i read stuff like this and can genuinely angry at guys like jd vance who insist that this country belongs to some narrow vision of the "native born"

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

While there is nuance in the details, ultimately, this appears to be a "computer says no" system, designed on the basis that human assessors are too susceptible to sympathetic applications.

This is obviously an error and an attack on the academy, trans people, and academic freedom.

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime. If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder. It’s that simple.

This is all true but 1) under no definition are we currently at war with Venezuela under domestic US law 2) since we aren’t, the initial strike was just as much a murder as the follow up The failure to understand this by a huge range of actors is really driving me up the wall.

We're seeing possibly the worst attendance in history. Even in creative writing classes, where students generally want to participate and have their voice heard--they're not showing up, ignoring guidelines and feedback, and either describing expectations as "unclear" or simply refusing to comply.

They will never make America a white nation and they can die trying.

Available as always to talk about the imperial boomerang on your podcast or TV show or just show up at your house and talk at your dinner guests

thinking of her today

"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!

the mother of her nephew!!!

I forgot to share this earlier: me & @hikemix.bsky.social recently appeared on Jimmy Alfonso Licon's podcast, which came out a couple of weeks ago. We discuss ChatGPT, bullshit, & academia (I think - I can't bring myself to listen). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... #PhilTech #ChatGPT #Bullshit

This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred

🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402

I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.

Welp given what I know of LSE finances I guess if anyone is looking to hire I may soon be in the need of employment! Fuck could I somehow link what I do to AI maybe?

Tech bros really can't understand why we're hostile to technology that a) is frequently confidently wrong and b) threatens to ruin our already terrible lives

Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post

Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:

"With dismay we witness our university leadership making soulless choices that hollow out our institutions from within and erode the critical and self-reflective fabric of academia". [from Guest et al., 'Against the Uncritical Adoption of "AI" Technologies in Academia']

very excited to share this major milestone in public engagement with our work!

"ChatGPT is Bullshit" has now been viewed one million times! @hikemix.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PhilTech #PhilSky #ChatGPT #Bullshit

A cycling influencer nominated for a list of top 100 women cyclists said she has declined the honour due to the decision not to include trans women. Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻

It's not just evil, it doesn't work. It's not just evil, it doesn't work. It's not just evil, it doesn't work. It's not just evil, it doesn't work. It's not just evil, it doesn't work. It's not just evil, it doesn't work. It's not just evil, it doesn't work. It's not just evil, it doesn't work.

Nations have begun climate negotiations at the COP30 summit in Brazil. Studies show the world is not on track to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.

Wife: It is interesting that the biggest papers and networks burned decades of hard work by others who built up their brands to bend over immediately for Donald Trump because they thought he would be a successful dictator and 10 months in he's flailing. Those people have the worst business instincts

Some important reminders about migration in the UK... Migration is generally good for the UK. Migration is necessary to get staff for essentail jobs & attact the brightest. Migrants contribute more on average than they pay. Many migrants have to pay extra for some public services - eg NHS. 1/3

By turning it into a cultural issue rather than a material one with only one cogent side

If the NYT told the story of the homeless teenager exploited by Matt Gaetz with even half as much empathy as it tells the story of Olivia Nuzzi, it would be in danger of committing journalism.

in online corners like these I think people largely recognize how credulous, unprincipled opposition to "wokeness" functioned as lightly papered over defenses of impunity, but it's one of those drums people should probably start beating for normies

The thing these emails show is how many powerful men in all areas -- Trump, Krauss, Summers -- saw Epstein as someone who would really understand their predicament. It's like reading confessional notes to the high priest of sex pests.

Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.

Wait so the BBC has a board member who founded one of its most ideologically biased competitors? I bet that guy really has the corporation's interests at the top of his mind

If you're going to lead, you have to understand that people will make sacrifices for your cause. Your job isn't to avoid the pain, it's to make it count.

Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.

Does anyone know where the love of god goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

Rookie numbers. I've been photographing an Appalachian family for at least 25 years.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run

Teresa made this beautiful embroidery for Ed Miliband, recognising the immense pressure he must come under from his colleagues, & encouraging him not to sink billions into carbon capture & storage & to put money instead into a mass insulation scheme & solar panels on every suitable roof 💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚

Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.

the fact that Sandwich Guy is facing this 'wich trial at all is evidence of subpar justice. he is a hero being put through the judicial grinder. i hope the jury wraps up a not guilty verdict without delay or loafing around

right on cue lmao

I really think we should do a whole series about facts like this: Have you noticed that poison ivy seems worse and itchier? It's not your imagination. It's Climate Change. grist.org/climate/clim...

too few to count

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...