Below are posts associated with the “link” type.
🔗 linkblog: He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement
Very happy for Linkletter, but it’s shameful that Proctorio got away with as much nonsense as it did.
🔗 linkblog: Even the lawmakers behind the TikTok ban have no idea what’s going on
There are many terrifying things happening right now, but let’s not forget about this spectacularly dumb thing that is also, somehow, continuing.
🔗 linkblog: At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
What a terrible time we’re living in. Good for these clergy, and let us all remember that they aren’t even seeing the worst of the inhumanity currently so popular.
🔗 linkblog: Anti-DEI compliance continues across campus; written policy is hard to come by
Appreciate the work the Kernel is doing here.
🔗 linkblog: UK launches CATS AI to advance artificial intelligence across campus
I am so very tired. So very, very tired.
🔗 linkblog: The problems with AI in schools
Really enjoyed listening to this on my way in to campus today.
🔗 linkblog: The GOP Civil War Over Nick Fuentes Has Just Begun
Nick Fuentes is bad news, and I’m glad some in the GOP are recognizing that.
🔗 linkblog: Tech companies don’t care that students use their AI agents to cheat
Adding some nihilism to my Tuesday morning, just for fun.
🔗 linkblog: How Silicon Valley enshittified the internet
Good interview, and yet another thing reminding me that I need to read my copy of the book!
🔗 linkblog: Grokipedia is racist, transphobic, and loves Elon Musk
No surprises here but still worth bookmarking.
Honest question: Is Grokipedia a wiki? Or just Grok output?
🔗 linkblog: Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human
Easy to dunk on Grokipedia, but this article gets at some ideas that I think are particularly important. If I had more time for blogging this semester, I’d write something up on Ellul’s image vs. word dichotomy and how it aligns with Koebler’s thoughts here.
🔗 linkblog: UK must be ‘partner-of-choice’ in using AI to advance Kentucky
Honestly trying to figure out whether the reason I see Ellul everywhere is because I’m excited about a new scholar I’ve discovered or because his ideas are so well suited for the current moment. “We can be a leader or we can be left behind” captures the opt-in determinism of Ellul’s technique so dang well.
Of course, how the heck am I going to keep expressing concern about AI (through an Ellulian lens or otherwise) if the university has already decided that we’re all getting on board?
🔗 linkblog: The AWS Outage Was a Nightmare for College Students
Universities are too platform dependent, and even those platforms are too dependent on the next layer of the stack. What a mess.
🔗 linkblog: President Denies Reality Of Massive Nationwide Protests While Posting Videos of Himself Dumping Shit On Citizens
Some good observations worth bookmarking.
🔗 linkblog: Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force
Technology, efficiency, and growing public and private power—this has Ellul written all over it. Gift link.
🔗 linkblog: Yes, everything online sucks now—but it doesn’t have to
Finally got this book, so I guess I need to read it now.
🔗 linkblog: The Blurred Truths of Sora
Not sure if I agree with everything here, but it’s important reflection.
🔗 linkblog: Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
Booooooo. That Wikipedia is being mined by AI scrapers and negatively affected by AI search is such a perfect encapsulation of my concerns about generative AI.
🔗 linkblog: UK quietly dismantles gender-inclusive housing and ties to identity-based groups
Good reporting from the Kernel on a really disappointing set of changes at the university.
🔗 linkblog: ICE Boasts Zero Murders Committed By 5-Year-Olds Since Child Detainments Began
The Onion is truly one of the media outlets we need most during these times.
🔗 linkblog: Sora gives deepfakes 'a publicist and a distribution deal.' It could change the internet
Some good (scary) observations in here—not least speculation on what xAI’s version of Sora would look like.
🔗 linkblog: He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Well, this is terrifying.
🔗 linkblog: What the Arrival of A.I. Video Generators Like Sora Means for Us
Strong Ellul vibes in this passage:
The tech could represent the end of visual fact — the idea that video could serve as an objective record of reality — as we know it. Society as a whole will have to treat videos with as much skepticism as people already do words.
Unclear, though, whether Ellul would be cool with increased skepticism of the image or angry at the technology causing it.