Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
I did! Went out, bought a coffee and a lemon slice, basked in the sun with the dogs.
Even just the weather makes me want to shut the laptop and go outside.
Is that for, like, if you're an academic who doesn't know how to read?
Palantir's CEO published a manifesto arguing Western tech firms have a "moral debt" to US military dominance, that AI weapons are inevitable, and that "some cultures are dysfunctional." This isn't just a regularly evil tech or defence contractor, it’s a fascist political project.
And the ABC puts it under the heading 'Analysis'!
The regressive and harmful culture would be the one that's trashing of the earth, mocks kindness and tolerance, and is pushing to take women's and workers' rights backwards, amirite?
Thanks for posting these. Jeanette's discussion of ghost-writing was food for thought for me as I wrestle with how LLM-assisted writing – going back and forth with an LLM – differs from working with me, a human editor, and using some of my suggestions.
Where I live, we have this amazing invention called a light switch, so if you want to walk to the shed, you can turn on the light. On a less snarky note, yeah, I think here people are leaving the lights on to deter thieves, supposedly.
My rural area is attracting many 'tree-changers' from urban areas. It saddens me to see the hillsides lighting up as many people seem to light up their places like an airport at night.
Hear, hear
Well done. These things must always be challenged.
Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Thanks for the gift article. What a sad mess.
Frame it and put it in the poolroom. A rare, golden moment that may never come again.
To be honest this basically is a Tarantinoesque Administration
Yep. And made finding/checking information much harder. I am just bemused when acquaintances talk about how they can look up how to do stuff on an AI. I hate wading through the AI to find something that looks halfway reliable.
Of course, as editors we've always had to verify the source and check the quote, but yeah. The whole purpose of the AI push seems to be to make it impossible to identify reality. We already see this with Trump die-hards: if they actually don't like something he did they just say it's not real.
AI
Well, I deleted mine because it was a joke you failed to understand.
Instead of asking chatgpt, why not ask a librarian? You'll get real answers and they won't tell you to kill yourself.
Yeah let's hope so.
Who doesn't?
I'm sorry.
You know, it's not too late to ask for an apology. OK, they made a mistake and then wanted to reconcile, but they haven't acknowledged the enormity of what they did. You coud tell them it still really bothers you.
I'm so sorry. And sorry that it's still hurting – which of course it is. You're very kind to be still visiting them. Family, eh.
That'd be a no.
'Israel ignores ceasefire, continues attack on Lebanon'
I would have loved this resource back when I taught US history. History is so often taught badly, when it can be both fascinating to students and an excellent way to develop critical thinking.
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