The Tyranny of AI Everywhere Sneakers? Why stop there?

@petridishes.bsky.social's shoes pivoted to AI. She needed some coffee to deal with this, but the coffee shop had pivoted to AI. She sat down on a bench, but the bench? Pivoted to AI.

Why Some Young People Are Ditching Their Smartphones for Dumbphones, Flip Phones What happens when a growing cohort of young people decide to ditch their devices?

The question they should be asking: Is there life after newspapers?
Is There Life After Smartphones? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Friendship fraud: warnings of rise in ‘insidious’ scam targeting older people Steps to help you avoid fraudsters who exploit isolation and search for human contact to often devastating effect

“Older people who are lonely or bereaved are particularly vulnerable to being targeted, as criminals seek to exploit their isolation and yearning for friendship to part them from their money” www.theguardian.com/money/2026/m...

I did a consult on an AI drafted non-compete yesterday and it was surreal. There are no good answers because the document is functionally abstract.

“Well, how would this work?”

I’m sorry. I cannot tell you because literally no one has ever written something like this before.

‘Wake up to the risks of AI, they are almost here,’ Anthropic boss warns Dario Amodei questions if human systems are ready to handle the ‘almost unimaginable power’ that is ‘potentially imminent’

So then full speed ahead with continuing to develop an “AI is so powerful… that it is very difficult for human civilisation to impose any restraints on it at all”? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

AI needs to augment rather than replace humans or the workplace is doomed | Heather Stewart Tech could lose its social acceptance unless it makes people’s lives better – and trade unions want an urgent conversation

Exactly. “The stakes go beyond economics. Work brings dignity and purpose to people’s lives. That’s what makes the AI transformation so consequential.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

AI overviews are “reliable” except when they are catastrophically wrong. For medical and legal advice, consult professionals instead of “Almost Intelligence.”

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” MLKJr

If tax law were actually simple,
there wouldn’t be an entire industry built on explaining it poorly on Instagram.

I teach several law classes on bad social media tax law and estate planning advice, because it is a great (and fun) way to illustrate so many important concepts.

Now that it’s common knowledge that AI hallucinates, why would an attorney rely on AI to draft pleadings without verifying output?

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Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search.

“[L]earning from synthesized LLM responses led to shallower knowledge compared to gathering, interpreting and synthesizing information for oneself via standard web links.”
gizmodo.com/learning-wit...

Single prime editing system could potentially treat multiple genetic diseases Researchers have developed a genome-editing strategy that targets a common cause of roughly 30 percent of rare diseases and could vastly improve access to gene-editing treatments for patients.

Science is amazing: www.broadinstitute.org/news/single-...

Ep. 88: Don't Be a Bot: Reclaiming Empathy in the AI Era with Rania Combs Podcast Episode · Power Up Your Practice · 11/18/2025 · 45m

I really enjoyed talking with Ruby Powers about how using technology to make our practices more efficient gives us more space to focus on what truly matters: listening to clients, counseling them, and guiding them with care and empathy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

A Nurse Recorded 300 Final Breaths—And Found Only 7 Things That Truly Matter in Life After listening to the confessions of 300 dying people, I decided to completely change my life

“We’re all chasing something—success, control, attention—but every chase ends in stillness.
What matters is who we loved and how we showed up while we were still running.” open.substack.com/pub/everyday...

Here’s How the AI Crash Happens The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.

Tech companies “have remade our world and have become unfathomably rich for it, all while being mostly oblivious or uninterested in the fallout.”www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/data-...

Wow.

I’m dusting off my witch hat. 🧙‍♀️

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Science is amazing! www.bbc.com/news/article...

“AI systems will always make a certain percentage of mistakes, no matter how much the technology improves”

Breaking Down the Lawsuit Against OpenAI Over Teen's Suicide | TechPolicy.Press A California teen sought advice from OpenAI's GPT-4o on how to end his life. His parents are suing the company and its CEO.

What a devastating story about a company that appears to prioritize profits over safety. there should be safeguards to prevent AI from encouraging self harm in its users. techpolicy.press/breaking-dow...

Here’s how I barely talked my 80-year-old relative out of giving $40,000 to scammers He was drawn in by a very sophisticated operation, and it took a lot of logic to convince him it wasn’t real

Exactly! “If anyone asks you for cash or any sort of prepaid option like debit cards or gift cards, it’s a big flashing neon sign that you’re being scammed.” www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-...

ChatGPT dissidents, the students who refuse to use AI: ‘I couldn’t remember the last time I had written something by myself’ Some college students are beginning to limit their use of artificial intelligence, so as not to hinder their own creativity, discipline and critical thinking

“Critical thinking is like an exercise. If you stop doing it, your body forgets it and you lose the talent”
english.elpais.com/technology/2...

5 Teachings From The Japanese Wabi-Sabi Philosophy That Can Drastically Improve Your Life — OMAR ITANI Wabi-sabi is an ancient Japanese philosophy that motions us to constantly search for the beauty in imperfection and accept the more natural cycle of life. It reminds us that all things including us an...

Love this: www.omaritani.com/blog/wabi-sa...

Great explainer from Kelly Erb about the new tax bill. No one makes tax as accessible as @Taxgirl.

Job scams are on the rise and more people are falling for them. Protect yourself with these tips As job-seekers look for work in an challenging environment, an increasing number are falling victim to scams that promise good pay for completing easy online tasks.

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is: “Often the job will have an easy interview or no interview, promise to let you work from home, and let you start right away” apnews.com/article/job-...

Team USA’s women’s U24 ultimate team just won the world championship! So proud of my daughter and all her teammates!

AI Killed My Job: Tech workers Tech workers at TikTok, Google, and across the industry share stories about how AI is changing, ruining, or replacing their jobs.

“We wanted robots to clean the dishes and do our laundry, so we could draw pictures and write stories. Instead they gave us robots to draw pictures and write stories, so we could clean dishes and do laundry.” www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-ai-is-...

Great advice from Jen Mercieca.