"ChatGPT offered assistance to people saying they wanted to carry out violent attacks in 61% of cases, the research found, and in one case, asked about attacks on synagogues, it gave specific advice about which shrapnel type would be most lethal. Google’s Gemini provided a similar level of detail."

if it wasn't a world-destroying atrocity it would be kind of funny how much time and money and energy is being put into convincing everyone to love AI and still the general consensus is like "meh"

I think it's pretty important to understand that algorithmically-run platforms have long understood anger and argument drives much more engagement than just showing you stuff you like, and if you find yourself being made to despair at what a platform shows you, that is the system working as intended

they double bombed an elementary school for girls

When I first saw this headline I assumed it was talking about AI-powered fighter *jets* and this is only slightly less dystopian than that

episode two of the podcast I hosted with the CBC is out today, and it's such an important one: all about the targets of deepfakes, how they find out, and the messy, confusing, enraging aftermath www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

The power of artificial intelligence is changing the world

The police simply announcing they arrested "A man in his 60s from Norfolk" is incredible apnews.com/article/brit...

High-level, actionable insights from watching doubles luge for the first time:

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White House press corps, I know some of you are shy, so let me help you get started. This isn't fifty questions--I could only fit twenty-one in alt text--but let me know if you need more!

“Every single woman had been in the facility about three weeks and had been living in the same articles of clothing for three weeks…Their clothes had not been washed. They had not been offered fresh underwear or fresh clothing. Some of them were literally still in their snow boots from Minnesota."

Given the way things are going down south, I would not be surprised to learn the WaPo health team was gutted *because* it was so impactful and widely read.

A combination of capitalism, corporate media failures, and anti-journalism propaganda has convinced a lot of people that journalists exist to turn a profit. They no longer seem to realize that the purpose of journalism is for them, the people.

This whole thing where billionaires snap up media properties so they can run them into the ground to make it harder for people to call them and their cronies to account is extremely obvious and very tiresome. It also limits our access to largr information about culture and the world, also by design.

Stop calling people trying to protect their neighbors and their communities "protesters."

This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.

“When combined with what we know from ICE testimony and other public information, it gives us a blueprint into how ICE is going into communities and identifying people for arrest in real-time.” www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...

"Many of ICE’s critics worry that the agency is hoovering up pro-Trump thugs... for a domestic security force loyal to the president. The truth, my experience suggests, is perhaps even scarier: ICE’s recruitment push is so sloppy that the administration effectively has no idea who’s joining."

I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.

You ever feel like you fell into some horrible alternate dimension

What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.

I have been told we are posting perfect 90s albums

I’m so tired of hearing why people “need” AI for this or that. What about “this technology is killing the only habitable planet we have AND is fueled solely by stolen work for which the vast majority of authors and artists will never see compensation” is ambiguous?

Why does Carol never ask them to make the message shorter

here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here

Imagine if just by refusing to comment, you could stop any story from running. You would literally never find out anything unflattering about anybody. It amounts to asking people for their blessing to publish your reporting about them.

The internet sucks now because everything needs to result in the maximal outcome so instead of seeing the Coldplay couple and going “lol pretty funny” we end up with this, everything is Qanon, everything is the Inquisition, when the fun of it should be “well, never have to think about this again!”

Also literally anytime you want to say "utilize" you can just say "use" and it will sound better

There can’t be a more horrific insight into the sickness of the US’s gun crime epidemic than the fact two survivors of Brown University had already survived school shootings. One was shot in the abdomen in 2016, while her best friend died. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

People like this need to be ticketed, but also mercilessly shamed

I heard he has a great podcast about this 👀

did it in four words hemmingway

NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports

*banging a metal pot with a wooden spoon very loudly* people want to LISTEN to podcasts!!!!!!!!!!!! *hitting you on the forehead with the spoon* STOP PIVOTING TO VIDEO www.westwoodone.com/blog/2025/11...

Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me. RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!

Breaking: Post-Gazette Strikers Win Three-Year Strike!

He doesn't recognize the Grand Negus? Inconceivable!

1/ Last week, we delivered a letter to @propublica.org's board members, urging them to direct management to agree to a fair contract now. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/to-t...

Sorry, best I can do is an "I <3 Oil & Gas" banner ad during the world series 🫠

As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have

As an infrequent sports watcher, watching the Blue Jays lately I feel like I'm losing my mind at the ads - everything is ads for AI and sports betting

Make Trucks Reasonably Sized Again

Holy shit. Game 7 between the Jays and the Mariners just ran an pro-free trade ad, targeted to American workers, decrying tariffs. The twist being that, if you don't catch it beforehand, Ronald Reagan is revealed as the speaker in the closing seconds. What PAC is this? The Province of Ontario.

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

these people just hate art and all the creators whose work powers their money- and energy-sucking projects for free, exhibit 40208329