Fables of the Reconstruction

What in the ever loving racist incorrect mouth dropping is this??? The Arab world “produces” plenty of “science”… which is all the more impressive since the West periodically bombs all their shit.

Just in today’s news JD Vance was shown to be a spreader of Russian propaganda, argued in favor of a child-rape political ad, and was dissed by his hometown football team.

This was such a great answer from Abdul El-Sayed about his previous criticisms of President Obama.

they're doing classic nazi things and dem leadership supports and abates it with their silence

The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe on.wsj.com/4zBOcZ9

this is all awful but by far the most diagnosable part of this is his obsession with beards as destructive to unit cohesion. having a beard is as bad as being a communist to Pete.

Link to "'Tremendous Hypocrisy:Dartmouth provost accused of using AI to write op-ed about AI use" in @bostonglobe.com. Our prez says, "Thoughtful people on our campus can and should disagree about those norms." What? We can disagree about violating ethics codes w/out disclosure? archive.is/JoJbA

“Food shortages…” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"In 2016, Trump’s goal was to control the media. In 2026, it is to destroy the media. He recognizes it as a depreciated asset. Trump is a corporate raider doing what corporate raiders do. He seeks to destroy the media as he seeks to destroy the US itself." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/gutting-th...

I dont normally share paywalled links but if yr an academic you may have access to this @chronicle story by some sharp young reporters on an AI situation at Dartmouth. www.chronicle.com/article/dart...

You can’t always tell if someone is recording you with their smart glasses, but your phone can help.

The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...

The dystopian hellscape continues unabated

If the construction goes through, how long until Fascists are firing on citizens from the Trumpful Arch? Next time there is a Million Man March there will be mass casualties.

In one of the most important convos I’ve had this year, I talked with Sherry Turkle about how our interactions with AI platforms, simulated companions, and artificial personalities can reshape us, diminish our capacities, and alter our very conceptions of ourselves and what it means to be a person.

Earlier this week, I met the head of a nonprofit whose funding to help families stay housed has been sharply cut under this administration. Meanwhile, the U.S. is preparing a $2.8 billion arms package for Israel—including *forty thousand* 2,000-pound bombs—financed by American taxpayers.

It's rad that Meta used a David Bowie song to advertise their AI and it's about how there are only five years before the apocalypse and they surely had no idea because these tech assholes have literally zero comprehension skills. Got to hand it to them. Dumbest bunch of motherfuckers alive.

Solidarity with my Rutgers comrade Noura Erakat! Free Palestine!

Trump: "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!"

A conservative federal judge has told America: Republicans have a plan to steal Congress even if they lose the election. Judge J. Michael Luttig, a lifelong conservative who ruled under G.W. Bush, published a piece this week called “The Final Battle for America’s Democracy.” His warning: if […]

NO NO NO We absolutely must get courts to stop this.

Right answer.

There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression.

The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in. But the protections can’t change the facts of what the tools do. www.wired.com/story/apple-...

And if your tap water is undrinkable, you have no “constitutional right to truthful information” about it. www.wired.com/story/you-do...

The governor of America’s biggest blue state — now running for the Dem presidential nomination — helped tech oligarchs by vetoing Dem legislation to require those oligarchs to be able to shut off their AI if it gets out of control. I don’t think it’s possible to overstate how big a story this is.

pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day.

www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/a-philadel...

everyone who said "you must reject the piker endorsement" and didn't say "you must reject the cheney endorsement" is a stupid asshole

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

This man is a fucking monster who limped away from Chicago's mayor's office because he'd become unelectable after closing 50 schools and half of our city's publicly funded mental health care clinics, and covering up the fact that Chicago cops murdered a teenager. Stop whitewashing his ass!

2026: Shackled abducted Black and brown humans crossing the Atlantic against their will, courtesy of the land of the free and the home of the brave.

welcome to america 2026, where the only jobs are word theft organizer and concentration camp guard

Measles-linked deaths since RFK Jr became HHS Secretary now surpass those recorded in the previous 20 years combined.

So much news out of the US is like "Breaking: tuna recalled over screw contamination"

Trump and RFK, Jr. cut so much funding from food safety inspections that the fact that white rice is recalled for contaminants is not surprising, but VERY upsetting. And now Trump wants to allow every cattle rancher to process their own meat. That is like guaranteeing food poisoning.

Shut it down.

The US government is canceling several cyclospora research studies in the midst of the biggest cyclospora outbreak ever which has made tens of thousands sick and killed two people. Make America Healthy Again.