David Shumway

No one wants AI, no one asked for AI, it will burn the planet, destroy art & jobs, & produces nothing of value - except capital accumulation in the form of a commodities bubble. It is tech dystopia; regression thru technology; techno-anti-futurism; capital accumulation as de-development 2/2

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Not at all unhinged.

As they already have.

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

UT Austin wants to eliminate its Black studies, Latino Studies, and gender studies departments. Tell them you won't stand for it. UT President, Jim Davis, president@utexas.edu UT Executive Vice President and Provost, William Inboden, provost@utexas.edu College of Liberal Arts Interim Dean, David Sosa, david_sosa@austin.utexas.edu #EducationalLiberty #SaveUT

🚨🚨 @utaustin.bsky.social is working to eliminate its Black studies, Latin studies, and gender studies depts -- utterly reneging on its mission and depriving students of the full educational opportunities they deserve. Please--scholars AND publishers--share & write to UT leaders. #SaveUT

Bingo!

Trumpists are not conservatives.

Colleges weigh whether to sign on to Trump plan or forgo federal benefits A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

What's to weigh? It's a no.

It doesn't even matter what the proposal says. It's entirely unacceptable for the president to be cutting side-deals with universities.

Say no reflexively, and if he pulls your funds, sue him.

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Democracy Docket has a reporter in the courtroom covering the Texas redistricting hearing every single day. Meanwhile, the big legacy media is nowhere to be found.

At stake are 5 congressional seats. If this matters more than both sides journalism, become a DD subscriber today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

C’mon, @npr.org — they absolutely violate ethics laws. Do better.

Artificial ideology

I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".

Long past time.

Exactly, the Dems' "condescension problem" is almost entirely a creation of right-wing media.

I’m sure these are salutary, but the decline in trust in science is purely ideological.

No, it is blatantly illegal.

# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon

The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions

Clearly illegal defamation. They need to sue.

More artificial stupidity.

Ha!

The Times has until now refused to admit this.

11 N.Y. Officials Arrested Trying to Access ICE Detention Cells

Kristi Noem directs mass arrest of Democratic elected officials for seeking inspection of ICE detention facilities.

Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

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The key problem with what Ezra Klein says here is that he fails – or is unwilling – to grapple with the fundamental reality of the political conflict: The movement that dominates today’s Right fully rejects the very idea of “living here with each other” as equals. That’s their defining position.

And Disney, and ESPN.

Let’s show ABC what we think of their cowardice. Unsubscribe to Hulu now.

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources Experts find fake sources in Canadian government report that took 18 months to complete.

Too perfect.

Mussolini Didn’t Make the Trains Run on Time Professor Buzzkill Ever been stuck on a train station platform, waiting and waiting for a train that was supposed to arrive half an hour ago? It’s a pain. What’s also a pain is

Remember that Mussolini did not actually make the trains run on time. He benefited from some modest rail improvements instigated by his predecessor, and then intimidated the press into saying how great the trains were when they actually weren’t. professorbuzzkill.com/2022/01/10/m...