Blogaround

Links not related to the antichrist:

1. Elon Musk’s Grokipedia launches with AI-cloned pages from Wikipedia (October 28, via) "Entries also claim that Grok has fact-checked them — a controversial idea, given how large language models tend to make up false “facts” — and how long ago the “fact check” happened."

2. Audrey Hepburn’s Son Wins Lawsuit Against Chinese Restaurant (October 28) "The court ordered the restaurant to cease use of Hepburn’s image, full name, issue a public apology, and pay 200,000 yuan ($27,600) in compensation."

3. Shakira - Hips Don't Lie (Official 4K Video) ft. Wyclef Jean (2009) I like this song~

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Links related to the antichrist:

1. The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program (October 27, via) "In the end, however, the [Python Software Foundation] simply can’t agree to a statement that we won’t operate any programs that “advance or promote” diversity, equity, and inclusion, as it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community."

2. What I Need You To Understand, Notes from Chicago in Late October (October 24, via) "What I need you to understand is that nobody is letting them go quietly. The Feds' every movement is announced by a chorus of whistles, by a parade of cars honking in their wake, neighbors rushing outside to yell to film to witness these kidnappings that are unfolding in front of us. Neighbors running towards trouble."

3. American Border Religion (June 10, via) "At the heart of this paradox is the conviction that borders must be rigorously defended even as America is celebrated as borderless and all encompassing. Borders are technocratic fantasies and places of extreme violence. They are efforts to escape the ordinary. They exist within and beyond the law."

4. The Moral Stupefaction of the American Public (September 29, via) "These memos are not particularly difficult to draft; a reasonably competent second-year law student with a Westlaw account could write one. It wouldn’t be compelling as a matter of law—in fact, it would be legal drivel—but it’s not meant to be compelling. It’s meant to establish conclusively the appearance of lawfulness."

5. Judge indefinitely halts shutdown layoffs noting human toll (October 28) "'The constant threat of being fired, which has persisted for months, has caused me tremendous physical and mental distress,' she wrote, elaborating that she experienced a severe stress-induced seizure while on administrative leave this spring."

6. The Cost of Silence: The Erasure of Black Progress Threatens Our Democracy (October 30) "Imagine waking up in a country where the stories of its greatest struggles and triumphs have been deleted—where the record of who built, shaped, and defended democracy is erased."