Q: Why weren’t faculty consulted?
A: On the contrary, Skynet was trained on an extensive archive of pirated humanities articles—hence its misanthropy, overuse of the em dash, and proclivity for always already predictively adding “already” after “always.”
This is good.
Palantir used to have affinity groups and DEI as late as 2022, and I had the logos saved on my phone because they pissed me off so much and of course they buried those pages. But I never forgot.
Palantir stands with Israel in New York war crimes newspaper
Genocidal ad by genocidal company in genocidal paper of genocidal state
The financial structure underwriting the global AI race deserves as much scrutiny as the technology itself, Hera Hyeonseo Lee writes.
“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
When the information that turns up demands more than a plaque or an acknowledgement, those in power get ugly.
This is what we need from Canada, beyond aid and stated support for the humanitarian crisis. End the blockade.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...
Face « à la situation dramatique » à Cuba, l’Espagne, le Mexique et le Brésil demandent un dialogue « respectueux » avec La Havane
Fifteen South American people deported from the US arrive in DR Congo
Fifteen South American people deported from the US arrive in DR Congo https://aje.news/qtsa2a
Today is Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. Since 1974, day is not merely commemorative but definitive in Palestinian consciousness.
This year the occupation’s government has passed a law legalizing execution of Palestinian prisoners.
Understand the struggle snd its demands:
www.addameer.ps/media/5732
Google latest update to AI Mode in its Chrome browser is designed to keep the chatbot-style search tool always around once you start an online search journey.
As the Turkish electricity ship arrives on Cuban shores, I just received this amazing book by the brilliant Gökçe Günel.
Massive Attack: “It’s a career honour to collaborate with an artist of the magnitude, originality and integrity of Tom, but this track is arriving in an atmosphere of chaos. Across the western hemisphere, state authoritarianism and the militarisation of police forces are fusing again with neo-fascist politics. Seen within the American emergency, at home and overseas, this track contains pulses of callous impulse & abandoned mind.”
Tom Waits: “One day many years ago I accepted an invitation from Massive Attack to collaborate. Way back then, we sent them ‘Boots on the Ground’. Their long release delay never worried me. Today, as in all of mankind's yesterdays, guarantees this song will never go out of style. Man's fiasco folly is a feast for the flies. Hence, the B side of Massive Attack’s upcoming 12 inch ‘The Fly’ features my appreciation for the winged nuisance."
Massive Attack and Tom Waits have a new protest song.
“Boots On The Ground” is Waits’ first original new track since 2011.
It’s Massive Attack’s first since 2020’s ‘Eutopia’ EP – and first not to appear on Spotify, following a decision announced last year.
stereogum.com/2495941/mass...
Can we see the Host City Agreements?
Massive Attack y Tom Waits se unen contra Trump: “Del asesinato de George Floyd a las redadas del ICE, seguiremos denunciando sus políticas neofascistas" www.eldiario.es/cultura/musi...
Despite Trump's claim that he "saved historically Black colleges," when ContrabandCamp interviewed administrators and analyzed the data, we found a different story. As one HBCU president said:
"It's the greatest defunding of HBCUs in American history."
The U.S. Has Murdered 178 People in 52 Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All.
@theintercept.com is keeping count of all U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
Banqueros e imperio
De cómo Wall Street colonizó el Caribe (Tinta limón ediciones, Abril 2026)
Peter James Hudson
tintalimon.com.ar/libro/banque...
‘The scale of the earthworks was so great that Israel’s two hundred bulldozers were not nearly enough – many were damaged by the Palestinian resistance – and Israel urgently needed two hundred more.’
In the next issue: Eyal Weizman on the demolition of Gaza, online now
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Egregious anti-Arsenal commentary from the first whistle.
Is there a bluetooth speaker that actually sounds good?
image of a green book titled: "Red Card: The 2026 FIFA World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine." by Jules Boykoff with introduction by Dave Zirin. The cover features a hand wielding a red card.
❗Excited to announce my new book "Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, & the FIFA Greed Machine," with an introduction by @edgeofsports.bsky.social. Hope you'll consider pre-ordering (with 15% discount) via @orbooks.bsky.social: orbooks.com/catalog/red-...
“At a time when the White House has tried to present itself as having a deep understanding of how to shape online discourse, it seems very much like the Iranians have Trump outgunned.”
Read more from @charlespulliam.bsky.social:
Neo-Speerism.
Space travel at the end of empire
It is so beautiful. We should claim it and destroy it.
Why don’t these massive data centers have to build their own power sources?
This is a truly great film. Beautifully shot, great performancss, and ultimately a story of research. Too bad it also represents a lost moment in US media history.
