One of the Sandy Hook families lives in hiding 1500 mi away from their baby’s grave due to people stalking them.
The graves of multiple children have been defaced.
One of the fathers had to submit DNA evidence to prove his son was a REAL HUMAN BEING after Alex Jones’ book said he never existed.
What a vile, hateful court.
All those "show us what you looked like ten years ago" or "show your green art/animal art/art of women" memes are being used to train AI
It’s the reason we don’t have universal healthcare imo. Some white folks would rather die than see Black people get anything at all
There’s so many things that this country has done to let down its citizens but the foulest to me has been how they criminalized being a teenager. There’s no place they can go, underfunded afterschool activities and adults are crushed by the economy so teens have lost little gigs to earn money.
you know how certain parts of every job are kind of fun and subjective? what if we outsourced all those parts to a soulless gutless machine?
Going to keep sharing this, because something I heard from sources is many felt like, after SNAP paused for the first time ever over the fall when the Trump admin refused to fund benefits, lots of people were talking about it. Now, people are still struggling but it feels like attention moved on.
It kills me how actually decent and incredibly talented people who contribute so much to society and their communities struggle to find work, while the worst people to ever breathe who demonstrate incompetence several times daily, remain gainfully employed. some at the highest levels of government
Leasing office space for government jobs that could be done remotely is a waste of taxpayer money
this is one of the most offensive things I've seen in years
So I am reflecting on AI as one does and I have come to realize that “learn to use AI” and “embrace AI” and “develop AI literacy” won’t fucking protect ua from existential and stochastic harms of AI, and my overlooking this as a vector for criticism is really something.
I think the greatest trick for getting good at creative work i know is - finish making as many mediocre things as possible. Just finish stuff, again and again. Share it or don’t, but put a bow on it, put it aside, make the next thing, repeat.
As a former StoryCorps facilitator, this is fucking disgusting.
End the project already, Dave.
You created a good model: you encouraged people to sit and do oral history for 20 yrs.
Turning StoryCorps into a surveillance capitalism nightmare is not worth the money to keep the project going.
First draft is for telling yourself the story, revisions are for telling your readers the story.
Tomorrow marks 10 years since Prince passed. For the first time, I gathered nearly two decadesq of my writing, podcasts, talks & more into one curated resource, including playlists, rarities, a review of every video he ever made, and collaborations I did with his estate. anildash.com/2026/04/20/p...
I said it before and I'll say it again:
Giving a pack of Epstein associates a comprehensive list of all children in the country with home address and school listed, sortable by various traits that indicate vulnerability to exploitation, is the literal diametric opposite of keeping kids safe.
Naming my security company after the giant evil eye that, crucially, was too distracted to see the actual threat sneaking in
AI & robotics right now is mostly being touted as a way of decimating labor markets, or streamlining war and crowd control. Why would anyone be excited? Why wouldn’t people react to this as the threat they’re bragging it poses? I don’t distrust technology, I don’t trust corporations. Not the same.
That's not to say that you shouldn't be careful how you use these glasses. Meta doesn’t have the greatest track record on privacy, and the company has continued to push forward with policies that are questionable at best. Even if you’re not concerned that face recognition will allow Meta to target immigrants or enable stalkers to find their victims, at the very least, people really do not like the idea that you could start recording them at any moment.
Probably the biggest hurdle to wearing Meta glasses is that even doing so seems like a gross violation of the social contract. After all, these are Mark Zuckerberg's “pervert glasses.” When I pop these on my head, I’ve had friends (and my spouse) recoil and say, “I have apps to warn me away from people like you.” The best part, though, is that Oakley and Ray-Ban already make really great sunglasses. Even if the battery runs out or you don't use Meta AI at all, these are stellar at shading your eyes from the sun
This is the most extensive disclaimer I’ve ever seen in a buying guide. www.wired.com/story/best-m...
BREAKING: Eight children were killed in an "extensive" mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, police say. The suspected shooter is also dead.
Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement
Oh it turns out that vanquishing the college student who uses they/them in their email signature is not bringing you the fulfillment that you hoped for? You are still working in your crappy and unfulfilling job, paying a mortgage you now can't afford, and dealing with your annoying kids... I see.
Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.
“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”
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This was shit we were fighting twenty years ago. More than that, actually.
Kids who are homeschooled in abusive situations have never had a stronger advocate than @samanthafield.bsky.social. For years, she fought to ensure kids have basic protections for their safety. Every legislative win changed minds and saved lives. Grateful that I got to work alongside her.
It continues to be shocking how few of the top leadership positions at FEMA are filled right now.
According to their website (which says it was last updated yesterday, despite the bizarre shutdown situation) FEMA does not have an administrator, deputy administrator or a deputy chief of staff.
Re: nostalgia for VHS tapes and other analog media, I saw someone say like "a VHS tape never sold my information to a nazi" and yes that's true! But the reason it's true is actually because Congress passed a law in 1988 specifically making it illegal for video stores to sell your rental history
I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.
With what respect is due here: Black Americans, who are the originators of our dialect, neither expect nor wish for non Black Americans to use our vernacular. Other people have been stealing and mimicking it for way longer than the internet's even existed.
