One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

Unions and unionization are going to be a key pillar in fighting back against big tech. Well done to these workers.

Easier to run to and get into your car when someone is chasing you down for being a perv, I guess. 🤷🏿‍♂️

(sigh) Technosolutionists gonna technosolutionise. Even really smart people with their hearts in the right place.

A real one:

A lawyer on Instagram just said that Catholics can refuse to use AI in work for religious reasons now that the Pope has made his position clear on it.

This is an extraordinary story, and like a lot of extraordinary stories about wrongdoing and corruption, will become much harder to report if the Trump administration succeeds in requiring NDAs of all federal employees. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-want...

Scoop: Central Command is getting reports that military personnel are being targeted using commercially available location data. Few details available, but it’s a sign that the tech industry’s advertising-surveillance complex is having consequences on the battlefield. www.reuters.com/business/med...

A President ordering the Justice Department to criminally investigate a woman who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him makes Watergate look like an unpaid parking ticket.

92% of British homes will overheat in summer by 2050. Is air-conditioning part of the solution? Absolutely. But let’s not forget the passive elements that can assist us using *far less* air-conditioning and lower bills. External shading. Greenery. Reflective roof coatings.

A collaborative story of wild horses in Central Asia, women-led rhino-protection in India, community support to big cats in Russia, a campaign against eating endangered sea species in Venezuela, & more examples of local community involvement making a difference! globalvoices.org/2026/05/28/c...

Just 15 years ago Aaron Swartz died as a result of MIT's overzealous regard for the sanctity of their libraries. He'd be turning 40 this year.

New research from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner reveals a “minuscule” level of trust in AI and social media companies www.cyberdaily.au/tech/13660-r...

Big let down, to be honest

Could there be a better example of "the trans debate" than 98% of women supporting trans people and then one single lone person voting against them and getting their way regardless. It's all such a fucking sham

“Two-thirds of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States happen in the year after giving birth, and more than 80 percent are preventable. A mother and her newborn’s health are inextricably intertwined” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/o...

And now they are all gone. RIP Sonny Rollins.

Uber’s COO has said that it’s getting “harder to justify” its AI costs because there was no way to show a link between AI spend and any meaningful increase in useful features. This is the first time I’ve seen a company say this directly. www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-and...

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2

Ban AI

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This. This. This. If you enjoy writing, or even if you are good at it and don’t enjoy it, the benefits of working through ideas with other people are immense. Your ai thought partner does not think.

“I have been a tech journalist for nearly 15 years, and before today, I cannot think of a single time when a Bing search result was more valuable than the Google equivalent. There really is a first time for everything!” Thanks, AI! techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/y...

"the go the fuck to sleep baby is a they / them going to Bard, feel old yet???"

I Can Haz Cheeseburger, Cake Wrecks, swing dance forums (Yehoodi, Balboa Nation), and this one website I forget the name of that did an in-depth feature on whether a McDonalds hamburger abandoned in a park would ever decompose. Hit me up if you know what I’m talking about.

AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.

This is the policy we need at every institution of higher education across faculties. Now.

If journalists were doing their job properly, it would simply not be possible for the public to be labouring under this degree of ignorance when it comes to immigration. inews.co.uk/opinion/immi...

Burnham tacking right on migrants is just more utter nonsense and driving misinformation like this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The same argument could be made for asbestos. The difference is that asbestos' benefits are far more obvious and immediate than AI's. Sometimes society decides that the harms of something outweigh the benefits. Also, it's kinda weird to ask people to work at making a corporate tech product good.

How loudly does everyone have to shout before those who are making these decisions back down? We can keep gathering voices. We WILL keep making noise and drawing attention #JoinUCU www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

So am I to understand that Labour will dump Starmer for burning the Labour left vote in order to replace him with…a guy who pledges to do the exact same thing

“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...

I use duck duck go.

my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED

The fact that people are using AI to steal my writing, churn out a shittier version of it, falsely attribute it to someone more famous, and get more press coverage and sales for their book than I ever will is *chef’s kiss* pure 2026 energy

Best thing that could happen to Talarico!

Useful thread! COVID-19 led to the largest decline in life expectancy since WWII. Recovery is incomplete altho countries differ a lot. US had the largest life expectancy deficit of any studied. Deficits in countries that delayed widespread infection ( eg Norway Japan) had lower cumulative mortality

And there we were all making fun of that Bourne film where Julia Stiles is all "double click on the folder that says CIA BLACK SITE" gizmodo.com/the-worst-le...

Come on. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...

“I don’t know why we would want to tell them that we voted to keep a technology that had no benefit,” Sobrinho-Wheeler said. “I don’t want to tell our community that and pretend that we’re doing something that works when it doesn’t.”

'The decision to close it was taken despite the faculty continuing to plan high-profile campus events, including the booking this month of US civil rights advocate Kimberlé Crenshaw.' 1/2

GenAI in a nutshell.

absolutely wild to see people out here saying that it is responsibility of peer reviewers to check for hallucinated references. it is hard enough to persuade people to read articles and provide reviews. expecting them to spend hours cross reffing literature is unreal.

How is AI like a mirror? You’re always looking into the past. AI ethicist Professor Shannon Vallor explaining some of the philosophical implications of the debate around the technology @technomoralfutures.bsky.social @adambecker.bsky.social @shannonvallor.bsky.social

I know there’s a lot going on in the world, and we don’t have enough attention to pay to any of it. But the throttling of Cuba by the US should be a bigger story than it is. There are about 10 million people in Cuba, subjected to horrendous collective punishment. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

More flexible, saves money, and, critically, (1) can be more trusted by the public and (2) doesn't hand sensitive private data over to actual fascists (3) preserves rather than relinquishing national sovereignty.

Great news! As of this week, conversations that take place between Apple’s Messages app and Google Messages on Android will be end-to-end encrypted by default. www.apple.com/newsroom/202...