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🔗 linkblog: Firm proposes Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings : NPR'
This is unbelievably dumb. School shootings can’t be solved by technology—it’s a social and political problem. Shame on Axon.
🔗 linkblog: The Internet Can Still Be Small And Nice, But It’s On All Of Us To Make That Work | Techdirt'
Some good thoughts by Masnick on a good op-ed by Wheaton.
🔗 linkblog: Our Obsession With Gas Prices Is Driving America Nuts'
I have long been skeptical of gas prices as a talking point. Some interesting thoughts in here.
🔗 linkblog: Two-Thirds of Republicans Believe Great Replacement Theory, New Poll Shows'
GOP has some reckoning to do.
🔗 linkblog: ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Is a Mashup of the Things That Make Up Star Wars'
I’m interested in this argument about Star Wars feeling like a TTRPG campaign setting. Throughout much of middle and high school, I played the Wizards of the Coast Star Wars TTRPG, and that made even the prequel movies beloved because they became a setting to explore rather than movies to be unsatisfied with.
🔗 linkblog: Racist and Violent Ideas Jump From Web’s Fringes to Mainstream Sites - The New York Times'
Content moderation is a good thing, and ‘free speech’ should not be our primary concern when it comes to social media platforms.
🔗 linkblog: After Uvalde, social media monitoring apps struggle to justify surveillance - The Verge'
This article may make its way into a chapter I’m writing on how assumptions about education shape our understanding of what appropriate data collection looks like. As Audrey Watters has written, this kind of thing is very much edtech, and we need to be critical about how we deploy it. Even if it did work, I’m not sure the surveillance would be worth it. If it doesn’t work, all the more reason to be skeptical.
🔗 linkblog: A Reporter Reflects on Covering Seven Mass Shootings — ProPublica'
This is difficult but important to read. As gut wrenching as these shootings are, I am still distant enough from them that they don’t always stick with me. It’s helpful if depressing to read about what sticks with others who are closer to them.
🔗 linkblog: McConnell mum on guns as U.S. Senate recesses for a week – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville'
Disappointing but unsurprising. I wish McConnell would show as much willingness to call out Republicans on guns as he does for Ukraine.
🔗 linkblog: Richard Scarry's 21st Century Classroom | Boing Boing'
Tom the Dancing Bug is usually just the right level of dark.
🔗 linkblog: ‘It Was the Wrong Decision’: Uvalde Cops Waited in Hallway as Kids Called 911 Begging to Be Saved From Gunman'
It makes me sick and angry to read all of this. We have so badly failed the children of this country.
🔗 linkblog: Ted Cruz walks away after reporter asks him why mass shootings keep happening : NPR'
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.
🔗 linkblog: 'Under the Banner of Heaven' raises the question: Are Mormons dangerous?'
I suspect that there is nothing as damning in Mormon history as Mormons’ failure to own up to that history, and Jana’s writing here captures that nicely.
🔗 linkblog: 'The Onion' has reused this satire after more than 20 mass shootings since 2014 : NPR'
This is one of the best things The Onion has ever done.
🔗 linkblog: The election system shuddered in 2020. Now, there are fears of an attack within : NPR'
Fascinating (if worrying) article on just how important the basic mechanics of an election are.
🔗 linkblog: Why we need a public internet and how to get one - The Verge'
Lots of interesting ideas in this interview. I particularly like libraries running Mastodon instances.
🔗 linkblog: Clearview AI ordered to delete facial recognition data belonging to UK residents - The Verge'
Let’s do the same in the U.S., please.
🔗 linkblog: Pence, Tiptoeing Away From Trump, Lays Groundwork for ’24 Run - The New York Times'
I don’t think I want a Pence presidency any more than another Trump one, but I do want to see the GOP wrestle with what it’s going to be going forward.
🔗 linkblog: How Trump’s 2020 Election Lies Have Gripped State Legislatures - The New York Times'
Glad that there hasn’t been much conversation about this in Kentucky, but it’s still really worrying stuff.
🔗 linkblog: Beshear, KDP will not back Democratic candidate for U.S. House seat'
Pretty upset about these results from the primary. I voted for the other candidate and was shocked to find Young won. At least I have a few months to figure out who to write in.
🔗 linkblog: Madison Cawthorn is beaten in North Carolina's GOP primary : NPR'
Last night, I had a bizarre dream that I was telling Ted Cruz that he was a jerk but that I didn’t mind when it was directed at Madison Cawthorn. Don’t know if that fully reflects my waking views, and don’t know anything about the victor here, but I am glad to see Cawthorn lose.
🔗 linkblog: For All Mankind sets its alternate timeline sights on Mars in S3 trailer | Ars Technica'
So excited! This has been a great show, and this season seems topical.
🔗 linkblog: How the Buffalo shooting livestream went viral - The Verge'
Content moderation is (sometimes) a good thing.
🔗 linkblog: We're Suing Kentucky Prisons for Violating the First Amendment | ACLU of Kentucky'
Religious freedom isn’t worth anything if it’s only a shield for conservative Christianity.