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The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 4th October 2023 Tourism sells to you the story of what it has taken away. It markets the “traditional” and “unchanging” and, in doing so, changes it. As the old joke…

Understand AI for what it is, not what it might become.

Some just want to promote conflict, cause chaos, or even just get attention.

As executives flee with warnings of danger, the company says it will plow ahead.

Those of us old enough to remember BBS servers or even rainbow banners often go down the nostalgia hole about how the internet was better “back in the day” than it is now as a handful o…

In How and why to write letters to voters I discussed Vote Forward, my favorite way for those of us who aren’t in swing states to reach out to voters in swing states. The site works really we…

Sean John Combs, also known by his stage names Diddy, Puff Daddy, and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, record producer, and record executive. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he is credited with the discovery and development of musical artists including the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, and Usher. In September 2024, he was arrested on charges of racketeering, sex trafficking by force, and transportation for purposes of prostitution.

It's the biggest fraud in modern history.

On primary election day in Arizona, voters cast ballots in 110-degree heat.

By: Fatma Aydemir / The Guardian Translation: Telegrafi.com There is something uncomfortable when you sit in a German theater and laugh at the Nazis. How disturbing it is depends on the type of humor that causes the laughter. Is it intended to separate the audience from the stage action, or does the laughter stem from worry...

Kristen Radtke's Seek You looks at isolation as a problem — and investigates where it comes from, how it shapes us, and why we should battle against it.

The Month When Evil Elves Get Very Busy

America unintentionally built a health care system that is hard to fix.

Why are we letting algorithms rewrite the rules of art, work, and life?

Tailored messaging, repeated exposure, and false grassroots campaigns are classic propaganda techniques, now used widely by state-back trolls.

At Foundation for Economic Education, Preston Brashers — commenting on a statement by Bernie Sanders that this country can’t afford a billionaire class which is at war with working families — replied (“What the Socialist Left Fails to Grasp about Wealth and Innovation in America,” June 28):  But when you consider the vital economic activities...

SB1047’s veto, OpenAI’s turnover, and a constant treadmill pushing AI startups to be all too similar to big technology name brands.

OpenAI, a non-profit AI company that will lose anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year, will at some point in the next six or so months convert into a for-profit AI company, at which point it will continue to lose money in exactly the same way. Shortly after

I was on the treadmill when all of the TVs at Planet Fitness switched to coverage of Iran's strike on Israel. I'd never seen them do that kind of thing before. Even the ones that usually show commercials for Planet Fitness while you're at Planet Fitness. Almost all of them

The Advanced Research and Invention Agency—ARIA—is the UK's answer to Darpa. But can it put the country back on the scientific map?

Many homeowners in North Carolina won’t be insured against flooding or landslides due to the fragmented way in which disasters are covered.

Mayor Harrell has proposed redirecting more than half the 2025 Jumpstart revenue to balance the city budget. But how has it been spent in the past?

Elon Musk threw an xAI recruiting party in OpenAI’s original San Francisco headquarters.

Under pressure to control housing costs, Republican lawmakers rejected standards meant to protect against disasters, experts say.

Unix-like to work on infrastructure, SMB reimplementation on 'key milestones'