The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations “In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...

I've been using the em dash (or en dash, if I write in British English - shush!) since well before generative AI was conceived, and you can pry it from my cold, dead hands.

@torchlight.bsky.social is having their annual summer sale! I highly recommend this wonderful secular and inclusive curriculum!

Democrats: Stop Running to the Center YouTube video by Robert Reich

Indeed!

This kid knows the score, where it's at, and what it is.

Enough With Woke YouTube video by PoliticsGirl

Stop letting others define you. You know who you are. Own it.
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Just saw a farmer say, "you don't have to admit you were wrong, you have to admit you were lied to, " and idk that seems like a good framing to call people in

I can't believe this is still happening but once again, here are some resources for anyone curious about homeschooling.

A large white dog on grass, running towards the camera, happy. The text on the image is "(i am off to commit the sin of empathy")

It's the shift from an attention economy to a prediction economy. They want us to AI our lives so they can predict and suggest (perhaps control) the choices we make.

Yep. You are the company you keep.

My 6th grader compared it to a low-poly render, the first time we saw one out in the wild! 🤣

Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots "Nepenthes generates random links that always point back to itself - the crawler downloads those new links. Nepenthes happily just returns more and more lists of links pointing back to itself."

"and it's gotten bad enough we can't boycott or vote our way out, we have to start causing real pain to those above for any change to occur.” www.404media.co/email/655871...

I fear there is deep truth here.

You know the rules.

You see it, you share it.

It's like that video from The Ring, but many would hope rather than dread Tom Holland coming out of their television.