Healey signs bill doubling legal pot limit BOSTON — Massachusetts adults can possess up to 2 ounces of cannabis for personal use — double the previous limit — under an overhaul of the state’s recreational pot law

Healey signs bill doubling legal pot limit

No thanks...OpenAI’s Codex for Mac now watches your screen to build context, but sends the screenshots to its servers first thenextweb.com/news/...

The Pitt Is 'Competence Porn' In More Ways Than One The HBO drama imagines a workplace that values skill, and a medical system that actually provides care

The Pitt Is 'Competence Porn' In More Ways Than One; The HBO drama imagines a workplace that values skill, and a medical system that actually provides care

Google to punish back button hijacking

Protest scene with masked individuals holding Palestinian flags, one with a "Free Gaza" sign. Overlay text: "British universities paid to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students" by Al Jazeera.

British universities paid security firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students
URL: www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

Requiescat in pace ;-) History through an Animus Lens ;-)

under what law?

Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer Experts point out a series of flaws, including small size and no control group.

Absurd study suggests eating fruits and vegetables leads to cancer

Next time I teach a survey course on EdTech, I need to find these kinds of things for each week of the course ;-)

(PDF) AI Surveillance in Education: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas and the Snake-Oil Promises of AI-Infused Technosolutionism PDF | This chapter examines the ethical implications of the increasing integration of AI surveillance technologies within educational settings,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

I don't often post about my work, but this was one awesome collaboration - AI Surveillance in Education: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas and the Snake-Oil Promises of AI-Infused Technosolutionism

The Sharp X68000 explained: hardware, operating system, sound, graphics, and legacy www.generationamiga....

Spirit Airlines Wants a Trump Bailout as Jet Fuel Prices Skyrocket Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is reportedly meeting with the airline this week.

#SoMuchWinning - Spirit Airlines Wants a Trump Bailout as Jet Fuel Prices Skyrocket

LAPD Deployed Drones to Spy on No Kings Protest Flight records show that Los Angeles police dispatched drones 32 times over last month’s No Kings rally.

LAPD deployed drones to spy on No Kinds protest.

Colleges Were Sweating a Major Compliance Deadline. Now the Justice Dept. Has Delayed It.

Electives Are Coming Under Scrutiny. They May Never Be More Valuable.

'Life's so expensive': The workers juggling three jobs to make ends meet While UK unemployment is at a five-year-high, increasing numbers of those in work have more than one job.

The 20-somethings juggling three jobs to make ends meet

tim-cook-steps-down-apple-ceo-john-ternus Tim Cook will become executive chairman on 1 September as John Ternus, Apple's hardware engineering chief, takes over as CEO of the $4 trillion company.

Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple CEO after nearly 15 years, with hardware chief John Ternus taking over

Exclusive: ICE Glasses Homeland Security is making “smart glasses” to collect intelligence inside the U.S.

Exclusive: ICE Glasses

The lost freedom of personal computing: from Commodore and Atari to modern PCs www.generationamiga....

50 years ago, Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman saved a hero from the men of DC Comics The classic DC Comics hero has been through some changes

50 years ago, Lynda Carter saved Wonder Woman from DC Comics

Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures | TechCrunch Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."

I hope this company burns to the ground... Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures

The new logo for Infowars has been revealed.

The Onion has successfully landed a deal to take over Alex Jones' site after 17 months of legal issues.

Tim Heidecker will serve as the site's creative director.

For those of you blessedly free of knowing what "force majeure" is - Kuwait is declaring its oil contracts unfulfillable within agreed timescales (without liability) due to events beyond its control.

Basically, despite the Strait being "open" the Strait is blocked so they can't get their oil out.

US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets

The US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87 million lives, the UN says.

The head of the UN’s humanitarian agency expresses frustration that the $2 billion week spent on the conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack | TechCrunch The DDoS attack against Mastodon's flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic.

Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack

Love this clear-headed idea for ERC — @erc.europa.eu please take note. Innovative work requires independent minds. A policy like this would send the signal that the funder values clear thinking over automated thoughtlessness, quality over quantity, earnest novel work over mediocre rehashings.

War Memes Are Turning Conflict Into Content The jokes were funny. The systems behind them—and the reasons we keep passing around war memes as entertainment—are more serious.

The jokes were funny. The systems behind them—and the reasons we keep passing around war memes as entertainment—are more serious.

when I reported on threats to mRNA research for @damemagazine.bsky.social something that came up frequently was how scared scientists were of losing funding, precisely bc their mRNA projects were already achieving the previously unthinkable

I get to the airport so early I will routinely be at the gate as the *earlier* flight to my destination is boarding.

People who rush for their flights and stress about it are insane.

So many impeachments. So, so many impeachments need to happen before we can move forward.