Lora Kolodny

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How AI slop is causing a crisis in computer science Preprint repositories and conference organizers are having to counter a tide of ‘AI slop’ submissions.

Another story where you realise that absolutely no one has any idea how to deal with all the AI papers being cranked out.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

no foreign foe has ever dreamed of being able to sack and pillaging this country the way Trump admin and its congressional and scotus enablers do every day.

I’m down a rabbit hole on the swarovski website now please send help

NEW: We’re publishing a full list of the 373 federal judges who have ruled against ICE’s mass detention policy and the 28 who have endorsed it — as well as links to key rulings by each.

Trump appointees have split 44 against/ 20 for the policy.

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them

Yes, Climate Still Matters. Here's How It Connects to Every Other Crisis in the World Today. Lately I've been experiencing something I suspect a lot of other climate reporters—and really anyone who works on climate—has also been feeling: a big ol' case of the "who the fuck cares?" with a heap...

don’t let the deregulation fool ya… drilled.ghost.io/yes-climate-...

why, was it a gift?

'A different set of rules': Thermal drone footage shows Musk's AI power plant flouting clean air regulations Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship data centers.

See also: Floodlight News / Guardian report where they took thermal aerial footage showing the turbines near xAI's Southaven facility spewing pollution. floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...

um what? decrease response times i thought

Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.

Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.

We noticed.

www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

“rely on” = use it for and “companionship” = entertainment including adult?

Vaguely recall how Biden admin emails to Twitter were the biggest attack on free speech ever. There was a whole twitter files thing about that.

Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?

Opinion | You’re Paying 90% of Trump’s Tariffs So the New York Federal Reserve says in the latest look at import prices.

We pay the Trump tariffs. WSJ editorial, gift link.(WSJ has published numerous editorials condemning tariffs. This is the latest.)"Don’t forget the economic dynamism that’s wasted when companies devote time and talent to reacting to Mr. Trump’s mercurial tariff whims...." www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

Jeffrey Epstein's December 20, 2016 email to Bill Gates: "come to visit the island. new administration people visiting."

What was the upcoming administration in December2016? Oh!

read the full letter - embedded at the end of this post

Elon Musk's xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center Law firms representing the NAACP sent xAI a notice of intent to sue over alleged Clean Air Act violations in Mississippi.

SELC & EarthJustice - representing the NAACP - filed a notice of intent to sue xAI for Clean Air Act violations. Musk's co. is using methane-burning turbines in Southaven, MS across the state line from their Memphis facilities to power data centers & construction. www.cnbc.com/2026/02/13/m...

Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts

Even if you are not surprised, this is important reporting documenting the bigoted ideology (and often, falsehoods) that Musk is promoting to his zillion online followers. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How Americans view key members of the Trump administration A 58% majority say they have an unfavorable view of President Donald Trump, and 40% have a favorable view.

Pew maintains as Gallup retreats from understanding how people in the US feel about the President... www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted The feature could arrive as soon as this year.

Shit like this is why I spent a big chunk of my Meta Ray-Ban Display review talking about privacy and what it mean culturally that we haven't figured out how it works with smart glasses.

I still think a bigger backlash is coming.

www.theverge.com/tech/878725/...

elon coded

Trump just torched the basis for federal climate regulations. Here’s what it means. » Yale Climate Connections One scientist wrote that there is 'no scientific basis' for the move.

74% of Americans support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. And yet: yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/02/trum...

aren’t those are the wearers of…?

Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

smart glasses need to be renamed. stalking specs?

One thing that's fun is that if you're black and you don't have much experience, it's woke dei if you get the job, and if you're black and you have all the experience in the world, you're an out of touch elite who is not really black and doesn't deserve the job.

Elon Musk's xAI raises $20 billion from investors including Nvidia, Cisco, Fidelity Elon Musk's AI said it raised $20 billion in new funding after CNBC reported in November that a financing round would value the company at about $230 billion.

hmm idk bout that theory www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/e...

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launches - NASA NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission lifted off at 5:15 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

nasa spacex crew 12 launched with 4 astronauts on the way to iss www.nasa.gov/blogs/spaces...

do you think they were twirling their moustache while writing that memo?