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🔗 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.
🔗 linkblog: Staffer with Elon Musk's DOGE amplified white supremacists online'
Starting to sense a pattern.
🔗 linkblog: Trump’s FBI Pick Kash Patel Took Up to $5M in Stock From Chinese Ecommerce Giant Shein'
The rules seem to be that it’s okay to do whatever in the GOP, but no Democrat can even seem to be in a sticky situation. What a joke.
🔗 linkblog: First Cracks Appear: Some Conservatives Admit We’re In A Constitutional Crisis'
As usual, lots to like in this post from Mike Masnick.
🔗 linkblog: AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library'
I get a lot of reading done through hoopla, but this kind of story is starting to sour me on the platform.
🔗 linkblog: Can anyone stop President Musk?'
I’m teaching a social media research methods class this semester, and I’m pretty sure I need to bring this article up in this week’s class.
🔗 linkblog: A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System'
Resubscribed to WIRED because despite my efforts to focus more on tech news than political news, THEY HAVE BECOME ONE AND THE SAME IN REALLY WORRYING WAYS.