Madison Square Garden was a frontrunner in using facial recognition technology to keep legal opponents from going to concerts and sporting events. Interesting piece from Wired about the security apparatus there more generally.
www.wired.com/story/madiso...
Oof. Not great. Not great at all.
Look forward to digging into Surveillance in the Classroom hosted by @penamerica.bsky.social & @ucfreespeech.bsky.social, w/ Sarah Brown @chronicle.com, Heather Akou, @sobieraj.bsky.social and @isaackamola.bsky.social pen.org/event/survei...
The new location feature suggested that some influencer accounts are based thousands of miles away from the countries they weigh in on. But X has explained very little about the data and how it works. n.pr/4p1jeoa
Perfect.
Zohran Mamdani says the ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ producers pitched a ‘thumbs-up or thumbs-down’ segment with prompts like ‘Thumbs-up or thumbs-down: a Palestinian state.’ ‘I just couldn’t believe what was happening,’ Mamdani recalled.
Great primer on generative AI-enhanced scams and prevention by @lanaschwartz.bsky.social @alicetiara.bsky.social & Kate Larson at @datasociety.bsky.social datasociety.net/library/scam...
Deeply shocked to read that Charlie Kirk has been killed while speaking at a campus event, & worried about what it forebodes. Universities shouldn't be places where people settle things with guns; they're places to settle disagreements with words & ideas.
apnews.com/article/char...
A screenshot reading: "Here's the breakdown: Standard Jigger Volume: A standard jigger holds 1.5 fluid ounces (fl oz). Quarter Cup Volume: A quarter cup is equal to 2 fluid ounces. Calculating: To find how many quarter cups are in a jigger shot, divide the volume of a jigger by the volume of a quarter cup: 1.5 fl oz / 2 fl oz = 0.75 of a quarter cup. Total Quarter Cups: Therefore, a jigger is 0.75 quarter cups, and you would need to divide it by 0.75 (meaning 6) to get the grand total of 6 quarter cups in one jigger."
mixing a cocktail, didn't have a jigger handy; wondered what the ratio was of a quarter-cup to a jigger shot
I googled it and the "AI overview" answer went utterly off the rails
"a jigger shot equals six quarter cups"
man this Old Fashioned is gonna be STRONG but it's what the AI says so *cheers*
A Victorian solicitor has been stripped of his ability to practise as a principal lawyer after being caught using AI-generated false citations in court case - he has acknowledged he did not verify the case list www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep...
“A lot of [young people] felt they were cringy. They were forced attempts at humour. And speaking to media and comms people at political parties, many of them didn’t feel necessarily comfortable in producing that kind of content.”
Go Jumbos!
I’ll tell you this. A favorite campus dining spot closed last semester, with almost no notice. It’s been replaced by a fully automated kiosk. The kids are pissed. Asking all the right questions about labor and human contact and sociality.
Some of the kids are alright.
Twins!
Dream team of folks to work with (@nancybaym.bsky.social, @marylgray.bsky.social, Tarleton Gillespie) Principal Researcher position for a social scientist doing critical analysis of tech and society: jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...
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Remember this? Matt Stone and Trey Parker aren't attacking Trump, they are *using* him. They'll keep going until he slaps Paramount with one of his patented defamation lawsuits, then reminisce abt their brutal licensing negotiations amidst and explosion of free publicity (cue maniacal laughter).
“After a few weeks or months, you give up asking,’’ the women told me. I tried many times, and many times I gave up too. We felt horrified, invisible, helpless, and dehumanized.
"In the nearly six months of his second term, he has used [the word "evil"] 11 times to describe Democrats or journalists."
Most popular podcasts on YouTube, says YouTube. charts.youtube.com/podcasts
1. Joe Rogan Experience
2. MeidasTouch
10. Tucker Carlson Show
13. Pat McAfee Show
26. Black Conservative Perspective
32. Bulwark Takes
34. 60 Minutes
47. Democracy Now
60. PBS News Hour
64. Call Her Daddy
74. Roland Martin
New Ask a Feminist with @ninajankowicz.com, @moyazb.bsky.social, and @sobieraj.bsky.social! They analyze the harassment and abuse that women—esp. women in politics—face online and how it impedes women’s equal political participation. Check it out FREE on our website or your favorite podcasting app!
Delighted to facilitate this conversation about the way intersectional inequality, technology, and politics intersect with @moyazb.bsky.social and @ninajankowicz.com for @signsjournal.org. Critically important for all of us.
Friendly note for the email marketers out there... there is almost certainly no such thing as a "can't miss webinar."
