Now Bard is just trolling me. It won't let me use it in Workspace. It keeps switching languages. Now it switches to dark mode. Yes, the machine is sentient. And it's a jerk.
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Links are the basis of the open web and conversation in it.
I wish I could celebrate news of the departure of the single most malign influence in English-speaking democracy, Rupert Murdoch, but I fear Fox will only be worse under son Lachlan & that this is a means to solidify his power before Dad's death.
We have Murdoch to curse for giving us Trump, Brexit, and a right-wing news monopoly in much of Australia. I also blame him for launching media's war against the internet--because he was pissed off he failed so badly online, a story rarely told. 1/
On the new AI Inside podcast we're developing at nostr:npub1ka6g4m733udendk0ql2v85w2ltnvxdquxm2hdnsd86q3py8p68ws2gql3k, I quoted nostr:npub12nvewxsaghnsuedf9q3m576dp4uc6s3jtqtg4yrnhxc286hkakhsf9ysrk on the importance of defending the humanities and our guest, Alex Babin, came back and said:
"English majors are taking the world back... The hottest programming language on planet Earth right now is English."
Fucking New York Times
What the Republicans hath wrought:
She hung a Pride flag at her shop. She was killed over it, officials say. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/21/pride-flag-store-shooting-california/
I have heard reports of this happening elsewhere: Right-winger says something bad; someone reports on that; right-winger threatens to sue....
Report on Anti-Gay Slur Could Put Local News Site Out of Business https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/business/media/antigay-slur-wausau-pilot-review.html?smid=tw-share
No, Murdoch right-wing mouthpiece bully pulpit, they
they were not "stung by culture wars." They were attacked by right-wing biggots.
Not Trump disgust. Merely "Trump exhaustion." WSJ:
Georgia Is Ground Zero for Trump Exhaustion as Another Indictment Looms https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-election-grand-jury-georgia-voters-4cd64c0?st=3lctij2441sbzug
Oh, FFS, NYT...
Mike Pence Has Reached His Fork in the Road https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/us/politics/pence-2024-presidential-campaign.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Trump on Elba....
If Trump is convicted, Secret Service protection may be obstacle to imprisonment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/04/trump-criminal-cases-prison-secret-service/
Donald Trump: threatening social media post flagged by prosecutors in court filing https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/05/donald-trump-threatening-social-media-post-flagged-by-prosecutors-in-court-filing?CMP=share_btn_tw
Facts: "A correction was made on Aug. 4, 2023: An earlier version of a picture caption with this article misidentified the two beagles in the photo. Nellie is on the left, and Beesly is on the right."
4,000 Rescued Beagles, Bred for Research, Found Homes and Best Friends https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/us/beagles-rescue-adoption.html?smid=tw-share
Mass media's Cronkite myth: When he said, "and that's the way it is," it wasn't the way it was for Americans excluded from white, male, privileged news. No, national unity was an illusion...
Country lacks a unifying voice in aftermath of Trump charges https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/05/us-lacks-unifying-figure/
I do not just mean in the Trump election case. I mean in countless attempts in states and counties across the country where officials try to rob citizens of their rights.
Joe Scarborough to Republicans defending Trump: "You're better than that."
No, they're not, Joe. They show us that every single day. They are not better than that.
How The Princeton University Library rescued Robert Oppenheimer's books from a used book sale. https://specialcollections.princeton.edu/2023/07/an-open-mind-robert-j-oppenheimers-collection-of-books-at-the-princeton-university-library/