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🔗linkblog: Why Do Video Games Want Me to Be a War Criminal: WIRED'
Some interesting writing on a topic I’ve posted about a few times recently.
🔗 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: Pluralistic: Bill Willingham puts his graphic novel series “Fables” into the public domain (15 Sept 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow'
Appreciate Doctorow’s detailed (and expert) perspectve here.
🔗 linkblog: WordPress blogs can now be followed in the fediverse, including Mastodon | TechCrunch'
So neat! Gotta figure this out for my Hugo site.
🔗 linkblog: Willingham Sends Fables Into the Public Domain'
Such a cool thing to do. I haven’t read Fables in ages, but may revisit it out of respect for Willingham.
🔗 linkblog: Terraforming Mars team defends AI use as Kickstarter hits $1.3 million - Polygon'
This is an interesting interview. I don’t think I’m sold on the defense—if anyone can afford to pay artists, the team behind Terraforming Mars can—but I do see how there’s more nuance here than my gut reaction to the headline. Still not pleased, though.
🔗 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: Musk shut off Starlink to prevent Ukraine attack on Russian ships, report says | Ars Technica'
Don’t love the idea of a fickle billionnaire having this much influence in world affairs.
🔗 linkblog: https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/07/govern-yourself-accordingly/'
Appreciate Doctorow’s thinking here.
🔗 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: How Elon Musk’s Impulses Transformed Twitter - WSJ'
What a mess this whole thing has been.
🔗 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: Marsha Blackburn Makes It Clear: KOSA Is Designed To Silence Trans People | Techdirt'
I’ll admit that I’ve been wary of Masnick’s hostility to KOSA, but Blackburn’s comments justify his stance. This ought to kill support for KOSA.
🔗 linkblog: Dungeons & Dragons introduces its first canonically autistic character - Polygon'
Neat! This could make a good reading for my class on games and meaning.
🔗 linkblog: As X bleeds cash, Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League with defamation lawsuit | Ars Technica'
This feels like a page out of Gab’s playbook.
🔗 linkblog: En France, près de 300 élèves se sont présentées en abaya à l'école, malgré l'interdiction - rts.ch - Monde'
C’est bien stupide, une telle interdiction. Je suis pour un état séparé de la religion mais contre un état qui essaie de supprimer une religion minoritaire.
🔗 linkblog: Gizmodo’s owner shuts down Spanish language site in favor of AI translations - The Verge'
Gizmodo’s owner seems way too optimistic about AI.
🔗 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: Persecution, Truth and the Trans Agenda – Wheat & Tares'
Solid post. I think it’s often helpful to ask whether Latter-day Saint logic applies to things that don’t get Latter-day Saint approval.
🔗 linkblog: You Are Not Responsible for Your Own Online Privacy | WIRED'
Some important—if disheartening—observations from Marwick.