‘That wasn’t me’: How facial recognition led to a woman being jailed for 6 months Kimberlee Williams, who lived in Oklahoma, was jailed after being accused of crimes in Maryland, a state she told investigators she had never visited.

This is the second case I’ve read about like this in the last month. This one right here at home.

This should alarm everyone.

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My Review of Super Canucks: An Anthology of Canadian Small-Town Superheroes, edited by Matthew Del Papa & Andy Taylor

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Full disclosure: I have a story in this anthology, so my review is tinged with pride at having been part of this project.
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If you haven’t heard about it yet, the youths are super into IRL human interactions, no AI, and “physical media” (vinyl! DVDs! tapes!) right now and it’s glorious.

Like there are 20yo influencers that just read old paper books and talk about feelings.

Show me a picture that captures your essence

2024: "The endgame is not Mastodon, Bluesky, or Threads. The endgame is finding communities on the web and following them all on the best platform for you."

Aging pretty well, honestly. Probably going to age even better as time goes on.

Was at a panel today where a participant pointed out that a lot of small to med sized nations have no capacity to prepare for the current state of AI enabled cyber threats let alone Mythos

For govs where employees still use personal emails for official comms or systems lack 2FA, there is a reason

At this point is he just taking whatever policy conservatives have proposed and enact it?

Everyone knows the economy is doing great. I dont know why homelessness is up and a record number of people are working 2 jobs, but that has nothing to do with the economy. The economy is a chart with a line going up, not that other shit. Grow up

I personally think not safe to remain in any personal relationship with anyone who is using LLMs to analyze your relationship, make conclusions about your motives, or determine how to treat you. I think this is beyond red flag—it should be an immediate dealbreaker.

It's the Prices, Stupid Consumer sentiment is at an all-time low because prices are at an all-time high. Consumer sentiment isn't broken, popular government data is just incomplete

The index of consumer sentiment isn't broken; models that try to predict it just don't have the right input variables. I fix that and find that, yes, high nominal price levels explain why the vibes are so off. It's the prices, stupid
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-14...

Notable precursor to the "we should redistribute wealth" paper from OpenAI this week

TAPPING THE SIGN ONCE MORE

Opinion Editorial Board America’s income tax is progressive The rich already pay more than their fair share

Unbelievable stuff from the Washington Post on behalf of Jeff Bezos today.

This story is horrific. Worth noting that Target is not the only retailer using AI for theft prevention. It’s an entire industry. And if you’re looking for alternatives that are safer to shop at in this regard, you’re very likely out of luck. Small, non-corporate businesses probably your best bet.

Was fun to contribute to this great, free training initiative from GIJN!

A CBC News secret shopping investigation has uncovered — once again — several Loblaw-owned and Sobeys-affiliated stores overcharging for underweight meat, despite claims last year the grocery giants had taken steps to rectify the problem. www.cbc.ca/news/investi...

She reportedly parted ways with Bezos with a jaw-dropping $38.3 billion in Amazon stock. Their divorce settlement included a 4 % stake in the online retail giant or 19.7 million shares. Under the agreement, Bezos kept 75% of the couple's Amazon stock, along with voting control of her shares. Jan 11, 2023

MacKenzie Scott has given away over $19 billion in the last 5 years and experts say she's 'changed entire fie... MacKenzie Scott acknowledged another $2 billion in donations as 2024 comes to a close.

MacKenzie Scott, worth $41.1 billion, is on a philanthropic tear and has donated an estimated 46% of her net worth.

Just to give a sense of the insane scale of billions of dollars…MacKenzie Scott got about $38 billion after divorcing Bezos in 2019. She has become the world’s most generous philanthropist, giving away over $19 billion…and she’s currently wealthier than she started.

Just. Tax. Them.

We’re Always Asking Famous People to Do One Thing. Lena Dunham Did It. Famesick is a self-aware recasting of Dunham’s many public controversies.

i liked the new lena slate.com/culture/2026...

I mean it's not like Marvel Studios has made any money over the last decade or so, so this makes sense

The death of educational institutions juxtaposed with the army of tech bros touting how AI is going to replace teachers/teaching/thinking truly is the most powerful sign of the barbarians at the gates

Hasn’t it been pushed to consumers for a solid three years though

I don’t think we’re in charted territory with the indicators

Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.

who is making the spiritual successor to the iPod?

whoever mounts the iPhone pro cameras on a machine that stores 200gb of music & has NO cellular access can have my money immediately

Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.

“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”

Ovens! My new apartment oven has dials and buttons instead of a smooth interface

Some dumbass: "what’s stopping russia from doing a targeted operation to go steal zelensky in a few weeks now?"

Bunch of you need to get your dumbass boy. Blue checkmarks not beating the allegations.

N.B. The answer is "nothing" because they've already tried it. They literally tried to *right at the start of the war* and their paratroopers got turned into fucking mulch.

"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"