• Post #2955177

  In case it wasn't clear enough that the current #SupremeCourt is largely controlled by the #racists: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/29/us/supreme-court-voting-rights?unlocked_article_code=1.elA.jHfn.mQGLwsAyu-6C&smid=nytcore-android-share #uspol

• Post #2955176

  Another Pandora's Box well and truly smashed to splinters in this story from @404mediaco: https://www.404media.co/hello-boss-inside-the-chinese-realtime-deepfake-software-powering-scams-around-the-world/ tl;dr -- high-quality real-time #DeepFakes now not only exist, there is at least one criminal organization selling the technology. It's not cheap, but not super-expensive either. The implication is that social engineering attacks are about to become considerably more effective...

• Post #2955175

  Another day, another @pluralistic #book, this time pulling together ideas from his various trenchant essays on the subject of #AI: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai I suspect I'll disagree with some of the nuances (he's strongly opinionated, and I don't always agree with every detail), but he has a lot of good perspective and clue -- it should be fascinating and useful. And as usual, he's one of the few aut...

• Post #2955174

  Okay, credit where credit is due: #Kickstarter took the note from unhappy members and creators, and have rolled back their recent rules change: https://updates.kickstarter.com/an-apology-rethinking-our-mature-content-guidelines/

• Post #2955173

  Today in "Don't let the #fascism pass by silently": if you're a US citizen, I strongly encourage you to comment on this ghastly FCC proposal: https://glaad.org/fcc tl;dr -- the FCC wants to slap warning labels on content with "#transgender and #gender non-binary programming". Basically equating peoples' identities with things like gun violence. The regime is gonna regime, but we shouldn't allow them to pretend that the people...

• Post #2955172

  Potentially of interest to the #SCA crowd and anybody else who does research online: #Kagi recently published a useful page of Tips about how to more effectively leverage it for academic research -- https://blog.kagi.com/tips/academia I'm always a Kagi enthusiast; this pulls together several of the reasons why, with a particular focus on one fairly hardcore use case.

• Post #2955170

  Today in Ridiculous Potables, the Malortini: https://querki.net/u/jducoeur/mixology/#!Malortini Only recommended for those who actually like Malort (which essentially substitutes for vermouth in this semi-dry martini variant), but it's not half bad. #mixology

• Post #2245159

  The occasional reminder that even #Massachusetts isn't immune to Dangerous Political Stupidity: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-04-09-massachusetts-house-advances-unconstitutional-social-media-ban-bill-that-will-harm-lgbtq-youth-and-human-rights/ tl;dr -- the #MA House passed a bill that is *wildly* invasive of #online #privacy, in the name of "think of the children!" pearl-clutching. It's likely to do far more harm than good, probably especially t...