Luke Stark

A student just said he grew up on NSync, because it was his parents music.

I'll be walked out into the corn and lying down to allow death to take me.

Alas, I have met charming conservatives (esp. southern variety), and too many abrasively self-righteous people with correct left positions. Pleasant-to-be-around and right on the issues: there's an interesting Venn diagram.

"Kristersson told the Swedish business newspaper Dagens industri: “I use it myself quite often. If for nothing else than for a second opinion. What have others done? And should we think the complete opposite? Those types of questions.”"

Jesus Christ.

A reminder that Meta (and anyone with a six legged horse in the AI race) needs as many people as possible wearing smart glasses capturing real world video for training world models.

Honestly, with hindsight, Radcliffe, Watson and Grint's public statements where they sided with trans people, expressed their support with no caveats, and willingly blew up any chances at future ties to the franchise has only gotten more and more noteworthy as more actors are revealed to be cowards

a man in a suit and tie says our long national nightmare is over . ALT: a man in a suit and tie says our long national nightmare is over .

The modern moment in which the Republic, Constitution, and rule of law started to die

"...[S]peculation on how the technology might develop in the coming years can easily distract us from solving issues we are facing now".

BRB, printing this and hanging it above my desk to tap every time someone says something uncritical about gen AI.

Trump didn't "break his campaign promise on IVF," he lied to get elected

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

My theory is that if we taxed most of these people without telling them and the people they pay to manage their money didn't tell them, they'd never notice.

And if you'd never notice you should be taxed even more.

Canadians with an X gender marker will now have to select male or female on Nexus travel cards after Trump order — The Globe and Mail Ottawa’s decision to allow policy change raises human-rights concerns for transgender and non-binary people, lawyers say

The Carney govt is collaborating with the US assault on trans people.

“Immigration lawyers said Canada’s decision to force non-binary or trans Canadians to choose a male or female gender designation for Nexus raises human-rights concerns & could prompt a court challenge…on constitutional grounds.”

to be fair, I think most reactions weren't necessarily "i hate this because it's AI" but "this looks stupid as hell, just show the movie." But also, so much of the ideological push for AI is in part about hiding the real labor and resources it requires.

The core of the GOP are not manufacturers. It's rent seekers of one sort of another. Realtors, product dealers etc. Even CEOs in actual product making businesses are looking more at how to boost the price of their options vs long term health of the company.

Honestly, this is also super simple to do. Just legalize corporate direct sales and charge any corporation owning a dealership a $1m/yr license fee. Thats a pittance for ford & gm but immediately puts Joes Stealership into chapter 11

Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles “The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”

pay very close attention to Wikipedia to find a way out of the AI slop internet www.404media.co/wikipedia-ed...

I might have lost funding but at least I can do what I want. :) And I want to teach people about AI ethics in 90 second increments! bit.ly/ai-ethics-sy...

Just took a peek right now but this looks like a fantastic resource.

Calling @ceaubin.bsky.social

The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands:

www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

In 2025, institutions with money and power are complicit little cowards while everyday people are unimaginably brave

Columbia bends the knee. A random LA principal blocks ICE from coming into his school

Paramount cancels shows. A Bronx baseball coach tells ICE agents to fuck themselves

I am not usually someone who really puts much stock in the "normalizing" function of outlets like the New York Times, but the way they have covered Rufo and the Right's war on universities is what I would point to if I wanted to illustrate how it functions when it does.

The False Neutrality of Trump’s ‘Woke-Free’ AI Plan | TechPolicy.Press A “woke-free” AI plan is not neutral; it is a blueprint for perpetuating the inequities the US has long struggled to overcome, writes Danielle A. Davis.

A “woke-free” AI plan is not neutral; it is a blueprint for perpetuating the inequities the US has long struggled to overcome, writes Danielle A. Davis, director of technology policy at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.

I don’t know guys, seems like a straightforward case of malinvestment that’s going to bite us all in the ass

2025 is year 14 of the Trump Era

"You need to learn to ignore your instincts. Don't trust yourself. And instead do what the AI that is attached to your body wants. See. Simple." 🤬

Some cities run on solar 95% of the time – cheaper than coal.

With falling battery prices (-40% in a year), solar can run almost 24/7 in the sunniest cities. And 60% of the time in cloudy ones.

This isn’t theory. It’s already happening. @carbonbrief.org

Haiti, not the US, was the birthplace of freedom from slavery. It was the first nation where all were free, and was maligned for that from the beginning. A new biography of Jean-Jacque Dessalines by @juliagaffield.bsky.social illuminates how it all began. My @liberalcurrents.com interview:

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