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🔗 linkblog: They look like Nazi salutes. Here's why some people think they're a joke'
Acknowledging the ambiguity in Musk’s salute is important: not to let him off the hook, but to recognize how much more dangerous things are when they’re ambiguous than when they’re straightforward.
🔗 linkblog: OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use'
I believe that scraping the internet to profit off of generative AI is ethically problematic BUT I concede that it should be fair use BUT this is still a soulless and terrible argument.
🔗 linkblog: NASA, Yale, and Stanford Scientists Consider 'Scientific Exile,' French University Says'
I mean, I’ve always wanted to live and work in France, but I’ve never wanted to feel like I would have to.
🔗 linkblog: War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge'
If I don’t bookmark this article, I will quickly forget how dumb this whole thing has been (not to mention petty and mean).
🔗 linkblog: Mozilla is already revising its new Firefox terms to clarify how it handles user data'
Posting this in the interest of fairness, but I’m still not happy with Mozilla right now.
🔗 linkblog: Changes Our University Is Making to Pre-Comply with Possible Future Regulations'
Laugh to keep from crying.
🔗 linkblog: Bluesky Deletes AI Protest Video of Trump Sucking Musk's Toes, Calls It 'Non-Consensual Explicit Material''
Honestly, I get the original call, but I’m glad Bluesky backtracked. Content moderation is hard.
🔗 linkblog: Exclusive: US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources'
I have qualms about the U.S. providing military support to any cause, but if there is such a thing as good U.S. military support, Ukraine is a clear example of it, and either way, this is an embarassment.
🔗 linkblog: SCOOP: Ashley St. Clair sues Elon Musk for custody of new son'
Some bonkers details in here.
🔗 linkblog: While Democracy Burns, Democrats Prioritize… Demolishing Section 230?'
I soured on Section 230 for a bit, but I came back and largely because of arguments like this one.
🔗 linkblog: Bannon’s Salute at CPAC Sparks Outcry, Even on French Right'
If Jordan Bardella thinks it was a Nazi salute… gift link
🔗 linkblog: DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards'
DOGE continues to insist on the dumbest way to carry out its dumb goals.
🔗 linkblog: Trump State Department official has called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’'
It’s all bad right now, but it’s still important to call out the particularly bad stuff.
🔗 linkblog: Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America's nuclear weapons'
One more thing right out of the Twitter playbook from DOGE: Firing people without understanding how important they are.
🔗 linkblog: Trump Is Just Threatening to Do Something Stupid as a Terrible Negotiation Tactic'
Bookmarking this in case I need to show it to a family member.
🔗 linkblog: Normalizing Indian Hate Makes Me a Good Father and Husband'
McSweeney’s pulls no punches, but Vance has earned no mercy.
🔗 linkblog: [Article] Zuckerberg donations – Alex'
Love this framing of using Meta as “making donations to Mark Zuckerberg.” It nicely describes the idea of digital labor that’s been on my mind for a couple of years now.
🔗 linkblog: How close is Elon Musk to controlling a nuclear weapon?'
The headline is a little provocative, but it’s scary that we live in a world where it makes some sense.
More broadly, though, I found that the first Trump administration converted me to nuclear disarmament—yes, this president is scary, but that any president has access to that much destructive power is scarier still. I expect I’ll go further in that direction this time around.