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🔗 linkblog: A New Trump Administration Will ‘Come After’ the Media, Says Kash Patel - The New York Times'
I try not to post too much about this campaign because I find it overwhelming, but this is worrying stuff. Really worrying.
🔗 linkblog: Gaza Civilians, Under Israeli Barrage, Killed at Historic Pace - The New York Times'
I had been reading and thinking about non-violence for months before the 2023 Israel-Hamas war started, but its outbreak is making me more committed to the idea than any abstract philosophical argument.
I’m more inclined than ever before to believe that military force can never be justified, and I think that’s especially true in cases where civilians are deliberately targeted (or allowed to be caught in the attack). Hamas’s attack on Israeli civilians is unjustifiable, the IDF’s seeming disregard for Gazan civilians is unjustifiable, the U.S.’s bombing of German and Japanese cities during World War II was unjustifiable, and the list goes on.
🔗 linkblog: Weeks Before Election as Speaker, Johnson Lamented ‘Dark and Depraved’ Culture - The New York Times'
I’ve been reading a number of these stories as they’ve been coming out but without posting about them. This is as good a chance as any to express my concern.
🔗 linkblog: X Races to Contain Damage After Elon Musk Endorses Antisemitic Post - The New York Times'
What a mess Musk has made Twitter into.
🔗 linkblog: Opinion | I Was Attacked by Donald Trump and Elon Musk. I Believe It Was a Strategy To Change What You See Online. - The New York Times'
Roth’s perspective is valuable here. Scary stuff.
🔗 linkblog: Paris Turns ‘Little Belt’ of Train Tracks Into Green Spaces - The New York Times'
Faudra que je visite la petite ceinture un jour !
🔗 linkblog: Top French Court Upholds Abaya Ban in Schools - The New York Times'
A secular state is good, but French laïcité consistently goes too far.
🔗 linkblog: Dependence on Tech Caused ‘Staggering’ Education Inequality, U.N. Agency Says - The New York Times'
I’d like to read the whole report before coming to definitive conclusions but wow, are there some important lessons in here for edtech—not least, that efficacy cannot be our only concern!
🔗 linkblog: Meta May Offer Ad-Free Subscriptions for Instagram and Facebook in the E.U. - The New York Times'
I’m in no way Team Meta, but this may not be a terrible thing?
🔗 linkblog: The Case of the Internet Archive vs. Book Publishers - The New York Times'
Good coverage of a worrying development. I’m sympathetic to authors’ worries here, but I also think they’re wrong. If digital is different than the physical, copyright considerations need to be more generous, NOT stricter. The Internet Archive is an important service, and I’m worried about the future.
🔗 linkblog: Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match - The New York Times'
Facial recognition software is gross. What a good—but terrible!—example that just because it comes from an algorithm doesn’t mean it’s right. When will we learn that the risks of wrong decisions outweigh the purported promise of the right ones?
🔗 linkblog: Reddit Communities Still Dark As Protest Continues - The New York Times'
Reddit’s response continues to feel tonedeaf and sketchy to me.
🔗 linkblog: Disinformation Researchers Raise Alarms About A.I. Chatbots - The New York Times'
Important to keep an eye on this.
🔗 linkblog: Elon Musk’s Twitter Teeters on the Edge After Another 1,200 Leave - The New York Times'
I didn’t expect 1,200 resignations!
🔗 linkblog: With Falsehoods About Pelosi Attack, Republicans Mimic Trump - The New York Times'
Republicans’ reaction to this just makes the story more and more tragic. We have a real problem on our hands, and while I don’t believe all Republicans are this far gone, I’d like to see more from them condemning this behavior instead of trying to keep the party together and ahead.
🔗 linkblog: Nancy Pelosi, Vilified by G.O.P. for Years, Is a Top Target of Threats - The New York Times'
McDaniel can say what she wants—and its true that not all criticism of Pelosi is violent in nature—but in my mind, there’s no denying that two decades of GOP demonization has had a role to play in this terrible attack.
🔗 linkblog: Antisemitic campaign tries to capitalize on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. - The New York Times'
Content moderation is a good thing, and not all viewpoints deserve a seat at a table.
🔗 linkblog: Talk of ‘Civil War,’ Ignited by Mar-a-Lago Search, Is Flaring Online - The New York Times'
I am growing more and more nervous about our future.
🔗 linkblog: In Washington, Putin’s Nuclear Threats Stir Growing Alarm - The New York Times'
Russia is currently demonstrating just how powerful and dangerous nuclear weapons are—and, unfortunately, how complicated disarmament is.
🔗 linkblog: How ‘Lord of the Rings’ Inspires Italy’s Giorgia Meloni - The New York Times'
Very interesting article on how Tolkien can inspire far right thinking.
🔗 linkblog: Trump Rally Plays Music Resembling QAnon Song, and Crowds React - The New York Times'
Trump’s leaning into Q is not a good sign for the future.
🔗 linkblog: Right After Primary Win, Bolduc Reverses Support for Election Lies - The New York Times'
What a cheap, cynical about-face. The fact that candidates think this is something they can do to drum up voters and then change strategy is worrying.