Very interesting look at some of the less obvious implications of generative AI.

I feel like I say this whenever I post a link to a Twitter story, but I honestly can’t believe how dumb this stuff gets sometimes. Also, is Musk going to give someone else control of @ldschurch?

There’s no such thing as dressing according to one’s biological sex. Gender-based dress expectations are perhaps the best possible example of the social construction of gender. What inanity.

Some good coverage of the consequences of API restrictions for researchers—though I think we still need clarification from Twitter about whether the academic dev status is being handled separately from primary dev status.

Glad this story is still getting attention, because it so neatly demonstrates why facial recognition is scary. We shouldn’t tolerate this level of surveillance—by private or public actors.

What a weird week it has been in Twitterland.

Lots to love in this article, but I especially appreciate the point that God and Creation resist binaries.

Well, here’s some happy news! I hope this ruling sticks.

We’ve had a rough year of natural disasters.

So much of modern right-wing politics boils down to concerns about masculinity.

This case seems so clear cut to me, and the American right’s willingness to harass this doctor suggests that things are going very wrong.

Look, there may be less of a coordinated defense, but ignoring the Jan. 6th hearings is almost as bad as defending Trump from them.

This seems pretty gross so far. I wonder how much more will come out of these leaks.

Gun control is good, but surveillance isn’t. I don’t think this is the answer.

Worrying ideas here—American democracy feels more and more tenuous.

I had no idea about this history, and I think it’s fun!

‘I just know in my heart’ is terrible and terrifying reasoning for posing this level of a threat to democracy.

I get that some of this is bluster and posturing, but that doesn’t make it any less worrying. This is the same state GOP that leaned into Gab a year or two ago.

I have never understood the panic about burkinis. It’s one of many examples where French laïcité goes further than appropriate and desirable secularism.

Pence deserves credit for the steps he took on January 6th, but I agree that he has responsibilities to do more right now.

Given the aggressively queerphobic language I’ve read on Gab, events like this are worrying but not surprising. More worrying is the way that this queerphobic language is increasingly used in the mainstream GOP. How do Republican politicians and voters feel about these events?

This is unbelievably dumb. School shootings can’t be solved by technology—it’s a social and political problem. Shame on Axon.

Imagine thinking that this is the price we pay for American exceptionalism. Imagine thinking that mourning these children and wanting to do something about it is a partisan agenda.

This is one of the best things The Onion has ever done.

Fascinating (if worrying) article on just how important the basic mechanics of an election are.